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Draper Family Ancestry (from General Draper's autobiography)
Ebenezer Draper George Draper Joseph Bancroft (Lilla Bancroft Bracken Pratt's story of her father's life. The Bancrofts have been included here because, in addition to Joseph's position with the Draper Company, the Drapers and the Bancrofts were related. Sylvia's sister Anna was married to Ebenezer Draper, and her sister Hannah was married to George Draper.)
Almon Thwing (Included here because of Thwing's relationship to the Draper family and company through three of his sisters.)
The Dutcher Family and Business The Frank Dutcher home The Dutcher Family and Business by Peter Hackett General William F. Draper (A five page biography of Draper) General Draper: Boyhood in the Hopedale Community Learning a Trade (William Draper's life from 1858 to 1861)
Letters, 1861 - 1862 (Letters by William Draper written during his first year in the army.) The Wedding of William Draper and Lilla Joy Wounded (William Draper's account of being shot during the Battle of the Wilderness)
The Wedding of William Draper and Susan Preston
The General Draper Statue The Missing Statue General Draper's Swords George Otis Draper Edith Draper Blair (Daughter of General William and Lilla Draper; married Montgomery Blair, Jr.- family of the original owners of Blair House in Washington, D.C. The link goes to Edith's diary written when she was a student at Miss Porter's School. Click here for a condensed version, related mainly to comments about family members.) Margaret Draper (Madame Boncompagni) Pictures baby -- adult
other products. This article tells what they were doing in 1896. Bristow and Queenie Draper (A newspaper article from 1909 about B and Q)
Gov. Eben S. Draper The Ledges (Home of Gov. and Mrs. Draper) Eben S. Draper, Jr. George Albert Draper The General Draper Library (Milford News article on the dedication of the library at Hopedale High School in 1929.) Draper Family Feud (William F., Eben S. and George A. Draper) The Princess Ends the Feud (Or was it Dorothy Draper Gannett .... or someone else??? You decide.) Rich and Famous - (Drapers in the news) Wickliffe Draper Fanny Osgood ( A granddaughter of George and Hannah Draper, Fanny found fame as a golfer.)
Extensive interview done by the Smithsonian in 1977) Women's Committee for Hoover The Development of the Northrop Loom Looms at Work (Pictures of two mills with large numbers of Draper looms at work.) Now and Then at the Main Office Inventors of Hopedale The History of Spindles (By William F. Draper, on the Harvard U. Library site.) Hopedale and the Drapers (A summary of Hopedale history written in 1909.) Charles Roper (Draper inventor) The Hopedale Machine Company The Duplexes Site Protection (Preserving the appearance of the town.) Draper Strike of 1913 Strike articles from Milford Gazette Drapers Will Hire Women Donation of land for General Draper High School White City (Memories of that Draper neighborhood by John Chute.)
Draper Manufactures Howitzers - (World War II) Draper shop organization chart, c. 1950 (Lots of familiar names for those of you who remember the company at that time.) The Draper foundry in 1950 (a Cotton Chats article) More on the foundry, c. 1950 Harry Pickard retirement party, 1950 (Many photos of Draper managment at that time.) The Larches
Cotton Chats (Several early issues of the Draper monthly on the website, Digital Treasures.) Cotton Chats - 1946 1948 1952 1953 1954 The 1955 Flood (Twelve photos of Drapers during the flood.) Draper's first computer - The UNIVAC, c. 1950s Roy Rehbein - Working at Draper The Textileers Frederick FitzGerald Killed in Plane Crash - 1960 Photos of Draper employees in 1961 report Aerial Views, 1964 The West Foundry, 1966 The 150,000-gallon oil tank (John Cembruch) George Draper Bust Stolen - 1975 Strike, 1976 The End Is Near (Two Milford News articles on the announcement of the closing of Drapers.) It's All Over (A Milford News article from 1980 about the closing of the Draper plant.) The Decline of a Technological Leader: Capability, Strategy, and Shuttleless Weaving, 1945 - 1974. (In this paper, William Mass, writing at the University of Lowell, with funding from the University of Connecticut, takes a close look at decisions made during the final years of Drapers.) Developing and Utilizing Technological Leadership, Industrial Research, Vertical Integration, and Business Strategy at the Draper Company, 1816 - 1930 (Another paper by William Mass,) Draper Field Mill Village or Shop Town? Mike Cyr (Working in textile mills, including one that used Draper looms.) Sophie Carter Whitin Draper (2006 obituary) A View from the South A View from the Southeast Lilla Joy Draper Scharnberg - Obituary, 2011 A Draper loom in the 21st century - Pete and Laurie Eaton's amazing restoration of a Draper loom. Draper tombs at Hopedale Villiage Cemetery Little Red Shop Menu Little Red Shop Interior Menu Little Red Shop Renovation Project, 2007 |