Joseph P. Battles Glass Plate Negatives and Photographs

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6733 GPN

Scope and Contents

Joseph P. Battles Glass Plate Negatives and Photographs includes a collection of glass plate negatives and photographs

Dates

undated

Conditions Governing Access

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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

Joseph P. Battles was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, moved to Lowell as a boy, and came to Lawrence, MA in 1848 to be paymaster of the Atlantic Cotton Mills; he later became agent at the mills. He was connected with the company for 37 years, resigning in 1887. In 1881 he became the principal owner and treasurer of the Lawrence Machine Shop.

The first volume indicates that the records were made by him at the agent's house in Lawrence, MA. Battles moved to North Andover, MA in 1887; the second volume records the weather in North Andover. After Battles's death in 1900, there are continued entries by an unidentified compiler. Included is information on water levels, temperature, and rainfall, plus mention of mill closings in Lawrence due to the 1894 depression and information about public events. Also contains newspaper clippings about the sale of Battles's mill property and potential buyers, including Geo. E. Kunhardt Co.