Records, 1855-1960 (inclusive).

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Records, 1855-1960 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269577392

Incomplete records of Saco-Lowell and of predecessor and affiliated firms. Included are papers of Saco-Lowell, 1912-1957; Saco Water Power Machine Shop, 1867-1897; Saco and Pettee Machine Shops, 1897-1912; Saco-Pettee Company, later the Textile Securities Company, 1910-1912; Pettee Machine Works, 1879-1897; Kitson Machine Shops, Lowell, Mass., 1875-1912; Potter-Atherton Machine Company, 1888-1896, and A.T. Atherton Machine Company, 1896-1913, Pawtucket, R.I.; Metallic Drawing Roll Company, 1894-1928, Indian Orchard, Mass.; and Pawtucket Spinning Ring Company, 1917-1940. Particular emphasis has been placed on stock records. There are letters for Saco Water Power Machine Shop, 1867-1871 and 1880-1894; minute books for Saco and Pettee Machine Shops, Textile Securities Company, and the Atherton Companies. Journal, ledger and balances of Augustine H. Amory, in one volume, 1896-1918, are to be found in the collection as are the office files of David F. Edwards, ca. 1927-1957, president of Saco-Lowell. There are several folders of summaries and other materials collected by George S. Gibb in writing the history of Saco-Lowell. Includes papers concerning a holding company, the Eastern Machinery Company.

27 linear ft. (109 v., 9 boxes, 21 cases)

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Textile machinery manufacturing company, Saco and Biddeford, Me. Formed in 1912 from the consolidation of Saco-Pettee Company and the Lowell Machine Shops. Saco-Pettee's history extends back on one side to 1825 when the Pettee Machine Works, Newton, Mass., were established and to 1839 on the other side when the Saco Water Power Company was founded. In 1897 these firms formed the Saco and Pettee Machine Shops. In 1930 the firm consolidated all its operations in Maine. In 1948 it acquired a plant ...

Metallic Drawing Roll Company.

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Evans, Wilmot R.

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McMullan, James H., 1832-

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Ault, T. J.

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Atherton, Abel T.

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Agricultural engineer, Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis. From the description of Robert G. Curley collection, 1958-2000. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 476310574 ...

Pawtucket Spinning Ring Company.

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Edwards, David Frank, 1881-1964.

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