Freehold Carpet & Rug Mills Records
Collection Number: 6648
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Freehold Carpet & Rug
Mills Records,
Collection Number:
6648
Creator:
Freehold Carpet & Rug Mills
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, photographs, records (documents)
.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Contains proposals, correspondence, photographs &
advertising for textile machinery (some addressed to William M. Neumann).
Language:
Collection material in English
Freehold Carpet & Rug Mill was a woolen manufacturer located in Freehold, New
Jersey and Statesboro, Georgia. It was also known as Freehold Carpet &
Rug Mills.
Contains proposals, correspondence, photographs, and advertising circulars for
textile machinery, some of which are addressed to William M. Neumann. Correspondence
is to both the Freehold and Statesboro sites. Includes information on a Whitin
Machine Works floor creel (1963) with three photographs, and a proposal from
Duesberg-Bosson of America, Jefferson (Holden), Mass. (1959), with a quote for their
double rub tape condenser machine. Also includes a letter (1948) from Lester R.
Parham, U.S. Penitentiary, Federal Prison Industries, Terre Haute, Indiana, listing
machinery from El Reno Woolen Mill, such as an H & F wool card and ring
condenser (probably H & B/Howard & Bullough), a hand loom, mule
spinning frame and shearer; includes 5 photographs of these machines. Also includes
four advertising trade sheets for Apperly and Bramwell feeders for George S. Harwood
& Son, Boston.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection.
American Textile History Museum Collection.
Names:
Neumann, William M.
Parham, Lester R.
Duesberg-Bosson of America, Inc.
El Reno Woolen Mill.
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Freehold Carpet & Rug Mills.
Geo. S. Harwood & Son.
Howard & Bullough American Machine
Company.
United States Penitentiary (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.)
Subjects:
Advertising
Business records
Carding-machines
Prison industries
Rug and carpet industry
Spinning
Spinning machinery
Textile industry
Weaving
Woolen and worsted machinery
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Carding accessories/parts
Weaving accessories/parts
Geographic Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
Freehold (N.J.)
Jefferson ( Mass.)
Statesboro (Ga.)
Whitinsville (Mass.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Photographs
Records (documents)
Access Restrictions:
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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:
Freehold Carpet & Rug Mills Records #6648. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1948-1972 | |