Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, 1918-1919, to Perkins from Gardner W. Pearson, an attorney in Lowell, Massachusetts, concerning Perkins's patent on a cloth folding machine, as well as correspondence concerning Canadian and other foreign patents for the machine. Also contains U.S. letters patent, March 19, 1918, with specifications and diagrams for the folding machine; and copy of Canadian patent, November 18, 1919. Also includes letters of recommendation, 1929, for George H. Gerrish, an engineer with American Woolen Company.
Dates
- 1918-1919
Creator
- Pacific Mills (creator, Organization)
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Biographical / Historical
Perkins was an engineer at the Pacific Mills, cotton manufacturers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Extent
0 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Patents & patent correspondence of Henry F. Perkins, Andover, Massachusetts, relating to his improvements for cloth folding machine. American patent, including drawings & specifications, issued March 19, 1918. Canadian patent, including drawings & specifications, issued November 18, 1919. Also includes letters of recommendation for George H. Gerrish, an engineer with American Woolen Co., 1929.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Mrs. L. F. Perkins.
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository