Records, 1898-1950.

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Records, 1898-1950.

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The records of the Textile Machine Works include minute books of the parent company and major subsidiaries (1900-68). Also included are sales books (1892-1906) and financial statements (1917-44). The collection documents the establishment and operation of the Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute and contains records on apprenticeship training. Records on the company town include tenant house record sheets and material relating to the Wyomissing Park Association and Wyomissing Water Company. There are also personnel records cards ca. 1930-50, copies of job descriptions and records relating to World War II government contracts.

Mss. 7 linear ft.Photographs 105 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6705549

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Wyomissing Park Association.

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Janssen, Henry, 1866-1948

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Textile Machine Works (Reading, Pa.).

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The Textile Machine Works was founded by Henry Janssen and Ferdinand Thun on July 5, 1892 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Both Thun and Janssen were born in Barmen, Germany, in 1866. Thun came to America in 1886 and worked as a bookkeeper, but returned to Germany in 1889 to study the making of braids and trimmings. He returned to America in 1889 as superintendent of the Sutro Brothers' braid manufacturing plant in New York. Here he again met Henry Janssen, who had joined the C...

Thun, Ferdinand, 1866-1948

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Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute

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American Federation of Hosiery Workers

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The American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers organized in 1915, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1923, and took the name American Federation of Hosiery Workers in 1933. It later merged with the Textile Workers Union of America in 1965. From the description of American Federation of Hosiery Workers records, 1930-1945. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 455340555 ...