Tag Archives: textile industry

Pepperell Manufacturing Company collection (MS 100)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by McArthur Library

The history of the textile industry that developed along the banks of the Saco River in Biddeford and Saco, Maine is complicated by a complex web of interconnectedness. A core group of businessmen show up repeatedly in the development of … Continue reading →

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Douglass family papers (MS 14)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by McArthur Library

Lloyd Douglass (1912-1984) worked as an apprentice in the Metallurgy Laboratory at the Saco-Lowell Shops in Biddeford in the years leading up to WWII. This collection includes plans, workshop books, and mettalurgy texts; it is particularly good at showing the … Continue reading →

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