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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Series — Box 11: Series MSS 016.009; Series MSS 016.027 [Barcode: 31001008528722], 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 — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-035
Overview

Records of the Perdue Manufacturing Company, also known as the Perry Brothers Manufacturing company, over the course of their time in business, roughly 1940 to 1992.

Dates: 1940-1992; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / Perdue Manufacturing Company records

Michael Gagnon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-088
Overview

Research files for Gagnon’s articles about Georgia railroads and for his book, Transition to an Industrial South: Athens, Georgia, 1830–1870, and documentation of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company microfilming project.

Dates: 1990
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library / Michael Gagnon papers

Puryear Family collection, 1850-1965

 Series — Box 11: Series MSS 016.009; Series MSS 016.027 [Barcode: 31001008528722], 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 016.026; 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