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A copy of an article from the Museum of American Textile History citing a brief history of Maynard, MA and the American Woolen Company.

A copy of an American Woolen Company advertisement from the Museum of American Textile History.

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Photo of Fulling or Wet Finishing Department 1902 Assabet Mills

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Picture taken at Memorial Park on November 11, 1975.

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Joseph Dineen
William Baron
James Whalen
William Sweeney
Ralph Jamieson

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A booklet describing the Blue Cross Insurance Plan for employees of the American Woolen Company, 1945.

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Dry Finishing Room Employees at Assabet Woolen Mills

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A booklet from the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works (Worceter, MA) that describes the improvements made to their looms with the addition of a Mechanical Warp Stop Motion, Regan Type.

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A booklet from the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works (Worcester, MA) that describes the installation procedures for new automatic looms, c. 1930.

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The class picture was taken in front of the 2nd Nason Street School that was destroyed by fire in 1916. It is the site of the Library (Roosevelt School).

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A sepia photo of the Grade 5(?) in front of the Woodrow Wilson School (Main Street School).

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A sepia photo of Grade 3 class in front of the Roosevelt School.

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A sepia photo of Grade 2(?) in front of the Roosevelt School.

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Names on back of photo:
Evelyn Russo, Ruth Garside, Ruth Croft, Kathleen Crotty, Theresa Mariano, A. Hamlin, E. Sivartz, H. Imaka, E. Perry, R. Schivenka, D. Newman, M. Smith, Lawler, Mahoney, Layton, White, Murphy, HInds, Walls, Brown, Lynch,…

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Start of New Village - Harrison Street
The American Woolen Company in June of 1901 purchased the Reardon Estate on the south side of Parker Street. Sixty houses were built on this property to house workers for the mill. The view shown is Harrison…

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The 24th Annual Report for the American Woolen Mill Company includes: Officers/Directors Listing,President's Report, Treasurer's Report, and brief history of the Company.

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Front: G. Soules, J. White, F. OBrien, W. Johnston, H. Lyons, J. Moynihan
Back: H. Morgan, R. Marsden, T. Marsden, W. Morrill, M. Vodoklys, W. Oates

In 1924 the American Woolen Company had a league comprised of several of the mill teams.…

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Two of six photos taken after a snowstorm in 1924.

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Photos of exterior of Assabet Mills taken by Robert McGarry

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A series of 23 postcards sent to Anna Autio as a young girl when she was living in Fitchburg and Maynard in the early 1900's. The notes are written in Finnish. Note on the backside view, the card was sent from Fitchburg on Sept. 10, 1906 at 9:30…

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The Agreement between American Woolen Company and Textile Workers, 1952. The Contract contains information about Union dues, wages schedules, work assignments, and group insurance. This Contract was for the workers of the Assabet Mills/American…