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Belding Brothers and Company Records
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. |
| Creator: | Belding Brothers and Company. |
| Title: | Belding Brothers and Company Records. |
| Dates: | 1893-1903. |
| Quantity: | .5 linear feet. |
| Identification: | MSS19890076 |
| Language: | English. |
| Abstract: | Belding Brothers and Company were silk manufacturers in Rockville, Connecticut, with additional mills in Northampton (MA), Belding (MI), San Francisco (CA) and Montreal, Canada. |
History
The Belding Brothers and Company were silk manufacturers in Rockville, CT, with additional mills in Northampton, MA, Belding, MI, San Francisco, CA, and Montreal, Canada; the brothers had extensive business interests.
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Scope and Content
The eight folders in the collection contain correspondence from A.N. Belding and from M.M. Belding to W. P. Hetherington, their agent in Belding, MI. The letters date 1893, 1896, 1899-1903. The correspondence indicates the range of the Belding Brothers and Company interests including: Belding Building Loan Association, Belding Land Improvement Company, Hotel Belding, Citizens Electric Light Company, and other business concerns. The letters show the Belding brothers' relations with the city, their interest in city politics, as well as mill employee relations and Belding's discriminatory property leasing practices.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
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Related Material
Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to Connecticut business records. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.
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Index Terms
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], Belding Brothers and Company Records. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Acquisition Information
The records were donated to the Historical Manuscripts and Archives Department (now Archives & Special Collections) of the University of Connecticut Libraries in April 1989 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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Detailed Description
| Series I: Records, 1893-1903 | |||||||||||||
| 1:1 | 1893 | ||||||||||||
| 1:2 | 1896 | ||||||||||||
| 1:3 | 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 1:4 | 1900 | ||||||||||||
| 1:5 | 1901 | ||||||||||||
| 1:6 | 1902 January - June | ||||||||||||
| 1:7 | 1902 July - December | ||||||||||||
| 1:8 | 1903 | ||||||||||||