Appleton Woolen Mills Records
1859-1981
M62-137; M70-172; M70-183; M70-212; M74-012; M74-445; M82-155;
M90-141; M92-151
489.2 cubic feet (429 records center cartons, 43 archives boxes, 3
flat boxes, 7 card file boxes, 89 volumes, and 2 rolls) and 0.5 cubic feet of photographs (1
archives box and 1 oversize folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
General correspondence, personal correspondence, production records, and financial
records documenting all aspects of the textile industry in Wisconsin. Included is
information on women in the workforce, product marketing and development, and the impact of
a major employer on the community. The collection also contains information on predecessor
firms and subsidiary firms such as Appleton Superior Knitting Works, F.J. Harwood,
Hutchinson & Co., Lake Superior Knitting Works, Reedsburg Mills, and Turner &
Hutchinson; on Riverview Sanatorium, the United Boys' Brigade, and the State Historical
Society Board of Curators; on the Congregational Church and mission work; and on the
Lakeshore Camping Company, an early tourist agency. Also included are papers of F. Harwood
Orbison.
There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction
Information portion of this finding aid for details.
This collection has been assigned Mss 1100.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01100
