Mary-Leila Cotton Mills records

Descriptive Summary
Title: Mary-Leila Cotton Mills records
Creator: Mary-Leila Cotton Mill
Inclusive Dates: 1918-1949
Language(s): English
Extent: 9 Linear Feet (10 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
Collection Number: ms3790
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

In 1899, William R. Jackson, Sr. and Edward A. Copelan founded the Mary-Leila Cotton Mill (Greensboro, Ga.), named for Jackson's wife, Mary, and for Copelan's wife, Leila. As the town's first source of industrial jobs, the Mary-Leila Cotton Mill played a significant role in Greensboro's growth and economic development, as well as the rise of the area's textile industry. During the Second World War, the mill was used for the production of cotton sheeting used in the war effort. Disagreements between the mill's management, the National War Labor Board, and the Textile Workers Union of America led to the mill's participation in several significant labor cases involving mills from across the region. The Mary-Leila Cotton Mill and surrounding Village of worker's houses were nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, reports, advertisements, and facility reports related the Mary-Leila Cotton Mills. There are materials related to day-to-day operations and production, labor relations and unionism, and the War effort. Additionally, there are photographs documenting the mill and its laborers and blueprints of facilities and equipment.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Mary-Leila Cotton Mills records, ms 3790, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in other repositories: Greensboro, Ga. May, 1941. Mary-Leila cotton textile mill, Library of Congress

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Correspondence, 1918-1946, undated

 

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Sales, 1931-1940, undated

 

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Ledger, 1930-1931

 

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Harness and Reed Order Books, 1922-1939

 

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Atlanta Harness and Reed Manufacturing Company - Spec Books, 1927-1942

 

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Advertisements - Machinery

 

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Advertisements - Paint and Varnish

 

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Cotton Samples, 1939, undated

 

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Telephone Directory

 

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Bills of Lading, 1920-1941

 

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Invoices - Machinery, Facilities, and Maintenance, 1920-1944

 

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Invoices - Paper and Packaging, 1929-1945

 

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Machinery and Facilities - Specs and Proposals, 1919-1947

 

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Machinery and Facilities, 1936

 

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Machinery Inventory

 

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Machinery and Facilities - Inspections

 

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Production Reports, 1930

 

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Photographs - Facility and Machinery

 

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Housing Photographs and Survey, 1943, undated

 

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Photographs (FSA) - Machinery and Workers, 1941 October

 

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Accidents and Complaints, 1933-1934

 

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Wages and Wage Analysis, 1941-1946

 

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Employee Seniority and Hours, 1943, undated

 

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Unionization - Management Statements, 1934-1942

 

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Contract Negotiations - Correspondence, 1941-1945

 

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War Production Board, 1942-1945

 

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Possession of Mill by War Department, 1945 June

 

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National War Labor Board Wage Cases - Weekes and Candler Correspondence, 1942-1945

 

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National War Labor Board Case - Workers' Strike Flyer, 1945

 

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National War Labor Board - 23 Southern Cotton Textile Companies Case correspondence, 1944-1945

 

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National War Labor Board - 23 Southern Cotton Textile Companies Case, 1944-1945

 

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48-Hour Minimum Work Week, 1944

 

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Textile Workers Union of America Agreement, 1942

 

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O. C. Tolbert Discharge, 1944-1945

 

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Labor Bargaining Conference - Stenographic Reports, 1944-1945

 

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Labor Bargaining Conference - Transcripts, 1945

 

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Labor Bargaining Conference - Arbitration

 

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Textile Workers Union of America, 1944-1945

 

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National Cotton Council - "Cotton Consumption in Postwar Years", 1945

 

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The Cotton-Textile Institute, 1933, 1944

 

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Provisions in Cotton Textile Contracts

 

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Photograph - 1st Shift, 1940 May

 

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Photograph - 2nd Shift, 1940 May

 

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Photograph - 3rd Shift, 1940 May

 

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Spinners' Daily Report to Superintendant, 1940-1949

 

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Daily Cloth Room Report, 1940-1949

 

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Daily Weave Room Report, 1940-1944

 

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Daily Warper Report, 1937-1939

 

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Daily Warper Report, 1940-1947

 

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Daily Warper Report, 1948-1949

 

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Carders' Daily Report to Superintendent, 1940-1945

 

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Daily Carding Report, 1946-1949

 

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Weekly Waste Report, 1947-1949

 

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Safety Organization Inspection Report, 1940-1944

 

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Weekly Inspection, 1940-1944

 

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Reports, 1947-1949

 

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Primary Mill Village map (1954) and Sanitary Sewers (1948), 1948, 1954

 

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Blueprints - alternate plans (1938) and office addition (1947), 1938, 1947

 

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Blueprints - building and equipment layout