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Papers, 1951 (inclusive).

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Consists of handwritten charts of financial data abstracted from the records of five cotton textile manufacturers held at Baker Library. The five firms were Nashua Manufacturing Company (1827-1914), Boston Manufacturing Company (1825-1865), Lawrence Manufacturing Company (1833-1891), Hamilton Manufacturing Company (1826-1886), Dwight Manufacturing Company (1865-1914), and Lyman Mills (1886-1914). The data includes statistics on company assets and liabilities, income and expense accounts, and payroll expenses. The payroll summaries include detailed information on the companies' female employees.

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Boston Manufacturing Company

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Textile firm established in Waltham, Mass. in 1813 by Francis Cabot Lowell and Patrick Tracy Jackson. Operated the first mill in the world to combine all aspects of the manufacture of cotten cloth under one roof. Its establishment marks the start of the factory system in the United States. From the description of Records, 1813-1930 (inclusive) [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894354 ...

Dwight Manufacturing Company

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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 ...

Lawrence Manufacturing Company

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Cotton manufacturing firm of Lowell, Mass., established in 1831 by proprietors of the other Lowell mills in connection with the Boston merchants Abbott and Amos Lawrence. Produced hosiery, underwear, sheetings, drills, denims, and flannels. The business was liquidated in 1926. From the description of Records, 1831-1955 (inclusive), 1831-1926 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894599 The company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass., with offices i...

Nashua Manufacturing Company

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Cotton textile manufacturer, Nashua, N.H. Incorporated 1823. Acquired Jackson Company in 1916. Acquired Indian Head Mills, 1924. Acquired Tremont and Suffolk Mills, 1926. Taken over by Textron, Inc. in 1945. Nashua mills closed in 1948. From the description of Records, 1824-1932 (inclusive) [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894421 Cotton textile manufacturer located in Nashua, N.H., and incorporated in 1823. Taken over by Textron, Inc., in 1945. ...

Hamilton Manufacturing Co. (Two Rivers, Wis.)

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Layer, Robert George, 1921-

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Robert G. Layer earned a Ph. D. in economics from Harvard University in 1952. As part of the research for his doctoral dissertation, Layer closely examined the financial and production records of several nineteenth century New England textile manufacturers held at Baker Library. Layer used this statistical data in his 1952 thesis "Wages, Earnings, and Output in Four Cotton Textile Companies in New England, 1825-1860" and later in a 1955 book "Earnings of cotton mill operatives, 1825-1914." (Camb...

Lyman Mills.

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