Farnsworth Manufacturing Records
Collection Number: 6636
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Farnsworth Manufacturing Records,
1931-1961
Collection Number:
6636
Creator:
Farnsworth
Manufacturing
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), reports, time books
.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
14 time books (weekly) from machinery repair shop
(1931-1961); diary, 1954, of shop foreman listing repair work done each day by each
employee; typescript lubrication survey for Farnsworth Mill done by Gulf Oil Corp.,
Portland, Me., ca 1950.
Language:
Collection material in English
Farnsworth Manufacturing Co., Lisbon, Maine. Woolen mill & division of Cotwool
Manufacturing Co. Also known as Farnsworth Mill.
Includes weekly time books, 1931-1932, 1935-1938, and 1941-1961, from the machinery
repair shop; and a diary of a shop foreman, 1954, which lists repair work done each
day by each employee. Also includes a report entitled, Lubrication survey for
Farnsworth Mill, Deering-Milliken Service, Lisbon Center, Maine, done by Gulf Oil
Corporation, Portland, Me., ca. 1950. Report outlines the type of lubricants
recommended for various machines
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Deering, Milliken and Company and
Samuel T. Freeman & Company.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Deering, Milliken and Company and
Samuel T. Freeman & Company.
Names:
Cotwool Manufacturing Company.
Deering, Milliken & Co.
Farnsworth Manufacturing Co.
Farnsworth Mills (Lisbon, Me.)
Subjects:
Bills of lading
Business records
Conveyancing
Deeds
Dyes and dyeing
Invoices
Lubrication and lubricants
Supervisors, Industrial
Textile industry
Woolen and worsted machinery
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Price lists
Wool technology -- General
Woolen manufacturers
Geographic Subjects:
Lisbon (Me.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Reports
Time books
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:
Farnsworth Manufacturing Records #6636. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
6636 G: Farnsworth Manufacturing Graphics
6636 PUBS: Farnsworth Manufacturing Publications
6636 G: Farnsworth Manufacturing Graphics
6636 PUBS: Farnsworth Manufacturing Publications
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1931-1937 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1937-1943 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1943-1946 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1947-1949 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1949-1953 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1953-1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1957-1961 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1954 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1950 | |