Carolina Panel Company Records Inventory (#4940-z)

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Processed by:

Jennifer Rawlings

Date Completed:

July 1998

Encoded by:

Jennifer Rawlings

Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title

Carolina Panel Company Records (#4940-z) 1970-1991

Creator

Carolina Panel Company.

Extent

About 50 items.

Repository

Southern Historical Collection

Abstract

The Carolina Panel Company of Lexington, N.C., began manufacturing high quality hardwood plywood in 1927 to supply the local furniture industry's demand for plywood. Roswell B. Robbins served as secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company, 1927-1938. Upon Robbins's death in 1938, C. Hamilton Hargrave took over as manager. Over the years, Carolina Panel's business expanded to include furniture makers all over the eastern United States. By 1988, however, a marketing research survey found that the demand for the plywood produced by Carolina Panel was drying up. In 1990, the board of directors sold the company to R. E. Lineberry, Inc. Records of the Carolina Panel Company, 1970-1991, include pictures of employees working at the company's factory, a 1970 article about the company, comparative profit statistics, a marketing research survey about the future of the industry, and documents concerning the sale of the company.

Administrative Information

Access

No restrictions.

Usage Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Provenance

Received from Charles Clement Hargrave of Lexington, N.C., in February 1997 (Acc. 97014).

Online Catalog Terms

Carolina Panel Company.

Furniture industry and trade--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Lexington (N.C.)--Economic conditions.

Plywood industry--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Veneer industry--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Historical Note

The Carolina Panel Company of Lexington, N.C., began manufacturing high quality hardwood plywood in 1927 to supply the local furniture industry's demand for plywood. Roswell B. Robbins served as secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company, 1927-1938. Upon Robbins's death in 1938, C. Hamilton Hargrave took over as manager. Over the years, Carolina Panel's business expanded to include furniture makers all over the eastern United States. By 1988, however, a marketing research survey found that the demand for the plywood produced by Carolina Panel was drying up. In 1990, the board of directors sold the company to R. E. Lineberry, Inc.

Collection Overview

Records, 1970-1991, relating to the Carolina Panel Company and pictures of employees working at the company's factory. A 1970 article about the company, comparative profit statistics, a marketing research survey about the future of the industry, and documents concerning the sale of the company are included.

Organization of Collection

1. Records
2. Photographs

Series Descriptions