Textile factories -- History -- Sources. -- South Carolina
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Courtenay Manufacturing Company Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0162
Scope and Contents
The Courtenay Manufacturing Company Records document the operations of a textile mill including the financing of the firm, the purchase of equipment and raw cotton, the sale of cotton products, and the hiring, employment and payment of workers. The operation of a merchandise store and homes for the mill’s workers is also recorded among these records. The records consist of four series: Correspondence, Accounts Receivable, Personnel Records, and Purchase Orders as well as oversize material...
Dates:
1889 - 1971
Dan River - Woodside Mill Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0101
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of records relating to Woodside Mills of Greenville, South Carolina, and records from other mills acquired by Woodside Mills from 1908 to 1959.
Dates:
1903 - 1971
David G. Sherer Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0098
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a four volume engineering appraisal. The first volume consists of two overall summaries (net quick and physical assets; average net earnings or operating income during preceding ten years capitalized at ten percent), a comparison of the two summaries, and four appendices. The next three volumes are appraisals of Erwin, Springs, and Thomaston mill groups. Each volume contains a group summary; summaries for each plant or pair of plants; and the appraisal, which is...
Dates:
1928
M. Lowenstein Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0134
Scope and Content Note
The M. Lowenstein Records consist of material documenting three South Carolina textile mills which Lowenstein owned for at least a portion of the time they were operating. There is one issue of a Rock Hill newspaper for 1949 celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Plant along with two 1956 issues of the Textile Workers Union of America newsletter, Textile Labor , related to a strike at that plant.Material...
Dates:
1902-1982
Robert McCraney Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0133
Scope and Contents
The papers contain information about card settings for Riverdale Mills in Enoree, South Carolina and machine settings with sample cloth for the Chadwick-Hoskins Co. Plant #4 in Charlotte.
Dates:
1942 - 1942
Union Bleaching and Finishing Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0124
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of The Commentator, the weekly newsletter, 1942-1970; a number of employee handbooks, 1948-1979; and programs from the Old Timers Club annual supper, 1954-1978.
Dates:
1942-1978