Scope and Contents
The Royal Worsted Mill Records are primarily those of the Board of Directors and Stockholders and include minutes of meetings, 1924-1941; stock certificates, 1924-1941; and correspondence, 1927-1931, 1941. Collection also contains deeds, 1924-1941, with lists of machinery and information about the sale of the company; financial records, including annual statements, 1934-1935; ledgers, 1927-1941; cashbooks and a voucher register, 1927-1941; information about an electrical contract, 1927; and a sales journal, 1926-1941.
Dates
- undated
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
Royal Worsted Mill, Lowell, MA was established in 1924 by John M. Abbott, Alexander S. Neilson and Alfred Gardner to manufacture worsted yarns. Reorganized in 1928 with John P. Stevens, C. Brooks Stevens and Ames Stevens having controlling interest. In 1941 sold to Royal Spinning Mills, Delaware and began production of worsted serges.
Extent
3.5 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of stock certificate books, minutes of directors' meetings, sales and production ledgers, and other financial records.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Ames Stevens.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853