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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

An Introduction to Cotton Manufacturing in Clarke County, Georgia exhibit, ca. 1981

 Series — Box 3: Series MSS 016.009; Series MSS 016.027 [Barcode: 31001005172680], Folder: 13-15, 36-37
Collection number: MSS 016.009
Overview

This collection contains materials that apparently accompanied an exhibit about the history of cotton manufacturing in Clarke County, Georgia.

Dates: ca. 1981
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / MSS-016, Small collections

Thomas Textile Company collection

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-013
Overview

Clothing samples, advertisements, photographs, and other documents pertaining to the Thomas Textile Company, which operated in Whitehall, Georgia, for more than 50 years.

Dates: 1953-1991
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / Thomas Textile Company collection

Perdue Manufacturing Company records

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-035
Overview This collection collects the records and other files of the Perdue Manufacturing Company, also known as the Perry Brothers Manufacturing company, over the course of their time in business which spans roughly 1940 to 1992. The collection contains business receipts and other pieces of correspondence detailing the sale of items to purchasing companies like Sears and Roebuck, JC Penney, and McRaes. The collection contains two series; the first is filed alphabetically, retaining the order of the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1980; 1940-1992
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / Perdue Manufacturing Company records

Puryear Family collection, 1850-1965

 Series — Box 3: Series MSS 016.009; Series MSS 016.027 [Barcode: 31001005172680], Folder: 29, 39
Collection number: MSS 016.027
Overview

Materials pertaining to the Puryear family, owners of the Puryear's Mill that was located on Cedar Creek.

Dates: 1850-1965
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / MSS-016, Small collections

Whitehall photograph collection, 1910-1920

 Series — Box 6: Series MSS016.023; Series MSS 016.024; Series MSS 016.025; Series MSS 016.026; Series MSS 016.028; Series MSS 016.029; Series MSS 016.030; Series MSS 016.031; Series MSS 016.032; Series MSS 016.033; Series MSS 016.034; Series MSS 016.035 [Barcode: 31001005172722], Folder: 32
Collection number: MSS 016.030
Overview

Three photographs from Whitehall, Georgia around the 1910s and 1920s.

Dates: 1910-1920
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / MSS-016, Small collections