subject: Draper Corporation
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James Draper, Ebenezer D. Draper, and George Draper
description- – Portrait photographs of James Draper, Ebenezer D. Draper and George Draper from the book Five Generations of Loom Builders: A History of the Draper Corporation by William H. Chase. These were the three sons of Ira Draper who played an important role in the establishment of the Hopedale Community and the Draper Corporation. James Draper inherited the rights to Ira Draper's patents, including the Self-Acting Loom Temple, and was selling Draper products as early as 1830. Ebenezer D. Draper was Rev. Adin Ballou's right hand man in the Hopedale Community, an Utopian Community that blended industry and religion, and brought Ira Draper's patents to the community to use in the shops. These products became a major part of the financial support for the community. George Draper joined the Hopedale Community in 1853, and in 1856 convinced Ebenezer, then president of the community, to withdraw the investments made by these products and forge the beginnings of the Draper Corporation. The withdrawal of their support led to the collapse of the Hopedale community in 1856.
- – Draper, Ebenezer Daggett, 1813-1887
- – Draper, George, 1817-1887
- – Draper Corporation
- – Draper family
- – Draper, James
- – Hopedale (Mass.)
- – 1951
- – Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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- – Image is from page 8 of Five Generations of Loom Builders: A History of the Draper Corporation
- – English
Ira Draper
description- – A photograph of a portrait painting of Ira Draper from the book Five Generations of Loom Builders: A History of the Draper Corporation by William H. Chase. In 1816 Ira Draper patented the self-acting loom temple. Loom temples kept the cloth straight on the loom, but they constantly had to be readjusted by the operators. Draper's self-acting loom temples did not need to be readjusted, thereby greatly increasing productivity. This innovation eventually became the first and most successful product of the Hopedale Community, and was the foundation of the Draper Corporation.
- – Looms--History
- – Textile industry--Massachusetts--Hopedale
- – Draper Corporation
- – Draper, Ira
- – Draper family
- – Hopedale (Mass.)
- – 1951
- – Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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- – Image is from page xii of Five Generations of Loom Builders: A History of the Draper Corporation
- – English
View of Hopedale Massachusetts, 1888
description- – A copy of an 1888 lithographic map of Hopedale Massachusetts called"View of Hopedale Massachusetts". The map is a pictorial representation of the streets, businesses and homes in Hopedale. There are also close up views of some of the prominent houses and buildings in Hopedale. These include the Warren Dutcher homestead, the old Unitarian Church, the Town Hall, the William Lapworth residence, the George Draper Homestead, the Samuel Walker residence, the Joseph Bancroft Residence, and Westcott's Spindle Works. The Draper Company is displayed prominently in the foreground.
- – Lapworth, William
- – Walker, Samuel
- – Westcott's Spindle Works
- – Draper, George, 1817-1887
- – Bancroft, Joseph
- – Draper Corporation
- – Hopedale (Mass.)--Maps
- – Dutcher, Warren
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Hopedale
- – 1888
- – Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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- – English
United Press Syndicate article on George Otis Draper
description- – TELEPHONE 4 3 2 2 BEEKMAN N o . 1121INC. eDITOR!Advance data 01 progressive people 01 the times. Filereference. Order cut by letter or wire quoting index numberI A NOTEDCAPITALIS~::~~~}~HE~I~:, N~~O~~:~ANT CORPORATIONSc l a s s o f r887. .\-Ie t h e n w e n t t o w o r k w i t h t h e H o p e d a l e Machine Conipany for the purpose of learning thc machinist t r a d e . J.n 1889 h e b e c a m e a m e m b e r o f t h e l i r m o f G e o r g e D r a p e r&SOilS, w h i c h COncern w a s l a t e r m e r g e d i n t o t h e D r a p e r C o m p a n y . In 1896 h e w a s a p p o i n t c d S e c r e t a r y o f t h e c o m p a n y , w h i c h office h e filled w i t h d i s t i n c t i o n f o r a b o u t t w e l v e y e a r s . T h e D r a p e r C o m p a n y is o n c o f t h e l a r g e s t m a n u f a c t u r e r s o f c o t t o n m a c h i n e r y in t h e w o r l d , a n d d u r i n g t h e t i m e t h a t h e w a s c o n n e ( ' t e d w i t h t h i s c o n c e r n :'IIr. D r a p e r b e c a m e w i d e l y k n o w n a s a n a u t h o r i t y on t h e s u b j e c t . H e h a s written more text books and pamphlets on the cotton industry t h a n a n y o t h e r li\-illg 111a11. a n d a n e s t i l l l : l h. . o f t h e i r v a i u e m a y be g a i n e d f r o m t h e s t a t e m e n t t h a t h i s t e x t b o o k s r a n 'into a n e d i t i o n o f 80,000. J.n r90'3 h e r e s i g n e d t h e s e c r e t a r y s h i p o f t h e D r u p e r C o m p a n y a n d c a m e t o : \ e w Y o r k f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f enterilcg u p o n t h e l a r g e e n t e r p r i s e s w i t h ' x h i c h h i s n a n l e i s \lOW i d e n t i f i e d .In a s k e t c h o f t h i s c h a r a c t e r I t is i m p o s s i b l e t o d o m o r e t h a n gil"e a l i s t o f h i s c o n n e c t i o n s , w i t h a b r i e f i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e line of business transacted. H e is P r e s i d e n t o f t h e D r a p e r - H a n s e n C o m p a n y ,"' h i c h c a r ries on an adl'ertising and sales promotion business; Presidcnt of the Dr;'per Realty Company, which controls large real e s t a t e h o l d i n g s in t h e B o r o u g h o f Q u e e n s , : \ e w Y o r k C i t y ; President of the Imperial Lumber Company. with timber conc e s s i o n s in D u t c h G u i a n a , m d m i l l s in B r o o k l y n : P r e s i d e n t o f t h e P h i l l i p s M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co., w h i c h h a n d l e s e l e c t r i c a l c o n t r a c t w o r k : P r e s i d e n t ' I f t h c H i l t o n M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o .. w h i c h d e a l s in a u t o m o b i l e s p e c i a l t i e s , e t c . ; P r e s i d e n t o f t h e F a r r i n g t o n Company, which h a n d l e s y a r n i s h e s a n d s h e l l a c s : President of the American' Sand Blast and \'Yater-Proofing Company, refinishers of surfaces of buildings. H e is a D i r e c t o r o f t h e K i n g - L a wson C o m p a n y , m a n u f a c t u r e r s o f r a i l r o a d d u m p e a r s : t h e \!\Ialpole R u b b e r C o m p a n y , o f 'vYalpoJe, ;vlass.; t h e K i n n e y M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , m a n u f a c t u r e r s o f rotary pumps, of Boston, Mass.; and the Butters Lumber Company, of l\:orth Carolina. GEORGE OTIS :'Ilr. G e o r g e O t i s D r a p e r i s a n~an_ o f m a n y i n t e r e s t s , a n d o n e w h o h a s \von s u c c e s s 111 111a11)' helcls. H e 15 w h a t 1 n a y I:e t e r m e d a n i n v e s t i n g c a p i t a l i s t , t h e c o r p o r a t i o n s o f w h i c h h e is a n officer, o r in t h e a f f a i r s o f w h i c h h e i s a n i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r , e m b r a c i n g""idely d i f f e r e n t ' e n t e r p r i s e s a n d d o i n g busin e s s in m a n y s e c t i o n s o f t h e c o u m r y . vYhen it is a d d e d t h a t :'IIr. D r a p e r e a r n e d a r e p u t a t i o n a s a m a n u f a c t u r e r o f m a c h i n e r y b e f o r e h e c o m m e n c e d o p e r a t i o n s in l \ e w Y o r k , a n d t h a t h e i s a w r i t e r a n d i l l y e n t o r o f 110 ll1ean a t t a i n t 1 1 e n t s , it b e F o r m a n y y e a r s IVr 1". D r a p e r w a s an i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r in t h e g r a n i t e b u s i n e s s . T h e c o m p a n y \"lth w h i c h h e w a s f o r m e r l y COtlleS e \ - i d e l i t t h a t h e is a 111an o~ g r e a t e r v e r s a t i l i t y t h a n is usually met with. G e o r g e O t i s D r a p e r w a s b o r n o n J u l y q , r867, a t H o p e d a l e , :'Ifass., t h e s o n o f W i l l i a m F r a n k l i n a n d L y d i a \ \ f a r r e n ( J o y ) D r a p e r . B e is o f E n g l i s h a n c e s t r"o n b o t h s I d e s o f t h e f a m ily. t h e o r i g i n a l s e t t l e r s in t h i s c o u n t r y a r r i"i n g in r647 a n d l o c a t i n g a t R o x b u r y , M a s s . O n t h e p a t e r n a l s i d e h e is a d e s c e n d a n t o f J a m e s t h e Purit'lI1, a n d t h e r e a r e f e w f a m i l i e s t h a t h a l ' e been m o r e c l o s e l y i d e n t i f i e d w i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f ' \ e w E n g l a n d f r o m t h e ea r l i e s t d a y s t h a n t h e D r a p e r s . :'IIr. D r a p e r a t t e n d e d t h e A l l e n S c h o o l a t vYest ' \ e w t o n a n d t h e :'IIilford H i g h S c h o o l . Sub~equently h e e n t e r e d t h e ' \ ' f a s s a c h u s e t t s T n s t i t n t e o f T e c h n o l o g y , a n d g r a d u a t e d in t h e a s s o c i a t e d f u r n i s h e d all t h e g r a n i t e f o r t h e P e n n s y l l ' a n i a R a i l r o a d ' s T e r m i n a l in N e w Y o r k City, t h e l a r g e s t c o n t r a c t o f i t s k i n d , a n d a l s o f u r n i s h e d all t h e g r a n i t e f o r t h e H a n o v e r B a n k Building. M r . D r a p e r is V i c e - P r e s i d e n t o f t h e"' a t i o n a l C o t t o n : . 1 a n u f a c t u r e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n . H e is o n t h e B o a r d o f GOI"ernment o f t h e A m e r i c a n Civic F e d e r r . t i o n , a n d on t h e \ ' Y e l f a r e C o m mittee of the"'ational Civic Association. A s a w r i t e r a n d a n i n v e n t o r he h a s c o y e r e d a"' i d e r a n g e o f subjects. In addition to his text books on cotton already ref e r r e d to, h e is t h e a u t h o r b f a w o r k e n t i t l e d"S e a r c h i n g f o r T r u t h"and another on political economy entitled"More."H e is n o w w r i t i n g s e l ' e r a ] o t h e r b o o k s . H e h a s t a k e n o u t !O3 American patents, mostly on cotton machinery, bicycles and automobiles. M r . D r a p e r is a m e m b e r o f t h e B o s t o n A t h l e t i c C l u b . t h e B r o o k l i n e C o u n t r y Club, t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s A u t o m o b i l e Club, the Technology Club of Boston, the Technology Club of New Y o r k , a n d t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n C l u b o f v Y a s h i n g t o n , D. C , a n d v a r i o u s o t h e r a t h l e t i c . social a n d p o l i t i c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s . There are few men bef'He the public to-day who have crowded so much of useftJ service into their lives as has :'Ilr. D r a p e r . H e is a c i t i z e n o f t h e t y p e t h a t t h e c o u n t r y a t l a r g e c o u l d ill a f f o r d t o d i s ' J e n s e w i t h .
- – An article about George Otis Draper by the United Press Syndicate, Inc entitled,"George Otis Draper: A noted Capitalist, prominent in the affairs of Numerous Important Corporations", published ca. 1908-1914. George Otis Draper was the son of General William Franklin and Lydia Warren Joy Draper. The article outlines his past work with the Draper Company and other companies, of which he was an executive for more then 24 companies in 1914. His affiliations included such companies as the Draper-Hanson Company, the Imperial Lumber Company, and the National Cotton Manufacturing Association just to name a few. An inventor and engineer, he also held over 100 different patents, including applications to the Northrop looms. He also published a number of books, including"Searching for the Truth", a religious commentary published in 1902 and"More"a book on political economy published in 1908.
- – Draper Corporation
- – Draper family
- – Draper, George Otis, 1867-1923
- – 1908-1920?
- – Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
- – text/pdf
- – English
Postcard of Draper Company Office, Hopedale, Massachusetts
description- – The postcard is a photo of the Draper Company Office in Hopedale, Massachusetts. The trolley tracks show in the street in front of the building. The rear of the postcard is postmarked 1909 at the South Postal Station. It is not addressed to anyone or is there any message on the postcard.
- – 1909
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Hopedale Street, Draper Corporation, Hopedale, Massachusetts
description- – The postcard is a photo of Draper Corporation looking eastward from Hopedale Street to the west of Freedom Street. Trolley tracks in the street are running from the trolley trestle over the Hopedale Pond where the"Little Red Shop"sits today eastward on Hopedale Street. The picture also show the Chapel Street school on the left of Hopedale Street and just east of Freedom Street.
- – ca. 1900
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Draper Corporation in Hopedale Massachusetts -"Changing Shifts"
description- – The photo shows the workers at Draper Corporation changing shifts during the work day. In the foreground is the"Lilley and Mader"Ice Cream Wagon. Trolley tracks are visible in the street. this is the front entrance of the plant on Hopedale Street.
- – ca. 1900
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Postcard of Draper Company General Office building in Hopedale, Massachusetts
description- – The postcard is a photo of the General Office building of Draper Company on Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts. The building is a newer structure than previous Main Office buildings is brick faced. There is an automobile parked on Hopedale Street and trolley tracks are visible in the roadway. The view is northward on Hopedale Street.
- – ca. 1910
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Draper Corporation Complex in Hopedale, Massachusetts
description- – An aerial view of the Draper Corporation Complex in Hopedale, Massachusetts. The view shows the extent of the company in Hopedale with all the expanded buildings. The view also shows the worker housing in Bancroft Park, Lake Street and Dutcher Street. The Mill River is no longer visible running behind the plant. The Grafton&Upton Railroad spur is visible in the lower portion of the photo.
- – ca. 1930
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Hopedale on the day of first practice blackout, March 8, 1942
description- – The photo is one of two showing the Draper Corporation complex with all its lights on at night prior to the first practice blackout for the town of Hopedale. The photo was taken from the top of the ski tow need Draper Field; the wires for the ski tow are visible at the top of the photo.
- – 1942
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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George Draper&Sons Company of Hopedale, Massachusetts
description- – The picture is an aerial view of the George Draper&Sons Company in Hopedale (Mass.). Lower right of the picture shows Freedom Street towards Mendon. The road in front of the plant building is Water Street.
- – 1881
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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The Story of Draper Corporation
subjectcollectiondate- – ca. 1940
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Rear of Draper Company, Hopedale (Mass.)
description- – The photo shows an easterly view of the rear of the Draper Company in Hopedale (Mass.) This view shows the large addition in the process of construction.
- – ca. 1890 - 1900
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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Postcard of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts
description- – A postcard of Hopedale Street in Hopedale Massachusetts looking north toward the Draper Company plant. Trolley tracks show on the dirt road.
- – ca. 1890-1900
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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View of Draper Company Main Office, Mill River and Hopedale Pond, Hopedale (Mass.)
description- – A northerly aerial view of the interior yard of Draper Company in Hopedale Massachusetts. View shows the railroad tracks of the Grafton&Upton Railroad, the Main office building, the Mechanics Shop/Red Shop as a two story structure, the Mill River and the Hopedale Pond. The photo is prior to the construction of the Dutcher Street homes and the Lake Street homes.
- – ca. 1890 - 1900
- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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