Creator: Anderson Brothers (Firm).
Collection number: 3029
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Abstract: Accounts of Anderson Brothers, a general merchandise firm in Rowan or Davie Continue reading “Anderson Brothers ledger, 1873-1881.”
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Creator: Anderson Brothers (Firm).
Collection number: 3029
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Abstract: Accounts of Anderson Brothers, a general merchandise firm in Rowan or Davie Continue reading “Anderson Brothers ledger, 1873-1881.”
Creator: Fitzgerald family.
Collection number: 4177
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Abstract: Diaries, 1864 and 1867-1871, and a sketchbook of Robert G. Fitzgerald (1840-1919); copies of his pension record and marriage certificate and of the manumission certificate of Thomas Fitzgerald (father of Robert G.); two letters; and articles Continue reading “Fitzgerald family papers, 1864-1954.”
Creator: Brumby and Smith family.
Collection number: 2780
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Abstract: The collection includes miscellaneous items of Laura Margaret Cole (Mrs. James R.) Smith (b. 1806) of South Carolina; her daughter, Laura Smith Brumby (fl. 1866- 1885); and her son-in-law, James R. Brumby (b. 1846). Included are a Continue reading “Brumby and Smith family papers, 1833-1929.”
Creator: Singleton family.
Collection number: 668
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Abstract: The Singletons were cotton planters living near Sumter, S.C. Prominent family members include Richard Singleton (1776-1852), John Singleton (1754-1820), and Matthew R. Continue reading “Singleton family papers, 1759-1905 (bulk 1815-1854).”
Creator: Fleming, Eleanore Eulalie Cay, 1848-1934.
Collection number: 4169
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Abstract: Business correspondence, 1851-1855, of Raymond Cay (1805-1880), general merchant and cotton factor of Liberty County, Ga.; personal and family correspondence, 1865-1920, of his daughter, Eleonore Eulalie Cay Fleming of Liberty and Continue reading “Eleanore Eulalie Cay Fleming papers, 1836-1920.”
Creator: Cone Mills Corporation.
Collection number: 5247
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Abstract: Cone Mills Corporation (and predecessor Proximity Manufacturing Company and its other subsidiary and affiliated companies) manufactured denim and other textiles chiefly in North Carolina and South Carolina. Moses Herman Cone Continue reading “Cone Mills Corporation records, 1858-1997.”
Creator: Jones and Patterson family.
Collection number: 578
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Abstract: Patterson family members were merchants, manufacturers, and public officials. Family members included General Edmund Jones (1771-1844) of Wilkes and Caldwell counties, N.C.; Samuel Finley Patterson (1799-1874) of Continue reading “Jones and Patterson family papers, 1777-1933 (bulk 1800-1880).”
Creator: Fries, Francis Levin, 1812-1863.
Collection number: 265
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Abstract: Architect, pioneer cotton manufacturer, state legislator, of North Carolina. Chiefly business correspondence and papers, 1850-1869. Included are Fries’s correspondence as Continue reading “Francis Levin Fries papers, 1850-1925 (bulk 1850-1869).”
Creator: Southeastern Cooperative League.
Collection number: 3597
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Abstract: The Southeastern Cooperative League, an interracial organization established as the Southeastern Cooperative Education Association in 1940, became a federation of cooperatives in Continue reading “Southeastern Cooperative League records, 1939-1952.”
Creator: Lyndhurst Foundation (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
Collection number: 4723
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Abstract: Operating broadly in the areas of health, education, and the arts, the Lyndhurst Foundation has, beginning in the late 1970s, supported the work of institutions, local groups, and individuals in eastern Tennessee and Continue reading “Lyndhurst Foundation records, 1970-1999.”