Joseph P. Battles Papers
Collection Number: 6733
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Joseph P. Battles Papers,
1872-1932
Collection Number:
6733
Creator:
Battles, Joseph P.
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Diaries, papers .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
These two notebooks contain observations on the weather and
daily life; they mention disruptions of the mills & have information about
public events. The entries after Battles's death are by an unidentified compiler.
Also has newspaper clippings about sale of Battles's mill property and potential
buyers.
Language:
Collection material in English
Battles was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, moved to Lowell as a boy, and came to
Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1848 to be paymaster of the Atlantic Cotton Mills; he
later became agent at the mills. He was connected with the company for 37 years,
resigning in 1887. In 1881 he became the principal owner and treasurer of the
Lawrence Machine Shop.
Battles was agent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills. The first volume indicates that the
records were made by him at the agent's house in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Battles
moved to North Andover, Massachusetts in 1887; the second volume records the weather
in North Andover. After Battles's death in 1900, there are continued entries by an
unidentified compiler. Included is information on water levels, temperature,
rainfall, etc., plus mention of mill closings in Lawrence due to the 1894 depression
and information about public events. Also contains newspaper clippings about the
sale of Battles's mill property and potential buyers, including Geo. E. Kunhardt
Co.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Mrs. Donald Amy.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Mrs. Donald Amy.
Names:
Battles, Joseph P.
Atlantic Cotton Mills.
George E. Kunhardt Corporation.
Subjects:
Cotton manufacture
Depressions
Industries
Manufacturers' agents
Textile industry
Weather.
Mill agents
Geographic Subjects:
Lawrence (Mass.)
North Andover (Mass.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries
Papers
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:
Joseph P. Battles Papers #6733. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1872-1932 | |