[Business records]. 1865-1981.

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[Business records]. 1865-1981.

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Includes annual reports of directors, 1940-1960; correspondence, 1884; several company histories; Development Board records, 1917-1954, about the development of new machinery and improvements to existing machinery; and engineering and sales reports, 1942, 1952-1974. Also includes sales records with information manuals, 1940-1973; sales bulletins, 1920-1970; catalogs, 1889-1921; advertising brochures, 1940-1981; lectures and articles, 1919, 1934-1979; and advertising and training films, 1940-1950. Labor records include an apprenticeship agreement, ca. 1860; time record rules, ca. 1900; and a group of posters, ca. 1945. Production records include numbers of looms built and shipped, 1869-1927; loom orders, 1926-1967; loom record cards, 1897-1958, by mill name; New England loom census cards, 1900-1972; loom and loom parts photographs, ca. 1897-1980; and machinery drawings, instruction manuals, and parts catalogs, 1905-1970.

48 ft. (38 boxes + 109 v.)

American Textile History Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7619447

American Textile History Museum Library

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Crompton, George, 1897-

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L.J. Knowles & Brother.

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Crompton, William, 1806-1891

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Albert Loom Works.

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Crompton & Knowles Loom Works

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Firm was established in 1897 by the consolidation of Crompton Loom Works (established 1851) and Knowles Loom Works (established 1855). It had manufacturing facilities in Worcester, Mass., Providence, R.I., Philadelphia and Charlotte, N.C. From the description of Loom specifications. 1923. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48447635 The company, located in Worcester, Mass., began in 1851 as a partnership of Merrill Furbush and George C...

Knowles, Lucius J., 1819-1884

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Crompton Loom Works

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A.H. Stelle and Brothers.

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Knowles Loom Works

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Knowles Loom Works established 1862 in Warren, Mass., by Lucius Knowles; moved to Worcester in 1867; merged with Crompton Loom Works in 1897, reincorporating as Crompton & Knowles Loom Works; manufacturer of looms. From the description of Knowles Loom Works collection, 1893-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960732 ...

Furbush, Merrill.

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Crompton-Thayer Loom Company.

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M.A. Furbush and Sons.

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