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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items) |
Abstract | Located in Saxapahaw, N.C., the Sellers Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1927 to produce fine combed cotton yarns for the hosiery industry in Alamance County, N.C. Starting out with fewer than 10,000 spindles, the company expanded until, at its peak, it employed 1,000 people and operated approximately 75,000 spindles. The Sellers Manufacturing Company also owned the Royal Cotton Mill in Wake Forest, N.C., and the Sellers Dyeing Company, Jordan Spinning Company, and National Processing Company. Charles V. Sellers was the company's president, serving from 1927 until his death in 1941. B. Everett Jordan was the company's treasurer and general manager. The records, 1927-1994, of the Sellers Manufacturing Company of Saxapahaw, N.C., and related companies, Royal Cotton Mill, Sellers Dyeing Company, Jordan Spinning Company, and National Processing Company, include minutes of stockholders meetings and directors meetings, tax returns, inventories, accounts, a supervisors' policy and procedures manual, and other items. |
Creator | Sellers Manufacturing Company. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
Updated because of addition by Nancy Kaiser in January 2018.
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Located in Saxapahaw, N.C., Sellers Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1927 to produce fine combed cotton yarns to supply the hosiery industry in Alamance County. Charles V. Sellers was the company's president, serving from 1927 until his death in 1941. B. Everett Jordan was the company's treasurer and general manager.
Starting out with fewer than 10,000 spindles, the company expanded in size and in range of products, until at its peak it employed 1,000 people and operated approximately 75,000 spindles. In 1930, the company began producing mercerized combed yarns and, in 1931-1932, established one of the South's first silk-throwing plants for making raw Japanese silk into thread for the hosiery industry. By 1961, Sellers produced a wide range of knitting and weaving yarns-combed, carded, nylon blends, dyed and natural, mercerized, and stretch.
In 1939, Sellers Manufacturing Company acquired Sapona Cotton Mill in Randolph County, which was then reorganized as an affiliate and named Jordan Spinning Company. In 1945, Sellers acquired Royal Cotton Mill in Wake Forest, N.C., a yarn spinning mill that produced a coarser range of yarns than the Sellers products. That same year, Sellers also acquired National Processing Company, a mercerizer. In 1951, Sellers established a dyeing operation, the Sellers Dyeing Company. The company further expanded its product range by spinning and blending nylon and other synthetics with cotton.
Back to TopRecords, 1927-1994, of the Sellers Manufacturing Company of Saxapahaw, N.C., and related companies, Royal Cotton Mill, Sellers Dyeing Company, Jordan Spinning Company, and National Processing Company. Included are minutes of stockholders meetings and directors meetings, tax returns, inventories, accounts, a supervisors' policy and procedures manual, and other items.
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Records of the Sellers Manufacturing Company of Saxapahaw, N.C., include the charter, by-laws, minutes of stockholders' meetings and board of directors meetings, account books, tax returns, and inventories of the company's fixed assets. Most of these records were received in binders of some kind. The papers have been removed and placed in folders.
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103301
Records include balance sheets and a supervisors' policy and procedures manual. Some records were removed from binders and placed in folders.
SV-04922/2 |
Balance sheets, 1970-1978 |
Box 9 |
Balance sheets, 1970-1978 |
Supervisor Policy and Procedure Manual, 1978 |
Arrangement: by type of material.
Minutes; tax returns; a property appraisal, 1942; papers relating to the dissolution of the company in 1977; inventory of machinery and equipment, 1971; and other records of the Royal Cotton Mill Company, Wake Forest, N.C. The spine of the binding of the minute book was labeled "Minute Book, Royal Cotton Mill Co., Wake Forest, N.C., Vol. 2."
Folder 2/1 |
Minute Book, 1945-1977 |
Folder 2/2 |
Appraisal, 28 December 1942 |
Folder 2/3 |
Dissolution, 23 May 1977 |
Folder 2/4 |
North Carolina Tax Returns, 1956-1963 |
Folder 2/5 |
North Carolina Tax Returns, 1964-1976 |
Folder 2/6 |
Work Papers, Current Year |
Folder 2/7 |
Machinery and Equipment, 1971 |
Folder 2/8 |
Machinery and Equipment, 1971 |
Folder 2/9 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1933-1956 |
Folder 2/10 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1957-1962 |
Folder 2/11 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1963-1969 |
Folder 2/12 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1970-1977 |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103301
Records include profit and loss statements.
SV-04922/3 |
Profit and loss statements, 1971-1976 |
Arrangement: by type of material.
Minutes, work papers, and accounts of Sellers Dyeing Company. These papers were received in three binders. The papers were removed from each and placed in folders. Sellers Dyeing Company was incorporated in 1951 and liquidated in 1979.
Folder 3/1 |
Minutes, 1951-1966 |
Folder 3/2 |
Minutes, 1967-1979 |
Folder 3/3 |
Work Papers, Current Year |
Folder 3/4 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1952-1977 |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103301
Records include general journal sheets that have been removed from binders and placed in folders.
Box 9 |
General journal, January 1969-March 1975 |
Arrangement: by type of material.
Minutes and accounts of the Jordan Spinning Company. This material was received in four binders, removed, and placed in folders. Jordan Spinning Company was established in 1941.
Folder 4/1 |
Minutes, 1941-1959 |
Folder 4/2 |
General Ledger, 1981-1994 |
Folder 4/3 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1960-1969 |
Folder 4/4 |
Additions to Fixed Assets, 1970-1977 |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103301
Records include profit and loss statements.
SV-04922/4 |
Profit and loss statements, 1971-1978 |
Arrangement: by type of material.
Charter, by-law, minutes, and tax returns of the National Processing Company.
Folder 5/1 |
Charter, By-Laws, and Minutes, 1945-1976 |
Folder 5/2 |
North Carolina Tax Returns, 1955-1974 |
Items separated include: SV-4922/1-4.
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