The literary source material for S1-E4 includes "Picture of a Factory Village by Thomas Mann (1833); John Fox Slater Fund Proceedings and Reports (1882-1911)", Facsimile Publisher Company, Gyan Books PVT. LTD., New Delhi, India; "The Correspondence of W. E. B. Dubois: Volume I, Selections 1877-1934, edited by Herbert Aptheker, University of Massachusetts Press (1973), and "The Negro American Artisan" edited by W.E. Burghardt DuBois, Ph.D., & Agustus Graville Dill, A.M. (1912).
Scenes from THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (1947) appear in the opening credits of all the episodes. It's the black and white footage of workers walking out of a Rhode Island mill. The movie was produced by Carl Dudley Productions.
Segments of the documentary, DAVID MACAULEY: MILL TIMES (2001), were used in the opening credits of all the episodes. Some of the segments were more fully utilized in Episode #2. The documentary was written by Larry Klein, David Macaulay, and Mark Olshaker. It was directed and produced by Larry Klein. The movie was made available courtesy of Unicorn Productions.
Filmmaker de Rezendes was awarded the John H. Chafee Heritage Award on December 4, 2023 from the Blackstone Valley Heritage Corridor (BVHC) for the work he had done in the area for his documentary TV series SLATERSVILLE: AMERICA'S FIRST MILL VILLAGE. The award is given out to individuals, groups, or students "who have worked on projects that promote cultural heritage, environmental conservatism, and the quality of life in the Blackstone River Valley," according to Stella Lorence, reporter for The Call newspaper. His nomination was unusual, according to the group's executive director, because it came directly from the entire BVHC staff.
Illustrations from "MILL" by David Macaulay were used in the series. Permission to use the illustrations was granted by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Copyright ©1983 David Macaulay. All Rights Reserved.