Durfee Mill Records
Collection Number: 6614
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Durfee Mill Records,
Collection Number:
6614
Creator:
Durfee Mill
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Account books, correspondence, records (documents)
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Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Contains "invoiced" accounts of number of cases of woolen
goods consigned to various agents to the account to George M. Durfee from 1863-1866.
Also, record of warps woven by individually named weavers; record kept by boss
weaver, Anthony Dixon for R.G. Rodman (son?) at the Durfee Mill, 1869-1870. Warps
received from Gray Stone Manufacturing Co., N. Providence and Vaughan &
Green, Wakefield? R.I.; also milk accounts, 1877-79 possibly kept by Albro Family in
Rocky Brook store
Language:
Collection material in English
The name Durfee Mill, Rocky Brook, South Kingston, R.I., is the only mill name that
is mentioned in this volume. It is unclear whether R.G. Rodman or George M. Durfee
was the owner; the Rodmans were active in the textile mill business in the North and
South Kingston area. Mill may have been previously operated by Samuel Rodman who
having sold most of his goods to the South, lost his business when the market
collapsed during the Civil War. Business continued to operate under other
owners.
Contains "invoiced" accounts of number of cases of woolen goods consigned to various
agents to the account of George M. Durfee from 1863-1866. Agents include:
Frothingham Co., New York; Woodward Baldwin & Co., New York; Owen, Day
& Root, Hartford, Conn.; and Henry Tiffany & Co., New York. Goods
include: twills, Kentucky cassimeres, Log Cabin cassimeres, Riverside cassimeres,
Harness(?) cassimeres, Narragansett jeans and Maryland tweeds. Also includes a
record of warps woven by individually named weavers and a record kept by boss weaver
Anthony Dixon for R.G. Rodman at the Durfee Mill, 1869-1870. Warps were received
from Gray Stone Manufacturing Co., North Providence, and Vaughan & Green,
Wakefield(?), R.I. Also includes milk accounts, 1877-1879, possibly kept by Albro
family at "Variety Store," Rocky Brook.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection.
American Textile History Museum Collection.
Names:
Albro family.
Barden, Auldis.
Dean, Josiah.
Dickson, Anthony.
Dixon, Anthony.
Durfee, George M.
Flint, Ambrose.
Hull, Charles B.
Maguire, John.
Raymond, Ephraim.
Rodman, R. G.
T. S. (Thomas Seymour)
Tyler, John.
Durfee Mill (South Kingston, R.I.)
Subjects:
Barter
Blankets
Business records
Cotton manufacture
Industries
Industrial relations
Textile industry
Tweed
Twill
Variety stores
Weavers
Weaving
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Cotton technology, General
Wool technology, General
Satinet
Mill agents
Mill superintendents
Mill treasurers
Selling agents.
Jeans (Textile)
Cassimeres
Manufacturers' agents
Form and Genre Terms:
Account books
Correspondence
Records (documents)
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:
Durfee Mill Records #6614. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library.
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