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  • Collection: Assabet Mills

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The 1860 Seventh Annual Circular published by the American Water Wheel Company describes the company's recent improvements, product updates, and customer endorsements.

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A booklet published by the American Woolen Company celebrating the Christmas season of 1922, including Christmas messages from each Mill President.

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A book of photographs of all the American Woolen Company mills. Undated.

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A book outlining the payroll rates for the employees of the American Woolen Company including hourly wages for spinners, carders, weavers, finishers, and shippers.

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A piece of a navy blue, woolen blanket manufactured by the American Woolen Company.

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A book with accompanying letter describing proven methods of group leadership presented to the supervisors of the American Woolen Company by Harry C. Templeton, AWC Agent, in 1930.

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A document from Merton Merrick, American Woolen Mills Cashier, that is the Title to the Comptometer.

The Comptometer was purchased on May 31, 1934 for $350.00 on behalf of the American Woolen Mills. The purchaser was Merton F. Merrick. Mr.…

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A book of pictures of all the American Woolen Mills properties.

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The American Woolen Company published an employees newsletter entitled "The A.W.Woolen Company Employees Booster". This document is the 2 page original - pp. 17-18 - of the Assabet Mills, Maynard, MA, 1922 report.

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The American Woolen Mills Employees Booster is a monthly publication with news and overviews of each of the AWC mills.

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Christmas Party photograph of the Main Office of the American Woolen Company.

Eva Edwards Frye is noted in the original accession record.

Rear (l-r): Raymond Veitch, ?? Templeton, Margaret McCormack, William Bain, Lucille Sims, Rachel Dzerkaz,…

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Fourteen square/rectangle wool sample cloths of varying colors. Sizes range from 3.5 x 5 in. to 4.5 x 7.5 in. Colors include reds, greens, brown, and black. These wool cloth samples were manufactured at the Assabet Mills.

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Irving Burg, managing partner of Maynard Industries, standing in front of occupants list at the former Assabet Mills. The mill was purchased by Maynard Industries in 1954 from the American Woolen Company and sold to Digital Equipment Corporation in…

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A photo of Mill No. 5, Maynard, MA, taken by E. J. Keep of Jaffrey, NH.

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These men are employees of the American Woolen Mills in the early 1900's. They are working in the Dressing and Slasher Room. (Front Row) Wilbur Hamlin, John Brophy, Harry Sullivan, David Sharpe; (Back Row) William Whitehead, George Howes, Harry…

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Photograph of the Ben Smith Dam in October.

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A comptometer used in the Assabet Mills. The Comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator, patented in the United States by Dorr Felt in 1887. The partnership was incorporated as the Felt & Tarrant…

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A brown Paymaster's whistle used at the Assabet Mills on payday.

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