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Overview of the Records

Organization

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Series I: Administrative Records, 1809-1979





Wauregan and Quinebaug Company Records

Series I: Administrative 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 and Quinebaug Comany.
Dates: 1795-1979.
Extent: 206 linear feet.
Record Series: MSS19810010S1
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.

Organization

Wauregan Company

Series I: Administrative Records (1809-1979) consists of eleven subseries. Legal Records contains articles of incorporation, contracts (1852-1932, 1942-1962), minutes of the Board of Directors (1916-1979) and patents and trademarks (1850-1957). Land Records (1809-1932, 1942-1968) consists of deeds, surveys, and two volumes of recorded deeds. Management Records contains annual reports (1904-1958) and executive accounts for J.A. Atwood, J.S. Atwood, J.W. Atwood, and A.L. Danielson during their respective tenures as company officials. Stock Records consists of 26 volumes and one box of records containing stockholders meeting records, stock certificates, dividend records, stock transfers, and printed material. Reports, arranged by type, contains insurance appraisals, census reports (1900-1920, 1950), audits (1900-1919, 1942-1956), water levels of the canal and dam (1874-1957), government compliance reports (1942-1957), and internal reports of the company. Profit and Costs Analyses (1859-1860, 1889-1932, 1943-1972) record the assets and liabilities of the Wauregan mill and store operations. Flood of 1955 includes records documenting the disaster. Wauregan Power Station has correspondence and an agreement (1914). Publications includes printed company charters and bylaws, "E" awards material, company printed forms, magazine and newspaper articles, and a copy of the "Illustrated Souvenir of Central Village and Wauregan" (1885). Textile Associations includes published materials from 1929 through 1947. Personal Notes of Arthur H. Gulliver (1878-1881) consist of five volumes of handwritten notes taken by a Wauregan Mills employee about textile manufacturing equipment and methods, wage information about Wauregan employees, notes taken when he visited other textile mills in New England, and newspaper clippings about other mills.

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)

Personnel Files (1936-1958)

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

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

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

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 I: Administrative Records, 1809-1979
Subseries A: Legal Records, 1850-1962
1:1 Incorporation documents, 1852-1916
Legal records
1:2 1870
1:3 1871-1899
1:4 1900-1904
1:5 1905-1910
1:6 1911-1915
1:7 1916-1920
1:8 1921-1923
1:9 1924-1925
1:10 1926-1928
1:11 1929-1930
1:12 1931-1932
1:13 1942-1943
1:14 1944-1945
1:15 1946-1948
1:16 1949-1950
1:17 1951
1:18 1952-1953
1:19 1954-1955
1:20 1956
1:21 1956-1957
1:22 1958-1959
1:23 1960-1962
Board of Directors meeting minutes
443 1916-1931
444 1931-1932
448 1944-1950
449 1952-1959
450 1959-1972
451 1973-1978
424:5900 1979 July 26
1:24 Patents and Trademarks, 1932
1:25 Patents and Trademarks, 1943-1944
1:26 International Patents and Trademarks, 1881-1942
424:5898 Insurance Valuation, 1940
424:5899 Record Book: Quinebaug River Public Warehouse, Inc., 1950-1961
Subseries B: Land Records, 1809-1968
2 Deeds, mortgages, surveys,
2:27 1809-1839
2:28 1840-1849
2:29 1850-1859
2:30 1860-1869
2:31 1870-1889
2:32 1890-1899
2:33 1900-1909
2:34 1910-1920
2:35 1921-1932
2:36 1942-1950
2:37 1951-1968
2:38 Deed Book, 1916-1937
Subseries C: Management Records, 1904-1958
2:39 Annual reports, 1904-1920
2:40 Annual reports, 1955
Executive Accounts
2:41 Atwood, J.A., 1874, 1885
2:42 Atwood, J.A., 1885-1891
2:43 Atwood, J.A., 1890
2:44 Atwood, J.A., 1909-1925
2:45 Atwood, J.S., 1878-1882
2:46 Atwood, J.S., 1880
2:47 Atwood, J.S., 1882-1895
2:48 Atwood, J.W., 1884-1919
2:49 Danielson, A. Lockwood, 1909-1911
2:50 Financial Reports, 1956-1958
2:51 Office procedures, 1940-1950
2:52 Renegotiation papers, 1945-1954
Subseries D: Stock Records, undated, 1853-1964
2:53 By-Laws, undated
2:54 Certificates, 1917-1929
2:55 Dividends, 1948
2:56 Dividends, 1949
2:57 Dividends, 1951-1955
3:58 Printed Material, 1931
3:59 Stock Records, 1891-1910
3:60 Stock Records, 1911-1920
3:61 Stock Records, 1921-1925
3:62 Stock Records, 1926-1929
3:63 Stock Records, 1930-1932
3:64 Stock Records, 1942-1943
3:65 Stock Transfers, 1953-1954
3:66 Stock Transfers, 1955-1956
3:67 Stock Transfers, 1957-1959
3:68 Stock Transfers, 1960-1961
3:69 Stock Transfers, 1962-1964
3:70 Stockholders' Meetings, 1889-1900, 1931, 1944-1947, 1955
3:71 Stockholders' Minutes [1 volume], 1853-1889
4 Stock Ledger and Transfers, 1855-1879
5 Stock Certificate record, 1877-1898
6 Stock Certificate record, 1899-1916
7-8 Stock Certificate recrord, 1916
9 Stock Certificate record, 1916-1920
10 Stock Certificate record--Common Stock, 1916
11 Stock Certificate record--Common Stock, 1916-1918
12 Stock Certificate record--Common Stock, 1918-1923
13 Stock Certificate record--Common Stock, 1923-1931
14 Stock Certificate record--Preferred Stock, 1924-1931
15 Stock Dividend record, 1900-1916
16 Stock Dividend record--Preferred Stock, 1917-1926
17 Stock Dividend record--Common Stock, 1917-1929
18 Stock Dividend record--Preferred Stock, 1917-1930
19 Stock Ledger, 1899-1916
20 Stock Ledger--Common Stock, 1916-1932
21 Stock Ledger--Preferred Stock, 1916-1932
22 Stock Transfers, 1899-1916
23 Stock Transfers--Common Stock, 1916-1924
24 Stock Transfers--Common Stock, 1924-1932
25 Stock Transfers--Preferred Stock, 1916-1919
26 Stock Transfers--Preferred Stock, 1919-1923
27 Stock Transfers--Preferred Stock, 1924-1932
28 Stock Transfers--Preferred Stock, 1931
Subseries E: Reports, 1874-1957
29:72 American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, 1950-1957
29:73 Architectural, 1859, 1867
29:74 Architectural, 1911
Audits
29:75 1900-1919
29:76 1942
29:77 1943
29:78 1944
29:79 1945
29:80 1946
29:81 1947
29:82 1948
29:83 1949
29:84 1951
29:85 1952
29:86 1953
29:87 1956
29:88 Bancroft Allowance, 1951-1952
29:89 Census, 1900-1920, 1950
29:90 Earnings, 1906-1916
29:91 Insurance Appraisal, 1930
29:92 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (R.F.C.) Loan, 1951-1953
29:93 Record of Dam and Water levels, 1874-1957
29:94 Small Business Administration, 1942-1957
29:95-96 Survey, May - June, 1930
29:97 Waste Studies, 1948-1956
Subseries F: Profit and Cost Analyses, 1859-1972
Statements
29:98 1855-1889
29:99 1890-1900
29:100 1891-1912
30:101 1902-1905
30:102 1906-1908
30:103 1909-1912
30:104 1912-1913
30:105 1914-1916
30:106 1916-1920
30:107 1921-1924
30:108 1925-1931
30:109 1932
30:110 1943
30:111 1944-1949
30:112 1951
30:113 1952
30:114 1955-1959
30:115 1972
Subseries G: Flood of 1955>, undated, 1948-1958
424:5897 Appraisal of Flood loss, 1956 August 19 - 20
30:116 Correspondence, 1955
30:117 Correspondence, 1956
30:118 Correspondence, 1957
30:119 Damage records, 1955-1956
30:120 Damage records--Worksheets, 1955-1956
30:121 Government forms, 1955-1956
30:122 Labor costs, 1955-1956
30:123 Memoranda, 1955-1956
30:124 Printed Materials, 1955
30:125 Reports, 1955-1956
30:126 "River Redevelopment", undated
30:127 Tax abatement, 1948-1958
Subseries H: Wauregan Power Station, 1914
30:128 Power Station, 1914
Subseries I: Publications, undated, 1853-1959
30:129 Charter and By-Laws, undated, 1853-1899
31:130 "E" Awards Newspaper clippings, undated, 1942-1944
31:131 "E" Awards Newspaper clippings, undated, 1943
31:132 "E" Awards programs, 1943-1946
424:5805 "E" Awards programs and publications, undated
31:133 Magazine articles, 1948, 1953
31:134 Newspaper clippings, 1942
31:135 Newspaper clippings, 1943-1953
31:136 Newspaper clippings, 1954-1959
31:137 Sales and Rental brochures, undated
31:138 Samples of company forms, undated, 1888-1891
Subseries J: Textile Associations, 1929-1947
31:139 Institute of Textile Technology, 1946-1947
31:140 Rhode Island Textile Association Constitution and By-Laws, 1929
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Subseries K: Personal notes of Arthur H. Gulliver, 1854-1881
452 Notes about textile manufacturing equipment and methods, best practices for woven textiles, information specific to Wauregan mill, rates of wages or average earnings, 1854-1880, 1878-1880
453 Notes about textile manufacturing equipment and methods, best practices for woven textiles, information specific to Wauregan mill, 1878
454 Notes about textile manufacturing equipment and methods, best practices for woven textiles, information specific to Wauregan mill, 1878
455 Notes about textile manufacturing equipment; prices for supplies and services; wage list for Ashton Mill; thread count, width and warp for patterns with pattern charts; newspaper clippings about local mills, 1879
456 Notes taken about other textile mills in New England and information about wages of Wauregan workers, 1881