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Mechanics Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6776

Dates

  • 1814-1821

Creator

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

Mechanics Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was located in Whitestown, New York.

Extent

.9 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection.

Processing Information

The collection includes a ledger of directors' records with articles of agreements and minutes. It includes an account book with information about shares issues. It contains receipts for work done and payments received as well as construction of the factory in 1815 and an undated list of machinery including 10 power looms.

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 0022.395. When the materials had been processed by the ATHM, we kept 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 0022.395.1.3, would indicate that the material was formerly in Box 1, Folder 3.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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