John Coolidge Collection of Textile Mill Photographs

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Identifier: 6989 P

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Abstract

This is John Coolidge's collection of textile mill photographs, negatives and contact sheets. Some of the mills that were photographed were located in Martha's Vineyard, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

Dates

undated

Creator

Coolidge, John, 1906-2000 (creator, Person)

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

John Coolidge was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1906. He was the elder of the two children of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, and Grace Anna Goodhue. He was an executive with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. He served as president of the Connecticut manifold Forms Company until 1960, when he reopened the Plymouth Cheese Corporation in Plymouth at the historic village. He helped start the Coolidge Foundation and his gifts of buildings, land, and artifacts were instrumental in creating the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site.