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Woolen and worsted manufacture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 156 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

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

Pocasset Worsted Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6838

R. D. Nesmith and Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6844
Abstract

Records include account book of goods delivered, raw materials & dyestuffs; also goods sent elsewhere for finishing, 1845-1849; payroll & manufacturing accounts, few dye receipts, 1845- 1851; a work and time book, 1845-48; weave room time book, 1851-1852; weaving records, per employee, 1849-1850.

Dates: 1845-1851

Ralph Edson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6847
Abstract

Includes mill reports, supervisor's notes, policy manuals, job evaluation training manual, job descriptions with qualifications for various jobs including language/nationality best suited to each job, and Blue Cross materials; also weaving specifications. Mills represented include American Woolen Company, Andover (Shawsheen), Mass.; Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Mass.; and Holden Leonard Co., Bennington, VT.

Dates: 1930-1947