North Star Woolen Mill Records, 1941-1959
Collection Number: 6812

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
North Star Woolen Mill Records, 1941-1959
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6812
Abstract:
Records include stockholders' ledger, 1941-1959; annual financial statements, 1950-1954; articles of incorporation, as amended by typescript, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953 (gift of W.G. Northrup, Portsmouth, NH, June 1963); minutes, 1953-1958, of directors' & stockholders' meetings; and correspondence.
Creator:
North Star Woolen Mill
Quanitities:
0.25 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

North Star Woolen Mill, Minneapolis; Lima, Ohio; Sanford, ME. Woolen mill founded in 1864. Minneapolis operation closed in 1950 and business centered in Lima. In 1956, moved from Lima to Sanford. It merged with Maine Spinning Co. in 1959.

Records include stockholders' ledger, 1941-1959; annual financial statements, 1950-1954; articles of incorporation, as amended by typescript, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953 (gift of W.G. Northrup, Portsmouth, NH, June 1963); minutes, 1953-1958, of directors' & stockholders' meetings; and correspondence.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Ames Stevens.
Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Ames Stevens.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

North Star Woolen Mill Records #6812. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Maine Spinning Company.
North Star Woolen Mill.
Subjects:
Articles of incorporation
Business records
Financial records
Minutes.
Textile industry
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Lima (Ohio)
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Sanford (Me.)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Annual Reports
1950-1954
Box 1 Folder 2
Articles of Incorporation
1945-1953
Box 1 Folder 3
Stockholders Ledger
1941-1959
Box 1 Folder 4
Directors + Stockholders Meetings - Minutes & Correspondence
1953-1955
Box 1 Folder 5
Directors + Stockholders Meetings - By-Laws
1956-1958