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Mss 281
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Series: Correspondence & Subject FileThe Correspondence and Subject File series is divided into two segments. The earliest letters (1914-1927) are organized chronologically and are all letterpress or carbon copies of outgoing mail. During this period, the Reedsburg plant was tightly administered from the Appleton main office. The letters are primarily addressed to Appleton and concern the day-to-day business of the mill such as orders, contracts, payroll, and payment of bills. The major correspondents from Reedsburg are mill managers George Seagraves and William Ehlert. The balance of the series is arranged by letter of the alphabet according to the corporate or individual correspondent's name, and chronologically thereunder. Only scattered items date from the 1930's and early 1940's. The volume picks up in the mid-1940's with the great bulk of materials falling between 1946 and 1964. Files for the years preceding Appleton's 1954 sale of the mill show the increased autonomy of the plant. Especially important is correspondence with the Appleton mill and with Appleton executives including T. E. Orbison and A. H. Thurner. Both before and after the mill came under local Reedsburg control the series contains large amounts of incoming and outgoing correspondence with concerns with which Reedsburg did business. It contains a wide variety of information on all phases of mill operation including marketing, shipping, fabric design, and supplies and equipment purchases. Particularly significant for marketing and sales information is the correspondence with the W.A. Landry Company of New York. The Landry Company (Reedsburg-Landry Associates after 1961) was the mill's main sales agent. Supplementing the correspondence are several important subject files which include information such as tax records, a time study of spinners, and formal and informal suggestions for fabric design. The transfer agreement and other information on the 1954 sale of the mill is found in the Appleton files. By-laws and a list of the new firm's stockholders (in boxes 9 and 41 respectively) are also significant documentation of the change-over. Post-1954 files contain an even greater concentration of information on Reedsburg sales and marketing. In addition to the Landry letters, there is correspondence with sales agents Frank Starr and Walter Ford, and with Sears and Roebuck and numerous other companies which bought Reedsburg goods.
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Subseries: Correspondence (Chronological)
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Box
1
Folder
1-2
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1914 May 2-1915 Dec 6
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Box
1
Folder
3-5
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1919 Jan-Dec
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Box
2
Folder
1-6
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1922 Apr-1923 Dec
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Box
3
Folder
1-7
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1924 Jan-1916 Dec
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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1927 Jan-June
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Subseries: Correspondence and Subject File (Alphabetical)
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A
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Box
4
Folder
3-5
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1946 Jan-1947 Dec
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Box
4
Folder
6-8
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1954 Jan-1955 Mar
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Box
5
Folder
1-7
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1955 Apr-1961 Apr
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Accident Reports
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Box
6
Folder
1
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1945-1947
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Box
6
Folder
2-3
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1954-1957
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Box
6
Folder
4
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1959
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Allotments, 1953-1954
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Box
6
Folder
6
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American Institute of Men's and Boy's Wear, Inc., 1956-1957
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Appleton Woolen Mills
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Incoming Correspondence
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Box
6
Folder
7-8
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1946
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Box
7
Folder
1-2
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1947
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Box
7
Folder
3-4
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1953-1956
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Outgoing Correspondence
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Box
7
Folder
5
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1946-1947
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Box
7
Folder
6
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1954-1955 Feb
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Transfer Agreement, 1954-1955
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Appraisal of Facilities and Equipment, n.d.
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Arkansas Co., Inc., 1955, 1960
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B
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Box
7
Folder
10
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1946
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Box
8
Folder
1
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1947
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Box
8
Folder
2-4
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1954-1956
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Box
8
Folder
5
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1957-1958 Mar
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Box
8
Folder
6-7
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1959 Apr-1961 Mar
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Badger Outer Wear Mfg. Co.
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Correspondence
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Box
9
Folder
1
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1957
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Box
9
Folder
2
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1960 June-1961 Mar
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Suggestion Sheets, 1959
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Bobbins, Industrial, 1955-1956
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Burnham, Frederic Co., 1959-1961
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Box
9
Folder
6
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By-laws, n.d.
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C
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Box
9
Folder
7-9
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1946-1947
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Box
9
Folder
10-11
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1954-1955 Oct
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Box
10
Folder
1-3
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1955 Nov-1958 Mar
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Box
10
Folder
4-5
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1959 Apr-1961 Mar
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Caesar, H.A. and Co.
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Box
10
Folder
6
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1954-1956 Mar
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Box
11
Folder
1-2
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1957 Apr-1960
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Cancellations, 1944-1947
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Cardroom, 1954
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Caron Spinning Co., 1956
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Chippewa Falls Woolen Mills
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1955-1957
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Suggestion Sheets, 1956
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Churchill Sportswear Co., Inc., 1955
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Claims Pending, 1956-1960
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Box
11
Folder
10
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Coats and Clark Sales Corp., 1961
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Cohen Brothers, 1956-1957
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Box
11
Folder
12
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Colloids, Inc., 1957
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Box
11
Folder
13
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Contracts-Various Suppliers, 1954
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Box
11
Folder
14
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Correct Cap Co., 1957
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Box
11
Folder
15
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Crescent Woolen Mills, 1957
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Box
11
Folder
16
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Custom Coat Co., 1960
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D
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Box
11
Folder
17
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1946
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Box
12
Folder
1
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1947
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Box
12
Folder
2-5
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1954-1958 March
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Box
12
Folder
6
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1959 Apr-1961 Mar
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Davidson Woolen Mills, 1957
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Davis and Furber Machine Co., 1961
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Department of Labor and U.S. Employment Service Reports, 1944-1946
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Dow Corning Corp., 1956
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E
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Box
13
Folder
2-3
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1946-1947
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Box
13
Folder
4-8
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1954-1961 Mar
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F
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Box
14
Folder
1
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1946-1947
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Box
14
Folder
2-3
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1954-1958 Mar
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Box
14
Folder
4
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1959 Feb-1961 May
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Fabric Analysis, 1939-1941
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Fairbault Woolen Mill, 1962
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Finishing, 1952-1963
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Ford, Walter H.
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Incoming Correspondence
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Box
15
Folder
1
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1955-1956
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Box
15
Folder
2
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1957-1960
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Box
15
Folder
3
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1955-1960
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Four City Safety Council, 1953
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Fox River Valley Knitting Co., 1959-1960
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Freight Rates, 1959
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Friedlen, H.L. Co., 1956-1957
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G
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Box
15
Folder
8
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1946-1947
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Box
15
Folder
9
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1954 Jan-1955 Mar
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Box
16
Folder
1-4
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1955 Apr-1961
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Box
16
Folder
4
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Gall, Arthur R., 1957-1961
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Box
16
Folder
5
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Goodman Overcoat Co., 1960
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Green Bay Clothing Mfg., Inc., 1957-1961
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H
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Box
16
Folder
7-8
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1946-1947
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Box
17
Folder
1-4
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1954-1958 Mar
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Box
17
Folder
5-6
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1959 Mar-1961
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Hanover Woolen Mills, Report on Machinery and Operating Methods, 1948
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Heyman, Henry Associates, 1959
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Box
17
Folder
9
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Hoffman Woolens, 1956
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Horner Woolen Mills, 1956-1957, 1960
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I
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Box
18
Folder
2
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1946-1947
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Box
18
Folder
3
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1954-1958 Mar
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Box
18
Folder
4
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1959 Apr-1961
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Independent Mfg. Co., 1956
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Industrial Chemical Export Co., 1954-1955, 1961
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Industrial Commission, 1948-1956
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Insurance, Hospital
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Box
18
Folder
8
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1954-1955
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Box
18
Folder
9-10
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1958-1961
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Island Woolen Co., 1957
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J
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Box
19
Folder
2
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1944-1947
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Box
19
Folder
3-4
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1954-1961
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Box
19
Folder
4
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1956 Apr-1958 Mar
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Box
19
Folder
5-6
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Johnson and Higgins, Insurance Brokers, 1954-1961
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K
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Box
19
Folder
7
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1946-1947
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Box
19
Folder
8
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1954-1958 Mar
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Box
19
Folder
9
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1959 Apr-1960
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Koppers Co., Inc., 1960-1961
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L
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Box
20
Folder
1
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1946-1947
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Box
20
Folder
2-5
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1954-1958 Mar
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Box
20
Folder
6
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1959 Apr-1961
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Box
20
Folder
7
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Labor Relations Institute, 1952
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Box
20
Folder
8
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Lacon Woolen Mills, 1952-1955
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Lakeland Mfg. Co., 1956-1958, 1961
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Landry, W.A.
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Incoming Correspondence
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Box
21
Folder
1-7
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1946-1947
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Box
22
Folder
1
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1952 Aug-1953 Jan
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Box
22
Folder
2-6
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1954 Jan-1955 Apr
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Box
23
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1955 May-1956 Sept
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Box
24
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1956 Oct-1958 Mar
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Box
25
Folder
1
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1958 Apr-1958 July
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Box
25
Folder
2-5
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1959 Jan-1961 Mar
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Outgoing Correspondence
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Box
25
Folder
6
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1946-1947
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Box
25
Folder
7
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1954
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Box
26
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1955 Jan-1958 Mar
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Box
27
Folder
1-4
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1959 Apr-Mar 1961
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Box
27
Folder
5
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Liberty Garment Mfg. Co., 1957-1958
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Box
27
Folder
6
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Lowell Technological Institute, 1958
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M
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Box
27
Folder
7-8
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1946-1947
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Box
28
Folder
1-4
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1953-1958 Mar
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Box
28
Folder
5
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1959 Apr-1961 Mar
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Mc
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Box
28
Folder
6
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1954-1958
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Box
29
Folder
1
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1959 Mar-1961 Feb
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Box
29
Folder
2
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Machinery Blue Prints, 1920, 1930, 1939-47
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Box
29
Folder
3
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Matson Mill Inc., 1953
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Box
29
Folder
4
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Merrill Woolen Mills, 1952-1953
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Merrill, Sherlock M.
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Incoming Correspondence
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Box
29
Folder
5-8
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1960-1961 Mar
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Box
30
Folder
1
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1961 June-Aug
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Box
30
Folder
2-5
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1961 Nov-1963 Jan
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Box
31
Folder
1
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1963 Feb-June
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Box
31
Folder
2
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1960-1961
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Box
31
Folder
3
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Military Specifications, 1950 Dec-1951
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N
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Box
31
Folder
4
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1946
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Box
32
Folder
1
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1947
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Box
32
Folder
2-5
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1954-1956 Mar
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Box
33
Folder
1-2
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1956 Apr-1958 Mar
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Box
33
Folder
3
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1958 Dec-1961 Mar
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Box
33
Folder
4-6
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National Association of Wool Mfg., 1945-1946
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Box
34
Folder
1
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Nemo Industries Inc., 1959
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Box
34
Folder
2
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New Development in Reducing Wool Mill Costs, 1936
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Box
34
Folder
3
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New York Girl Coat Co., 1958
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Box
34
Folder
4
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Nortwestern Hanna Coal, 1957
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O
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Box
34
Folder
5
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1946-1947
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Box
34
Folder
6
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1954-1961
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Box
34
Folder
7
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Office of Price Administration, 1945
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Orbison, T. E.
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Box
34
Folder
8-9
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Incoming Correspondence, 1945-1947
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Box
34
Folder
10
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1946-1947
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Box
34
Folder
11
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Misc. Correspondence, 1954-1955
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Box
34
Folder
12
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Orders Filled for Reedsburg, 1947
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P
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Box
34
Folder
13
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1943-1947
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Box
35
Folder
1-4
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1954-1958 Mar
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Box
35
Folder
5
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1959 Mar-1961 Mar
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Box
35
Folder
6
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Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, U.S. Army, 1955-1957
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Box
35
Folder
7
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Philadelphia Textile Institute, 1957
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Box
35
Folder
8
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Pioneer Cap Co., 1957-1960
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Box
35
Folder
9
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Price Control Regulations, 1951
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Box
36
Folder
1
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Public Expenditure Survey of Wisc., 1959-1960
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Box
36
Folder
2
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Q, 1955-1961
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Box
36
Folder
3
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Quartermaster Purchasing Agent, U.S. Army, 1952-1954
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R
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Box
36
Folder
4-5
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1946-1947
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Box
36
Folder
6-8
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1954-1961 Mar
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Box
37
Folder
1
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1957 Apr-1958 Mar
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Box
37
Folder
2-3
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1959 Apr-1961 Mar
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Box
37
Folder
4
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Raw Materials Inventory, 1954-1955
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Reedsburg-Landry Associates Inc.
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Box
37
Folder
5-6
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1961-1962 Mar
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Box
38
Folder
1-2
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1962 Apr-1963
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Box
38
Folder
3
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Republic Textile Equipment Co., 1962
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Box
38
Folder
4
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Research Institute Recommendations, 1961
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Box
38
Folder
5
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Ringer Mfg. Co., 1964
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Box
38
Folder
6
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Rosenholz, J. Inc., 1961
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Box
38
Folder
7
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Rutherford Garment Co., 1964
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S
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Box
38
Folder
8-9
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1946-1947
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Box
39
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1954-1957 Mar
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Box
40
Folder
1-2
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1957 Mar-1958 Aug
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Box
40
Folder
3-5
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1959 Feb-1961 Feb
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Box
40
Folder
6
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Sales Room Inquiries, 1957-1958
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Box
40
Folder
7
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Schmidt, Milton, 1957-1958
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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Box
40
Folder
8
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Incoming Correspondence, 1957-1959
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Box
41
Folder
1
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1959-1960
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Misc. Corrspondence
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Box
41
Folder
2-3
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1955-1958
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Box
41
Folder
4
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1960-1961
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Box
41
Folder
5
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Springfield Woolen Mills Co., 1963
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Starr, Frank
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Incoming Correspondence
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Box
41
Folder
6
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1949
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Box
41
Folder
7
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1959-1960
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Box
41
Folder
8
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1959-1960
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Box
41
Folder
9
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Stern, H., 1955
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Box
41
Folder
10
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Stockholders, n.d.
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Box
41
Folder
11
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Stoughton Shoe and Leather Co., 1962
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Suggestion Sheets
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Box
41
Folder
12
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1939
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Box
42
Folder
1-2
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1952-1953
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Box
42
Folder
3-4
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1958
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Box
43
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1959-1960 Apr
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Box
44
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1960 May-Dec
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Box
45
Folder
1-3
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From Landry, 1960
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Box
45
Folder
4-5
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1961 Jan-Mar
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Box
46
Folder
1
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1961 Apr-Aug
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Box
46
Folder
2
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1961 Dec-n.d.
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Box
46
Folder
3-4
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1962 Jan-May
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Box
47
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1962 June-1963 July
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Box
48
Folder
1-3
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1963 Aug-1964 Feb
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Box
48
Folder
4
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Misc.
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Supply Companies
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Box
48
Folder
5
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1929, 1931, 1939-1940
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Box
49
Folder
1-2
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1941-1945
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Box
49
Folder
3
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1948, 1950, 1952
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T
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Box
49
Folder
4-5
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1946-1947
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Box
49
Folder
6
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1953 Dec-1955 Jan
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Box
49
Folder
7
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1955 Apr-1956 Mar
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Box
50
Folder
1
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1956 Apr-1957 Mar
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Box
50
Folder
2
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1959 Apr-1961 Mar
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Box
50
Folder
3-6
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Tax Records, 1954-1959
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Box
50
Folder
7
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Textile Research Institute Laboratories
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Box
50
Folder
8
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Testing, 1958
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Thurner, A.H.
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Box
50
Folder
9-11
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Incoming Correspondence, 1946-1947
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Box
51
Folder
1
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1946-1947
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Box
51
Folder
2
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Misc. Correspondence, 1954
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Box
51
Folder
3
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Time Study for Textile Spinners, 1959
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Box
51
Folder
4
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Toal, Pat, 1958 Nov-1959
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Tracers (freight)
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Box
51
Folder
5
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Shipped, 1957-1958
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Box
51
Folder
6
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Completed, 1958-1960
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Box
51
Folder
7
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Proof of Delivery, 1960
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Box
51
Folder
8
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Transportation, 1960
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U
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Box
51
Folder
9
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1946-1947
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Box
51
Folder
10-12
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1953 Dec-1958 Mar
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Box
51
Folder
13
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1959 Apr-1961 Feb
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Box
52
Folder
1
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Unemployment Compensation, 1935, 1960
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V
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Box
52
Folder
2
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1955-1956
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Box
52
Folder
3
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1959-1961
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W
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Box
52
Folder
4-5
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1945 Dec-1947
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Box
52
Folder
6-8
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1954-1955 Mar
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Box
53
Folder
1-4
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1955 Apr-1960 Feb
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Box
53
Folder
5
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1960 Mar-1961 Mar
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Box
53
Folder
6
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Waste Disposal, 1961, n.d.
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Box
53
Folder
7
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Whitaker, Fred Co., 1956
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Wickesberg, A. H.
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Incoming Correspondence
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Box
53
Folder
8-9
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1935 July, 1945-1946
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Box
54
Folder
1-2
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1947 July-Dec
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Box
54
Folder
3
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Outgoing Correspondence, 1944-1947
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Box
54
Folder
4
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Misc. Correspondence, 1952-1954
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Wirth, Ralph
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Box
54
Folder
5-7
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1934, 1953-1957
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Box
54
Folder
8
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1959-1960 Mar
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Box
55
Folder
1
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1960 Apr-1961 July
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Box
55
Folder
2
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Woolenwear Co., 1960
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X, Y, Z
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Box
55
Folder
3
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1946-1947
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Box
55
Folder
4
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1954-1962
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