Scope and Contents
Contains materials, 1912-1913, from Ernest Bentley's work in England, including his agreement, 1915-1922, with James and William Bastard to manage a branch of their firm in Boston; biographical material about Bentley; trade agreements; topmakers' reports, 1956-1970; and testimony before the Tariff Commission, 1952. Also contains records of the Boston Wool Trade Association (BWTA) advisory committee, 1952-1953; annual meeting and executive committee minutes, 1952-1953; incoming correspondence to Bentley as president of BTWA, 1952-1954; and correspondence, 1952-1954, from the office of Clinton M. Hester in Washington, D.C. concerning his efforts on behalf of the BWTA.
Dates
- 1912-1996
Creator
- Bentley and Company (creator, Organization)
- Bentley, Ernest (Person)
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
Ernest Bentley was a wool apprentice for Redihough in Bradford, England, and then worked for J. & W. Bastard, worsted spinners, Leicester, England. In 1914 he established a Boston office for them and for Alphonse Six, topmakers and spinners, Tourcoing, France. He later had his own firm, Bentley and Company, topmakers and was president of the Boston Wool Trade Association from 1952-1954.
Extent
1.8 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Bentley & Company
Processing Information
The ATHM # references the accession number given to collections by the American Textile History Museum (ATHM). These numbers have been kept and tracked for researchers looking for former citations. The ATHM accession number for this collection was 0022.487. When the materials had been processed by the ATHM, we attempted to keep the records in the original order but sometimes the box and folders numbers will change. The old numbers appear in the processing note, the box and folder are the numbers that immediately follow the accession number. For instance, the number 0022.487.1, would indicate that the material was formerly in Box 1. Boxes 3 and 4 in this collection were unprocessed by the ATHM and the overall organization of the collection was created in 2024 when the collection was processed.
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository