Inventory of the Tennessee Woolen Mill Records, 1890-1949

Collection Number 1604


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Tennessee Woolen Mill (McMinnville, Tenn.)
Title
Tennessee Woolen Mill Records, 1890-1949.
Call Number
1604
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 225 items.
Abstract
Records of a textile enterprise in McMinnville, Tenn. Volumes, 1890-1939, contain annual reports and inventories, minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, records of stock transactions, accounts of products sold and wages paid, records of hours worked and orders received, cash account records, and company store accounts. Papers, 1939-1943, are correspondence and reports of the trustees' liquidation of the mill. Also included is a description of the company store written in 1949 by William W. Bass, the son of an executive.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1949
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Tennessee Woolen Mill Records, #1604, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Bass, William W.
Company stores--Tennessee--History.
Industries--Tennessee--History.
Industries--Tennessee--McMinnville--History.
Liquidation--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Tennessee Woolen Mill (McMinnville, Tenn.)
Textile industry--Tennessee--History.
Textile workers--Tennessee--Economic conditions.
Woolen and worsted manufacture--Tennessee--History.
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Collection Overview

Records of a textile enterprise in McMinnville, Tenn. Volumes, 1890-1939, contain annual reports and inventories, minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, records of stock transactions, accounts of products sold and wages paid, records of hours worked and orders received, cash account records, and company store accounts. Papers, 1939-1943, are correspondence and reports of the trustees' liquidation of the mill. Also included is a description of the company store written in 1949 by William W. Bass, the son of an executive.