Dan River Mills, Inc., Records, 1860s-1995 (bulk 1920-1960)
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Summary
- Creator:
- Dan River Mills Inc.
- Abstract:
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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.
- Extent:
- 160,000 items (204.0 linear feet)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Library Catalog Link:
- View UNC library catalog record for this item
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Scope and content:
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Administrative 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.
- Acquisition information:
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Received from Dana Reagan in May 2019 (Acc. 103607) and the Schoolfield Preservation Foundation in September 2019 (Acc. 103712).
- Processing information:
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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.
- Sensitive materials statement:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
Access and use
- Restrictions to access:
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No restrictions. Open for research.
- Restrictions to use:
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No usage restrictions.
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], in the Dan River Mills, Inc., Records #5793, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Location of this collection:
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Louis Round Wilson Library200 South RoadChapel Hill, NC 27515
- Contact:
- (919) 962-3765