Economic History Archives | Unravelling the Yarn: The Textile Industry in Arnprior

Advertisement for the Purchase of Wool

It wasn’t only textile producers who were looking to purchase raw wool. This advertisement, placed in The Arnprior Chronicle‘s Friday, July 12, 1912 newspaper by James Guthrie who […]

The Huyck Brothers

From left to right are Frank C., John N. and Edmund N. Huyck, the sons of Francis C. Huyck. Following their father’s death in 1907, the men took […]

“The Town and The Mill” – A Great Place to Live

Transcript, as narrated by Andy Clarke: Yes, Arnprior is a great place to live. It’s nice for children to grow up in a place like Arnprior. They have […]

The Town and the Mill

‘The Town and the Mill’ shows Arnprior as it was in 1948. The technicolor film was produced at the request of Kenwood Mills, Limited. Narrated by Andy Clarke, […]

“No Credit Here” Sign

This pine, hand-painted sign, c 1875, states no credit will be given for carding or cloth dressing. These services, aside from making yard goods and socks, would have […]

Weavexx “Fast-Moving” Brochure

This brochure was produced after the merger of the Canadian and American branches of Huyck with Niagara Lockport Industries. The new subsidiary would supply paper-makers felts at 11 […]

Payroll for the Week of December 25-30, 1933

This page from Kenwood’s payroll shows the names and wages of those working at the mill in December of 1933. The highest hourly rate before overtime, earned by […]

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., […]

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 […]