[Business records]. 1851-1968.

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[Business records]. 1851-1968.

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Records consist of Uxbridge Cotton Mills, 1850-1923, and James Whitin, Inc., 1918-1926, continued by those of private family interests until the late 1960's. There is a section related to other Whitin enterprises; also some records of Paul Whitin & Sons; John C. Whitin's Machine Works; the Douglas Manufacturing Company in Worcester County, Mass. and the Linwood Mill in Whitinsville. Records include an undated memo book of George Whitin; correspondence, 1903-1926; insurance and tax records, 1897-1933; daybooks and cash books, 1869-1940; purchasing records and invoices, 1883-1926; order books and consignment journals, 1883-1923; payroll records and time books, 1883-1925; and production reports, 1867-1923. Also records of worker housing, 1881-1937 and 1967-1968, and various records for Grey Rock Farm in Uxbridge, 1916-1968. Records for other Whitin family enterprises include miscellaneous financial papers, 1858-1859, of Paul Whitin & Son; patent assignments, statements of assets, etc., 1868, 1904, of Linwood Mill/Whitin Brothers; miscellaneous papers, 1859-1872, of Whitin Machine Works; stockholders' records, 1860-1863, and statements of accounts, 1859-1863, of Douglas Manufacturing Co.; and time books, 1929-1932, of Edgeworth Mill, Worcester, Mass.

45 ft. (90 boxes + 88 v.)

American Textile History Museum Library

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American Textile History Museum Library

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James Whitin, Inc.

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Whitin, George, 1849-1929.

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Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.)

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Contains documents prepared for Whitin by Booz, Allen & Hamilton, management consultants, including a survey of accounting operations and the data processing system, 1960; a recap of organization recommendations, 1960; a preliminary survey of Zurn Industries, Inc., as an acquisition candidate, 1962; and a review of the sales and profit outlook for J.D. Ferry Co. and American Type Founders, 1963; both companies were Whitin Machine Works acquisitions. Also contains a report, 1963, by Whitin on...

Crown and Eagle Mills.

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John C. Whitin's Machine Works.

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Grey Rock Farm.

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Linwood Mill.

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Douglas Manufacturing Company

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Paul Whitin & Sons (Whitinsville, Mass.)

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M.J. Whittall Associates.

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Edgeworth Mill.

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Uxbridge Cotton Mills.

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A cotton manufacturer in Uxbridge, Mass. incorporated in 1841. First housed in buildings formerly owned by Crown and Eagle Mills, it made sheetings, shirtings, scrims and voiles. It was purchased in 1849 by Paul Whitin & Sons, a family business in Whitinsville, Mass. In 1864, this company was dissolved and divided among various family members. James F. Whitin became the owner of the Uxbridge Cotton Mills and ran them until his death in 1904. A grandson, James E. Whitin, inherited and took th...

Whitin, James F., 1814-1904.

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Whitin, James E., 1879-1941.

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Whitin, Edgeworth.

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