Gay, Silver and Company Records

Collection Number: 6650

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gay, Silver and Company Records, 1836-1842
Collection Number:
6650
Creator:
Gay, Silver and Company
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), account books .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Account book of Gay, Silver & Co., North Chelmsford, Mass., 1836-1842, with notes on the history of this machinery manufacturer. Also includes a photocopy of the account book.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Gay, Silver & Co., North was a machinery manufacturer in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Account book of Gay, Silver & Co., North Chelmsford, Mass., 1836-1842, with notes on the history of this machinery manufacturer. Also includes a photocopy of the account book.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Warren G. and Helen M. Ogden.
PROCESSING INFORMATION:

Original journal in fragile condition; use the photocopy.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Warren G. and Helen M. Ogden.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Burke, William A.
Gay, Ira, 1790-1837
Gay, Ziba.
Silver, Harvey
American Textile History Museum
Gay, Silver & Company.
Ira Gay and Company.
Silver, Gay & Company (North Chelmsford, Mass.)

Subjects:
Child labor
Decedents' estates
Hydraulic turbines
Industries
Inventors
Labor
Machine shops
Machine shops--Massachusetts -- Chelmsford
Machine shops--N.H.--Nashua
Machine-tools
Machinists
Ships
Steamer Herald (Ship).
Textile machinery industry
Textile Machinery Industry--Merrimack River Valley --History--1815-1861
Textile workers--Housing--Mass.--History
Textile technology, General

Geographic Subjects:
North Chelmsford (Mass.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents).
Account books

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:
Gay, Silver and Company Records #6650. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1 1836-1842
housed in 7025m, box 5