The sleepy town of Assabet Village woke up very quickly when the Assabet Mills was built in 1847. Dams were constructed on the river, millponds were created, and large mills began producing yarn and carpets. Soon the village was turning into a town with stores, churches, schools, and government. As the mill grew, so did the town; the population grew to 7,000 people by 1905. During good times, the mill prospered, but during bad times, it faltered and...

A documentary which provides a tour of an enormous textile factory in Gujarat, India.

The humiliation of a colonial Englishman on the eve of China's takeover of Hong Kong. Neville Mallard, a member of the white elite is forced to sell his family's textile factory to a Chinese businessman. It is a blow to his wallet, but even more to his confidence, the end of a century of white arrogance.

"A novel set in Tuscany during the magical years when thousands of businesses blossomed, manufacturing objects for everyday life as well-made and beautiful as the Renaissance art that inspired them. Infinite Summer brings the reader back to Italy in the 1970s, a time when growth and full employment propelled smart and industrious young men to create companies devoted to design, architecture, automobiles, and more. Three men share a dream of building...

Concerns the mill history of West Concord, Mass.; includes typed transcriptions of estate inventories and deeds and extracts from the account book of Calvin Carver Damon.

Papers, 1819-[ca. 1885], include: 7 deeds & related documents, 1819-1838 (certificate of sale, Roger Brown to Ephraim H. Bellows, for sale of spring of water, 1819 Nov. 25; deed, Ephraim H. Bellows to Elisha Parks & Thomas Lord, for land, cotton factory, grist mill, etc., 1831 Apr. 16; deed, Elisha Parks & Thomas Lord to James Derby, for real estate, cotton factory, & water privileges, 1833 Sept. 20; certificate of sale, James Derby to Calvin C. Damon,...