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Cotton trade -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur C. Inman Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS281
Scope and Content The Arthur C. Inman Papers consist exclusively of biographical research regarding Samuel M. Inman. Arthur Inman set out to write the biography of his Grandfather, Atlanta banker and cotton broker, Samuel Inman. The research notes consist of newspaper clippings, transcriptions of newspaper reports, transcriptions of interviews, and letters. Because Arthur Inman generally refused to leave his Boston apartment, the interviews were, most often, conducted by his wife, Evelyn. However, there are...
Dates: 1895-1927

Whittier Cotton Mills photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS462
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images of Whittier Cotton Mills employees, primarily from the cafeteria and spinning room. Also included are images of people and entities not connected to Whittier Cotton Mills, such as Chattahoochee School and Riverside Church of God group portraits and leased convict laborers for the Chattahoochee Brick Company. Of special note are images of the Whittier Cotton Mills baseball team.

Dates: approximately 1895-1969, undated

Whittier Cotton Mills records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS558
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection is correspondence that Whittier Cotton Mills received from local and national suppliers and clients such as Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Southern Railroad. Other correspondence documents product pricing and sales, some of which includes interoffice memos; the construction of new company housing and plant #5; receipt of bids; and construction contracts with Silver Lake Company. The collection also contains payroll checks. Of particular note are invoices and...
Dates: 1897-1933 (bulk 1926-1933)