Putnam Woolen Corporation Flood Damage Photographs
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Scope and Contents
Photographs of the Putnam Woolen Corporation during the March 1936 flood, in Putnam, Connecticut. Includes photographs of the exterior of the mill, the head gates, powerhouse, and weave shop.
Dates
- 1936-03
Creator
- Putnam Woolen Corporation (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
The Putnam Woolen Corporation was established in 1878, with E. A. Wheelock as the resident agent and treasurer. The company manufactured cashmere using nineteen sets of machinery and over 300 employees.
In August 5, 1935, after six weeks on strike, about seventy employees returned to work under the guard of 15 policemen. Another 100 union workers continued picketing without incident.
By at least 1937, Putnam Woolen Corporation was a division of the Uxbridge Worsted Company, Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
Extent
1 folders
Abstract
Photographs of the March 1936, flood in Putnam, Connecticut.
Quantity:
1 file folder
Forms of Material:
Gelatin silver print, photographs.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- R. Miles, October 06, 2017
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, December 06, 2017
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Title
- Putnam Woolen Corporation Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by R. Miles
- Date
- December 06, 2017
- 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