Records 1913-1934.

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Records 1913-1934.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86094010

The collection consists of two minute books which document the organization of the Wyomissing Development Company, the acquisition of land for the company town and other public facilities including stores, parks, playgrounds, schools, and hospitals. The building program for the town is discussed and architectural concerns are noted. The renting and selling of residential properties to Textile Machine Works employees are described.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Thun, Ferdinand, 1866-1948

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Janssen, Henry, 1866-1948

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Keller Machine Company.

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Wyomissing Heights Water Company.

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Arrow Needle Company.

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Wyomissing Development Company.

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The Wyomissing Development Company was incorporated by Henry Janssen and Ferdinand Thun of the Textile Machine Works (Reading, Pa.) on September 20, 1913 in order to construct housing, public parks, and stores for company employees. The company rented homes to its employees and maintained them and the community in a way which reflected its paternalistic philosophy. From the description of Records 1913-1934. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86094010 ...

Berkshire Knitting Mills

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Berkshire Knitting Mills began as early as 1896, and built the world's largest hosiery mill in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the early 1930s. The American Federation of Hosiery Workers held an unsuccessful 13-month strike at the plant in 1936-1937. From the description of Berkshire Knitting Mills records, 1906-1970. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 759838169 ...

Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute

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American Federation of Hosiery Workers

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The American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers organized in 1915, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1923, and took the name American Federation of Hosiery Workers in 1933. It later merged with the Textile Workers Union of America in 1965. From the description of American Federation of Hosiery Workers records, 1930-1945. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 455340555 ...

Textile Machine Works (Reading, Pa.).

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