Thornbury Family Papers
MS.014
- Collection Number
- MS.014
- Creator
- Thornbury family
- Scope and Content
- Correspondence, mill ledgers, household accounts and photographs documenting four generations of the Thornbury family and the operation of the Thornbury Mill.
- Biographical History
- Elias Thornbury established the Thornbury Mill in 1868. The mill operated under family ownership until its sale in 1954.
- Dates
- 1840–1962
- Extent
- 14 linear feet (28 boxes)
- Arrangement
- Arranged in five series: Correspondence; Mill Records; Household; Photographs; Legal and Financial.
- Conditions of Access
- Open for research. Photographs in Series IV are fragile and are served as reference copies.