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Size | 204.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 160,000 items) |
Abstract | Administrative records of Dan River Mills, Inc., of Danville, Va., include business correspondence of the mill's presidents H.R. Fitzgerald, Robert West, and George Harris; financial records; annual reports; newsletters; and photographs. There are materials about the 1951 and 1974 strikes at the mill; fashion shows; advertising; mill housing; and other topics. |
Creator | Dan River Mills Inc. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jackie Dean, Amy Morgan, Biff Hollingsworth, Dawne Lucas, and Becca Stubbs, June 2019
Encoded by: Laura Smith, July 2019
Revisions by: Nancy Kaiser and Patrick Cullom, October 2019
In 2019, volunteers from the Schoolfield Museum reviewed the boxes in the Dan River Mills, Inc., archive. Based on guidelines provided by the Southern Historical Collection curatorial staff, they selected materials for transfer to Wilson Library and they compiled description for the materials being transferred. Their descriptions can be found in Box 1a and were used as a basis for the box listing in this finding aid. Boxes have been numbered at the repository to accommodate shelving and retrieval, however, the original archival box numbers have been retained in this box list.
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Dan River Mills was established at Riverside Cotton Mills in 1882 in Danville, Va. Riverside Cotton Mills merged with the Dan River Power and Manufacturing Company in 1895. In the late 1800s, Dan River was the largest textile mill in the South. The mill developed a mill village for its workers known as Schoolfield which was annexed by the city of Danville in 1951. Dan River Mills went into chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004 and was sold in 2006 to Gujarat Heavy Chemicals. The mill was closed and the mill building was imploded in 2008.
Back to TopAdministrative records of Dan River Mills, Inc., include business correspondence of the mill's presidents H.R. Fitzgerald, Robert West, and George Harris; financial records; annual reports; newsletters; and photographs. There are materials about the 1951 and 1974 strikes at the mill; fashion shows; advertising; mill housing; and other topics.
Back to TopAcquisitions Information: 103607
Arrangement: as received from donor.
Acquisitions Information: 103712
Arrangement: as received from donor.
Real estate sales, correspondence, financial materials, photos from 1974 strike, operating reports and manuals, and meeting minutes from the National Industrial Relations Administration (NIRA), Hearing for Fair Practices, Cotton Textile Industry Committee.