Allen-Lane Company records

A remarkably complete collection of the records of Allen-Lane and of the individual mills controlled by Allen-Lane. There are administrative records, general accounts, purchase and receiving records, sales and shipping records, letters, and unbound papers. Materials also include stock and dividend records as well as Lane Family materials including correspondence, Benjamin C. Lane's 1917 will establishing a trust for his wife, Florence, and information on church and civic matters, including the West Roxbury Citizens' Association in the 1920s and 1930s. The Allen-Lane Company sent yarn out to dry goods stores across northern New England, to be knitted into socks and mittens. The collection includes several folders of "Knitting Statements," letters to accompany or announce finished goods, or to request more yarn.

Some of the personal papers of Jonathan A. Lane and Benjamin C. Lane (cartons 25, 35, and 36) are included; the latter was active in the United Improvement Association, and some of its records are in the collection.