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Overview of the Records

Arrangement

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Series VI: Labor Records, 1855-1958






Wauregan-Quinebaug Company Records

Series VI: Labor Records



Arranged and described by Joseph Carvalho III and Jay R. Ferguson.

Finding aid encoded by Betsy Pittman in April 2004.





Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2004 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Records

Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Wauregan Mills.Wauregan Company. Quinebaug Company. Wauregan-Quinebaug Company. Wauregan Mills, Inc.
Title: Wauregan-Quinebaug Company.
Dates: 1795-1979.
Extent: 206 linear feet.
Record Series: MSS19810010S6
Language: English.
Abstract: The history of the Wauregan Mills, the Quinebaug Company and other related mills is very much tied to the history of the Atwood family. The collection includes family records and materials as well as records of the Wauregan Mills, Wauregan Company, Quinebaug Mill, Wauregan-Quinebaug Company, and Wauregan Mills, Inc.

Arrangement

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)

Series VI: Labor Records (1855-1958) is arranged in six subseries. Payroll and Wage Accounts (1943-1957) includes seven oversize volumes of payroll and overhead analyses. Employee Management consists of one box of general records (1890-1957), including the 1957 union contract and negotiation records. Personnel Files (1936-1958) contains 23 boxes arranged alphabetically. The earliest years (1936-1942) cover the employee records under the tenure of the Wauregan-Quinebaug Company. Also included in the series are Housing Records (1855-1895, 1957). Wauregan Store records consist of two volumes (1889, 1936-1938) and a few documents are all that survive. Further information concerning the store can be extracted from the Mill Fund records located in the General Accounts and similar financial documents located in Series III. Mill Cafeteria (1943-1956) are arranged by the original folder headings from the company's files.

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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Detailed Description

Series VI: Labor Records, 1855-1958
Subseries A: Payroll and Wage Accounts, 1880-1957
Payroll and Overhead Analysis
206:910-911 1943
206:912-913 1946 November
206:914 1947-1948
206:915 1948 December - 1949 February
206:916 1948 December - 1949 September
206:917 1949 February - June
206:918 1949 June - September
206:919 1949 September - October
206:920 1949 September - December
206:921 1949 November - 1950 February
206:922 1950 February - May
206:923-924 1950 June - August
201 1950 August 13 - 1951 February 4
201 1951 February 11 - 1951 June 10
202 1951 June 17 - 1951 December 2
202 1951 December 9 - 1952 June 1
206:925 1951-1952
204 1952 June 8 - 1952 November 30
203 1952 December 8 - 1953 May 3
205 1953 June - November
433 1953 Decemeber - 1954 May
434 (3 vols.), 1955
206:926 1957
206:927 Wage Schedules, 1907-1928
206:928-929 Wage Calculations, 1880-1953
206:930 Labor Costs, 1853-1857
206:931 Labor Costs, 1882-1884
206:932 Labor Costs, 1889-1898
206:933 Labor Costs, 1930-1957
Subseries B: Employee Management, 1883-1957
206:934 Coroner's Reports, 1883-1885
206:935 Correspondence, 1950-1956
206:936 Employees, 1949-1950
206:937 Labor Management Institute, 1948
207:938 Robert N. McMurray Company, 1945-1949
207:939-940 Memos-Nurse, 1949-1950
207:941 Miscellaneous, 1916-1968
207:942 National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, 1944
207:943 Outing, 1948
207:944-945 Personnel Book, 1949-1950
207:946-947 Safety, 1949
207:948-949 Safety Meeting Reports, 1948-1949
424:5880 Safety posters, undated
207:950 Seniority list, 1957
207:951 Textile Schools and Courses, 1946
207:952 Union agreements, 1951, 1957
Subseries C: Personnel Files [Dates provided are termination dates.]
Subseries D: Housing Records,
230:5135 Construction, 1891
230:5136 Forest Park, 1959
230:5137 Installation of electricity, 1912
230:5138 1895 (1933), 1959 Maps,
Rent Book
230:5139 1853-1860
230:5140 1855-1868
230:5141 1861-1872
230:5142 1869-1881
230:5143 1882-1895
230:5144 Sales Agreement, 1959
Subseries E: Wauregan Store Records,
230:5145 1889, 1926, 1928, 1943
230:5146 Journal No. 1, 1934 February - 1939 April
230:5147 Ledger No. 1, 1936-1938
429:5858 Receipts and invoices, 1889
Subseries F: Mill Cafeteria Records,
230:5148-5149 Cafeteria Equipment, 1945-1951
230:5150 Food Inventories, 1949-1956
230:5151 Inventory of equipment, undated
230:5152 Jones, McDuffie & Stratton Company, 1945-1946
230:5153 New Cafeteria, 1946-1947
230:5154 Ration Points applications, 1945-1947
230:5155 Sale of Cafeteria Equipment, 1950
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