Hampton Company Records
Collection Number: 6679
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Hampton Company Records, 1925-1945
Collection Number:
6679
Creator:
Hampton Company
Quantity:
0.8 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
One folder of miscellaneous patent specifications &
correspondence, 1936-1945, relating to the use of rayon or mercerized cotton cord to
reinforce rubber products such as tires and belting. Also includes misc. records
including dye formulae, 1860's; machinery contracts and estimates, 1915-19, for
Hawthorn Spinning Mills, Clover, S.C.; foreign patent negotiations for yarn treating
devices, 1915-1930; cost analyses, 1923-1957. Also data reported to U.S. Dept. of
Labor concerning number of hours worked, payroll, etc., 1931-50; undated essay on
spinning; correspondence, 1909-10, from R.B. Hawley to F.N. Graves & Co.
concerning Eastern European wool purchases.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Hampton Company was a cotton mill located in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Records include notes on construction and operation of machinery, ca. 1890's;
machinery estimates, 1912; machinery prices, 1915, 1919; record of power purchased,
1923-1926; data reported to the U.S. Department of Labor concerning number of hours
worked, payrolls, etc., 1931-1950; audit report, 1920, and machinery contracts and
estimates, 1915-1919, for Hawthorn Spinning Mills, Clover, S.C. Contains
correspondence, 1909-1910, from R.B. Hawley to F.N. Graves & Company
concerning Eastern European wool purchases. Also includes patent specifications and
correspondence, 1936-1945, relating to the use of rayon and mercerized cotton cord
to reinforce rubber products such as tires and belting; and correspondence, news
clippings, etc., concerning foreign patent negotiations, 1915-1930, for yarn
treating devices. Also includes undated essay on spinning.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection.
American Textile History Museum Collection.
Names:
Hawley, R. B.
American Textile History Museum
F.N. Graves & Company.
Hampton Company
Hawthorn Spinning Mills (Clover, S.C.)
Subjects:
Belts and belting
Business records
Contracts
Cotton manufacture
Cotton technology, General
Labor records
Patents
Personnel records
Rayon
Spinning
Textile industry
Textile machinery
Tires
Geographic Subjects:
Clover (S.C.)
Easthampton (Mass.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
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:
Hampton Company Records #6679. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1925 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1927 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1927 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1928 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1928 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1929 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1929 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1929 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1928-1930 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1936-1945 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1890-1899 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1912 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1915-1919 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1923-1926 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1926 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1930 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1914-1932 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1930-1957 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1919 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1915-1919 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1909-1910 | |