R. D. Nesmith and Company Records
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Scope and Contents
Includes account book of Nesmith & Tatterson, 1845-1849, listing goods delivered, including raw materials and dyestuffs, as well as goods sent elsewhere for finishing. Also includes ledger, 1845-1851, of payroll and manufacturing accounts; a work and time book, 1845-1848; a weave room time book, 1851-1852, listing workers' names; and weaving records, 1849-1850, listing workers' names, number of pieces, weight, and number of yards.
Dates
- 1845-1851
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
R.D. Nesmith Co., South Berwick, ME. Woolen mill. Company originally known as Nesmith & Tatterson and was a partnership between R.D. Nesmith and John Tatterson.
Extent
0.25 cubic feet
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.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Edward Morrill & Son, Inc.
Quantity:
0.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, time books, 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
- Nesmith, R. D. and Company 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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853