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Series V: Production Records, 1860-1965

Wauregan-Quinnebaug Company Records

Series V: Production Records

Organization

Wauregan Company

Series I: Administrative Records (1809-1979)

Series II: Correspondence (1866-1963)

Series III: General Accounts Records (1853-1977)

Series IV: Purchasing and Receiving Records (1863-1957)

Series V: Production Records (1860-1965) is divided into eight subseries. The first four pertain to equipment: Machinery (1900-1933, 1942-1960); Machine Layouts (1921, 1945, 1949, 1957); Supplies and Repairs (1860-1920, 1940-1959); and Engineering Studies by Lockwood, Greene & Co. (1911-1912), I.T.T. (1945-1947), Ralph E. Loper Co. (1946-1948) and Henry Souther Engineering Co. (1965). Supply Catalogs, arranged in alphabetical order by company, comprises the bulk of this series. The catalogs contain specifications, illustrations and blueprints of equipment used at the Wauregan mill. Many of the catalogs are annotated. Production Reports and Analyses; Production Records contains thirteen record books, five boxes of weaving pattern charts and two boxes of production record files which span the entire period of the company's operations, with the bulk of the material beginning in the 1890s. Fabric Samples (1904-1933) includes four oversize volumes of samples, one box of sales brochures with attached samples and three boxes of fabric sample cards.

Series VI: Labor Records (1855-1958)

Series VII: Sales and Shipping Records (1875-1964)

Quinebaug Company

Series VIII: Administrative Records (1827-1932)

Series IX: Correspondence (undated, 1850-1932)

Series X: General Accounts Records (1848-1932)

Series XI: Purchasing and Receiving Records (1850-1932)

Series XII: Production Records (1875-1934)

Series XIII: Labor Records (1856-1932)

Series XIV: Sales and Shipping Records (1858-1932)

Wauregan-Quinebaug Company Records

Series XV: Administrative Records (1853-1967)

Series XVI: General Accounts Records (1929-1959)

Series XVII: Purchasing and Receiving Records (1932-1943)

Series XVIII: Production Records (undated, 1932-1956)

Series XIX: Labor Records (1932-1942)

Series XX: Sales Records (1935-1952)

General Records

Series XXI: Photographs and prints (undated, 1795-1955)

Series XXII: Personal Papers (1843-1966)

Series XXIII: Architectural Drawings and Blueprints (undated, 1866, 1876, 1895, 1918, 1931)

Series XXIV: Memorabilia (undated, 1934, 1945)

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Access to personally identifiable information in the Personnel Records is restricted. Please contact the Curator for further information.

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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Administrative Information

Custodial History

The records of the Wauregan Company, the Quinebaug Company and the Wauregan-Quinebaug Company were under the control of the Wauregan Company until 1981. The materials were donated on 12 February 1981 by J.A. Atwood III.

Preferred Citation

[Item, Folder No.], Wauregan and Quinebaug Company Records. Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

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