1. The quote and, unless otherwise specified, the information on Garvey's presidency:
Telephone interviews with Regis Garvey, January 4, 2005, and April 21, 2005.
Also: "MF Co. names new president." Greenfield
Recorder Gazette. 1973. (from newspaper clipping lacking month and date of publication)
2. The quote: Care, Pearl B., Burnett, Anastacia, and Felton, Doris A. The history of Erving, Massachusetts, 1838-1998. Erving, Mass. : Erving Historical Society, 1988. p. 23.
3. The quote: Telephone interview with Regis Garvey, April 21, 2005.
4. On Ingersoll-Rand and division managers: "Banquet Days for Capital Goods Producers." Business Week. (June 22, 1974) p. 75.
5. Unless otherwise specified, information on Jim Mitchell's presidency: Series
of nine e-mail messages to author from James N. Mitchell, 29 September 2004 through 16 December 2004.
Also: "MF Co. names new president." Greenfield
Recorder Gazette. 1973. (from newspaper clipping lacking month and date of publication)
6. The quote: E-mail to author from James N. Mitchell, Oct. 1, 2004. In the this quote, I substituted the word 'Union' for Mitchell's word 'Orange.' Mitchell uses the names "Orange Tool Co." and Union Tool Co." interchangeably.
7. The quote: E-mail to author from James N. Mitchell, Dec. 12, 2004.
8. The quote: E-mail to author from James N. Mitchell, Oct. 20, 2004.
9. The research on the Union Tool Company, Sogard and SoJo, based on
city directories and newspaper clippings, was done by Steve Brackett, who reported to the OldTools discussion group: OldTools Message Archive, message nos. 139338 & 139025. Available at:
http://archive.oldtools.org
See also: "Sogard Tool Company and Adell Corporation and United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
of America (UE), Local 274." Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board. v. 285-1044, case
no. 1-CA-23967.
10. The quote: "Bucking the trend: a New England town stops a big employer from moving south." Wall Street Journal. 9 January 1978. p. 1, 22.
11. The paragraphs on the planning for (and building of) the new plant: "Bucking the trend: a New England
town stops a big employer from moving south." Wall
Street Journal. 9 January 1978. p. 1, 22.
For the union's side of the story, see: Greenfield Popular Union. More of
the same: Millers Falls tool threatens to runaway. Turners Falls, Mass. : Greenfield Popular Union, 1977.
For an analysis of local politics at the time of the controversy, see: Jenkins, Paul. The Conservative Rebel: a Social
History of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Greenfield, Mass. : Town of Greenfield, 1982. p. 253-256.
12. This paragraph was written by James N. Mitchell and sent to me via federal mail. Undated, it was received by me on May 31, 2005. In it, the author refers to himself as 'Mitchell.' As I've made several minor edits, I have not treated it as a quote.
13. The quotes: E-mail to author from James N. Mitchell, Dec. 14, 2004, Oct. 12, 2004.
14. The quote: "Subject: Hand Tool Announcement." Ingersoll-Rand. Power Tool Division. Circular letter #M-496. October 4, 1982.