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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | The Edna Mill was a textile mill incorporated in 1889 in Reidsville, N.C. The mill was owned by Willis Benton Pipkin. It became part of the Cone Mills organization in 1946. Records of the Edna Mill include documents reporting finances and wages, financial history, and audits. There is also a 1942 report by owner Willis Benton Pipkin discussing a possible 10-cent-per-hour increase in wages for workers; correspondence between representatives of the Edna Mill and the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA); agreements made between the union and Edna Mill; minutes of TWUA-Edna Mill meetings and the Edna Mill Grievance Committee meetings; lists of Edna Mill union members; flyers promoting the union; and booklets outlining TWUA policies and methods of collective bargaining. Also included are news clippings about union activities at Edna Mill, an anti-union speech delivered by Pipkin, and an anti-union flyer distributed by Edna Mill. There are also corporate minutes, 1931-1944; a 1937 scrapbook with clippings about labor relations; and a short history of Edna Mills that was written by Pipkin in 1959. |
Creator | Edna Mill (Reidsville, N.C.). |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
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The Edna Mill was a textile mill incorporated in 1889 in Reidsville, N.C. The mill was owned by Willis Benton Pipkin. It became part of the Cone Mills organization in 1946.
Back to TopRecords of the Edna Mill, a textile mill in Reidsville, N.C., include documents reporting finances and wages, financial history, and audits. There is also a 1942 report by owner Willis Benton Pipkin discussing a possible 10-cent-per-hour increase in wages for textile workers; correspondence between representatives of the Edna Mill and the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA); agreements made between the union and Edna Mill; minutes of TWUA-Edna Mill meetings and the Edna Mill Grievance Committee meetings; lists of Edna Mill union members; flyers promoting the union; and booklets outlining TWUA policies and methods of collective bargaining. Also included are news clippings about union activities at Edna Mill, an anti-union speech delivered by Pipkin, and an anti-union flyer distributed by Edna Mill. There are also corporate minutes, 1931-1944; a 1937 scrapbook with clippings about labor relations; and a short history of Edna Mills that was written by Pipkin in 1959.
Back to TopRecords of the Edna Mill, a textile mill in Reidsville, N.C., include documents reporting finances and wages, financial history, and audits. There is also a 1942 report by owner Willis Benton Pipkin discussing a possible 10-cent-per-hour increase in wages for textile workers; correspondence between representatives of the Edna Mill and the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA); agreements made between the union and Edna Mill; minutes of TWUA-Edna Mill meetings and the Edna Mill Grievance Committee meetings; lists of Edna Mill union members; flyers promoting the union; and booklets outlining TWUA policies and methods of collective bargaining. Also included are news clippings about union activities at Edna Mill, an anti-union speech delivered by Pipkin, and an anti-union flyer distributed by Edna Mill. There are also corporate minutes, 1931-1944; a 1937 scrapbook with clippings about labor relations; and a short history of Edna Mills that was written by Pipkin in 1959.
Folder 1 |
1891-1921 |
Folder 2 |
1922 |
Folder 3 |
1923 |
Folder 4 |
1924 |
Folder 5 |
1925 |
Folder 6 |
1926 |
Folder 7 |
1927 |
Folder 8 |
1928 |
Folder 9 |
1929 |
Folder 10 |
1930 |
Folder 11 |
1931 |
Folder 12 |
1932 |
Folder 13 |
1933 |
Folder 14 |
1934 |
Folder 15 |
1935 |
Folder 16 |
1936 |
Folder 17 |
1937 |
Folder 18 |
1938 |
Folder 19 |
1941 |
Folder 20-23
Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23 |
1942 |
Folder 24-26
Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26 |
1943 |
Folder 27 |
1944 |
Folder 28 |
1931-1944: Corporate minutes |
Folder 29 |
1945 |
Folder 30-31
Folder 30Folder 31 |
1945: Labor matters |
Folder 32 |
1946 |
Folder 33 |
1947 |
Folder 34 |
1951-1959 |
Folder 35 |
Undated |
Oversize Volume SV-4906/1 |
Scrapbook |