Lawrence Manufacturing Company

Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Records, 1831-1955
(bulk 1831-1926)

Series Description:

Each series and subseries is identified by a letter of the alphabet.For example, "Administrative Records" are Series A; "Orders for dividends"are identified as AG.

A. Administrative Records, 1831-1942
This series contains minutes of Board of Directors meetings, records ofstock transfers, dividends, receipts for stock, records of property boughtand sold by the company in both Boston and Lowell and generaladministrative records. The original agreement with the Proprietors ofLocks and Canals with the original list of shareholders can be found inSeries AB.

A--Board of Directors minutes
AB--Stockholders meetings minutes and records
AC--Certificates of Stock
AD--Stock ledgers
AE--Transfers of stock
AF--Receipts for stock
AG--Orders for dividends
AH--Dividends
AK--Deeds (stock transfers)
AL--Issues of stock
AN--Real estate
AO--General administration

B. Journals and Ledgers, 1831-1937

BA-Journals
BB--Ledgers, general
BC--Ledgers, miscellaneous expense

C. Cash Books, 1831-1938

CA-Cash
CB--Monthly summary
CC--Petty cash

D. Balances, 1882-1914
This series contains balances of agent's accounts and annual statements.

DA Agent's balances
DB Trial balance
DC Annual statement

E. Accounts and Insurance, 1832-1926
This series contains accounts current, notes payable andreceivable, checkbooks, canceled checks, profit and loss accounts, auditorsreports, property insurance records and tax materials.

EA Semi-annual accounts
EB Accounts current
EC Profit and loss account
ED Agent's accounts, monthly & semi-annual
EE Reports
EF Auditors' report
EG Notes payable and receivable
EH Checkbooks, canceled checks
EK Insurance
EL Insurance: buildings, storehouse and contents
EM Funds transferred; interest on accounts
EN Tax materials

F. Purchases and Supplies, 1831-1926
This series contains records of purchases, supplies, invoices forcotton and yarn, bills of lading, freight ledgers and bills, agents lettersabout cotton and receipts and records of water power used to operate themills.

FA Invoices, cotton
FB Invoices, yarn and buttons
FC Mill agent's letters re cotton
FE Supplies
FF Purchases
FG Weekly cotton receipts
FH Supplies, 1901-1921
FK Supplies, 1917-1926
FL Bills, invoices
FM Reports on bills
FN Receipts
FO Warehouse "letters"
FP Goods stored for other mills
FQ Voucher register, invoices
FR Bills of lading
FT Freight ledger
FU Freight bills, shipping receipts
FW Supplies on hand
FX Cotton stored
FY Cotton account
FAB Water use, Proprietors of Locks and Canals

G. Labor and Employment, 1833-1955
This series contains payroll information for each mill as well asgeneral payrolls. It also includes a registry of names and records ofliability insurance.

GA Payrolls, Mill No. 1
GB Payrolls, Mill No. 2
GC Payrolls, Mills No. 1 & 2
GD Payrolls, Mill No. 3
GE Payrolls, Mill No. 4
GF Payrolls, Mill No. 5
GG General payroll
GG General payroll section 1
GH General payroll section 2
GK General payroll section 5
GL General payroll, hosiery
GM Bundled payrolls
GN Registry of names
GO Accidents
GP Insurance, liability
GQ Employees war bond fund

H. Production, 1832-1921
This series contains records documenting the production of cottoncloth, yarn and hosiery, including stock books, a yarn ledger, cost booksand hosiery invoices.

HA Cotton
HB Cotton-wool-cloth-hosiery
HC Cotton-cloth-hosiery
HE Yarn
HF Yarn ledger
HG Cloth manufacturing report
HF Abstract of account
HK Style book
HL Hosiery cost book, accounts
HO Hosiery and underwear products
HP Hosiery reports
HR Hosiery cut out with estimated cost
HS Report of cotton, cloth and hosiery
HT Cloth stock book
HU Hosiery stock book
HW Product
HX Hosiery invoices
HY Stock corrections
HAB Costs
HAC Winding sheets
HAD Cloth invoices
HAE Bills, bleaching
HAF Agents accounts

K. Machinery, 1856-1946
This series contains records of machinery, leases and agreementsconcerning machinery, patent information and returns of property.

KA New machinery
KB Schedule and description of machinery
KC General records concerning machinery
KD Lease and agreements
KE Property record
KF Agreement with Crescent Corp.
KG Patents
KH Returns of property

L. Sales, 1838-1927
This series contains records of cloth and hosiery sales weekly andmonthly, orders from selling agents A. & A. Lawrence, George C. Richardsonand Co., and Townsend and Yale and its successor firm, E.T. Townsend andCo., accounts current with selling agents, sales summaries and analysis ofmonthly sales.

LA Hosiery and underwear, product and sales
LB Orders, Townsend & Yale
LC Orders, E.M.T. & Co.
LD Orders, E.M.T. & Co., underwear
LE Orders, hosiery and underwear
LF Orders, yarn
LG Yarn bills
LH Order books, large
LK Summary of orders received, E.M.T. & Co.
LL Changes on orders, underwear
LM Sales, cloth
LN Cloth sales, by month
LO Cloth and hosiery sales
LP Recapitulation of hosiery sales, 1867-June 1878
LR Hosiery sales and memoranda, Townsend and Yale
LS Weekly hosiery product
LT Weekly cloth product
LU Recapitulation of hosiery sales, July 1878-1903
LW Monthly hosiery sales
LX Hosiery and underwear sales
LY Hosiery sales, treasurer's office
LAB Sales, six months
LAC Cloth memoranda, Geo. C. Richardson and Co.
LAD Analysis of monthly sales
LAE Hosiery and underwear
LAF Large sales books
LAG Mill agent to treasurer, hosiery and underwear
LAH Mill agent reports, yarn
LAK Remittances, E.M.T. & Co.
LAL Accounts current with selling agents
LAM Stock on hand
LAN Townsend & Yale, monthly statements
LAO Sales summaries
LAP Summaries of waste sold
LAQ Hosiery, shirts & drawers

M. Correspondence, 1832-1926
This series includes correspondence between the mill agent and thetreasurer, general correspondence of the mill agent and the treasurer andcorrespondence between the agent and treasurer and the selling agent.

MA Treasurer, general
MB Treasurer to selling agents
MC Treasurer to mill agent
MD Mill agent to treasurer
ME General correspondence, mill agent to treasurer
MF Orders and invoices, mill agent to treasurer
MG Special, mill agent to treasurer
MH Costs and description, mill agent to treasurer
MK Townsend & Yale to treasurer
ML E.M. Townsend & Co. to treasurer
MM E.M. Townsend & Co. to treasurer
MN Descriptions, E.M. Townsend & Co.
MO Mill agent to E.M.T. & Co.
MP E.M.T. & Co. to mill agent re hosiery
MS E.M.T. & Co. sales letters
MR E.M.T. & Co. to mill agent re underwear
MT E.M.T. & Co. re stock and summary of produce
MU American Thread Co.
MW Letters received
MX Foreign letters received
MY Incoming letters
MAD General correspondence, incoming
MAE Mill site in south
MAF Cotton accounts, various houses
MAG E.M.T. & Co. letters and accounts
MAH Boston Thread & Twine Co., letters and orders
MAK Letters re dyes
MAK Arlington Mills re storage of cotton

Provenance:

Deposited by Lawrence Manufacturing Company, 1929, 1930. Additional material gift of Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, 1977.

Amount:

872 volumes, 314 cartons and 121 boxes