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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 225 items) |
Abstract | This collection contains records of the Tennessee Woolen Mill Company, a textile mill in McMinnville, Tenn. Volumes, 1890-1939, contain annual reports and inventories, minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, records of stock transactions, accounts of products sold and wages paid, records of hours worked and orders received, cash account records, and company store accounts. Papers, 1939-1943, are correspondence and reports of the trustees' liquidation of the mill. Also included is a description of the company store written in 1949 by William W. Bass, the son of one of the company's officials. |
Creator | Tennessee Woolen Mill (McMinnville, Tenn.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, October 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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The Tennessee Woolen Mill Company was located in McMinnville, Tenn., and owned a mill and a company store where employees could purchase goods on credit. The business closed in 1938.
Back to TopThis collection contains records of the Tennessee Woolen Mill Company, a textile mill in McMinnville, Tenn. Volumes, 1890-1939, contain annual reports and inventories, minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, records of stock transactions, accounts of products sold and wages paid, records of hours worked and orders received, cash account records, and company store accounts. Papers, 1939-1943, are correspondence and reports of the trustees' liquidation of the mill. Also included is a description of the company store written in 1949 by William W. Bass, the son of an executive of the company. The papers are arranged in chronological order, but the volumes are not.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Papers, 1914-1917 |
Folder 2 |
Papers, 1918-1922 |
Folder 3 |
Papers, 1923-1929 |
Folder 4 |
Papers, 1930-1934 |
Folder 5 |
Papers, 1935-1938 |
Folder 6-7
Folder 6Folder 7 |
Papers, 1939 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
Papers, 1940 |
Folder 10 |
Papers, 1941 |
Folder 11 |
Papers, 1942-1943 |
Folder 12 |
Papers, undated and miscellaneous |
Folder 13 |
Volume 1, 1890-1902Minutes of stockholders' meetings and directors' meetings; annual reports. |
Folder 14 |
Volume 2, 1891-1925Stock ledger |
Folder 15 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 3, 1902-1939Certificates of shares of capital stock issued. Book includes loose certificates turned in for cancellation. |
Folder 16 |
Volume 4, 1896-1930Trial balance record. |
Folder 17 |
Volume 5, March 1930-May 1940Trial balance record. |
Folder 18 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 6, October 1894-December 1919Journal, double entries. Daily and monthly sales, and records of wages. |
Folder 19 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 7, January 1920-May 1940Journal, double entries. Daily and monthly sales, and records of wages. |
Folder 20 |
Volume 8, 1927-May 1933Orders, listed chronologically. |
Folder 21 |
Volume 9, June 1933-October 1939Orders, listed chronologically. |
Folder 22 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 10, March 1890-May 1906Cash book. |
Folder 23 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 11, June 1906-December 1927Cash book. |
Folder 24 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 12, January 1928-July 1940Cash book. |
Folder 25 |
Volume 13, 1915-1930Cash records, daily. |
Folder 26 |
Volume 14, 1930-1940Cash records: deposits, expenditures, balances. |
Folder 27 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 15, January 1936-November 1939Cash records: daily records of petty cash. |
Folder 28 |
Volume 16, November 1938-November 1939Petty accounts for individuals for items such as tobacco, food, and clothing. |
Folder 29 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 17, 1902-1937Ledger. |
Folder 30 |
Volume 18, 1930-1938Ledger. |
Folder 31 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 19, 1938-January 1940Ledger. |
Folder 32 |
Volume 20, August 1929-4 August 1933Ledger: weekly payroll. |
Folder 33 |
Volume 21, August 1933Ledger: weekly payroll. |
Folder 34 |
Volume 22, 11 August 1933-1939Ledger: weekly payroll. |
Folder 35 |
Volume 23, 1904-1939Annual inventory. |
Folder 36 |
Volume 24, 1930-1939Annual inventory. |
Folder 37 |
Folder number not used |
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Volume 25, undatedIndex. |