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Employment Record of Ambrose Bond

Ambrose Bond, hired in January of 1919, was one of the first hires made at Kenwood Mills after the Huyck’s takeover. He started as a wool picker making […]

The Arnprior Plant of Kenwood Mills, Limited

The building generally known as Kenwood Mills, Ltd. was originally the Griffith-McNaughton Ltd. factory. Additions on the west (right) and north (front) sides of the building were added […]

Francis Conkling Huyck Sr.

Francis Conkling Huyck Sr. was the founder of Kenwood Mills. Born in upstate New York, Francis had 40 years of experience making paper-maker’s felts before his death in […]

Letter from Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. to E.J.C. Norrie and Co., 1916-1918

Throughout WWI Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. had private business dealings outside their contracts with the Canadian Department of Militia and Defence and the U.S. War Department. This letter […]

Liquidation of the Arnprior Felt Co.

This 1916 document illustrates an agreement between William A. Cole, the liquidator of the Arnprior Felt Co.’s assets and effects, and James Griffith, formerly of the Felt Co., […]

Arnprior Felt Co. Blanket Tender with the DMD, 1915

This tender, submitted to the Canadian War Purchasing Committee of the Department of the Militia and Defence, shows the Arnprior Felt Co.’s estimate to produce 300 General Service […]

DMD Contract with Griffith and McNaughton, 1918

As WWI stretched on, it became apparent that soldiers in the frontline trenches of France desperately needed blankets to ward of freezing temperatures, and dry, well-made socks to […]

First Accounts Ledger for Griffith and McNaughton, 1916

Dated July 31, 1916, the first page of this account ledger shows the takeover of the contract for socks and blankets by the Canadian Department of Militia and […]

View of the Dontigny Mill

Sent from Arnprior to Ottawa in 1913, this post card illustrates the McLachlin Brothers’ lumber yards along the Madawaska River. In the foreground of the lumber mill, perhaps […]

Letter from Dontigny and Hughton to J. and S. McEachen, 1895

This letter c 1895, from Dontigny and Hughton, woolen manufacturers, to J. & S. McEachen, merchants in Douglas, Ontario, details the shipment of goods sent along the Ottawa-Parry […]