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Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: VAMD004
Abstract Founded in Atlanta during the late 1860s, the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills operated under the management of Jacob Elsas and his descendants for more than a century. The architectural drawings document the design and construction of most of the major buildings of the Atlanta site of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, as well as its machinery and equipment. The collection also contains drawings of the housing in the Atlanta mill village, as well as some drawings of other Fulton Bag sites, including...
Dates: 1889-1952
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology / Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Architectural Drawings

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: VAM004
Abstract

The photographs in this collection include images of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills' buildings and environs, employees, and machinery.

Dates: 1872-1973
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology / Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Photograph Collection

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS004
Overview Founded in Atlanta during the late 1860s, the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills operated under the management of Jacob Elsas and his descendants for more than a century. The processed portion of this collection, which is divided into four series, documents the business activities and concerns of management and workers in the Atlanta mill during the early twentieth century. Materials relating specifically to the 1914-1915 strike in Atlanta include the correspondence of Oscar Elsas, transcripts of...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1881-1956; 1872-1994 (bulk 1881-1956)
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology / Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Records

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills: Related materials collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS177
Abstract

This collection of news clippings and magazine articles contains general background and historical information on the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and the textile industry in the twentieth century.

Dates: 1897-1999 (bulk 1953-1996); Majority of material found within 1953 - 1996
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology / Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills: Related materials collection

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Subject
Neighborhood -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 3
Textile industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 3
Textile machinery. 3
Architectural drawings (visual works). 1
Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Working drawings. 1
Blueprints. 1
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 1
Commercial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 1
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915--History. 1
Industrial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 1
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Industrial buildings--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
Ledgers. 1
Manuscripts. 1
Neighborhood--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
Photographs. 1
Scrapbooks. 1
Strikes and lockouts--Cotton manufacture--Georgia--Atlanta--History. 1
Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
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