Vogel, Robert M. Collection of Textile Industry Records, 1720-1937
Collection Number: 6864
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Records, 1720-1937
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6864
Abstract:
Collection of materials related to the textile industry including Amoskeag Co. blank
forms. Comparisons of wages between foreign and American printeries. Correspondence
to H. Saltonstall, Treasurer, Pacific Mills, Boston. Letter from Jess Chandler of
Methuen, Mass. to his niece. Document from an unidentified compiler in England describing
loss of money from uncertainty of finding a purchaser for winding engines because
of threats of throwsters to destroy engines. Letter from Bent, treasurer of Mason
Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., to Chace at Bourne Mills in Fall River, Mass. Also
includes a letter, from H & B (Howard and Bullough) American Machine Company, Pawtucket,
R.I., to Lawrence Anderson, Superintendent, Laurel Lake Mills, Fall River
Creator:
Vogel, Robert M.
Quanitities:
0.25 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Collection of materials related to the textile industry including Amoskeag Co. blank
forms. Comparisons of wages between foreign and American printeries. Correspondence
to H. Saltonstall, Treasurer, Pacific Mills, Boston. Letter from Jess Chandler of
Methuen, Mass. addressed to Chandler's niece, April 26, 1937. Document from an unidentified
compiler in England describing loss of money from uncertainty of finding a purchaser
for winding engines because of threats of throwsters to destroy engines. Bent, treasurer
of Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., writes to Chace at Bourne Mills in Fall River,
Mass., about measurements of belts for cards and railway heads. Also includes a letter,
dated Nov. 19, 1927, from H & B (Howard and Bullough) American Machine Company, Pawtucket,
R.I., to Lawrence Anderson, Superintendent, Laurel Lake Mills, Fall River. H & B Co.
was a builder of cotton machinery.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Robert M. Vogel.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Records #6864. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6864 G: Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Graphics
6864 P: Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Photographs 6864 PUBS: Robert
M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Publications
Names:
Charles H. Robie.
Courtney, M. M.
Vogel, Robert M.
American Detective Service Company.
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.
Bourne Mills (Fall River, Mass.)
Greenville Cotton Mills Company (Greenville, S.C.)
Howard & Bullough American Machine Company.
L. Dannenbaum's Son & Company.
Laurel Lake Mills (Fall River, Mass.)
M.T. Stevens & Sons Co., Inc.
Mason Machine Works.
Pine Tree Silk Mills (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subjects:
Cotton machinery industry
Cotton manufacture
Cotton technology -- General
Industrial relations
Industries
Invoices
Labor
Mill superintendents
Ribbon industry
Silk industry
Silk technology-General
Textile industry
Textile machinery industry
Textile workers
Woolen and worsted finishing
Woolen and worsted machinery
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Other cloth fabrication methods
Opening and dusting
Wool technology -- General
Fall River (Mass.)
Pawtucket (R.I.)
Taunton (Mass.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Comparisons of wages
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1884-1893 |
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Scope and Contents
Comparisons of wages between foreign and American printeries. Includes a list of wage
rates by job, particularly of printers and weavers. Companies mentioned include Cocheco
Manufacturing Co., Dover, N.H., and Merrimack Print Works, Lowell, Mass., as well
as four unnamed print works in Scotland.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Letter from Jess Chandler of Meuthen, Mass. To niece -- re: his career in textile
industry
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1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter indicates that Chandler's father was the first to build this type of loom in
the area.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Johnson & Colby Letter
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1856 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter is addressed to Mr. Batchelder and discusses the price of wool
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Batchelder, Samuel - Correspondence
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1861-1863 |
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Scope and Contents
Addressed to Mr.Crombie discussing sale and purchase of cotton and wool, 1862- 63
(includes comment on recruiting workers from Manchester, England).
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Silk winders petition - ca. 1720
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1720 |
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Scope and Contents
Document from an unidentified compiler in England describing loss of money from uncertainty
of finding a purchaser for winding engines because of threats of throwsters to destroy
engines. Also outlines advantages to throwsters and the poor in using and managing
engines
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
William Bent of mason Machine Works to George Chase, Bourne Mills, 1882 -- A&B American
Machine Co. to Lawrence Anderson, Laurel Lake Mills, 1927 (2 letters)
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1882-1927 |
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Scope and Contents
Bent, treasurer of Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., writes to Chace at Bourne
Mills in Fall River, Mass., about measurements of belts for cards and railway heads.
Collection also includes a letter, dated Nov. 19, 1927, from H & B (Howard and Bullough)
American Machine Company, Pawtucket, R.I., to Lawrence Anderson, Superintendent, Laurel
Lake Mills, Fall River. H & B Co. was a builder of cotton machinery. Letter concerns
a blueprint showing proposed arrangement of hopper bale opener, condensor, lattice
and fan.
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