Textile industry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel Augustus Tompkins Papers, 1886-1942
Collection
Identifier: MS-2022-015
Content Description
This collection contains business ephemera, pamphlets, publications, and other materials relating to his personal and professional life. Materials are in good condition and dated 1886-1942.
Dates:
1886 - 1942
Highland Park Mill No.3 Magazine, Hy Park!, 1944-1946
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-2021-024
Abstract
At the time of its construction, Highland Park Mill No.3 was the Charlotte’s largest textile factory and combined productions in spinning and weaving, as well as the manufacturing of gingham. The Mill was a “technological marvel,” as it was the first textile mill in North Carolina specifically designed and constructed to operate with electricity rather than steam power. Like most communities built around a mill, the village eventually became a city within a city. This collection contains the...
Dates:
1944 - 1946
Lois Moore Yandle Papers, 1886-2003
Collection
Identifier: MS-2021-022
Abstract
Lois Moore Yandle (1927-) is the author of "Spirit of a Proud People: Pictures and Stories of Highland Park Manufacturing Mill #3 and the People in the Village of North Charlotte." Highland Park Mill #3, built in 1904, was designed by the prominent architect Stuart Warren Cramer and is the only surviving Charlotte building still associated with him. It was Mecklenburg County’s largest single textile mill and the first all-electric mill in Mecklenburg County. The North Charlotte community was...
Dates:
1903 - 2003
Robert Gerald “Hank” Utley Baseball Collection, 1909-2000
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2022-018
Abstract
The "Robert Gerald 'Hank' Utley Baseball Collection, 1909-2000" consists of research materials gathered by Robert Gerald “Hank” Utley for his book, "The Independent Carolina Baseball League," which he co-wrote with Scott Verner in 1999.
Dates:
1909 - 2000
Textiles Collection, 1879-2004
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2020-032
Abstract
The Textiles Collection includes general information related to textile companies in North Carolina, and related textile-industry publications. Several of these companies merged throughout the 20th Century, filed bankruptcy, or closed. Companies for which information may be found in this collection include: American & Efird Mills, Inc., Charlotte; American Yarn and Processing Company, Mount Holly; Burlington Mills, Burlington; Cannon Mills, Kannapolis; Chadbourn Gotham,...
Dates:
1879 - 2004