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File Folder for Knight & Maynard
1846-1862
Folder contains various copies of Town of Sudbury documents relative to Knight & Maynard [Manufacturing Company] at Assabet Village.
Assabet Manufacturing Co. Letterhead - ca1890
Letterhead from the Assabet Manufacturing Co. with order to Sawyer Mills on obverse.
Pay-Roll Ledger - 1890
Assabet Mfg. Co.
The ledger list the name and weekly wages of the woolen mill employees. The pay ranged from $.07 to $.40 per hour for a 60 hour week.
The highest paid employee was W. H. Maynard, the son of Amory Maynard, who earned $95.85/week as the…
The highest paid employee was W. H. Maynard, the son of Amory Maynard, who earned $95.85/week as the…
Woolen Overcoat
The woolen material that was used to make this coat was woven at the Assabet Mills, American Woolen Company, Maynard.
AGREEMENT - 1943
American Woolen Company and the
Textiles Workers Union of America (C.I.O.)
Union Contract with the workers of the 13 American Woolen Company Mills including the Assabet Mills of Maynard.
Accident and Sickness Insurance Identification Card
American Woolen Company
Joe Boothroyd's insurance card that outlines the benefits offered by the Woolen Mill.
American Woolen Co.
Assabet Mill
Maynard, Mass.
A drawing of the woolen mills for insurance purposes.
American Woolen Company MIlls
A book describing the mills owned by the American Woolen Company in the 1920's. The Maynard description is shown as well as some introductory pages.
Assabet Mills Carpet
A piece of the first carpet manufactured in Assabet Mills in 1847. The cloth was preserved and handed down through the Maynard family. It was last owned by William Gutteridge, author of "A Brief History of Maynard, Mass. - 1921". William…
Paymaster Building- ca 2005
Main Street
A collection of pictures, interior and exterior, of the old paymaster building when the mill was operated by the American Woolen Company.
Banquet Group Portrait - Woolen MIll
Some identified people:
On left: Elizabeth Primiano, Celeste Primiano, Louise Colombo, Theresa Colombo, Domenica Colombo, __ DeGrapppo, Mary Lattuca, Maria Terrasi , Kay Costanza
On right: Rose Valeno, Caroline Valeno, Nelly Valeno, __Crowther
On left: Elizabeth Primiano, Celeste Primiano, Louise Colombo, Theresa Colombo, Domenica Colombo, __ DeGrapppo, Mary Lattuca, Maria Terrasi , Kay Costanza
On right: Rose Valeno, Caroline Valeno, Nelly Valeno, __Crowther
Injury Report Ledger
Assabet Manufacturing Company
A ledger beginning in November 1884 through September 1901 reporting the various accidents that occurred in the woolen mill. These include deaths, amputations, broken bones, bruises, lacerations etc... The author of the ledger is unknown. Many of…
Curfew Bell
This curfew bell, cast in England in 1856, signaled to the mill employees that by 9 p.m. each night they were to be home and in bed. Amory Maynard warned that any of his employees found on the streets after the bell tolled would lose their jobs. In…
Machine Shop Flood Photo - 1936
During the flood of the Assabet River on March 13,1936, the river rose high enough to spill over its banks and to include the Walnut Street machine shop in mill Building No. 11 as part of the river.
Boiler Room Photo
This is one of the large boilers used to heat the mill buildings. The boilers could be fired by either gas or oil with an easy conversion.
Beehive Money Safe Photos
This large floor safe was installed in the main office building in the Assabet Mills.