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Tremont & Suffolk Mills Records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6921

Scope and Contents

For November 1924, includes summary of costs by style (blankets, cloth, etc.), sale yarn costs, underwear costs, data for estimating costs, details of calculations for department costs, data for overhead, labor distribution and costs specific to dyestuffs, waste handling, etc. Also includes payrolls (including costs of wage reduction), piece rates, lists of machinery and details of equipment, etc.

Dates

  • 1924

Creator

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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

Cotton mills located in Lowell, Massachusetts formed by the merger of Tremont Mills and Suffolk Mills in 1871.

Extent

0 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

One volume. Cost Outline, Nov.-Dec., 1924. Summary of costs by style, instructions for determining costs, details of calculations & base data used to determine costs indirectly. Lists machinery, production, natural costs, labor costs, overhead, pay rates, etc.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Gilbert R. Merrill and John W. Sears.

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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