Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company records, 1734-1979.

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Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company records, 1734-1979.

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Directors' minutes, sales records, wage and hour charts, employee manuals, hiring specifications, personnel records, tabulations relating to industrial accidents, contracts and other materials of Local 637, Textile Workers Union of America, arbitration and negotiation proceedings, labor legislation information, documents concerning court cases, production samples, ledgers, shipping invoices, blueprints of buildings and equipment, posters, memoranda, company history, printed materials, and other records, documenting the management and operations of the company. Includes records of subsidiary company, Pioneer Parachute Company, also in Manchester; and World War I and II files of National War Labor Board.

65 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258727

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Cheney, Ralph, 1806-1897

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Cheney, Charles, 1803-1874

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Cheney, Frank, 1817-1904

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Cheney Brothers

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Mount Nebo Silk Manufacturing established by Charles, Frank, Ralph, and Ward Cheney and other family members in 1837; in 1843 renamed Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company; and in 1873 name changed to Cheney Brothers; sold to J.P. Stevens & Co., in 1955 and later resold to Gerli, Inc.; mills in South Manchester and Manchester, Conn., with offices in New York, N.Y.; closed in 1984. From the description of Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company records, 1734-1979. (Univers...