Request Material





Habersham Mills Records

Habersham Mills Records

Descriptive Summary

Title: Habersham Mills Records
Inclusive Dates: 1907-1966
Language(s): English
Extent: 46 Linear Feet
Collection Number: RBRL543
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Collection Description

Historical Note

Habersham Mills was established in 1906 when a group led by S.Y. Stribling Sr., president of Roswell Manufacturing Company, purchased Porter Manufacturing on the banks of the Soque River in Habersham County, Georgia. The Atlanta-based owners converted the mill from wool to cotton yarn. Included in the purchase was a mill village of twenty-five houses. The village grew to one-hundred houses, a company store, and a school house for grades one through seven for the employees.

Several times over the twentieth century, the mill was modernized and changed ownership. When Russell Corporation of Alabama purchased it in 1977, the mill went to round-the-clock operation, and manufacturing changed from two-ply cotton weaving yarn to single polyester-cotton knitting yarn. The mill closed in 1999. Today, as part of an extensive renovation project, several of the mill buildings have special events and overnight lodging options for area visitors. Habersham Mills Records include ca. 45 linear feet of correspondence, invoices, freight bills, ledgers, journals, photographs, among other materials.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the Habersham Mill's business records--sales and earnings figures, freight bills, shipping bills, bills of lading, store invoices, reports, business ledgers, and telegrams.

Organization and Arrangement

This is a preliminary finding aid. Additional details will be added once this collection has been fully processed.

The arrangement of boxes 1-40 reflect the order in which the shipping crates were unpacked, and thus does not follow a standard chronological sequence.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Habersham Mill Records. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Cotton manufacture -- Georgia.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
box
2023/11_011949 financials, sales, earnings, freight bills, bills of lading, reports, telegrams, 1949
 
box
2023/11_021949 field orders, shipping orders, shipping bills, cotton invoices, mill invoices, 1949
 
box
2023/11_031930 bills of lading, telegrams, reports, orders, invoices,, 1930
 
box
2023/11_041930 shipping bills, sales invoices, freight bills; 1948 invoices, freight bills, 1930, 1948
 
box
2023/11_051948 store invoices, bills of lading, earnings records, mill invoices, orders, filled orders, sales invoices, 1948
 
box
2023/11_061948 bills of lading, shipping bills, shipping orders, reports, telegrams, ledger; 1943 cotton invoices, freight bills, orders, mill invoices, 1948, 1943
 
box
2023/11_071943 mill invoices, store invoices, sales invoices, bills of lading, 1943
 
box
2023/11_081943 shipping bills, filled orders, telegrams, reports, bills of lading; 1931 reports, cotton invoices, mill invoices, frieight bills, 1943, 1931
 
box
2023/11_091931 freight bills, shipping bills, store invoices, sales invoices, orders, consignment shipments, 1931
 
box
2023/11_101931 bills of lading, sipping bills, telegrams; 1929 freight bills, shipping bills, cotton invoices, mill invoices, 1931
 
box
2023/11_111929 shipping bills, sales invoices, store invoices, filled orders, freight bills, reports, orders, bills of lading; 1933 filled orders, 1929, 1933
 
box
2023/11_121933 mill invoices, reports, sales invoices, store invoices, cotton invoices, store invoices, 1933
 
box
2023/11_131933 bills of lading, cotton invoices, freight bills, consignment shipment, telegrams, shipping bills, freight bills; 1946 freight bills, 1933, 1946
 
box
2023/11_141946 freight bills, mill invoices, cotton invoices, filled orders, orders, store invoices, 1946
 
box
2023/11_151946 shipping bills, shipping orders, sales invoices, reports, telegrams, bills of lading, 1946
 
box
2023/11_161946 bills of lading; 1940 reports, bills of lading, mill invoices, filled orders, cotton invoices, 1946, 1940
 
box
2023/11_171940 freight bills, store invoices, 1939 store invoices, 1940
 
box
2023/11_181939 reports, store invoices, freight bills, filled orders, bills of lading, 1939
 
box
2023/11_191939 shipping bills, cotton invoices, sales invoices, journals, telegrams, consignments, bills of lading, 1939
 
box
2023/11_201928 reports, cotton invoices, bills of lading, orders, mill invoices, store invoices, 1928
 
box
2023/11_211928 bills of lading, freight bills, shipping bills, telegrams, journals; 1936 freight bills, 1928, 1936
 
box
2023/11_221936 freight bills, sales invoices, cotton invoices, shipping bills, mill invoices, orders, reports, 1936
 
box
2023/11_231936 bills of lading, store invoices, journals, consignment shipments, telegrams; 1947 remittance letters, 1936, 1947
 
box
2023/11_241947 freight bills, bills of lading, bills of lading, store invoices, orders, 1947
 
box
2023/11_251947 sales invoices, mill invoices, shipping orders, shipping bills, telegrams, reports, 1947
 
box
2023/11_261927 freight bills, bills of lading, journals, cotton invoices, shipping bills, mill invoices, store invoices, 1927
 
box
2023/11_271927 store invoices, orders, telegrams, shipping bills, bills of lading, journals, sales invoices, 1927
 
box
2023/11_281937 store invoices, reports, mill invoices, orders, cotton invoices, freight bills, sales invoices, 1937
 
box
2023/11_291937 bills of lading, freight bills, journals, shipping bills, telegrams; 1916 freight bills; 1920 freight bills; 1921 freight bills; 1935 cotton invoices, shipping bills, 1916-1921, 1935, 1937
 
box
2023/11_30Store invoices, 1910-1920, 1910-1920
 
box
2023/11_311911 correspondence, mill invoices;1912 cotton invoices; 1913 store invoices, cotton invoices, mill invoices; 1914 mill invoices; 1915 mill invoices; 1916 mill invoices, freight bills; 1917 store invoices, freight bills; 1918 freight bills; 1919 store invoices, freight bills; 1920 cotton invoices, mill invoices; 1921 mill invoices, freight bills, cotton invoices, 1911-1921
 
box
2023/11_321910-1911 mill invoices; 1910-1912 cotton invoices; 1912 mill invoices; 1914 mill invoices; 1915 cotton invoices, mill invoices, freight bills; 1916 freight bills 1917 mill invoices; 1918 freight bills, mill invoices, cotton invoices; 1919 mill invoices, 1910-1919
 
box
2023/11_331935 orders, store invoices, bills of lading, reports, telegrams, sales invoices, mill invoices, 1935
 
box
2023/11_341935 consignment shipments, orders, journal, freight bills, bills of lading; 1942 freight bills, sales invoices, 1935, 1942
 
box
2023/11_351942 mill invoices, shipp bills, store invoices, orders, telegrams, reports, journals, cotton invoices, 1942
 
box
2023/11_361942 orders, bills of lading, store invoices; 1945 mill invoices, freight bills, reports, shipping bills, 1942, 1945
 
box
2023/11_371945 shipping bills, telegrams, journals; 1944 freight bills, mill invoices, sales invoices, reports, store invoices, 1944, 1945
 
box
2023/11_381944 store invoices, shipping bills, telegrams; 1932 store invoices, reports, 1944, 1932
 
box
2023/11_391932 mill invoices, journals, consignment shipmens, telegrams; 1938 reports, freight bills, mill invoices, cotton invoices, orders, journal, consignment shipments, telegrams; 1941 reports, freight bills, 1932, 1938, 1941
 
box
2023/11_401941 freight bills, bills of lading, shipping bills, telegrams, consignment shipments, 1941
 
box
2022/31_01Ledger, photograph
 
box
2022/31_02Ledger
 
box
2022/31_03Ledger
 
box
2022/31_04Ledger
 
box
2023/61_01Ledger
 
box
2023/61_02Mill journal