Scope and Contents
Extensive series of financial records of Suncook and its predecessor firms. For Suncook there is also considerable unbound material, including correspondence, tax papers, and employment materials. Included are a few records of Superior Diaphragm Manufacturing Company, 1935-1936. Wellington, Sears and Company was selling agent for Suncook for much of the time.
Women appear in this collection as clerical workers, labor union officials, and stockholders.The employee relations materials include a 1913 list of employees who had worked at Suncook for 25 years or more. About half of these veterans were women. A letter addressing grievances from Suncook's Treasurer, J. Linzer Weld, to Horace A. Riviere of the Textile Workers Union of America, dated August 1, 1941, sheds interesting light on the historical development of the gender designation of specific jobs and compensation rates in the textile industry.
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1954
Creator
- Suncook Mills Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice. Contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
30 linear feet (134 volumes, 14 cartons, 4 boxes, 7 folders)Biographical / Historical
Textile manufacturer of Suncook, N.H. Suncook Mills was established in 1907 by the merging of the China Manufacturing Company, Pembroke Mills, and Webster Manufacturing Company; Suncook in turn was taken over by Textron in 1943. The Suncook Mills made rayon goods, and in the 1930's and 1940's Flightex cloth.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the University of New Hampshire, 1976, 1979, 1981.
Creator
- Suncook Mills Company (Organization)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak00673
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.
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