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H.K.H. Silk Company Records., 1892-1924.

Title: H.K.H. Silk Company Records. 1892-1924.

Hammond, Knowlton and Company was a silk manufacturer in operation prior to 1892. The company consolidated with other companies in 1918 to form the H.K.H. Silk Company. This company had mills in Putnam, Watertown, New London, and Woodbury, CT, as well as Haverstraw, NY. The company headquarters was in Watertown, CT. In early 1925, it appears that the company changed its name to the Heminway Silk Corporation. As a matter of local interest, it is worth noting that company treasurer Clarence Asahel Hammond-Knowlton resided in Mansfield Center, CT, on Knowlton Hill near Gurleyville Rd.

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Silk Association of America. [Minor publications].

Title: [Minor publications].

ArchivalResource: v. 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701754499 View

American Textile Manufacturers Institute. [Association records.]

Title: [Association records.] 1873-1986.

This collection contains records of many of the predecessor organizations of ATMI, primarily minutes of meetings and reports generated or collected by these organizations. Few financial records are included. Included are records from the Cotton Yarn Manufacturers Convention/Southern Cotton Spinners Association (1897-1904); American Cotton Manufacturers Association (1904-1949); International Conference of Growers and Manufacturers of Cotton (1906-07); Southeastern Appeal Board Decisions cases 1-105 (1926-1972); Cotton-Textile Institute (1929/30-1949); Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Association (1941/42-1947/48); the Silk Association (1873-1932/33); National Federation of Textiles Inc (1935-1947); Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York (1918-1962); National Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics/National Association of Finishers of Textile Fabrics (1898-1965); American Textile Manufacturers Institute annual reports/publications (1966-1985); and American Cotton Manufacturers Association/American Cotton Manufacturers Institute/American Textile Manufacturers Institute photographs (1897-1986).

ArchivalResource: 21 ft. (16 boxes, 5 vols., 1 folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/636568866 View

Cheney family. Cheney family papers and business records, 1797-1956.

Title: Cheney family papers and business records, 1797-1956.

Correspondence between immediate and extended family members of the Cheney family from Manchester, Connecticut, namely Frank W. Cheney, Mary Bushnell Cheney, Emily Cheney Learned and her husband Barrett Learned, Howell Cheney, Ward Cheney, Knight Dexter Cheney, Charles Cheney, Mary Apthorp Bushnell, Horace Bushnell, Horace B. Cheney, Mary B. Howell Saw, and Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney, among others. A commonplace book kept by Mary Howell (Shaw), her diaries, and a transcript of those diaries are also part of the collection. Also business correspondence of Frank W. and Knight D. Cheney regarding their silk mill in Manchester. Frank's correspondence includes letters about the 16th Connecticut Volunteers reunions, erecting a statue at the site of Andersonville Prison, erecting a memorial to Joseph R. Hawley, his interests in railroads and insurance companies, his opposition to the Eight Hour movement, and his support of Civil Service Reform and a protective tariff. In planning for the two memorials, Frank corresponded with artists Bela Platt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French and Charles N. Flagg, and with Connecticut Senator Orville H. Platt. The collection also includes several essays Frank wrote to present to the Monday Evening Club. Records of Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company include trial balances, accounts, publications of the Silk Association of America, drawings of machinery, cargo insurance policies (many for trips from japan), product information for the Pioneer Parachute Company, reports to the State Library about the company's war efforts, information on the Mulberry Grove Silk Growing & Manufacturing Company of Ohio, the purchase of Cheney Brothers by J.E. Stevens & Co., and circular letters and advertising material. Letter books include three with copies of Frank W. Cheney's outgoing correspondence and one with copies of Knight D. Cheney's letters, plus two volumes with original letters, some written by Ward Cheney while traveling in Europe, and one containing a commonplace books.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (35 1/2 boxes, 7 volumes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/312761313 View