Dwight Manufacturing Company
Cotton manufacturing firm established in 1841 in Chicopee, Mass. In 1856 Dwight united with the Perkins Manufacturing Company (established in 1836) which had merged with the Cabot Manufacturing Company (founded 1832) in 1852. In 1897 Dwight opened a mill in Alabama City, Ala. The Chicopee mills were shut down in 1927.
From the description of Records, 1832-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269602546
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Dwight Manufacturing Company. Records, 1832-1927 (inclusive). | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library | |
| referencedIn | J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905 | Baker Library, Harvard Business School | |
| referencedIn | Truslow, James L. [Papers]. | American Textile History Museum Library | |
| referencedIn | Nichols, J. Howard, 1838-1905. J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905 (inclusive). | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library | |
| referencedIn | Adams, S. [Letter] 1849 Apr. 30, Chicopee : [to] Henry Lyon, Ware, Mass. / [from] S. Adams. | American Textile History Museum Library | |
| referencedIn | Layer, Robert George, 1921-. Papers, 1951 (inclusive). | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Adams, S. | person |
| associatedWith | Adams, S. | person |
| associatedWith | Alabama Mills. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Aumann, L. A. | person |
| associatedWith | Bachelor, J. F. | person |
| associatedWith | Budlong, R. A. | person |
| associatedWith | Burke, William A. | person |
| associatedWith | Cabot Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Chicopee Electric Light Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Chicopee Gas Works. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cumnock, James W. | person |
| associatedWith | Freeland, C. W. | person |
| associatedWith | Greene, Edwin Farnham. | person |
| associatedWith | James K. Mills and Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | J. Howard Nichols, 1838-1905 | person |
| associatedWith | Layer, Robert George, 1921- | person |
| associatedWith | Lovering, Ernest. | person |
| associatedWith | Lyman, Samuel F. | person |
| associatedWith | Minot, Hooper and Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Nichols, George. | person |
| associatedWith | Nichols, J. Howard, 1838-1905. | person |
| associatedWith | Nye, G. H. | person |
| associatedWith | Perkins Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Story, F. H. | person |
| associatedWith | Truslow, James L. | person |
| associatedWith | Whittier, N. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | |||
| Alabama--Alabama City | |||
| Massachusetts--Chicopee | |||
| Massachusetts | |||
| Boston (Mass.) |
| Subject |
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| Cotton manufacture |
| Electric utilities |
| Gas companies |
| Management |
| Manufactures |
| Marketing |
| Textile industry |
| Women |
| Working class |
| Occupation |
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| Activity |
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| Capitalists and financiers |
| Manufacturer |
| Textile workers |
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Active 1832
Active 1927
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