Royal Worsted Mill Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6875

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

Creator

Royal Worsted Mill (creator, Organization)

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

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.