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Sayles Finishing Plants (Saylesville, Philipsdale, and Valley Falls, Rhode Island and Ashleville, North Carolina) Business Records (MSS 6 Sg 2)

Rhode Island Historical Society

121 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906
Tel: 401-273-8107
Fax: 401-751-7930
email: reference@rihs.org

Inventory

Series A. Administrative Records

Subseries 1. Journals

Container	Description	Date
Item 1	Plant A	1906 Jul-1914 Dec
Item 2	Private Journal Transfer	1914 Apr-1917 Feb
Item 3	Plants A, DB, DT, SFP, a/c B	1915 Jan-1918May
Item 4	Private Journal Transfer - Plants A, B, C	1917 Mar-1920Dec
Item 5	Journal Transfer - Plants A, DB, DT	1919 Jan-1923 Dec
Item 6	Private Journal Transfer - Plants A, B, C	1921 Jan-1928 Dec
Item 7	Private Journal - Plants A, B, C, D, E DB Box Shop, DT Print Shop, Sayles Tenement property, Phillipsdale Tenement property, Albertype property, D12, D13, Special Fabrics Co.	1928Dec-1930 May
Item 8	General Ledger and Customers Ledger - Plant A	1904 Apr-1910 Dec
Item 9	General and Customers Ledger - Plant A	1906 Jul-1913 Sep
Item 10	Transfer Customers Ledger - Plant A	1913 Apr-1916 Sep
Item 11	General Ledger, Plants A, DB, DT, SFP, a/c B	1914 Jan-1919 Dec
Item 12	General Ledger Transfer - Plants A, B, C, DB, DT, D12, D13, Tenement Sayles, Tenement Phillipsdale, SFP a/c B.	1914-1917 Feb
Item 13	Private Ledger - Sayles Finishing Plants - Plants A, B, C, D, E, Albertype Property, Crefeld, National Tracing Cloth Co., DB, DT, D12, D13, Tenement Sayles, Tenement Phillipsdale, SFP a/c B	1917 Mar-1920 Dec
Item 14	General Ledger Transfer - Plant A	1917 Mar-1925 May
Item 15	Private Ledger - Plants A, B, D, DB, DT, D12,D13.	1921 Jan-1925 Dec
Item 16	Private Ledger Transfer - Plants A, B, C, D, D -Biltmore, N.C., E, Albertype Property, DB, Plant E - Winding Department, Butterfly Farm, Crefeld Property, East Providence Water Co.,DT, Special Fabrics Co., National Tracing Cloth Co., Tenement Sayles, Tenement Phillipsdale, D12, D13, D13.	1921 Jan-1928 Dec
Item 17	Transfer General Ledger - Plants A, B, DB, DT, D12, D13.	1926 Jan-1930 May
Item 18	Journals,Transfer General Ledger - Plants A, B, DB, DT, D12, D13.	1929 Mar-1937 Oct
Item 19	General Ledger - Plants A, B, DB, DT, D12, D13.	1930 Jun-1938 Jun

Subseries 2. Cash Books

Container	Description	Date
Item 20	Petty Cash Journal - Plant A	1906 Jul-1911 Dec
Item 21	Cash Books	1912 Jan-1914 Dec
Item 22	Cash Books	1915 Jan- 1915 Dec
Item 23	Cash Books	1916 Jan-1916 Dec
Item 24	Cash Book	1918 Jan-1919 Dec
Item 25	Cash Book	1920 Jan-1920 Dec
Item 26	Cash Book	1921 Jan-1921 Dec
Item 27	Petty Cash Receipts	1935 Apr-1941 Jan

Subseries 3. Accounts

Container	Description	Date
Item 28	Expense Accounts - Plant A	1907 Jul-1914 Jan
Item 29	Sundry Bills from Customers a/c Freight Claims	1907 Mar-1909 Dec
Item 30	Customers Accounts - Plant A	1908 Jan-1914 Jan
Item 31	Trial Balances for Sayles Finishing Plants (Plants A, B, C, D, E), Glenlyon Dye Works (Plants B, C, Phillipsdale Branch), and National Tracing Cloth Co.	1908 Mar-1912 Dec
Item 32	Accounts Receivable Sa - Z	1914 Jan-1918 Apr
Item 33	Accounts Payable and Voucher Register	1917 Apr-1922 Dec
Item 34	Accounts,Annual Reports and Accounts and Preliminary Balance Sheets - Sayles Finishing Plants and Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries.	1918 Dec-1939 Dec
Item 35	Charges to Customers - Sayles Finishing Plants National Tracing Cloth Co., Special Fabrics Co.	1921 Jan-1930 Dec
Item 36	Monthly Charges to Customers and Trial Balances- Sayles Finishing Plants (Plants A,B, DB, DT,D12, D13, C, D, E), Special Fabrics Co., and Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries.	1930 Jan-1936 Dec
Item 37	Voucher Distribution Book	1950 Jan-1950 Dec

Subseries 4. Valuations of Plants and Machinery

Container	Description	Date
Item 38	Departments 1-4, Upper Bleachery	Sep 1909
Item 39	Departments 2-3, Lower Bleachery	1909 Sep
Item 40	E. Harman's Workbook - Land Values, Studies and Miscellaneous Data (includes: Plants A, B, C, D, D2, D11, D13, DB, DT, DU,E, Special Fabrics Co., National Tracing Cloth Co., Sayles Tenement,Phillipsdale Tenement, Moshassuck Valley Railroad.	1911 Mar-1952 Jun
Item 41	Plant A, Upper and Lower Bleachery, and Plant B	1929 May
Item 42	Central Falls Property	1929 May
Item 43	Valley Falls Property	1929 May
Item 44	Plant A	1940 Jan
Item 45	Plant A	1948 May

Subseries 5. Technical Committee Minutes

Container	Description	Date
Item 46	Technical Committee Minutes	1937 Jan-1937 Dec
Item 47	Technical Committee Minutes	1938 Jan-1938 Dec
Item 48	Index	1939 Jan-1939 Dec
Item 49	Technical Committee Minutes	1940 Jan-1940 Dec
Item 50	Includes list of relevant published patents	1943 Jan-1948 Aug

Series 6. Machinery and Equipment Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 51	Machinery Cards - Department File	1913 Jan-1953 Dec
Item 52	Machinery Cards - Year File	1918 Jan-1953 Dec
Item 53	Inventory of Stores, Plants A and B, Book #1	1923 Jul-1928 Jan
Item 54	Inventory of Stores, Plants A and B, Book #2	1923 Jul-1928 Jan

Subseries 7. Work Orders

Container	Description	Date
Item 55	"Y" Orders, #1-50	1906 Feb-1907 Apr
Item 56	"Y" Orders, #50-125	1907 Apr-1909 Feb
Item 57	"Y" Orders, #125-202	1909 Feb-1910 Feb
Item 58	"Y" Orders, #202-263	1910 Feb- 1911 Jan
Item 59	"Y" Orders, #263-327	1911 Feb-1912 May
Item 60	"Y" Orders, #327-441	1912 Feb-1913 Oct
Item 61	Estimate Order Repair Book	1943 Apr-1947 Jan

Subseries 8. Patent Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 62	Affidavits in connection with application for shrunk finish patent	1930 Feb-1930 Nov
Item 63	Blueprints for accompanying shrunk finish patent application	1920 Mar-1930 Apr
Item 64	File 7-E, Major Class 8 - Bleaching and Dyeing	1931 May-1932 Aug
Item 65	File 7-F, Major Class 8 - Bleaching and Dyeing	1932 Sep-1934 Jan
Item 66	File 7-G, Major Class 8 - Bleaching and Dyeing	1934 Jan-1938 May
Item 67	File 8-F, Major Class 26 - Cloth Finishing	1938 Mar-1939 Oct
Item 68	File 8-G, Major Class 26 - Cloth Finishing	1938 Jan-1947 Jul
Item 69	File 9-C, Class 101 - Printing	1932 Apr-1937 Jun
Item 70	File 9-D, Class 101 - Printing	1936 Oct-1941 Jul
Item 71	Correspondence with Heberlein Patent Corp.regarding licensing arrangements	1940 Feb-1942 Oct

Subseries 9. Miscellaneous Engineering Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 72	D5N Experiments, related to mercerizing process	1912 Jan-1913 Oct
Item 73	Artificial Silk Investigation and correspondence among Sayles executives regarding it.	1924

Subseries 10. Superintendent's Office Records (many of these volumes include textile sample)
"C" Books

Container	Description	Date
Item 74	Book C1- B-Notes	1917 Oct-1927 Nov
Item 75	Book C2 - Direct Stores, Specifications, AC processes 75	1918 Dec-1936 Jun
Item 76	Book C3 -Finishers Committee, Control Board	1919 Mar-1933 Sep
Item 77	Book C4 - D8C, A6S,AS,D5S	1918 Jan-1938 Mar
Item 78	Book C5- DB, DT, D7, D9, DS, D5J3	1918 Feb-1936 Nov
Item 79	Book C6 APG, Watchmen, Fire Protection Time and Pay, Labor Records, Draft	1918 Jan-1944 Mar
Item 80	Book C7 - AH, Test Reports- Power Plant	1914 Oct- 1926 Jun
Item 81	Book C7A - AH Test Reports - Power Plant	1926 Jun-1940 Apr
Item 82	Book C8 - Bleach, includng steam consumption tests	1917 Oct-1929 Apr
Item 83	Book C9 - Finishing, Starching, Drying, Framing	1915 Mar- 1925 Dec
Item 84	Book C9A- Finishing, Starching, Drying, Framing	1923 Dec- 1947 Aug
Item 85	Book C9B- Finish, Starching, Drying, Framing	1925 Apr-1940 Mar
Item 86	Wools	1918 Feb-1923 Mar
Item 87	Book C11- Clerical Work, Plants and Office A and B	1917 Nov- 1936 Jun
Item 88	Book C12 - AR, AL, AY, MVRR	1918 Feb-1933 Dec
Item 89	Book C13 - Maintenance	1918 Feb-1937 Dec
Item 90	Book C14 - Village, Club House Insurance	1918 Mar-1936 Jun
Item 91	Book C15 - Costs and Estimates, Cost system, Rules	1917 Dec- 1937 Nov
Item 92	Book C15A- Costs and Estimates, Cost System, Rules	1930 Jun- 1939 Jan
Item 93	Book C16 - Dyes and Dye Processes	1918 Apr- 1943 Feb
Item 94	Book C17- Buildings, Production Data, Man Hours, Machinery	1917 Jan- 1938 Dec
Item 95	Book C18 - Costs of Estimate Jobs	1917 Jun- 1928 Apr
Item 96	Book C19- Lorraine Transfer, Wools and Worsteds	1918 Mar-1919 Jun
Item 97	Book C20- Other Plants, Addresses	1928 Aug-1942 Oct
Item 98	Book C21- Notices of Books	1916 Jul- 1940 Feb
Item 99	Book C23- Patents	1921 Apr-1939 Mar
Item 100	Book C24 -Bleaching and Dyeing Experiments	1912 May-1928 May
Item 101	Book C25 - Helio Yarns, Cuttings showing effect of hot-press tests.	1917 Dec-1923 Apr
Item 102	Book C27 - Silks and Silk Finishes	1925 Aug-1926 Jan
Item 103	Book C26 - New Processes: Lilienfield, Huebner Pollak Heberlein	1924 Nov- 1929 Nov
Item 104	Book C22 - Closing	1918 May- 1923 Sep
Item 105	Book C28 - Cotton Manufacturing	1926 May- 1935 Jun
Item 106	Book C29 - Printing	1923 Mar-1938 Jun
Item 107	Book C30 - Filter Plant, Water Analysis, Sewage Disposal, Boiler Feed, Water Supply	1928 Feb- 1946 Mar
Item 108	Book C31 - New York Office	1929 Mar- 1942 Nov
Item 109	Book C32 - Book Cloth	1932 Jan-1939 Aug

Subseries 11. Indices to "C" Books

Container	Description	Date
Item 110	A-B	1914 Oct-1947 Aug
Item 111	C	1914 Oct- 1947 Aug
Item 112	D-F	1914 Oct-1947 Aug
Item 113	G-K	1914 Oct-1947 Aug
Item 114	L-N	1914 Oct-1947 Aug
Item 115	O-R	1914 Oct-1947 Aug

Subseries 12. Miscellaneous Instruction Books

Container	Description	Date
Item 116	Book 1	1905 Oct-1940 Jan
Item 117	Book 2	1904 Jun-1947 Oct
Item 118	Book 3	1907 Jul-1947 Oct
Item 119	Book 9	1912 Nov-1934 Mar
Item 120	Book 10	1904 Apr-1956 Jun
Item 121	Book 11	1922 Feb-1948 Mar
Item 178	Book 2 - F.A.S.- K.F.Wood	1904 Sep-1907 Feb
Item 122	Book 3 - F.A.S.- K.F.Wood	1907 Jan-1907 Dec
Item 123	Book 4 - F.A.S.- K.F.Wood	1907 Aug-1908 Sep
Item 124	Book 5 - F.A.S.- K.F.Wood	1908 Aug-1910 Oct
Item 125	Book 8 - F.A.S.- K.F.Wood	1916 Oct-1918 Aug
Item 126	Book 9 - Plant A- F.A.S., K.F.Wood	1918 May-1920 Jan
Item 127	Book 1	1912 Dec-1940 Jan
Item 128	Book 2	1916 Feb-1932 Mar
Item 179	Book 3	1913 Dec-1919 Jun
Item 129	Book 1 - Plant A, Property of F.A. Sayles and K.F.Wood	1918 Aug-1922 Feb
Item 130	Book 2 - Plant A, Property of F.A. Sayles and K.F. Wood	1919 Dec- 1922 Feb
Item 131	Miscellaneous Instruction Books	1911 Apr-1930 Feb
Item 132	General XSA,	1911 Aug-1916 Dec
Item 133	Symbols and Processes - D5	1914 Nov-1917 Apr

Subseries 13. Miscellaneous Unbound Instructions

Container	Description	Date
Item 134	Miscellaneous Unbound Instructions	1906 Feb-1925 Feb
Item 135	Miscellaneous Unbound Instructions	1925 Apr-1955 Nov

Subseries 14. Time Allowances, Job Descriptions, and Wage Rates

Container		Description		Date
Item 136		Time Allowances, Job Descriptions, and Wage Rates		1904 Jun-1918 Mar

Subseries 15. Main Office Records
Miscellaneous Instruction Books

Container	Description	Date
Item 180	Miscellaneous Instruction Books	1911 Mar-1917 Mar
Item 181	Book 2	1916 Nov-1919 Apr
Item 182	Book 3	1918 Mar-1923 Oct
Item 137	Book 4	1921 Jul-1931 Aug
Item 138	Book 5 - Customers Accounts	1921 Jul-1925 Oct
Item 139	Book 12	1922 Sep-1955 Dec
Item 140	New Account Instructions	1958 Aug-1956 Mar
Item 141	New Account Instructions	1952 Oct-1957 Jul
Item 142	New Account Instructions	1953 Mar-1960 Nov

Subseries 16. Main Office Records
Miscellaneous Unbound Instructions

Container		Description		Date
Item 143		Miscellaneous Unbound Instructions		1920 Dec-1954 Apr

Subseries 17. Main Office Records
Ticklers

Container	Description	Date
Item 144	Ticklers	1927 Apr-1950 Jan
Item 145	Ticklers	1927 Dec-1959 Jun

Subseries 18. Main Office Records
Trademarks

Container	Description	Date
Item 146	Correspondence and Lists	1950 Jan-1953 Dec
Item 147	Correspondence and Lists	1954 Jan-1955 Oct
Item 148	Correspondence and Lists	1956 Jun-1966 Feb

Subseries 19. Main Office Records
Miscellaneous Memoranda

Container	Description	Date
Item 149	Regarding Property and Equipment	1928 May-1946 May
Item 150	Regarding Accounting Practices	1939 Mar-1946 Sep

Subseries 20. Central Purchasing Department Records
Miscellaneous Internal Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 151, Folder 1	Inventories.	1918 Jun-1919 Jun
Item 151, Folder 2	Minutes of purchasing agents meetings	1917 Oct-1919 Jan
Item 151, Folder 3	Miscellaneous accounts	1917 Oct-1918 Jun
Item 151, Folder 4	Sales of Excess stock, Interplant correspondence and accounts	1919 Feb-1919 May

Subseries 21. Central Purchasing Department Records
Bage and Burlap Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 151, Folder 5	Correspondence with dealers	1918 Jan-1920 Dec
Item 151, Folder 6	Interplant correspondence and accounts	1918 Jan-1920 Dec

Subseries 22. Central Purchasing Department Records
Barrel Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 151, Folder 7	Correspondence with dealers	1917 Jul-1919 Nov
Item 151, Folder 8	Interplant correspondence and accounts	1918 Sep-1919 Dec

Subseries 23. Central Purchasing Department Records
Coal records

Container	Description	Date
Item 151, Folders 9-23	Correspondence with dealers	1915 Jan-1920 Dec
Item 151, Folders 24-26	Interplant Correspondence, A-G	1915 Jan-1919 Dec
Item 152, Folders 27-32	Interplant Correspondence, H-W	1915 Jan-1919 Dec
Item 152, Folder 33	Reports to government agencies	1917 May-1919 Feb
Item 153, Folder 34	Correspondence with government agencies	1918 Mar-1918 Dec
Item 153, Folder 35	Miscellaneous Coal Accounts	1916 Feb-1919 Dec
Item 153, Folder 36	Weekly Coal Reports	1917 Jan-1911 Nov

Subseries 24. Central Purchasing Department Records
Ice Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 153, Folder 37		Correspondence with Dealers and Interplant correspondence		1919 Mar-1919 Sep

Subseries 25. Central Purchasing Department Records
Paper Product Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 153, Folder 38		Correspondence with Dealers and Interplant correspondence		1918 Apr- 1919 Apr

Subseries 26. Central Purchasing Department Records
Printing Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 153, Folder 39		Correspondence with Dealers and Interplant correspondence		1917 Feb-1920 Aug

Subseries 27. Central Purchasing Department Records
Rags Records

Container	Description	Date
Item 153, Folder 40	Correspondence with Dealers	1913 Nov-1919 Dec
Item 153, Folder 41	Interplant Correspondence and Accounts	1908 Mar-1919 Dec

Subseries 28. Central Purchasing Department Records
Shooks Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 153, Folder 42		Correspondence with Dealers, Interplant correspondence, and Accounts		1916 Nov-1920 Apr

Subseries 29. Central Purchasing Department Records
Knife Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 153, Folder 43		Correspondence with Dealers and Interplant correspondence		1919 Apr-1920 Apr

Subseries 30. Central Purchasing Department Records
Valve Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 153, Folder 44		Interplant Correspondence		1917 Oct

Subseries 31. Central Purchasing Department Records
Sales and Merchandising Records

Container		Description		Date
Item 154		Minutes of New York Office Merchandising Committee.		1933 Oct-1940 Nov

Series B. Employment Records

Subseries 1. Payrolls

Container	Description	Date
Item 155	Payrolls	1920 Aug-1922 Feb
Item 156	Payrolls	1922 Feb-1923 Apr
Item 157	Plant A	1923 Apr-1924 Aug
Item 158	Payrolls	1931 Jan-1934 Sep
Item 159	Payrolls	1933 Jul-1940 Apr

Subseries 2. Unclaimed Wage Books - Plant A

Container	Description	Date
Item 160	Unclaimed Wages Books - Plant A	1916 Jan-1916 Dec
Item 161	Unclaimed Wages Books - Plant A	1917 Jan-1917 Oct
Item 162	Unclaimed Wages Books - Plant A	1917 Oct-1918 Jul
Item 163	Unclaimed Wages Books - Plant A	1918 Jul-1919 Mar
Item 164	Unclaimed Wages Books - Plant A	1919 Mar-1920 Jan

Subseries 3. Labor Relations Records - Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Reports

Container	Description	Date
Item 165	Labor Relations Records - Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Reports	1937 Apr-1943 Nov
Item 166	Labor Relations Records - Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Reports	1944 Mar-1945 Dec
Item 167	Labor Relations Records - Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Reports	1946 Jan-1951 Oct

Series C. Production Records

Subseries 1. Yardage Outcomes

Container	Description	Date
Item 168	Yardage Outcomes	1916 Jul-1927 Feb
Item 169	Yardage Outcomes	1922 Dec-1934 Aug

Subseries 2. Sample Book

Container		Description		Date
Item 170		Labeled swatches of cloth, identified by mill and type of finish		undated

Subseries 3. Efficiency Department Records
Time Studies : Due to the great bulk of this collection, much of the raw data for these studies was weeded out. All of the summary statements were retained, and one study in ten was kept intact. They are arranged alphabetically by process.

Container	Description	Date
Item 171, Folders 1-24	Assembly Job through Mercerizer	1913 Aug-1957 Mar
Item 172, Folders 25-43	Mercerizing and Singeing in Tandem through Supplyman on Frames	1917 Aug-1956 Sep
Item 173, Folders 44-48	Tandem Hooking through Winder	1919 Nov-1955 Jan

Subseries 4. Efficiency Department Records
Experience Data

Container		Description		Date
Item 174		Experience Data		1909 Oct-1957 Mar

Subseries 5. Wartime Government Contracts
World War I

Container		Description		Date
Item 175		Miscellaneous lists of goods processed for government use		1917 Jun-1918 Nov

Subseries 6. Wartime Government Contracts
World War II

Container	Description	Date
Item 176, Folders 1-4	Correspondence with government officials	1943 Jan-1945 May
Item 176, Folders 5-6	Informal monthly progress reports	1943 Mar-1945 Sep
Item 176, Folder 7	Correspondence with other contractors	1942 Dec-1945 Dec
Item 177, Folder 8	Miscellaneous accounts and interplant correspondence	1942 Feb-1946 Dec
Item 177, Folders 9-12	Government circulars and memoranda	1941 Oct-1946 Dec
Item 177, Folder 13	Government reports	1945 Mar-1945 Apr