General accounting records, production records, and letters representing Slater interests, mainly in textile manufacturing. Includes cotton textile accounts of Almy, Brown and Slater, North Providence, R.I., 1793-1833; Slater and Tiffany, Oxford, Mass., 1812-1847; Steam Cotton Manufacturing Company, Providence, R.I., 1824-1839; Slater and Kimball, South Oxford, Mass., 1827-1839; Union Mills, Webster, Mass., 1827-1907; S. Slater and Sons Company, Providence, 1829-1900; Sutton Manufacturing Company, Wilkinsonvillle, Mass., 1830-1896; Phoenix Thread Mill, Webster, 1834-1860; S. and J. Slater, Providence, 1834-1867; Slater and Robinson, Webster, 1852-1864; J. and W. Slater, Slatersville, R.I., 1854-1900; Crompton Print Works, Warwick, R.I., 1860-1864; Samuel Slater and Sons, New York office , 1866-1880; Webster Cotton Company, Webster, 1869-1879, H. N. Slater Mills, Webster, 1870-1915; H. N. Slater Manufacturing Company, Webster, 1871-1906; Webster Mills, Webster, 1876-1884; and S. Slater and Sons, inc., Webster, 1878-1926. Woolen cloth records of Slater and Howard, Oxford, Mass. 1815-1837; Dudley Manufacturing Company, Dudley, Mass, 1827-1845; Webster Woolen Company, Webster, 1837-1866; Slater Woolen Company, Webster, 1866-1880; Slater Woolen Company, New York office, 1866-1880; and Slater Woolen Company, Providence office, 1876-1878. Accounts of the Providence Iron Foundry, Providence, 1817-1832 and general store records of Slater and Wardwell Company, Providence, 1821-1837.

• is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35 mm.) for use in the Historical Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 67-0269.|is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35 mm.) for use in the Historical Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 71-7459.|are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35 mm.) for use in the Historical Collections Reading Room,Baker Library. Order no. 71-0899.|is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35 mm.) for use in the Historical Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 71-2923.|Also available in an electronic version.

Samuel Slater (1768-1835), in connection with Moses Brown, established the first cotton mill in the United States in 1791 in Pawtucket, R.I. He was subsequently joined by his brother John Slater (1776-1843). They established a series of cotton and woolen mills in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut which were continued by their descendants.