Grahamton Manufacturing Company records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Grahamton Manufacturing Company records
- Date
- 1832-1917, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 27.89 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Cotton manufacture--Kentucky--Grahamton.
- Flour mills--Kentucky--Grahamton.
- Invoices
- Mills and mill-work.
- Textile industry--Kentucky--Grahamton.
- Wool industry--Kentucky--Grahamton.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into 6 series by subject and format: Account books and ledgers, Correspondence, Inventories and stock records, Thomas Anderson and Company, W. George Anderson and Company, and Archibald M. Robinson and Company.
- Preferred Citation
- 53m18 : [identification of item], Grahamton Manufacturing Company records, 1832-1917, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Grahamton Manufacturing Company began in 1829 when Robert Graham and a Mr. Snead established a steam-powered textile mill in Louisville, Kentucky. Thomas Anderson joined the partners in 1835, and the group incorporated as the Robert Graham & Company. The company purchased a water-powered grain mill in Meade County, Kentucky on a site that the partners named Grahamton. When the firm relocated to Meade County in 1837, Snead disengaged from the group, and the firm was renamed Graham, Anderson & Company. Graham resigned in the late 1840s, and the firm was renamed the Grahamton Manufacturing Company, owned and operated by Thomas Anderson and his sons, W. George and Orville. W. George Anderson assumed managerial duties from his father and directed the mill for many years before the role was passed to Archibald M. Robinson, who became a shareholder in 1868 and operated the business until his death in 1904. The mill was ultimately purchased by Hunt, Bridgeford and Company and sold two years later to the McCord Company.
- Pusey, William Allen, "Grahamton and the Early Textile Mills of Kentucky," The Filson Club History Quarterly 5, no. 3, (1931): 123-135.
- Scope and Content
- The Grahamton Manufacturing Company records (dated 1832-1917, undated; 27.89 Cubic feet, 8 record cartons and 9 transfer cases) primarily comprise daybooks, account books, and invoice books that document the business operations of the nineteenth century Meade County, Kentucky textile mill. The collection also includes invoices, receipts, bills of lading and inventories that account for the company's wool and cotton production, and correspondence with the company's managers, Thomas Anderson, his son W. George Anderson, and Archibald M. Robinson.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Account books and ledgers, 1841-1917
Scope and Contents
Comprises account books and ledgers that document Grahamton Manufacturing Company's financial transactions, including daybooks of daily operations, invoice books of goods and services purchased by the company, receipts and bills of lading, and cash books of sales. Arranged alphabetically by format and thereunder chronologically.
Account books and assorted financials, 1845-1905, undated
Account book, 1867 July 1-1867 December 2
Balance sheet, 1883 November-1905 June
Deposit book, undated
Deposit book, undated
Pay book, 1867 January 5-1871 May 27
Promissory notes, 1884-1890
Receipt book, 1845-1846
Unlabeled index [of accounts?], undated
Bills of Lading, 1869-1876
Cash books, 1849-1901
Daily cash books, 1866-1870
1866 January 1-1866 October 9
1866 January-1866 November
1866 October 10-1867 July 30
1866 November 27-1867 November 23
1867 July 31-1868 June 30
1867 November 25-1868 August 22
1868 August 24-1869 July 16
1869 July 19-1870 March 7
Daybooks, 1847-1905
1847 January 1-1861 July 1
1848 August 29-1849 March 1
1848 August 29-December 20
1848 December 21-1849 June 4
1849 March 14-June 23
1849 June 5-1849 August 8
1849 July 26-1849 December 15
1849 December-1850 July 20
1850 July 20-1850 October 28
1850 October 20-1851 August 25
1851 March -1852 January 22
1852 January 23-1853 July 19
1852 July 21-1853 February 24
1851 August 26-1852 July 31
1854 July 10-1854 November 3
1853 November 2-1855 February 15
1855 April 4-1855 July 19
1855 July 20-1856 March 5
1855 August 9-1856 March 17
1856 October 17-1857 May 27
1857 January 21-1857 October 6
1857 May 29-1857 December 15
1860 February 21-1860 August 16
1861 April 17-1864 April 15
1861 November 12-1863 October 9
1863 October 10-1865 September 1
1869 March 22-1870 July 30
1871 October 20-1872 December 27
1888 July 3-1895 August 18
1895 August 20-1905 June 12
Factory ledgers, 1841-1867
No. 1, 1841 December-1842 December
No. 4, 1844 March 11-1844 October 19
No. 6, 1845 July 1-1846 March 28
No. 7, 1846 March 21-October 21
No. 2, 1847 September 20-1848 October 13
No. 3, 1848 October 9-1849 May 5
No. 2, 1850-1852
No. 6, 1860 October 6-1867 March
Grist Mill accounts, 1837-1868
Invoice books, 1839-1904
1839-1844
1847 July 1-1855 December 31
1868 February 19-1869 November 26
Robinson and Company, 1869 February 24-1871 April 21
1869 December 4-1871 March 25
1871 March 29-1874 February 28
1875 May 1-1878 February
1878 February 2-1881 January 29
1881 September 21-1884 September 30
1887 August 27-1889 March 12
1889 March 27-1891 September 3
1891 September 9-1893 May 10
1893 May 27-1895 July 1
1895 July 1-1897 December 24
1900 January 19-1902 February 15
1902 January 20-1904 September 30
Journals, 1847-1917
Ledgers, 1845-1901
1845-1854
1861-1876
1862 January 31-1869 March 2
1868 July 1-1870 November 19
1869-1889
1870 August 1-1871 October 18
1884-1901
Petty ledgers, 1847-1867
Time books, 1847-1903
1847 January 16-1852 March 6
1871 June 3-1872 June 8
1872 June 15-1873 June 28
1873 July 5-1874 July 11
1874 July 18-1875 July 3
1875 July 10-1876 May 24
1877 June 9-1878 June 8
1878 June 15-1879 June 14
1879 June 21-1880 July 10
1880 July 15-1881 July 16
1881 July 23-1882 July 22
1882 April-1903 August
1883 August 11-1884 August 15
1884 August 23-1886 June 5
1886 June 12-1887 June 11
1887 June 18-1888 June 23
1889 July 6-1890 July 6
1890 July 15-1891 July 11
1892 July 9-1893 October 7
1893 October 21-1895 July 20
1895 July 27-1897 January 2
1898 July 9-1903 July 11
circa 1900
Correspondence, 1870-1896, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises assorted Grahamton correspondence and lists. Also includes correspondence with Grahamton superintendent P. Z. Aylsworth and the will of Orville Anderson.
Circular letters and prices, 1870-1872
Letterpress copybook, 1887 January 14-1888 November 20
Notes and lists, 1893-1896
Orville Anderson will, undated
P. Z. Aylsworth, superintendent, 1871-1876
Inventories and stock records, 1832-1905, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises inventories and records of Grahamton stock and goods stored and shipped. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Inventory and assorted accounts, 1832-1844
Inventory and invoice book, 1845 January 1-1847 July 4
Inventory of sundries, undated
Record book, goods stored and shipped, 1895-1903
Record and postal account book, 1900 December 1-1905 September 30
Sales, yarns, etc., 1837-1845
Stock book, 1869
Stock list on hand, 1893-1904
Storage and shipments at and from Tip Top Station, 1885 January 1-1895 December 1
Yarns, Osnaburgs, Jeans, and Linseys, 1859 February 3-1871 January 24
Thomas Anderson and Company, 1834-1876
Scope and Contents
Comprises Grahamton business correspondence, agreements, and financial documents specific to Grahamton owner and manager Thomas Anderson.
Accounts, 1872-1873
Agreements and deeds, 1834-1854
Bills and receipts, 1848-1872
Orders and sales, 1851-1876
Letters received, 1871-1874
Letters received, 1875-1876
W. George Anderson and Company, 1846-1878, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises Grahamton Manufacturing business correspondence and financial documents produced during the company's management by W. George Anderson. Correspondence consists primarily of letters written by Anderson to Archibald M. Robinson and incoming letters received by the company. Financial documents consist of receipts, quotes, bills, and statements.
Correspondence, 1852-1878, undated
Letters sent, 1852, 1870-1874
To Archibald M. Robinson, 1870-1871
To Archibald M. Robinson, 1872-1874
To Archibald M. Robinson, 1875
To Archibald M. Robinson, 1876-1878
Archibald M. Robinson and W. George Anderson, 1870-1876
Letters received, 1870-1871
Letters received, 1872 June-July
Letters received, 1872 August-December
Letters received, 1873 January-February
Letters received, 1874
Letters received, 1875 January-April
Letters received, 1875 May-December
Letters received, 1876
Postcards received, 1875, undated
Financial, 1846-1875
Accounts, 1871-1872
Accounts with Orville Anderson, 1846-1874
Bills, 1871-1874
Bills, 1870-1874
Budget, sales, 1871-1876
Freight bills, 1871-1876
Inventory, 1871-1872
Quotes, 1871-1872
Receipts, 1872 January-October
Receipts, 1872 November-1873 March
Receipts, 1873 April-July
Receipts, 1874 April-August
Receipts, 1874 August
Receipts, 1874 September-October
Receipts, 1874 October-November
Receipts, 1874 December-1875 January
Statements, 1871-1875
Archibald M. Robinson and Company, 1870-1890
Scope and Contents
Comprises Grahamton Manufacturing correspondence and financial documents produced during the company's management by Archibald M. Robinson, with correspondence to Robinson from his son William B. Robinson, business correspondence, purchase orders, and financial statements.
Letters from William B. Robinson, 1890
Letters received, 1870-1876
Letters sent, 1874
Orders, 1871-1876
Statements, 1872
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