Whitin Machine Works collection, 1844-[197-].

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Whitin Machine Works collection, 1844-[197-].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70958329

Correspondence, Whitin and Lasell family diaries, mss., trade publications including the Whitin Review, corporate magazine entitled The Spindle, photographs, negatives, books about the family and company, machinery parts, oil paintings, marble busts, lithographs, etchings, bronze plaque, and other materials.

ca. 25 linear ft.

Whitinsville Social Library, Historical Room

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SNAC Resource ID: 8052452

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Lasell, Josiah, 1825-1886

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Whitin, John C. (John Crane), 1807-1882

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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...

Lasell family.

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P. Whitin & Sons (Whitinsville, Mass.)

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Paul Whitin (1767-1831) helped found the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company in Northbridge, Massachusetts, in 1809, and in 1816 joined his brothers-in-law in founding the Whitin & Fletchers mill in South Northbridge (now Whitinsville), of which he became sole owner in 1826. Around this time, his two elder sons, Paul, Jr., and John, joined him, forming P. Whitin & Sons. Operating under that name, Paul and John purchased the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company mill ...

Whitin, George M. 1856-1920.

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Whitin family.

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Whitin, Paul, 1767-1831

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