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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.

Acquisitions Information

Gift 1949

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• 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.

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.