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Manhattan Woolen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6762

Scope and Contents

Includes stock ledger of shareholders, 1903-1932; stock transfer record, 1906-1932; certificate of incorporation, amendments, bylaws, 1903-24; minutes of directors' meetings, 1916-1933; minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, 1924-1933; and loose stock certificates & stubs, 1903-1932.

Dates

  • 1903-1932

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Located in New York City and incorporated in 1903 the company acted as a selling agent for the American Woolen Co., which was headquartered in New York City with mills throughout New England. Company liquidated in 1933.

Extent

0.75 cubic feet

Abstract

Records include certificate of incorporation, amendments and bylaws, 1903-1924; minutes of directors' meetings, 1916-1933; minutes of stockholders' meetings, 1924-1932; correspondence, 1915-1930; record of stock purchases and transfers, 1906-1932; and stock certificates and stubs, 1903-1932.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Joseph Knight.

Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, records (documents) .

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
M. Clark, September 05, 2019
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, October 09, 2019
Title
Manhattan Woolen Records
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by M. Clark
Date
October 09, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853