Tremont & Suffolk Mills Records

Collection Number: 6921

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Tremont & Suffolk Mills Records, 1924
Collection Number:
6921
Creator:
Tremont & Suffolk Mills ;
Merrill, Gilbert R.
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Notebooks, records (documents) .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
One volume. Cost Outline, Nov.-Dec., 1924. Summary of costs by style, instructions for determining costs, details of calculations & base data used to determine costs indirectly. Lists machinery, production, natural costs, labor costs, overhead, pay rates, etc.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Cotton mills located in Lowell, Massachusetts formed by the merger of Tremont Mills and Suffolk Mills in 1871.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

For November 1924, includes summary of costs by style (blankets, cloth, etc.), sale yarn costs, underwear costs, data for estimating costs, details of calculations for department costs, data for overhead, labor distribution and costs specific to dyestuffs, waste handling, etc. Also includes payrolls (including costs of wage reduction), piece rates, lists of machinery and details of equipment, etc.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Gilbert R. Merrill and John W. Sears.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Gilbert R. Merrill and John W. Sears.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Merrill, Gilbert R.
Tremont & Suffolk Mills (Lowell, Mass.)

Subjects:
Costs
Cotton manufacture
Industries
Stock ownership
Textile industry
Cotton technology, General

Geographic Subjects:
Lowell (Mass.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Notebooks
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:
Tremont & Suffolk Mills Records #6921. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1 1924
housed in collection 7025m, box 3
Box 1 Folder 2 1920
housed in 7025m, box 3