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Textile workers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:

Otis Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6822
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.

Dates: 1889-1952

Otis Pettee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6823
Abstract

Payroll book belonging to Pettee, listing mainly female employees from Elliot Mills.

Dates: undated

Pacific Mills Cotton Mill Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6825/001
Abstract Records include correspondence and memoranda, 1854-1889, concerning contracts, construction and purchases; also letters from English operatives re the conditions of their employment at Pacific Mills, 1862-1866; orders for English machinery by William C. Chapin, Agt., 1862; tax bills & receipts; construction memorandum, 1873. Also includes one spinning time book, 1879-1881; name in flyleaf, "Mr. John Barker, W Spinning, Pacific Mills, Lawrence." Also assignment of patent rights, 1876,...
Dates: 1854-1889

Pacific Mills Photographs

 Collection — Box 11
Identifier: 6825 P

Pemberton Mill Relief Committee Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6831
Abstract

Collection includes meeting minutes, survey of relief needs, city canvasser's report, detailed ward inspectors' and physicians' reports and correspondence. Financial records include account books listing amount spent per employee, cash received, check registers, vouchers and index to cash vouchers. Also copy of Robert H. Tewksbury's "Historical Sketch: The Fall of the Pemberton Mill," published in 1900.

Dates: undated