Contents


Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organization of the Collection

Search Terms

Series 1. Organization and Administration 1872-1942

Series 2. Executive 1871-1979

Series 3. Financial 1869-1938, n.d.

Series 4. Purchasing 1887-1888

Series 5. Sales 1878-1978, n.d.

Series 6. Labor 1869-1943, n.d.

Series 7. Production 1873-1915, n.d.

Series 8. Subsidiaries 1907-1910, n.d.

Series 9. Personal - (Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Harris) 1889-1940

Series 10. Reference Materials 1840-1968, n.d.

Series 11. Photographs 1874-1987, n.d.

Series 1. Organization and Administration 1872-1942

Series 2. Executive 1871-1979

Series 3. Financial 1869-1938, n.d.

Series 4. Purchasing 1887-1888

Series 5. Sales 1878-1978, n.d.

Series 6. Labor 1869-1943, n.d.

Series 7. Production 1873-1915, n.d.

Series 8. Subsidiaries 1907-1910, n.d.

Series 9. Personal - (Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Harris) 1889-1940

Series 10. Reference Materials 1840-1968, n.d.

Series 11. Photographs 1874-1987, n.d.

Rodney Hunt Company Records, 1862-1987

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mike Milewski, Kenneth Fones-Wolf.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

2003

Collection Overview

Creator: Rodney Hunt Company
Title: Rodney Hunt Company Records
Dates: 1862-1987
Abstract: Company in Orange, Massachusetts that competed in international markets with its textile machinery, water wheels, turbines, and other specialty industrial products. Includes company histories, correspondence, board minutes, blueprints, installation drawings, sketchbook drawings, patents, payroll ledgers, account books, price lists, sales books, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, subject files and photographs.
Extent: 316 boxes, 150 loose bound volumes(158 linear ft.)
Language: English.
Identification: MS 105

Administrative Information

Acquired from President Earl Harris of the Rodney Hunt Company, 1987

Processed by Mike Milewski and Kenneth Fones-Wolf, 1987, 1989.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Rodney Hunt Company Records (MS 105). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The collection is open for research.

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Historical Note

The Rodney Hunt Company, founded in Orange, Massachusetts in the 1840s, built textile machinery, water wheels, turbines, and other specialty industrial products. Although based in Orange, it competed in international markets in its specialties.

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Historical Note

1810 Mr. Rodney Hunt born in Ashburnham (Town of Orange, Massachusetts incorporated) on July 10.
ca. 1840 Rodney Hunt begins working in a household furniture plant run by Reuben Harris.
1844-1858 Rodney Hunt moves permanently to a farm in Orange. He works as general millwright in different cotton-, woolen-, saw-, and grist-mills in the Orange area.
1846 David Flint begins working for Rodney Hunt.
1855 James Waite begins working for Rodney Hunt.
1859 Rodney Hunt builds his first textile machine, a fulling mill, and employs a few workmen. He also purchases a shop on Millers River.
1861-1865 During the Civil War the Rodney Hunt Company grows as the demand for textiles increases. Rodney Hunt begins to make finishing equipment for John Mills Wool Fulling Mills in Partridgeville and Athol, Massachusetts.
1865 Partnership is formed, "Hunt, Waite, & Flint."
1869 Rodney Hunt builds his first water turbine.
1873 Rodney Hunt Machine Company is incorporated.
1878 Work force of 34.
1879 Nelson Harris comes to Orange to work for Rodney Hunt.
1881 Roscoe White is hired by William Harris; he thereafter works for 18 years in the eastern part of the state setting up and installing water wheels for the many customers Rodney Hunt Company has in that area.
1882 A fire on January 24, 1882 destroys some company records (but not nearly as much as was expected, since most records were stored in an old iron safe which was salvaged after the fire) and nearly all of the company's buildings and equipment. A circular letter is sent March 1, 1882 to all customers stating the company's intention to remain in business. Focus of activity shifts to a new site (present day site) about one-half mile east of the former site. Nelson Harris designs a new foundry, machine shop, pattern shop and other buildings on this new site. Rodney Hunt Machine Company sells a small parcel of land, the remaining foundry shop and their interests in the water rights to the New Home Sewing Machine Company for 85,000.
1886 Nelson Harris receives patent on "Hunt Turbine."
1887 Nelson Harris becomes superintendent of the firm; the first of many floods which affect company operation occurs.
1888 Elbridge Harris moves to Malden, Massachusetts and establishes a "Boston office" at 70 Kirby Street.
1889 Rodney Hunt dies at the age of 78 on May 24, 1889; Elbridge Harris becomes president.
1891 The company employs about 125 men.
1892 Nelson Harris makes plans, for a new machine shop (east of old one) and additional machinery
1894 Nelson Harris arranges with the Jolly brothers, of Holyoke Machine Company, to purchase some of their turbine designs. By incorporating features they patent the Hunt-McCormick Turbine. William O. Harris follows his father, Elbridge Harris to Malden. William becomes the clerk of the company and works in the new Boston office.
1897 All boiler plate work for flumes, draft tubes and penstocks, which had been previously contracted to outside companies, is hereafter done at Rodney Hunt; another flood occurs.
1899 William "Billy" Baines starts working for the company as an apprentice, and by 1905 is the foreman of the assembly department, working on water wheel turbines, governors, rotary fire pumps, etc.
1900 A major flood causes some damage to the company.
ca. 1900 Miss Norcross is the first woman to work for the company, as a bookkeeper.
1903 Carl Harris begins working for company.
1906 Elbridge Harris dies, Nelson Harris becomes president.
1907 The company buys property with water rights at Partridgeville and renames the lake to Lake Rohunta.
1908 Lake Rohunta power station built.
1910-1913 Carl Harris commutes by train to work for the Simplex Time Recorder Company in Gardner, eventually patenting several designs for them.
1914 About 100 men work at the company.
1917 Carl Harris acquires controlling interest in the Rodney Hunt Company.
1919 Carl Harris makes floor plans and converts what is then a lumber shed to a roll manufacturing shop.
1924 Rebuilding and adding on to the office is carried out.
1929 Onset of depression and period of economic loss. Also Messrs. Riggs and Lombard, who had been engineers in the textile department, leave Rodney Hunt, taking with them various drawings and information. They establish a competitive company in Lowell, Massachusetts.
1930s The development of the use of stainless steel for textile machinery is a great "first" for Rodney Hunt. The company is the first ever to erect a building specifically designed for stainless steel fabrication.
1932 The use of a time clock record of employees' time begins, and rates of all salaried employees are readjusted to approximate a 15% cut from October 11, 1931 rates.
1935 The Water Control Apparatus Division is formed.
1936 Fire destroys the boiler plate building. A major flood results in several feet of water and ice accumulating in the office which destroys records, furniture and equipment. Damage is greatest to the shops and foundry, where machinery had to be replaced or repaired.
1938 As a result of the "great" hurricane and flood, Rodney Hunt suffers severe losses, not, only to the main plant but also to Lake Rohunta where the dam and power station are washed away.
1940s Economic stability resumes; company grows and prospers. During World War II the armed services once again call for a dramatic increase in uniform fabric. Rodney Hunt helps the war effort by keeping textile mills supplied with finishing machinery.
1947 Earl Harris starts working for company.
1950s The company has five divisions: Textile Machinery, Water Wheels, Water Control Equipment, Industrial Rolls, and Process Equipment.
1955 Water wheel division is sold due to decreased demand for turbines, a special provision is made not to sell the Brook Water Wheel Division.
1956 Carl Harris retires; Earl Harris becomes president, pension plan established.
1960 Carl Harris dies.
1966 Name is changed to the Rodney Hunt Company.
1968 Process equipment division is sold.
1969 Establishment of five year building improvement plan.
1975 Textile machinery division is sold.
1976 Channing C. Harris writes "The History of Rodney Hunt Company, Orange Massachusetts." At this time the company employs about 300 people and has one of the most, modern foundries in the East.
1989 Continues to operate a large modern Plant at Orange.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

Records document the administration, operation, production and labor of the Hunt Company from its early history as a machine shop to its eventual establishment, through economic depression, fire and floods, as an industrial manufacturer of textile machinery, water wheels, turbines, and water control equipment. Company histories, correspondence, board minutes, blueprints, installation drawings, sketchbook drawings, patents, payroll ledgers, account books, price lists, sales books, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, subject files and photographs comprise the collection.

All of the loose volumes have a separate corresponding inventory sheet summarizing physical characteristics, description, and content of each volume. These sheets are located in folders throughout the collection as dictated by the overall collection arrangement. The specific folder(s) should be consulted for a general overview of each volume. Each of the volumes has been assigned a control number which identifies its location in the 150 loose volumes physically grouped at the end of the collection.

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Search Terms

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into eleven series:

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Series 1. Organization and Administration 1872-1942 6 volumes, 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.

The activities of the Rodney Hunt Company Board of Directors and Stock-Holders (1872-1942) are revealed in their stock certificates books and Stock-Holders meeting records contained in Sub-series 1. Records of legal and property transactions, found in Sub-series 2, are limited to copyright and patent information (1897-1909) and one proposal with Winthrop Mills Co. (1921).

Series 2. Executive 1871-1979 55 volumes, 280 boxes, 113.25 linear ft.

Sub-series 1 is comprised of a collection of general files including "Historic Records Inventory Project" (1979), "History of the Rodney Hunt Company"(1976), and miscellaneous items (1887-1979) such as insurance policies, newsletters, notes, reports, subject files and tax hills. By far the largest volume of records in the whole collection is contained in Sub-series 2: Correspondence, In/Out. The in-coming correspondence, dating from 1876 to 1903 is basically complete with only occasional gaps. Of special interest are boxes 226 and 227 which hold the correspondence of William O. Harris (1903-1907) from his Boston office to the Rodney Hunt Company main office in Orange. Only a sample selection of the 1917/1918 and 1926/1927 in-coming correspondence was taken because of the poor physical condition of the stored records. A large number (54) of letter copying books (1871-1903) containing duplicate out-going correspondence survived the several floods to which the records were exposed. Volumes 14 and 51 document settlements (1888-1893) between Rodney Hunt and outside companies. The remainder of this series consists of fragments of in/out correspondence files for the years 1911-1914.

Series 3. Financial 1869-1938, n.d. 56 volumes, 2 boxes, 1.25 linear ft.

The financial accounts (1869-1938), comprising 56 volumes and additional documentation, represent the most complete record in any series. This series ranges from accounts with the Orange National Bank to a ledger of entries for the Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Lake Rohunta. These daily, weekly and monthly accounts document the financial workings of this ever-changing company.

Series 4. Purchasing 1887-1888 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.

This series is limited to bills and receipts for the years 1887-1888, documenting purchases of raw materials and services rendered.

Series 5. Sales 1878-1978, n.d. 23 volumes, 6 boxes, 3 linear ft.

Sales records are divided into three major sub-series, as follows: Accounts, which consist principally of traveling salesmen's expense account books, express charges, orderbooks, price lists, sales books and journals; Advertising materials, which include articles about Rodney Hunt Co. (1947-1978), brochures (1960s), catalogues (1878-1903), newsletters (1940s-1960s), circulars, reference materials and miscellaneous items for gate/hoists, rolls, textile machinery, water wheels and miscellaneous production items; and Correspondence, comprised of address lists (including a 1969 export list), bills for woolen machinery, water wheels and mill work, reference information and subject files for parts and machinery (1912-1913).

Series 6. Labor 1869-1943, n.d. 8 volumes, 10 boxes, 5.75 linear ft.

The records are divided into applications/benefits and payroll accounts. For the most part, the applications and benefits files center on the years 1910-1920. Especially interesting are the Liberty Loan (war bonds) records which detail the employees' and company's support of WWI. An excellent collection of payroll accounts has also survived. Payroll ledgers span the years 1869-1943 with only one gap for the years 1919-1927. Also noteworthy are the bills for work, expenses and installation of machinery (1880s and 1890s).

Series 7. Production 1873-1915, n.d. 2 volumes, 6 boxes, 2.75 linear ft.

Blueprints and specifications (1873-1907) are very well represented in this series. These detailed drawings comprise the very heart and soul of the Rodney Hunt Company. Additional production records detail raw materials, stock inventory and sales inventory accounts.

Series 8. Subsidiaries 1907-1910, n.d. 2 boxes, 1 linear ft.

This interesting collection of Carl Harris' "side-line" undertakings consists of files from the Harris Register Company, other "Adder Companies", C.C. Harris & Co. (unigraph) and Rivet-O Manufacturing Co. Items included in this series range from advertisements to actual "working models". One piece of personal correspondence (folder 9) is between C.C. Harris and his uncle Ike for a loan of money to start up a company in 1909.

Series 9. Personal - (Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Harris) 1889-1940 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.

Included are some personal papers of Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Harris. It appears that Mr. Harris kept some of his private papers (1906-1909) interfiled with the Rodney Hunt Company records. This series was gathered from fragmented and routine correspondence files and could possibly represent only part of what is in the collection.

Series 10. Reference Materials 1840-1968, n.d. 6 boxes, 3 linear ft.

This collection of miscellanea and published patents represents reference materials used by various individuals within the company in the daily performance of their jobs. Copies of labor publications and tax laws are also included in this series. The numerous patents, are unfortunately all from other companies or individuals. They are for the most part concerned with water wheels, turbines, tidal engines, rotary pumps, centrifugal pumps and paper mill machinery; also included is one file on time keeping devices.

Series 11. Photographs 1874-1987, n.d. 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.

This final series contains 11 folders of miscellaneous photographs taken from the previous 10 series and from outside sources. Especially interesting is the article on the history of R.H.C., "A Bicentennial Salute: Rodney Hunt Co. Since 1840" done in 1979, and the photographic reproductions of the very early sketchbook (1874-1877) which is still in custody of the Rodney Hunt Company.

Series 1. Organization and Administration 1872-1942 6 volumes, 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.



Board of Directors and Stockholders

Box
Folder
1 1
Stock Certificate Books (Vols. 30-32) 1873-1942

2
Stock-Holder Meeting - Order of Annual Meeting c.1914

3
Stock-Holder Announcements and Power of Attorney 1908, 1909

4
Stock-Holders' Records (Vols. 27-29) 1872-1939


Legal and Property

Box
Folder
1 5
Copyrights 1897

6
Patents, Correspondence Concerning 1912

7
Patents, Correspondence with Southgate & Southgate 1907-1909

8
Patents, Tool Post (1906-1909)

9
Proposal - Winthrop Mills Co. 1921

Series 2. Executive 1871-1979 55 volumes, 280 boxes, 113.25 linear ft.



General Files

Box
Folder
2 1
"Historic Records Inventory Project" 1979

2
"History of the Rodney Hunt Company" by Channing C. Harris 1976

2a
"History of the Rodney Hunt Machine Co. 1962

3-4
Insurance policies - Fire (1900-1909)

5
Insurance policies - General 1902, 1905

6
Newsletter - "All. Hands" 1957-1958

7
Notes to "N.E.H." 1910-1911

8
Notes to "R.C.H." 1913

9
Reports - Customer Reports on Rodney Hunt 1940, 1950, 1951

10
Reports - Marketing Report, "HUE-Master" c.1969

11
Subject Files - Christmas Announcements 1949,1958

12
Subject Files - Open House 1945, 1951, 1955

13
Subject Files - Prime Mover Control Museum 1965

14
Tax Bills 1887, 1890-1892


Correspondence, IN/OUT

Box
Folder
2 15
Correspondence IN (Inventory of boxes 3-44, duplicate) 1876-1887

16
(Inventory of old arrangement, A-M) 1887-1907

17
(Inventory of new arrangement for boxes 45-225, duplicate) 1887-1907

Box


3-44
Correspondence IN (A-Z) 1876-1887

Box


45-72
Correspondence IN (As-By) 1887-1902, 1903-1907

Box


73-94
Correspondence IN (Ca-Dy) 1887-1902, 1904-1907

Box


95-118
Correspondence IN (Ea-Gy) 1887-1907

Box


119-145
Correspondence IN (Haa-Jy) 1887-1907

Box


146-155
Correspondence IN (Kaa-Ly) 1889-1907

Box


156-166
Correspondence IN (Maa-My) 1887-1907

Box


167-182
Correspondence IN (Na-Q) 1887-1907

Box


183-194
Correspondence IN (Raa-Shy) 1887-1906

Box


195-207
Correspondence IN (Si-Ty) 1890-1901, 1904-1907

Box


208-225
Correspondence IN (U-Z) 1887-1907

Box


226-227
Correspondence IN-- Harris, W.O. (Boston office to Orange) 1903-1907

Box


228
Correspondence IN/OUT--Alpha Files: A-Z 1905, 1907-1914, 1918


Correspondence IN/OUT--Subject Files: T 1914

Box


229-246
Correspondence IN (A-Z) 1917-1918

Box


247-277
Correspondence IN (A-Z) 1926-1927

Box
Folder
2 18
Correspondence OUT: Letter Copying Books(Vols. #25,26,48, 49,55-103) 1871, 1877, 1884-1903

Box


278
Correspondence OUT: Letter Copying Books. c. 1908-1909

Box
Folder
2 19
Correspondence OUT: Settlement Memos (Vols. #51,14) 1888-1893

Box


279-280
Correspondence OUT: Alpa files: A-Z 1911-1913

Box


280-281
Correspondence IN/OUT (Feb.-Nov.) 1914

Box


281
Correspondence OUT: (A-Re) 1914

Series 3. Financial 1869-1938, n.d. 56 volumes, 2 boxes, 1.25 linear ft.



Account Books

Box
Folder
282 1
Account with Orange National Bank (Vol-20) 1886

2
Assets and Liabilities (Vol.12) 1869-1871

3
Cash Balance 1895-1897

4
(Vol.24) 1897-1899

5
Cash Books (Vols.104-116) 1872-1918

6
Day Book (Vol.23) 1876-1878

7
Journals (Vols.1, 7, 118-129) 1868-1918

8
Ledgers (Vols.18, 117, 132-150) 1862-1938

9
Ledger-Hydro Electric Power Plant, (Vol.44) 1907-1908

10
Petty Cash Book 1914

Box


283
Trial Balance (over size box) 1879

Box
Folder
282 11
Trial Balance (vol.3) 1885

Box


283
Trial Balance (over size box) 1905-1911, 1916, n.d.

Box
Folder
282 12
Trial Balance (vol.45) 1936-1938


Papers, Statements, etc.

Box
Folder
282 13
Balance Sheets 1887

14
Bills or Accounts Payable/Receivable 1889

15
Cancelled Checks 1890

16
Cash Vouchers 1890

17
Check Register (vol.46) 1874-1881

18
Interest Inventory 1912-1913

19
Promissary Notes 1882, 1891

20
Statements - Assets and Liabilities 1894-1898

Series 4. Purchasing 1887-1888 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.


Box
Folder
284 1
Bills 1887, 1888

2
Bills and Receipts (Feb.-Sep.) 1887

Series 5. Sales 1878-1978, n.d. 23 volumes, 6 boxes, 3 linear ft.



Accounts

Box
Folder
285 1-2
Expense Account Books, Traveling Salesmens' (includes notes, confirmations, correspondence) H.C. Riggs E W.J. Simonds 1926-1927

3
Express (shipping charges) 1892-1896

4
Express (shipping charges) 1914-1816

5
Order Books (vols.9, 11, 21) 1869-1876

6
Order Books Water Wheels and Mill Work 1876-1879,


Order Books (vols. 33, 34, 41, 47, 50) 1895-1913

7
Order Books Woolen Machinery (vols.35-40) 1880-1884, 1891-1897, 1902-1816

8
Order Books Miscellaneous 1883, 1886-1888, 1911-1914, n.d.

9
Price Lists (vol.13) 1921-1933

10
Sales Book (vol.10) 1874-1880

11
Sales Journal (vol.5) 1874-1875

12
Sales Journal (vol.130) 1877-1878

13
Sales Journal (wheels sold) 1886, 1890, 1891

Box
Folder
286 14-22
Sales Journal (Apr.-Dec.) 1911

Box
Folder
285 23
Sales Journal (unbound) 1927-1935

24
Travel and Expense Ledger (vol.42) 1887-1888


Advertising Materials


General

Box
Folder
287 25
Advertising (in process) c.1914

26
Advertising (postals - not printed) 1913, n.d.

27
Advertising (postals - W.H., sent) 1914

28
Articles about Rodney Hunt Co. 1947-1978

29
Brochures c.1960s

30
Conferences and Exhibits 1947, 1957, 1958, 1965

31
Descriptive Catalogues 1878, 1881, 1885, 1887,n.d.

32
Descriptive Catalogues 1890, 1894, 1896, 1897

33
Descriptive Catalogues 1903

34
Newsletters: "Rodney Hunt News" 1942-1948

35
Newsletters: "Orange Peel" 1953-1958

36
Newsletters: "Orange Peel" 1960s


By Dept.

Box
Folder
288 37
Gates and Hoists 1926

38
Gates and Hoists 1927, 1933, 1942, 1955,n.d.

39
Gates and Hoists 1952

40
Gates and Hoists 1960, 1962

41
Rolls 1920s

42
Rolls 1930s-1950s

43
Rolls -"Reports", 1-22 n.d.

44
Rolls -"Roll Turnings" 1923-1939, 1944

Box
Folder
289 45
Textile Machinery- Brochures and circulars 1900-1930s

46
Textile Machinery- Brochures and circulars 1940s, 1950s

47
Textile Machinery- Brochures and circulars 1960s, 1970s

48
Textile Machinery- Brochures and circulars n.d.

49
Textile Machinery- Catalog 1919

50
Textile Machinery- Catalog 1939

51
Textile Machinery- Catalog 1942

52
Textile Machinery- Catalog 1948

53
Textile Machinery - Data sheets and catalogs 1920s, 1930s

54
Textile Machinery - Data sheets n.d.

55
Textile Machinery - "Modern Practice in Textile Wet Finishing" 1927

56
Textile Machinery- Newsletters 1930, 1964, n.d.

57
Textile Machinery - Reference Information n.d.

58
Textile Machinery - Technical Data Bulletin n.d.

59
Textile Machinery - "Tensitrol Development and Application" 1945

60
Textile Machinery - "Textile Record Hand-Book #2" 1886

Box
Folder
290 61
Water Wheel- Brochures 1913, n.d.

62
Water Wheel - Book and Stream Power 1940

63
Water Wheel - Bulletins 1938-1941

64
Water Wheel - Catalogue (reprinted 1950) c.1914

65
Water Wheel - Catalogues 1914

66
Water Wheel - Catalogues 1915

67
Water Wheel - Catalogues 1940

68
Water Wheel - Circulars 1913, 1926-1930, nd

69
Water Wheel - Questionnaire n.d.


Miscellaneous

Box
Folder
290 70
Rotary Fire Pump 1906, n.d.

71
Stainless Steel Tanks 1939

72
Turba-Film Evaporators 1952-1955


Correspondence

Box
Folder
290 73
Address Lists 1908, 1909

74
Address Lists n.d.

75
Address Lists, Export 1969

76
Bills-Woolen Machinery, Water Wheels and Mill Work, (letter press copy, vol. 53) 1886-1887

77
Bills-Woolen Machinery (letter press copy, vol. 52) 1902-1904

78
Reference Information (vol.2) n.d.

79
Register of Correspondents (vol.22) 1875-1882

80
Subject Files - Ball Bearings (roller) 1912-1913

81
Subject Files - Bleaching Machine 1912-1913

82
Subject Files - Carbonizing Machine 1912-1913

83
Subject Files - Cork Inserts 1913

84
Subject Files - Crabbing Machine 1913

85
Subject Files - Dolly Washer 1912-1913

86
Subject Files - Dyeing Machine 1912-1913

87
Subject Files - Dyeing Machine, All Wood 1912

88
Subject Files - Extractors or Wringers 1913

89
Subject Files - Falling Stock 1913

90
Subject Files - Friction Clutches (simpler) 1912

91
Subject Files - Fulling Mill 1912-1913


Subject Files - Fulling Mills - Blue Prints

92
Subject Files - Gear Data 1913

93
Subject Files - Hangers 1913

94
Subject Files - Reversing Gear Attachment 1913

Series 6. Labor 1869-1943, n.d. 8 volumes, 10 boxes, 5.75 linear ft.



Applications, Benefits, etc.

Box
Folder
291 1
Apprenticeships 1910

2
Awards, Length of Service 1979

3
Insurance: Workmen's Compensation 1912-1914

4
Insurance: Workmen's Compensation (ref. materials) c.1912

5
Insurance: Workmen's Compensation (talley sheets) 1911-1915

6
Insurance, Employees 1946

7
Job Applications, Recommendations, etc. 1912-1913

8
Job Descriptions 1950

9
Job Orientation Manual and Packet 1950, n.d.

Box
Folder
292 10
Liberty Loan (War Bonds) 1917-1918

11
Liberty Loan 1918-1919

12
Liberty Loan, Applications 1917-1918

13-14
Liberty Loan, 4th applications 1918

15
Liberty Loan, 5th 1919-1920

16
Liberty Loan, Foundry 1918

17
Liberty Loan, (List of men who have left and company bought bonds) 1917

18
Liberty Loan, (List of men who have paid in full for bonds and have received them) 1918

19
Liberty Loan, Machinery Shop 1918

20
Liberty Loan, Tool Shop 1918

21
Liberty Loan, Total for Each Week 1917-1918


Payroll Accounts

Box
Folder
293 22
Bills for Work and Expenses (including installation) 1887, 1890, 1896

23
Bills for Work and Expenses (including installation) 1897

24
Labor Ledgers, (Payroll Accounts) (vols. 6,15-17,43,54) 1869-1886

Box


294
Payroll Ledgers 1889-1896

Box


295
Payroll Ledgers 1896-1904

Box


296
Payroll Ledgers 1904-1911

Box


297
Payroll Ledgers 1911-1918

Box
Folder
298 25-33
Payroll Ledgers 1928-1935

Box
Folder
299 34-40
Payroll Ledgers 1936-1940

Box
Folder
300 41-45
Payroll Ledgers 1941-1943

46
Time Book, (Machine Shop) (vol.19) 1874-1878

47
Time Book, (vol.4) 1883-1886

48-50
Time Sheets 1886-1888

51
Vouchers 1890

Series 7. Production 1873-1915, n.d. 2 volumes, 6 boxes, 2.75 linear ft.



Blueprints, Specs., Etc.

Box
Folder
301 1-9
A-E 1873-1907

Box
Folder
302 10-18
F-J 1873-1907

Box
Folder
303 19-28
K-O 1873-1907

Box
Folder
304 29-37
P-S 1873-1907

Box
Folder
305 38-49
T-Z 1873-1907

Box
Folder
306 50
Production Account (Vol.131) 1885-1886

51
Raw Materials Acct. and Sales Inventory Ledgers (Vol.8) 1912

52
Requisition to Stock Keeper 1915


Sketch Book Photos 1874-1877

53
Stock Accounts 1885-1888

54
Stock Accounts 1891-1892, 1895-1898

55
Stock Accounts 1909

56
Stock Accounts n.d.

57
Stock Accounts, List of Gears 1912-1913

58
Stock Inventory 1909

59
Stock Inventory 1912

60
Stock Inventory 1913

Series 8. Subsidiaries 1907-1910, n.d. 2 boxes, 1 linear ft.



Harris Register Company

Box
Folder
307 1
Address Cards 1908, n.d.

2
Advertisements n.d.

3
Advertising 1909-1910

4-6
Correspondence 1907-1909

7
Correspondence, Southgate & Southgate 1908-1909

8
Correspondence, Stimpson Co. (eyelets) 1908

9
Correspondence, Uncle Ike (loan of money) 1909

10
Correspondence, Whitehead & Hoag Co. 1908-1909

11
Drawings and Parts n.d.

12
Express n.d.

13
Patent Agreement (blueprint included) 1908-1909

14
Pocket Cash Register n.d.

15
Pointers or Stylus n.d.

16
Stationary n.d.


Other Company Adders

Box
Folder
308 17
Bassett Adder 1911

18
Borroughs Adder 1910

19
Calculating Devices 1910

20
Clark Adder 1909

21
Computograph 1911

22
Dalton Adder 1909

23
Dillworth Adder n.d.

24
Ensign n.d.

25-26
Felt and Tarrant 1911

27
Gem Automatic Adder 1908-1911

28
Greif (Imported) n.d.

29
Locke Adder 1908-1909

30
Mechanical Accounting 1908-1911

31
Mercan Tile Adder n.d.

32
Millionaire Calculating Machine n.d.

33
Morse Adder 1909, 1911

34
Peerless (Imported) n.d.

35
Radid Computer Co. 1909-1910

36
Register Manufacturers 1911

37
Wales Adder n.d.


C. C. Harris & Co.

Box
Folder
308 38
Unigraph (Individual Time Keeper) n.d.


Rivet-O Manufacturing Co.

Box
Folder
308 39
Brochure n.d.

Series 9. Personal - (Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Harris) 1889-1940 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.


Box
Folder
309 1
Check Registers and Returned Vouchers 1906-1909

2
Correspondence 1906-1909

3
Correspondence, Mrs. Carl Harris 1908-1909

4
Correspondence, From Willis Porter 1907-1909

5
"Dams for Small Streams" and "Power Development of Small Streams" 1940

6
Miscellaneous Items 1907-1909

7
Petty Cash 1913

8
Voucher for Mrs. Carl Harris 1889

Series 10. Reference Materials 1840-1968, n.d. 6 boxes, 3 linear ft.



Miscellaneous

Box


310
Associated Industries of Massachusetts

1-2
Brochures, Catalogs, etc. 1906-1915, 1934, 1962, 1968, n.d.

3
Labor Publications 1901, 1906-1908, 1942

4
"Parks Piping Parables" 1911

5
Tax Laws 1917-1919


Patents

Box
Folder
311 6-17
Patents, A-D 1840-1920

Box
Folder
312 18-30
Patents, E-L 1840-1920

Box
Folder
313 31-41
Patents, M-Stap 1840-1920

Box
Folder
314 42-47
Patents, Star-Z 1840-1920

48
Subject Folders - Die Casting 1900s

49-51
Subject Folders - Pulp Machinery 1890s-1900s

Box
Folder
315 52
Subject Folders - Pulp Machinery 1890s-1900s

53-58
Subject Folders - Pumps 1890s-1900s

Series 11. Photographs 1874-1987, n.d. 1 box, 0.25 linear ft.


Box
Folder
316 1
"A Bicentennial Salute: Rodney Hunt Co. Since 1840" 1976

2
Dyeing Machine c.1913

3
Exhibit 1965

4
Harris Register Co. "Adder" c.1909

5
Portrait -(head and shoulders) (unidentified) n.d.

6
Publicity Photos University Archives (R.H. 111. Co. collection) 1987

7
Rodney Hunt (head and shoulder) n.d.

8
[Rodney Hunt Co., Plant Exterior Construction] n.d.

9
Sketch Book 1874-1877, n.d.

10
Textile Machinery, New 1912

11
Textile Machinery, old c.1960s