Scope and Contents
Contains incoming correspondence, 1869-1870, 1873, concerning both business and family matters. Also includes a newspaper clipping from the Winchester Star, Oct. 25, 1979, giving a history of the company
Dates
- 1864-1979
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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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
Company started in 1825 by Robert Bacon to make hats. John H. Bacon and Charles N. Bacon later joined the company. Twenty-five years later it began manufacturing all-wool sheet felt for the wallpaper trade, marble polishing and other mechanical uses. It also made felt wheels for polishing & burnishing. The company was bought by Stanley & Samuel McNeily in 1941. Includes 2 letterbooks, 1869-1870 and 1873. Also includes 1979 newspaper article on history of company.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet
Abstract
Incoming correspondence re business and family, 1869-1873
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of William E. Becker.
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
- Bacon Felt 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