[Business records]. 1817-1989.

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[Business records]. 1817-1989.

Contains acts of incorporation, charters and bylaws; minutes of meetings of board of directors and stockholders, 1850-1959; annual and biannual reports, 1890-1983; and legal documents and deeds, 1817-1945. Also contains extensive records of William G. Lord II, Crompton's last president, with incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1978-1988; reports and proposals, 1983-1988; maintenance and construction records; subject working files; reference files, 1850-1932; scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, press releases, and publications by or about the company. Financial records include balance sheets, 1884-1952, and a cash book, 1846-1852. Also includes records of Henry Kupfer & Co., 1907-1915, and Crompton-Richmond Co., 1916-1988.

16 ft. (17 boxes)

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Crompton Osceola Company. F.E. Richmond Plant.

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Crompton-Highland Mills

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Crompton-Arkansas Mills.

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Crompton-Richmond Company.

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Lord, William G.

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Richmond, George Martin.

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Crompton Company

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The company was founded in 1807 as the Providence Manufacturing Co. in West Warwick, R.I., and by 1808 was operating a cotton mill. Its name changed in 1823 to Crompton Co., and it expanded to include a bleachery and by 1832 calico printing. The village around the mill was named Crompton Mills, later known as Crompton. The company incorporated in 1850. By 1866 George Martin Richmond gained controlling interest, and the Richmond family soon dominated the company. The company began to make corduro...

Howard Richmond Plant.

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Henry Kupfer & Company.

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Crompton-Shenandoah Company.

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Richmond, Howard, 1830-1907.

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Richmond, Frank, 1959-

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Providence Manufacturing Company.

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Richmond, F. E. 1877-1951.

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