Belding Heminway Company Records

Collection Number: 6535

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Belding Heminway Company Records, 1930-1931
Collection Number:
6535
Creator:
Belding Heminway Company;
Baker Library;
Harvard University
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Notices to stockholders, 1930-1931, concerning re- organization. Several documents sent to stockholders by Robert Kast. Also a letter from Belding denying Kast's allegations.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The company, a silk manufacturer, had offices in New York City. It was formerly called Belding Bros. & Co.; this company was established in 1866 with a factory in Rockville, Connecticut. A second mill was added in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1874, with additional facilities in Belding, Michigan, San Francisco and Montreal, and salesrooms and offices in New York City, Chicago and elsewhere.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Notices to stockholders, 1930-1931, concerning re- organization. Several documents sent to stockholders by Robert Kast on letterhead of Belway Corp. Kast outlines improprieties and mismanagement he perceives at company and provides reorganization plan. Also a letter from Belding denying Kast's allegations.

PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Baker Library.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Baker Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Kast, Robert.
Belding Bros. & Co.
Belway Corporation.
Belding Heminway Company

Subjects:
Corporations
Industries
Silk industry
Stockholders
Textile industry

Form and Genre Terms:
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:
Belding Heminway Company Records #6535. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1 1930-1931
housed in collection 7025m, box 3