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Werner, Dennis J. (Dennis James), W. Atlee Burpee Company, Gurney Seed & Nursery Co.
Size: 4.65 linear feet (8 archival storage boxes, 1 flatbox) Collection ID: MC 00573
The Dennis Werner Collection of Seed Catalogs contains approximately 90 annual publications from W. Atlee Burpee & Co. and contains 17 annual publications of other nursery and seed companies, including Gurney's, Schell's, and Iowa Seed. The date span is 1883 to 2013, but there are some gaps. In addition to the annual catalogs, ...
MoreThe Dennis Werner Collection of Seed Catalogs contains approximately 90 annual publications from W. Atlee Burpee & Co. and contains 17 annual publications of other nursery and seed companies, including Gurney's, Schell's, and Iowa Seed. The date span is 1883 to 2013, but there are some gaps. In addition to the annual catalogs, the collection contains such ephemeral materials as envelopes, order forms, inserts about products, price lists, money order forms, catalog request forms, and other materials. Dennis Werner, a professor in the Horticultural Science at North Carolina State Univeristy, has collected historical seed catalogs (primarily Burpee Seed) throughout his career. W. Atlee Burpee (1858-1915) began a mail-order company in the 1870s, and he experimented with selective breeding and hybridization for the improvement of animals and plants. By the 1890s Burpee had became the largest seed company in the world. The business's annual catalog (begun by 1881) was an important marketing tool, and it played a significant role in the company's success. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century other nurseries and seed companies also became famous, in part, because of their catalogs. These included Ferry (later Ferry-Morse), Gurney, Iowa Seed, Earl May, Schell, and others.
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Saint Petersburg Kennel Club
Size: 289.5 linear feet (209 Boxes, 1 Carton, 6 CD Boxes, 76 Flat Boxes, 5 Flat Folders, 42 Legal Boxes, 10 Negative Boxes, 7 Slide Boxes, 1 Tube, 28 Video Cassette Boxes, 1 Half Box, and 257 Volumes) Collection ID: MC 00688
The Derby Lane Greyhound Track Records contain photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, programs, operational records, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and various publications. These materials encompass the full range of the organization's racing operations, promotions, and live events. Additionally, the records reflect the ...
MoreThe Derby Lane Greyhound Track Records contain photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, programs, operational records, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and various publications. These materials encompass the full range of the organization's racing operations, promotions, and live events. Additionally, the records reflect the organization's particular focus on promotion through various media outlets such as news reports, radio promos, print advertisements, and branded materials. Derby Lane, also known as St. Petersburg Kennel Club, was one of the oldest greyhound tracks in the United States. To establish the racetrack, a group of local business owners purchased a portion of land from T. L. Weaver, a lumber entrepreneur, near St. Petersburg, FL. After constructing the racetrack, financial hardship fell on the original owners, and the ownership reverted to Weaver's lumber company. The inaugural race was held on January 3, 1925. Since then, almost a century, Derby Lane entertained people, welcomed celebrities, and cheered champion greyhounds. Over time, Debry Lane went through technological innovations and modernized the industry. It included the Derby Lane Poker Room offering various gaming options. In addition to greyhound racing, Derby lane hosted a variety of entertainment including concerts, beer tastings, and on-location shoots for major motion pictures. In 2018, Florida Amendment 13 banned wagering on greyhound racing, putting an end to greyhound racing in the state. Derby Lane held its last races in December 2020.
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Hayne, Don W., 1911-2000
Size: 120 linear feet (71 cartons, 2 cardboxes, 2 flatboxes, 1 legalbox, 3 tubes, 2 tubeboxes, and 5 flatfolders) Collection ID: MC 00281
The Don W. Hayne Papers contains correspondence, notes, research papers, statistical data sheets, and various other materials relating to Hayne's research on mourning doves, voles, fisheries, and creel surveys. There are also surveys and field research into a variety of other subjects relating loosely to zoology and statistics. Don ...
MoreThe Don W. Hayne Papers contains correspondence, notes, research papers, statistical data sheets, and various other materials relating to Hayne's research on mourning doves, voles, fisheries, and creel surveys. There are also surveys and field research into a variety of other subjects relating loosely to zoology and statistics. Don W. Hayne, born in 1911, was a biometrician, statistician, and researcher in zoology at Michigan State University and North Carolina State University. He was also Technical Director of the Southeastern Statistics Project. He was considered a pioneer in devising quantitative measurements for ecology. He died on May, 18, 2000.
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Berkley, Earl E. (Earl Esco), 1902-
Size: 36.5 linear feet (19 cartons, 9 boxes, 1 legal box, 4 flat boxes, 1 card box) Collection ID: MC 00287
The Earl E. Berkley Collection relates to Berkley’s work in textiles including numerous contributions to the fields of fiber chemistry, fiber structure, and the physical properties and end uses of cotton and other natural cellulose fibers.
Hostetler, Earl H. (Earl Henry), 1890-1968
Size: 4 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 album box) Collection ID: MC 00032
This collection contains articles, speeches, and correspondence written by Earl Henry Hostetler. There is also information about Hostetler's numerous religious, civic and political activities, as well as biographical information on the Hostetler family and a collection of photographs. An educator and researcher, Hostetler was Head of ...
MoreThis collection contains articles, speeches, and correspondence written by Earl Henry Hostetler. There is also information about Hostetler's numerous religious, civic and political activities, as well as biographical information on the Hostetler family and a collection of photographs. An educator and researcher, Hostetler was Head of the Animal Husbandry Section of the Animal Industry Department at North Carolina State College from 1920-1953.
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Bridges, Earley Winfred, 1894-1974
Size: 0.25 linear feet (1 half-box) Collection ID: MC 00028
The Earley W. Bridges Papers are mainly comprised of materials relating to Masonic activities or organizations, with the majority focusing on the Greensboro Masonic Museum and the Masonic Fellowship Club of Greensboro, North Carolina. Also included in the collection are copies of poems written by Mr. Bridges while he was stationed in ...
MoreThe Earley W. Bridges Papers are mainly comprised of materials relating to Masonic activities or organizations, with the majority focusing on the Greensboro Masonic Museum and the Masonic Fellowship Club of Greensboro, North Carolina. Also included in the collection are copies of poems written by Mr. Bridges while he was stationed in Greenville, South Carolina during World War I. A veteran of World War I, Earley W. Bridges was initiated into the Freemasons in 1930. From that point onwards, he was very active member of the Greensboro No. 76 Lodge. Bridges had a particular interest in Masonic history and served as the first curator of the Greensboro Masonic Museum. He also wrote a number of books and pamphlets about Freemasonry and its history, as well as several histories of specific lodges.
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C.R. Makepeace and Company, Aladdin Company
Size: 4.7 linear feet (1 legal archival box, 12 flat folders, 6 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00317
The Edenton Cotton Mill Collection is comprised of several dozen sheets of blueprints and two sets of specifications that document the selected phases of the planning and construction of the Edenton Cotton Mill in Edenton, North Carolina. There are also a few blueprints of mill village houses designed by the Aladdin Company. These ...
MoreThe Edenton Cotton Mill Collection is comprised of several dozen sheets of blueprints and two sets of specifications that document the selected phases of the planning and construction of the Edenton Cotton Mill in Edenton, North Carolina. There are also a few blueprints of mill village houses designed by the Aladdin Company. These materials were originally part of the North Carolina Buildings Collection (MC 00225). The Edenton cotton mill and mill village represent a rare example of industrial construction in North Carolina's coastal plain. Designed by nationally known mill engineers, C.R. Makepeace and Company of Rhode Island, the mill structure itself features popular Italianate elements, while the mass of the building expresses the functional requirements of a cotton mill. The architecture of the mill village reflects national trends in the Colonial revival style of the supervisors' and engineers' houses, and in the "operatives'" prefabricated houses from the Aladdin Company of Bay City, Michigan. Other operatives' houses reflect vernacular practices common to North Carolina's rural and urban landscape.
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Randolph, E. E. (Edgar Eugene), 1878-1954
Size: 8.55 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 half box, 2 legal boxes, 1 flat box, 1 flat folder, 2 cartons) Collection ID: MC 00040
The Edgar Eugene Randolph Papers document the Randolph's career as a professor of chemical engineering at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) as well as his personal life, and activities of his wife, Ora Huffman Randolph. Materials contained in these files include ...
MoreThe Edgar Eugene Randolph Papers document the Randolph's career as a professor of chemical engineering at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) as well as his personal life, and activities of his wife, Ora Huffman Randolph. Materials contained in these files include letters, 1937-1948, from Randolph's former students, many of which concern their careers in the field and their involvement in World War II; annual reports, statistics, budget materials, lists of graduates and other information, 1927-1945, concerning the development and growth of the Department of Chemical Engineering; newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, 1924-1947, about the department, graduates, and chemical engineering issues in Raleigh; other materials about chemical engineering, including Randolph's writing and technical research; personal materials, including correspondence, 1916-1961; information on the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs, belonging to Randolph's wife, Ora Huffman Randolph; and photographs of Dr. and Mrs. Randolph, and their families. An alumnus of the University of North Carolina, Edgar Eugene Randolph (1878-1954) began his teaching career as a professor of English. He taught at Lenoir-Rhyne College and at Texas A&M University before teaching at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). He became head of the Chemical Engineering Department in 1924 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1946.
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Cloyd, Edward Lamar, 1891-1973
Size: 2.75 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 legal box, 2 card boxes, 1 flat box) Collection ID: MC 00046
The Edward Lamar Cloyd Papers consist of personal and professional material documenting Cloyd's tenure as Dean of Students at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) and his extensive involvement in community affairs in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area. The papers date from 1915-1973. Edward Lamar Cloyd ...
MoreThe Edward Lamar Cloyd Papers consist of personal and professional material documenting Cloyd's tenure as Dean of Students at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) and his extensive involvement in community affairs in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area. The papers date from 1915-1973. Edward Lamar Cloyd entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Raleigh (later North Carolina State University) in 1910 and received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree in 1915. In 1918, Cloyd began his career with North Carolina State College as an instructor of mechanical drawing, and became the Dean of Students in 1921. In 1927, North Carolina State College granted Cloyd a Master of Science degree in Industrial Management. Cloyd served as Dean of Students until 1957.
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King, E. S. (Edward Scull), 1887-1962
Size: 0.75 linear feet (1 archival storage box and 1 half archival storage box) Collection ID: MC 00054
The Edward Scull King Papers relate to King's work with the Young Men's Christian Association, and includes correspondence, certificates and honors, photographs, and North Carolina State College memorabilia. Edward Scull King (1887-1962) worked at North Carolina State College as Secretary of the YMCA from 1919 until his retirement in ...
MoreThe Edward Scull King Papers relate to King's work with the Young Men's Christian Association, and includes correspondence, certificates and honors, photographs, and North Carolina State College memorabilia. Edward Scull King (1887-1962) worked at North Carolina State College as Secretary of the YMCA from 1919 until his retirement in 1955. The "Y" was the center of campus social and religious activities during King's years as secretary.
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Ruggles, Edward Wolfe, 1900-1982
Size: 1 linear foot (2 scrapbooks and 4 folders) Collection ID: MC 00053
Three scrapbooks and four folders of material. These are a scrapbook compiled during Ruggles' student days at North Carolina State College (later University), which contains clippings and other items relating to academics, athletics, social events, and R.O.T.C., as well as two scrapbooks compiled when Ruggles was Director of ...
MoreThree scrapbooks and four folders of material. These are a scrapbook compiled during Ruggles' student days at North Carolina State College (later University), which contains clippings and other items relating to academics, athletics, social events, and R.O.T.C., as well as two scrapbooks compiled when Ruggles was Director of Extension at North Carolina State, which contain items relating to the extension program and short courses. Also included is correspondence, 1927-1928, regarding Ruggles' thesis and other materials relating to his Master's degree and thesis. Edward Wolfe Ruggles (1900-1982) graduated from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1922. He was a member of the Electrical Engineering faculty, 1926-1928. Ruggles became Assistant Director of the College's Extension Division in 1928 and Director in 1934. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1965.
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Moore, Elizabeth Vann
Size: 37 linear feet (41 letter boxes, 15 legal boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 halfbox, 2 oversize flat boxes, and 3 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00486
The Elizabeth Vann Moore Family Papers contain family history materials as well as extensive records about the day-to-day operations of Sterling Cotton Mills in Franklinton, North Carolina, which several family members managed. Business papers include correspondence, financial reports, and audits documenting Sterling Cotton Mills' ...
MoreThe Elizabeth Vann Moore Family Papers contain family history materials as well as extensive records about the day-to-day operations of Sterling Cotton Mills in Franklinton, North Carolina, which several family members managed. Business papers include correspondence, financial reports, and audits documenting Sterling Cotton Mills' founding in 1895, bankruptcy during the Great Depression, and revival in the 1940s and 1950s. Family history materials include correspondence, journals, scrapbooks, and photographs of the Moore and Vann families, which document their experiences from the turn of the twentieth century through World War II and later. Elizabeth Vann Moore (1912-2010) of Edenton, North Carolina, was born in Henderson, North Carolina, to John A. Moore, Sr., and Mabel Vann Moore. Mabel's father, Samuel Cannady Vann (1852-1924), established Sterling Cotton Mills in 1895. Following the Great Depression, the company went into bankruptcy and was purchased by Mabel at auction. Her husband, John Sr., ran the company alongside her brother, Aldridge H. Vann, until John Sr.'s death in 1947. Elizabeth's brother, John A. Moore, Jr., then took over the company until his death in 1982. An historian and historic preservation activist, Elizabeth collected extensive family history materials, including material related to her family's role in managing Sterling Cotton Mills. She also preserved business correspondence, financial reports, and audits of the company.
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Winston, Ellen, 1903-1984
Size: 2.2 linear feet (4 archival storage boxes and 1 flatfolder) Collection ID: MC 00226
The Ellen Black Winston Papers contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, postcards, and other materials documenting Winston's life and career. The collection contains correspondence and clippings about Winston's service as Commissioner of Public Welfare in North Carolina and as U.S. Commissioner of Welfare. It also features ...
MoreThe Ellen Black Winston Papers contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, postcards, and other materials documenting Winston's life and career. The collection contains correspondence and clippings about Winston's service as Commissioner of Public Welfare in North Carolina and as U.S. Commissioner of Welfare. It also features genealogical information, family correspondence, and sympathy correspondence following the death of Winston's husband, Sanford. During their marriage, the Winstons collected hundreds of postcards from across the United States and around the world, which are also included in this collection.
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Grover, Elliot B. (Elliot Brown)
Size: 1.5 linear feet (3 archival storage boxes) Collection ID: MC 00027
The Elliot B. Grover Papers include materials documenting Grover's early career in private industry, his consulting work with the Joint Chief of Staff examining German textile and pulp factories in the wake of the Allied advance through that country, and his work as a member of the faculty of the College of Textiles of North Carolina ...
MoreThe Elliot B. Grover Papers include materials documenting Grover's early career in private industry, his consulting work with the Joint Chief of Staff examining German textile and pulp factories in the wake of the Allied advance through that country, and his work as a member of the faculty of the College of Textiles of North Carolina State University (although most of the latter type of material may be found in the records of the college's Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management, UA 130.021). Included are company papers Grover kept from his time as an executive at Ponemah Mills in Connecticut, as well as records from his service in World War II in England and Germany with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, foreign currency from his sojourn during World War II in Europe, and official government notes and reports, from 1925 through 1958. Also included are several undated portrait-style photographs of Grover. Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) joined the North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Dean Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control (1960). He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966.
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Grover, Elliot B. (Elliot Brown)
Size: 0.01 linear feet Collection ID: MSS 00238
The Elliot Brown Grover reports and patent contain Grover and C. J. Hall's 1928 thesis, Construction and Improvement of Thickness Gauge for Textiles; Malcolm E. Campbell's 1933 report for the United States Department of Agriculture, Spinning Tests of Selected Bales of Sea Island, American-Egyptian, and Egyptian-Sakellaridis Cotton: A ...
MoreThe Elliot Brown Grover reports and patent contain Grover and C. J. Hall's 1928 thesis, Construction and Improvement of Thickness Gauge for Textiles; Malcolm E. Campbell's 1933 report for the United States Department of Agriculture, Spinning Tests of Selected Bales of Sea Island, American-Egyptian, and Egyptian-Sakellaridis Cotton: A Preliminary Report; and Grover's 1943 patent for an apparatus to test the density of thread packages. Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) joined the North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Head Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control (1960). He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966.
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Morrow, Emmett Brown, 1896-1956
Size: 0.25 linear feet (1 Half box) Collection ID: MC 00047
The materials contained in this collection include correspondence, newsclippings, research materials and photographs documenting the life and work of Emmett Brown Morrow, a horticultural scientist and professor at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). Professor Emmett ...
MoreThe materials contained in this collection include correspondence, newsclippings, research materials and photographs documenting the life and work of Emmett Brown Morrow, a horticultural scientist and professor at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). Professor Emmett Brown Morrow (1896 - 1956) was born in Rowan County, North Carolina and was one of nine children. He graduated from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1921, with a B.S. degree and earned an M.S. degree from the University of California in 1924. He worked as a horticultural scientist and professor at North Carolina State College from 1926 to 1956.
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Flannagan, Eric G. (Eric Goodyear), 1892-1970
Size: 145 linear feet (134 document cases, 117 tubes of drawings, and 68 flat folders of drawings.) Collection ID: MC 00087
Contained in this collection are project files and drawings of buildings designed by Eric G. Flannagan and the firm Eric G. Flannagan and Sons, Architects and Engineers. The materials in this collection represents a sampling of the buildings designed by Flannagan and his company. They primarily date from the time period when ...
MoreContained in this collection are project files and drawings of buildings designed by Eric G. Flannagan and the firm Eric G. Flannagan and Sons, Architects and Engineers. The materials in this collection represents a sampling of the buildings designed by Flannagan and his company. They primarily date from the time period when Flannagan was most active,1922-1949. Eric G. Flannagan, Sr. (1892-1970) was an architect and engineer practicing most of his life in North Carolina. He specialized in institutional buildings, especially hospitals and schools, but his work also included houses, churches, stores, and offices.
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Gooden, Ernest L.
Size: 28 linear feet (44 boxes, 14 card boxes, 1 carton, 1 half box, 1 legal box) Collection ID: MC 00101
Ernest L. Gooden (1903-1970) was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Gooden graduated from Duke University, and taught at Glen Alpine High School in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, from 1927 to 1930. He joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an assistant scientific aide in September of 1930. Gooden had a 40-year career as a ...
MoreErnest L. Gooden (1903-1970) was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Gooden graduated from Duke University, and taught at Glen Alpine High School in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, from 1927 to 1930. He joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an assistant scientific aide in September of 1930. Gooden had a 40-year career as a physicist with the USDA and specialized in pesticides. The Ernest L. Gooden Papers consists of materials documenting Gooden's career with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Drafts and manuscripts of articles by Gooden include "Report of Physical Properties of Pesticides" and "Optical Crystallographic Properties of DDT." Research files contain notes, graphs, charts, and articles with labels like "Viscosity," "Zinc Arsenate," "Sodium Arsenite," and "Rotenone." This collection also contains electron microscope micrographs, patents and patent applications by Gooden, and hundreds of 3 x 5" x-ray diffraction data cards published by the Joint Committee on Chemical Analysis by X-Ray Diffraction Methods. These x-ray diffraction cards contain notes, calculations, and authors and their publications. Also included in this collection are glass slides, photos and negatives of electron microscope images, approximately a thousand 3 x 4" cards of chemical compounds and other notes, and materials from the annual meetings of the Electron Microscopy Society of America from 1949 to 1966.
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Williams, Carter, 1912-2000
Size: 133.7 linear feet (463 tubes, 12 flat folder, 25 cartons) Collection ID: MC 00436
The F. Carter Williams Drawings and Files, 1928, 1940-1994, contain drawings and project files for many buildings designed by F. Carter Williams and his firm. Included are blueprints for the Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Branaman residence in Raleigh, North Carolina, blueprints for the F. Carter Williams residence, as well as blueprints of ...
MoreThe F. Carter Williams Drawings and Files, 1928, 1940-1994, contain drawings and project files for many buildings designed by F. Carter Williams and his firm. Included are blueprints for the Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Branaman residence in Raleigh, North Carolina, blueprints for the F. Carter Williams residence, as well as blueprints of other residential projects, churches, and schools. Also included are drawings and blueprints for projects at North Carolina universities, including Duke, North Carolina State, East Carolina, and Meredith. There are project files for many of the same buildings, as well as for several state buildings, including the North Carolina Legislative Building, and building at several parks. Fred Carter Williams (1912-2000) was a Raleigh, North Carolina, architect who designed more than 600 projects throughout the state of North Carolina.
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Size: 24.5 linear feet (65 flat folders and 25 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00350
The Fieldcrest Mills records primarily contain building plans, site plans, elevations, sections, details, structural and electrical systems drawings and engineering plans for Fieldcrest Mills. These plans are related to a variety of textile mill warehouses located in Leaksville, Spray, and later Eden, North Carolina. Fieldcrest Mills ...
MoreThe Fieldcrest Mills records primarily contain building plans, site plans, elevations, sections, details, structural and electrical systems drawings and engineering plans for Fieldcrest Mills. These plans are related to a variety of textile mill warehouses located in Leaksville, Spray, and later Eden, North Carolina. Fieldcrest Mills was a Marshall Fields Company that produced an assortment of textiles including blankets, bedspreads, towels, bed sheets, bath accessories, bath rugs, rugs and furniture coverings; their warehouses were located in Draper, Leaksville and Spray, North Carolina. These three towns combined in 1967 to become Eden, North Carolina. The company changed in 1986 when Fieldcrest Mills merged with Cannon Mills of Kannapolis, North Carolina, becoming Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. Then in 1997 the Pillowtex Corporation acquired the Fieldcrest Cannon Company.
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