Information on the Records of the Plymouth Cordage Company. I found last month that the Plymouth Cordage Company records were at the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School. I wrote asking the availability for research, the cost for research and copy fees. The following is the answer I received. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker Library Historical Collections Department "December 5, 2002 Dear Mr. Dittmar, In reply to your letter of November 26, 2002, I regret that at this time we cannot provide access to any of our collections for genealogical reseach. Given the overwhelming number of inquiries we receive, we have had to limit ourselves to those research requests that are intended for academic publications. Thank you for your interest, and best wishes for your research. Sincerely, Sig Nicole M. Hayes Coordinator of Public Services" This letter came from: Baker Library Room 100 West - Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, Ma. 02163 Ph. 617 495-6411 Fax 617-495-5957 histcollref@hbs.edu George F. Baker Foundation ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE - TWO LINERS LINKS http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/wes/collections/women_home_abroad/ideologies/content/1001955843/print.html (TWO LINER) http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/wes/collections/labor/other/content/1001955843/ This is the holdings that they "cannot provide access to" Plymouth Cordage Company Collection Mss 463 1824-1966 P738 Series F: Labor; Volumes M-4 and P3; Cartons 47 and 48 The Plymouth Cordage Company was a rope manufacturer in Plymouth, Massachusetts, that subsequently acquired cordage companies in Canada and Louisiana. It was sold to Columbian Rope Company in 1966. The collection contains employment records of increasing numbers of women workers from the late 1870s. There are records (1907-1948)of Plymouth Cordage's industrial relations department, which conducted one of the oldest and most elaborate company welfare systems in the country. There are records regarding the medical department employing women nurses, a library employing a woman librarian, a band, athletic programs, housing assistance, and pension funds. Wage and time accounting Time books and lists of employees: F-2 to F-12 (1825-1881 A-J); F-14 to F-23 (1850-1881); F-25 to F-27 (1889-1902) Employee relations materials including labor organization Lay-offs, finances, employee dividends, and profit sharing: Carton 47 Labor strike 1831-32, welfare, housing pensions, schools, medical: Carton 48 Collective bargaining records (1937-1944): F-35 to F-36 Other Records Photographs of spinning room and balling room: P3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sure wish another library could acquire this collection........... Fred Frederick M. Dittmar http://www.dittmar.net/fred Diggin' Deep Genealogy - Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 Member: Association of Professional Genealogist Mail List Administrator: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAR-L@rootsweb,com DITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com CANNING-L@rootsweb.com HEMMERLY-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALE-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALES-L@rootsweb.com ZIEGENGEIST-L@rootsweb.com Genealogical Assistant & Board Member Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs