Otis Company Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6822

Scope and Contents

Includes a typescript of a speech, 1915, by George E. Tucker, agent at Ware, about the history of the Otis Co. and the town of Ware, MA.; and a typescript of a speech by R.C. Newell, agent at the Palmer Mill (Palmer Manufacturing Co.), about the history of that mill. Also includes correspondence, 1922-1927; clippings, 1924-1940, about the history of the textile industry; payrolls, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1892-1893, from the Boston Manufacturing Co.; a production cost memo for 1843-1922 of the Nashua Manufacturing Co., Nashua, N.H., etc. Also contains material from the Appleton Co., Anderson, SC, including a pamphlet describing employee health and life insurance benefits, a broadside, 1952, entitled: Why I will vote against the C.I.O.; and a copy of a speech by S.M. Beattie at the annual meeting, 1937, of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of South Carolina.

Dates

1889-1952

Creator

Otis Company (creator, Organization)

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Biographical / Historical

The company, located in Boston, was a cotton manufacturer formed in 1839. It acquired various other companies including the Columbian Manufacturing Company, the Ware Manufacturing Company, and the Boston Duck Company.

Extent

0 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Include papers concerning Palmer Company and Ware Company, including mill histories, strike of 1922, etc.; also payroll for Boston Manufacturing Company; Bliss Fabyan price list; Nashua Manufacturing Company production costs.