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Textile machinery

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:

Parks, Wright & Company Collection of Textile Industry Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6827
Abstract

Collection of blue prints from the Parks, Wright & Company.

Dates: undated

Pepper Manufacturing Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6832
Scope and Contents The Pepper Manufacturing Company manufactured textile machinery, specifically hosiery and knitted underwear machinery. The records (1880-1906) consist primarily of order books, listing the machinery sold and to whom, machinery parts sold and some repairs made, and the customer’s name and location (usually city and state). The company did business with a wide range of companies geographically, ranging from the New England states to New York and Pennsylvania; Montreal and towns in Ontario,...
Dates: 1880 - 1906

Putnam Woolen Corporation Flood Damage Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6841 P
Abstract

Photographs of the March 1936, flood in Putnam, Connecticut.

Dates: 1936-03

R. D. Nesmith Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6844
Abstract

Records include account book of goods delivered, raw materials & dyestuffs; also goods sent elsewhere for finishing, 1845-1849; payroll & manufacturing accounts, few dye receipts, 1845- 1851; a work and time book, 1845-48; weave room time book, 1851-1852; weaving records, per employee, 1849-1850.

Dates: 1845-1851

R. Wolfenden & Sons Photographs on the Dyeing Process

 Collection
Identifier: 6896/014 P
Abstract

A series of 24 photographs depicting the dyeing process from beginning to end.

Dates: 1950

R. Wolfendon & Sons Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6872
Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence and memoranda concerning woolen and worsted yarn dyeing and bleaching; war production; a strike in 1942; plant operation and machinery costs. Also patent licenses for rubber dye and zephyr process and a copper printing plate showing an undated view of the factory.

Dates: 1931-1954

Raymond B. Clogston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6849
Scope and Contents

Papers include diary, 1924, containing notes on dyes, dye house rates and the cost of coal and coke; diary, 1937, listing rates of pay and changes in rates for various people indicated by initials only; and notebook, from Prof. Edward Golec (Lowell Technical Institute), containing diary, 1950, includes sheets of notes, many on letterhead of the Merrimack Manufacturing Co.,(Lowell, Mass.) laid in.

Dates: 1924-1950