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Leather industry and trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hubbard Oliver business records

Collection Identifier: Mss:64 1830-1871
Scope and Contents:

Thirteen small account books of a leather worker in Boston, Mass. Oliver began work for Thomas Christy in 1832, for John B. Baker in 1836 and for Winship and Willis in 1848. He worked principally on harnesses, saddles and trunks. There is also one box of unbound bills and miscellaneous papers.

J.A. Frye Shoe Company ledgers

Collection Identifier: Mss:641 1867-1903 F948
Scope and Contents: Included are thirteen ledgers kept by the Marlboro leather shoe and boot manufacturer J.A. Frye Company from 1867-1903. The ledgers contain payment records of women shoe workers, a complete run of piecework accounts with individual workers, running balances of the company, accounts with suppliers, and accounts with shoe retailers. Perhaps as much as one third of the Frye workforce was made up of women. The ledgers of the 1860s and early 1870s separate accounts with cutters, lasters, and...