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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the American Furniture Manufacturers Association Records #4957, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received from Douglas Brackett of High Point, N.C., in October and November 1998 (Acc. 98230 and 98232) and March 2000 (Acc. 98581).

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• American Furniture Manufacturers Association.
• Furniture industry and trade--Societies.
• Furniture industry and trade--Southern States--History--20th century.
• Furniture industry and trade--United States--History--20th century.
• Industries--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Industries--South States--History--20th century.
• Industries--United States--History--20th century.
• National Association of Furniture Manufacturers.
• Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association.
• Trade associations--Southern States--History--20th century.
• Trade associations--United States--History--20th century.

• Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association Records (#4167)

In 1984, the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers merged to form the American Furniture Manufacturers Association. As the nation's largest trade organization for home furnishing manufacturers, the Association supports the growth, development, and efficiency of home furnishing manufacturing in the United States. Headquartered in High Point, N.C., the Association provides a comprehensive public relations program to represent the industry to consumers, government relations to relay member interests to national agencies and officials, and statistical information about home furnishings manufacturing. The Association also provides services, education, and management training programs to its member companies.

Records, 1905-1994, of the American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA) and its predecessors, the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association (SFMA) and the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers (NFMA), relating to its work as a trade association for the furniture industry. Correspondence, meeting materials, reports, financial records, surveys, and publications document AFMA's organizational structure, member services, and programs. Divisions documented in the collection include the Board of Directors; Executive Committee; Sales and Marketing; Industrial Relations; Manufacturing; Production and Cost; Transportation; Finance; and Human Resources. Financial records document the activities and membership of the organization and its predecessors.

Among the topics discussed are membership education, management training, government relations, furniture flammability, pollution, safety, consumer affairs, statistical information, and public relations. Included are circulars, 1940s-1960s; indexes of publications, 1960-1980s; bulletins 1970s-1980s; and other publications sent to AFMA members. Also included are documents, chiefly 1941-1946, concerning government regulations imposed by the Office of Price Administration (OPA) and War Production Board (WPB) during World War II.