Skip to main content

American Textile History Museum

 Organization

Found in 680 Collections and/or Records:

Carroll H. Bush Hosiery Workers Union Files

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6558
Abstract

Contains forms, flyers, blank pledge cards & guidelines for organizers from various unions for hosiery workers. Also correspondence, a dues book, pamphlets, proceedings, constitutions, bylaws, etc. Unions include: American Federation of Hosiery Workers, New England Hosiery Workers, American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, Federation of Woolen and Worsted Workers of America, and UTWA.

Dates: 1919-1938

Carver Cotton Gin Company Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6559
Abstract

Collection of a letter to George A. Burrill, East Bridgewater, MA, telling him to start work on changes to a dustless condenser using a dustless flue, a document headed: General rules regarding patterns and specifications and prices, of Carver linters, and documents concerning shop labor charges; and machinery changes.

Dates: undated

Cascade Woolen Mill Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6560
Abstract

Collection of financial records ranging from 1883 to 1948 including stock, sales, accounts payable, expenses, goods on hand, dividends, and asset and liability ledgers.

Dates: 1883 - 1948

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Graphics

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6561 G
Abstract

Textile related graphics collected and donated by Charles B. Nichols. Mills included are Arkansas Cotton Mills Company, Bliss, Fabyan & Company and the cities of Augusta and Lewiston, Maine.

Dates: undated

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6561 P
Abstract

Photographs of various mills and mill workers collected and donated by Charles B. Nichols. Many mills included such as the Otis Company, Columbian Manufacturing Company, Appleton Manufacturing Company, and the Saco-Lowell Shops. Also includes photographs of unidentified mills.

Dates: 1886-1942

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Publications

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6561 PUBS
Abstract

Textile related publications collected and donated by Charles B. Nichols. The publications are mainly sale, auction, and liquidation catalogs of mills, machinery and other equipment.

Dates: 1904-1951

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6561
Abstract

Collection of records from various cotton manufacturing companies (1905-1924). Includes items from or pertaining to E.J. Kitching & Co., Boston; Hill Manufacturing Co., Lewiston, Maine; a lawsuit between Otis Co. and Ludlow Manufacturing Co./Ludlow Cordage Co. regarding flooding from a dam; Tremont & Suffolk Mills, Lowell, MA; Whitin Machine Works, Whitinsville, MA regarding combing machinery for Lawrence Manufacturing Co., Lowell, MA.

Dates: 1919-1933

Additional filters:

Subject
Textile industry 446
Textile workers 168
Woolen and worsted manufacture 147
Textile machinery 142
Cotton manufacture 128
∨ more
Textile factories 93
Dyes and dyeing 73
Weaving. 62
Industrial relations 54
Textile machinery industry 54
Textile manufacturers 52
Manufacturers' agents 47
Looms. 46
Wool industry 43
Lawrence (Mass.) 41
Wages. 39
Textile fabrics. 35
Women textile workers 33
Spinning machinery 32
Wool 28
Yarn 28
Carding-machines 26
Payrolls. 25
Industries 24
Carding 23
Spinning 23
Lowell (Mass.) 22
Silk industry 20
Swatches (Dry-goods) 20
Textile finishing 20
Woolen and worsted machinery 19
Cotton machinery 18
Knitting machines 18
Labor 18
Textile schools 17
Advertising. 16
Cotton 16
Male employees 16
Child labor. 15
Flannel 15
Textile printing 15
Water-power. 15
Textile research 14
Weavers 14
Knit goods industry 13
Patents. 13
Cotton trade 12
Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) 12
Women employees 12
Business records 11
Clothing and dress. 11
Hosiery industry 11
Labor unions 11
Linen industry 11
Strikes and lockouts 11
Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912 11
Textile chemistry 11
Winding machines 11
Business enterprises 10
Cotton fabrics 10
Flax industry 10
Sheep. 10
Dams. 9
Dye industry 9
Inventors. 9
Machine shops 9
North Andover (Mass.) 9
Taunton (Mass.) 9
Textile design 9
Trade associations 9
Wool scouring 9
Woolen and worsted finishing 9
Woolen and worsted spinning 9
Worcester (Mass.) 9
World War, 1914-1918 9
Andover (Mass.) 8
Coverlets 8
Fashion. 8
Rug and carpet industry 8
Women's clothing 8
Wool-carding 8
Worsted 8
Bleaching industry 7
Boston (Mass.) 7
Combing machines 7
Cotton textiles 7
Dry-goods. 7
Employee rules 7
Machinists 7
Manchester (N.H.) 7
Mill agents 7
Pickers (Weaving) 7
Real property. 7
Textile fibers 7
World War, 1939-1945 7
Belts and belting 6
Blankets 6
Cloth labels 6
Cotton spinning 6
Drawing. 6
+ ∧ less