Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Records
Collection Number: 6589
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Records,
1919-1963
Collection Number:
6589
Creator:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, records (documents), scrapbooks
.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Collection contains incoming correspondence, 1930-1963, reports on cloth production for the armed forces, 1941-1945, and other
war-related materials; papers concerning the mill closing, 1962-1963; and
information files including clippings, pamphlets, notes and articles on wages and hours, company history, fashions, mill closings,
and imports.
Language:
Collection material in English
The company, started in 1879, was located in Stafford Springs, Conn., with selling offices on Madison Ave., New York. It manufactured
fine wool suitings and overcoatings. The company was sold in 1963. During the
period covered s collection, it operated 10 sets of cards, 100 looms, and 4,000 spindles.
Collection contains incoming correspondence, 1930-1963, on topics such as machinery, advertising, fashion, business conditions,
imports and mill closings. It also contains cloth test results compared with Japanese cloth for tensile strength and shrinkage,
including consulting report from Barnes Textile Associates; survey of carding machinery with recommendations from Davis &
Furber Machine Co.; reports on cloth production for the armed forces, 1941-1945, and other war-
related materials; papers concerning the mill closing, 1962-1963; and information files including clippings, pamphlets, notes
and articles on wages and hours, company history, fashions, mill closings, and imports.
PROVENANCE:
American
Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
American
Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
Names:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company
Subjects:
Advertising
Coats
Men's clothing industry
Selling
Suits (Clothing)
Swatches (Dry-goods)
Textile industry
Wool fabrics
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Wool technology -- General
Samples (Cloth)
Geographic Subjects:
Stafford Springs (Conn.)
United States
Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Records (documents)
Scrapbooks.
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:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Records #6589. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
Related Collections:
6589 F: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Films
6589 G: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Graphics
6589 P: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Photographs
6589 F: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Films
6589 G: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Graphics
6589 P: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Photographs
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1952-1961 | |
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September 29, 1952-September 12,
1961
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1933-1938 | |
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Format: Text
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New York office to mill in Connecticut;
February 1933 - August 1938
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1938-1943 | |
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Format: Text
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New York office to mill in Connecticut;
November 1938 - October 1941, October 1943
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1924-1963 | |
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June 1924, June 1935 - July 1963
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1924-1963 | |
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June 1924, June 1935 - July
1963
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1953-1960 | |
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Format: Text
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Mill closings; April 1953 - April 1960
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1930 | |
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1941-1945 | |
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circa 1941-1945
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1945-1960 | |
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1945, 1957-1960
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1958 | |
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and Recommendations by Davis & Furber Machine
Company; July 11, 1958
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1943 | |
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
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Undated
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1962 | |
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August 10, 1962
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1963 | |
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April 26, 1963
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1919-1923 | |
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1919, 1923
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1962 | |
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Purchase by Guilford Industries; July 1962
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1950-1959 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1943 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1943 | |
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March 29, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1943 | |
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August 12, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1943 | |
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August 17, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1943 | |
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August 18, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1943 | |
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July 15, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1943 | |
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August 5, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1943 | |
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August 12, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1943 | |
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August 19, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 | 1945 | |
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February 1, 1945
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 | 1943 | |
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July 18, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1943 | |
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April 23, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 | 1943 | |
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August 17, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 | 1943 | |
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August 12, 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 | 1935-1943 | |
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Strike - 1935,
Vacation - 1943, Town history - 1943
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 | 1952 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 | 1958-1959 | |
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Re: Wool industry, general fashion
trends
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 | 1954-1961 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 22 | 1953-1963 | |
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Printed on typescript material
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 | 1954-1957 | |
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 | 1961 | |
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By Laurence T. Ritchie; February 5, 1961
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 | ||
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Carbon copy; No author; Undated
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 | 1928-1938 | |
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Francis Henry Mitchell; 1928, 1938
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