Records, 1915-1941 (bulk 1915-1924)

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Records, 1915-1941 (bulk 1915-1924)

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The collection contains records of the Maine Slate Company of Monson as well as personal papers of Walter L. Johnson, superintendent of the company, and his wife Harriet F. Johnson. This small collection contains a few folders of material from Walter Johnson's work as superintendent of the Maine Slate Company of Monson, including correspondence with C.N. Fay, the company president, and a group of reports to Fay of daily operations at the quarry, all from 1915. Also included are ten undated photographs showing quarry workers, the mining operation, and the mine buildings. The collection also contains personal papers of Walter and Harriet Johnson, most having to do with their business investments. One folder contains Harriet Johnson's correspondence after the death of her husband and concerns primarily her investments and business interests in logging and other activities.

2 boxes (0.8 cubic feet)

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Johnson, Harriet Eitel Wells, 1879-1958

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Maine Slate Company of Monson.

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Slate was discovered in Monson, Maine, in 1870, and the town became home to several slate quarries over the next half-century. The Maine Slate Company of Monson opened its quarry in 1903, producing black slate used for roofing and other slate products. At the company's quarry, located 3 1/2 miles west-southwest of the village, there were about 30 feet of slate and interbedded quartzite exposed. The thickest bed of slate measured about 8 feet and the quarry measured about 100 feet ac...

Fay, C. N.

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Johnson, Walter Loring, d. 1923.

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