Miscellany relating to the Bancroft Mills, 1846-1974 bulk (1889-1965).

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Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. Miscellany relating to the Bancroft Mills, 1846-1974 bulk (1889-1965).

Miscellany relating to the Bancroft Mills, 1846-1974 bulk (1889-1965).

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The records consist of a small batch of company documents preserved by an individual after the end of operations by the Wilmington Finishing Company They include copies of the company's charter and supplements, bylaws and amendments, and files of agreements covering water rights, easements for sewer, gas and water lines, and plant access for the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company. There are two important consultant's reports on the condition of the company, one from the depression year of 1936, and the other from 1960, when it was clear that the manufacturing operation was no longer viable and a buyer was sought for the company's assets. There are some notes on the sale to Indian Head Mills, Inc., and the subsequent fate of the property. Documents from the period of Wilmington Finishing Co. operation include periodic reports to the government on wastewater treatment and discharge into Brandywine Creek. There is also a large file on the use of Miss America winners to promote "Ban-Lon" with many samples of magazine advertising and publicity from 1964, another file on the donation of the main body of the company's records to the then Eleutherian Mills Historical Library in 1964, and some sketches showing details of heavy-timber mill construction.

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