Lawrence Public Library

Pacific Mills collection, 1855-1912

eng

non fiction

Pacific Mills collection

Timetable of the Pacific Mills summer arrangement (1884) with remainder of printed text explaining working time, times of bills, time of gate closure, period of time covered by the schedule, and weekly schedule, the back with hand written information as to when the sun rises and the schedules of the workers; announcement of the opening of Pacific Mills Home (1875), a facility to care for sick employees; timetable (1855) of the mills, arranged to make the working time throughout the year average 11 hours per day, listing hours of work and time of bells, Wm. C. Chapin, agent; notice concerning methods used by the company to deal with sick employees; and broadside of Pacific Mills Relief Society (cut in half and pasted on one sheet of paper) listing 20 rules of the society with a small form included for an individual to apply for allowances given out by the society