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Cotton industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Emory Cocke Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS122
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection contains images depicting the interior of the Exposition Cotton Mills and its employees, spinning equipment and copies of illustrations regarding the International Cotton Exposition of 1881 from Harper’s Weekly. Photographers featured in this collection include Gabriel Benzur, and Lane Brothers, of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1943 – 1948, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Emory Cocke Photographs

Hale family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1265
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers and family records of Sheffield Hale. Personal documents include correspondence, writings, publications, newspapers, articles, and records reflecting his non-profit work and legal career. Of particular note are articles and blog posts regarding his work related to the movement to remove Confederate monuments. Family papers include research on family members and associated families of Sheffield Hale. There are copies of original documents,...
Dates: 1779-2020, undated; Majority of material found in 1953-2020
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Hale family papers

Pritchett family photographs

 File
Collection number: ahc.VIS474
Scope and Contents

This collection contains portraits of Henry and Elizabeth Pritchett, their children and extended family members, and other individuals who lived in the Whitter Mill Village. Of particular note are group portraits of the Whittier Cotton Mill baseball team. Also included are copy negatives and contact prints for the photographic prints.

Dates: approximately 1920-1940
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Pritchett family photographs

Whittier Cotton Mills photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS462
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images of Whittier Cotton Mills employees, primarily from the cafeteria and spinning room. Also included are images of people and entities not connected to Whittier Cotton Mills, such as Chattahoochee School and Riverside Church of God group portraits and leased convict laborers for the Chattahoochee Brick Company. Of special note are images of the Whittier Cotton Mills baseball team.

Dates: approximately 1895-1969, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Whittier Cotton Mills photographs

Whittier Cotton Mills records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS558
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection is correspondence that Whittier Cotton Mills received from local and national suppliers and clients such as Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Southern Railroad. Other correspondence documents product pricing and sales, some of which includes interoffice memos; the construction of new company housing and plant #5; receipt of bids; and construction contracts with Silver Lake Company. The collection also contains payroll checks. Of particular note are invoices and...
Dates: 1897-1933 (bulk 1926-1933)
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Whittier Cotton Mills records