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Otis Company

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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 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

Chauncey L. Root Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6568
Abstract Collection of two agreements, the first between Meritt Root, a minor, Florenda Root, his mother, and Chauncey Root, apprenticing Meritt Root as a stone and brick mason and the other between Chauncey Root and Henry Lyon, agent for the Otis Co., cotton manufacturers in Ware, MA, for the construction of a stone factory, an undated document entitled: Measurement for the Stone Work done by C.L. Root, with a listing on verso of debits and credits, and an inventory and appraisal of Root's...
Dates: undated

Otis Company Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6822
Abstract

Include papers concerning Palmer Company and Ware Company, including mill histories, strike of 1922, etc.; also payroll for Boston Manufacturing Company; Bliss Fabyan price list; Nashua Manufacturing Company production costs.

Dates: 1889-1952

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Subject
Cotton manufacture 5
Textile workers 4
Manufacturers' agents 3
Textile machinery industry 3
Woolen and worsted manufacture 3