Adams & Leland Records

Collection Number: 6496

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Adams & Leland Records, 1958
Collection Number:
6496
Creator:
Adams & Leland
Quantity:
0.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence to George L. Anderson concerning telephone charges of Boston Wool Trade Assoc.; correspondence about the wool promotion fund of the wool trade; correspondence from American Conditioning House, Boston, with reports on Adams & Leland wool; correspondence to Middlesex Sheep Breeders' Assoc., Bolton, MA and contract book.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Adams & Leland was a wool dealing company in Boston.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes a contract book, 1958- 1959, and miscellaneous outgoing correspondence, 1957-1959, most to George L. Anderson concerning telephone charges of the Boston Wool Trade Association; incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1958, about the wool promotion fund of the wool trade; and outgoing and incoming correspondence, 1958, of George L. Anderson. Also includes incoming correspondence and news releases, 1958, from the American Conditioning House, Inc., Boston, a wool testing, research and technology company, along with test reports on Adams & Leland wool; and bills of sale from and correspondence to the Middlesex Sheep Breeders' Assoc., Bolton, Mass., 1959, for wool sold to Adams & Leland.

PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Edmund Leland.
PROCESSING INFORMATION:

Bulk were mailings from the Boston Wool Trade Association and were placed with BWTA papers to fill gaps. This work was done by the ATHM prior to the collection arriving at Cornell.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Edmund Leland.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Anderson, George L.
Adams & Leland
American Conditioning House.
Boston Wool Trade Association.
Middlesex Sheep Breeders' Association.

Subjects:
Bills of sale
Business enterprises
Business records
Sheep
Textile industry
Wool
Wool industry

Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Records (documents)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Adams & Leland Records #6496. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 2 1958
Box 1 Folder 3
Box 1 Folder 4 1958
Box 1 Folder 5 1958
Box 1 Folder 6 1958