Hampton Shuping Papers, 1976-1980

Summary

Creator:
Shuping, Hampton.
Abstract:

Hampton Shuping (d. 1989), a native and lifelong resident of Greensboro, N.C., was graduated from the University of North Carolina with a B.S. in Commerce in 1947 and went to work for J. P. Stevens & Co. He became a vice-president of J. P. Stevens in 1967. Shuping served as a director of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. Shuping was a member of the West Market Street United Methodist Church. He was married and had five children.

Files, 1976-1980, primarily containing clippings and press releases, relating to the conflict between J. P. Stevens & Co. and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), and especially to the positions of various church organizations and officials with respect to the union and a union-called boycott of J. P. Stevens & Co. Some correspondence and other papers are also included.

Extent:
2000 items (3.5 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Biographical / historical:

Hampton Shuping (d. 1989), a native and lifelong resident of Greensboro, N.C., was graduated from the University of North Carolina with a B.S. in Commerce in 1947 and went to work for J. P. Stevens & Co. He became a vice-president of J. P. Stevens in 1967. Shuping served as a director of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. Shuping was a member of the West Market Street United Methodist Church. He was married and had five children.

Scope and content:

Files, 1976-1980, primarily containing clippings and press releases, relating to the conflict between J. P. Stevens & Co. and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), especially to the positions of various church organizations and officials with respect to the union and a union-called consumer boycott of J. P. Stevens & Co.

The majority of the files appear to be materials Shuping accumulated as a member of J. P. Stevens & Co.'s Church Advisory Committee. These include suggested statements to be made to church groups, suggested answers to questions, articles about statements by church officials, and Stevens's responses to these statements. Much of the material relates to positions of the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church and of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Additional material concerns a statement by southern ministers, a statement by six Catholic bishops in the South, and a meeting of Stevens officials with representatives of the National Council of Churches.

Some correspondence between Shuping and Charles E. Shannon and others concerns Shuping's membership in and financial support of West Market Street United Methodist Church in Greensboro, N.C.

There is also a small amount of correspondence between Shuping and members of Congress, especially North Carolina senators Robert Morgan and Jesse Helms, about labor legislation.

Acquisition information:

Received from Margaret Shuping of Greensboro, N.C., in March 1996 (Acc. 96028).

Processing information:

Processed by: Linda Sellars, June 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Sensitive materials statement:

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Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Hampton Shuping papers #4798, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
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Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
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