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Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6863 P

Scope and Contents

Interior and exterior views of Nashawena Mills, New Bedfort, Massachusetts. Included are images of the buildings, machinery, male and female workers, and male executives.

Dates

  • 1916-1929

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

Incorporated in 1909, the Nashawena Mills was making fine cotton and silk goods and jacquard novelties in 1929, although it branched out into other goods later on. The mills appear to have gone out of business by 1952.

Extent

0.11 cubic feet

Abstract

Photographs of Nashawena Mills, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6863: Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Records

Quantity:

0.1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Gelatin silver print, photographs.

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:
R. Miles, October 18, 2017
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, December 06, 2017
Title
Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry 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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853