Scope and Contents
Clerk's records and stock certificate book.
Dates
- Creation: 1876-1929
Creator
- Spencer Wire Co. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
.5 linear feet (2 volumes)Biographical / Historical
The wire Industry in Spencer, Massachusetts developed around 1820 to meet the needs of the card factories in Leicester, Massachusetts. Mills were at two locations on Turkey Hill Brook, called Upper Wire Village and Lower Wire Village. By 1874 the mills of Richard Sugden, the largest of the wire mills in Spencer, could produce one ton of fine wire a day. In full operation the mill employed 50 workers and produced more card wire than any other mill in the United States at that time.
Biographical note from Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. F. Harold Daniels, 1949.
Processing Information
Processed: July 2018 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
Creator
- Spencer Wire Co. (Organization)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00569
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Soldiers Field Road
Boston MA 01263 USA
(617) 495-6411
specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu