Summary Information

Title: Reedsburg Woolen Mill Records
Inclusive Dates: 1877-1878, 1902-1967

Creator:

• Reedsburg Woolen Mill

Call Number: Mss 281; PH 4535

Quantity: 123.6 c.f. (213 archives boxes, 25 record center cartons, and 31 flat boxes) and 21 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a mill which did its own designing, carding, spinning, weaving, and dyeing, and sold most of its cloth to ready-to-wear manufacturers such as Sears and Montgomery Ward. Correspondence is with the Appleton Woolen Mills, the Reedsburg Mill's owner from 1902-1954, regarding daily operations; with W.A. Landry Co., the mill's sales agent; and with others, regarding designs, finances, and marketing. The collection also includes payrolls, personnel records, general ledgers, journals, purchase journals, sales invoices, inventories, and other financial records; fabric specifications; and wool and fabric samples. The photographs include images of mill president Ralph Wirth, the exterior of the mill, and loom machinery, ca. 1941 to 1957.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00281

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