Textile workers.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Lawrence Manufacturing Company records
Collection Identifier: Mss:422 1831-1926 L419Cotton manufacturing firm of Lowell, Mass., established in 1831 by proprietors of the other Lowell mills in connection with the Boston merchants Abbott and Amos Lawrence. The collection includes general account books, production records, sales records, payrolls, and letters.
Lyman Mills records
Collection Identifier: Mss:442 1854-1927 L986Records of Lyman Mills, a Holyoke, Mass., manufacturer of cotton textiles, 1833-1936.
Sawyer Woolen Mills records
Collection Identifier: Mss:446 1858-1902 S271Slater family business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:442 1793-1926 S631Samuel Slater (1768-1835) and his partners established the first cotton mill in the United States in 1791 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Later, Samuel Slater, his brother, and their children established a series of cotton and woolen mills in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The collection includes general accounting records, production records, and letters representing Slater family interests, mainly in textile manufacturing.