Chicopee Mill history project

Descriptive Summary
Title: Chicopee Mill history project
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1965-1981
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet 4 document boxes
Collection Number: ms3394
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

"In 1958 the armory site was purchased by the Chicopee division of Johnson & Johnson, and for the next 20 years was locally called the Chicopee Mill. A New England firm, Athens made the sixth Southern Chicopee mill, manufacturing various cotton textiles, such as surgical gauze, tobacco and print cloth, and diapers. The Chicopee Mill had a short life, closing operations in 1978. " -- Rice, Marion J. "Clarke County's once thriving fiber industry has shrunk considerably." Athens Banner-Herald. http://onlineathens.com/stories/120401/ath_bitextile.shtml (Retrieved January 29, 2010)

In 1950, Chicopee Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, purchased the Athens Manufacturing Company in Athens, Georgia to produce cotton products.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of taped oral histories about Chicopee Mill and Polaroid photographs of Chicopee Mill and Chicopee Mill awards dinners. There are also two operations manuals of Chicopee Manufacturing Company.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Chicopee Mill history project, ms3394, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2011 March 21.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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[Workers in the mill] 3 prints

 

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[People holding a piece of paper] 2 prints

 

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[Individuals at work in mill] 4 prints

 

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[People by time card area and worker in factory] 3 prints

 

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[Pictures of mill with circles and arrow drawn on] 5 prints

 

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[Workers around mill; identified include Justin Walker, Lloyd Whitsle, and James Bell] 3 prints

 

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[Workers receiving awards; identified include H.T. Gillbert ans R. Bill Hingley] 2 prints

 

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[Scenes from outside and inside mill; Identified include John Moon, Jesse James Bonds, and Dennis Smith] 3 prints

 

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[Scenese of inside the mill] 7 prints

 

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[Two men in office] 1 prints

 

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[Man in office and scenes of the inside of the mill] 5 prints

 

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[Woman in office and men painting mill; Identified include Eunice Gray and Carl Sisk] 3 prints

 

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[Workers with awards] 1 print

 

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[Shot looking out window into parking lot] 1 print

 

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[Line of people outside factory] 1 print

 

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[Scenes of work inside the mill; Indentified include Gary Gregory, Stella Ward, Tharous Hutchinson, Mary Quarles, Alice Walton, Roger Daniel, and Franie Hutchinson] 7 prints

 

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[Scenes of the inside of the mill]3 prints

 

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[Cotton bales] 3 prints

 

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[Worker receiving award] 3 prints

 

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[Workers receiving flu shots] 2 prints

 

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[Workers receiving awards] 4 prints

 

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[Baby in office and worker receiving award] 2 prints

 

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[Lillie Brooks inspecting finished cloth] 1 print

 

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[Scenes from a banquet] 4 prints

 

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[Scenes from a banquet] 2 prints

 

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[Lines formed to wait on food at a banquet] 7 prints

 

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[Workers receiving awards; Identified include Joe Bellew and Dadvid Spartin] 5 prints

 

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[Close up of hand truck] 1 print

 

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[Workers receiving awards; Identified include Jo-ann Burgess and Joe Ballew] 3 prints

 

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[Workers around factory; Identified include Henry Whitehead, Betty Watkins, Sam Gillen, and Lovis Rucker4 prints

 

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[Worker painting ceiling] 1 print

 

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[Scene from banquet] 1 print

 

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[Scenes of workers at machines; Identified include Myntis Robert, Randall Scoggins, Joyce Hill, Robert Johnson, Georgia Mattox, Inez Goolsby, Zachery Counkle, Mildred Gurley, Raymond Hall, Lee Skelton, and Earl Eddins] 10 prints

 

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[Scenes from around factory and workers receiving awards; Identified include Elton Bahnsen, Bob Briggs, Paul Conley, Bob Painter, Don Hammond, Guy Rucker, Callie Martin, Paul Thaxton, Lynn Bahnsen, Jack Yarbrough, Clara Mae Casper, Callie Martin, Enoch Reynolds, Sam Arnold, and Sam T. Gillen] 10 prints

 

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[Scenes of people waiting on banquet] 7 prints

 

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[Man standing in front of door] 1 print

 

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[Workers receiving awards] 2 prints

 

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[Employees at work around factory; Identified include Ronnie Williams, Carlton Nixon, Mildred Flanagan, Alfred Green, Russ Moehlick, Henry Cook, Chriss Quinn, John Willie Thomas, Vivian Brook, Evelyn Moor, Lillie Brooks, and Charlie Brooks] 13 prints

 

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[Christmas party for retirees] 2 prints

 

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[People in a reception room] 3 prints

 

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[Man with award] 2 prints

 

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[Portraits of individual men] 7 prints

 

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[Scenes from a Christmas party for retirees] 5 prints

 

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[Picture of man in tie] 1 print

 

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[Photos of awards on tables and two workers eating] 4 prints

 

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[Man with pocket badge] 1 print

 

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[Bobbins and machinery] 1 print

 

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[Men at work in factory] 2 prints

 

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[Rolls of fabric] 1 print

 

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[Workers exercising] 2 prints

 

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[Employees at work in factory; Identified include Lilian Chandler, Leonard Smith, Paul Thaxton, Dorthy Self, Agnes Nix, Hazel Davis, Hill Vandings, Howard Boyten, Vivian Brooks, Lunnel Smith, Claude Shelnut]16 prints

 

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[Employees at work around factory] 56 prints

 

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[Photos of employees and displays in show room]14 Prints

 

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[Scenes of outside the factory loading docks and of workers in factory] 46 prints

 

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[Scenes from a gathering] 2 prints

 

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[People by lake with two fish] 1 print

 

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[Scenes from break and vending machine area] 12 prints

 

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[Scenes of break and vending machine area] 6 prints

 

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[Banquet scenes] 19 prints

 

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[Fiber Studies] 11 prints

 

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[Photos of individuals at work] 73 prints, 1975

 

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Awards Dinners 49 prints, 1972-1973

 

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[Show room displays and factory scenes] 5 slides, 1978

 

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Awards Dinners, 10 prints, 1975-1976

 

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Photo Album [Copies of pictures in files]

 

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Photo Album [Copies of pictures in files]

 

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Oral History Project Transcriptions, 1980-1981

 

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Duke Llewallyn - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, Transcriber: Pam Haeberer, 1981 February 23

 

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Florence Adkins - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, 1981 January 30

 

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Jessie Lou Bryant - Interviewers: Pam Haeberer and Mabelle Dawson, 1980 October 24

 

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Mel Adams - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, Transcriber: Pam Haeberer, 1980 November 3

 

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Kathleen Black

 

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Mr. Robert M. Fleeman and Mr. Oneil Pitts, "Tour thru Chicopee": 1st Part (Tape 1), 1980 May 23

 

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Mr. Robert M. Fleeman and Mr. Oneil Pitts, "Tour thru Chicopee": 2nd Part (Tape 2), 1980 May 23

 

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Mrs. Gertrude Sorrow - Interviewers: Mabelle Dawson, Pam Haeberer, Jeme' Downs, 1980 August 9

 

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Mrs. Corrie Welch - UGA, Chicopee Oral History Project, 1980 December 30

 

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Mr. and Mrs. Ovin Martin - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, Transcriber: Pam Haeberer, 1980 November 24

 

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Herman C Bridges, 1981 April 31

 

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Mr. Hal T. Gilbert (Plant Manager 1946-1970) - UGA, Chicopee Oral History, Tape I, 1980 December 12

 

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Mr. Hal T. Gilbert (Plant Manager 1946-1970) - UGA, Chicopee Oral History, Tape II, 1980 December 12

 

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Carson George Howard - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson

 

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Helen Damron - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, Transcriber: Pam Haeberer, 1981 March 8

 

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Mr. James Mercer Crowe - Interviewers: Mabelle Dawson and Pam Haeberer, 1980 October 1

 

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Amy Coile - Interviewer: Pamela Scott Haeberer, 1980 August 5

 

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Mercedes Turnbull

 

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Fannie Smith - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, 1981 February 3

 

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Garnett Llewallyn - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, 1981 February 10

 

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[T]rey Williams

 

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Dillard Austin - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, Transcriber: Pam Haeberer, 1980 December 4

 

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Mrs. Cuemie Culbertson, Chicopee textile worker (1940-1945) - UGA Oral History Project, 1980 December 29

 

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James Blackburn - Interviewer: Mabelle Dawson, 1980 October 29

 

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Mr. Elmo Carter - Interviewers: Mabelle Dawson and Pam Haeberer, 1980 August 21

 

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Operations Manual, Office, Supply, Warehouse and Yard, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Carding Department, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Inspection Department, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Mechanical Department, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Slashing Department, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Spinning Department, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Weaving Department, 1977

 

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Operations Manual, Memos, 1978-1979