Supervisors, Industrial

14 time books (weekly) from machinery repair shop (1931-1961); diary, 1954, of shop foreman listing repair work done each day by each employee; typescript lubrication survey for Farnsworth Mill done by Gulf Oil Corp., Portland, Me., ca 1950.

Personal papers, 1919-1933, including tests from a course in "Foreman training" on forms from the Massachusetts Department of Education, Division of University Extension, Lawrence; weaving drafts in color; & notes & diagrams on textile manufacturing from Binns's association with an unidentified school or company.

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.