Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills: Related materials collection
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
Creator
General Physical Description note
(one half-size document case)
Restrictions: Access
None.
Restrictions: Use
Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Head of Archives and Special Collections.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents
These records, mainly news clippings and magazine articles, are primarily composed of general and historical information on the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and on the textile industry as a whole, in Georgia and the rest of the Southern United States. Further subjects include biographical information on the Elsas family, the managers of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, as well as information on the Cabbagetown settlement around the mill. Some notes on Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills materials in other repositories is also included.
Administrative History of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Materials on the history and background of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills were apparently obtained by the Georgia Tech Archives staff after the 1985 acquisition of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills papers. Most of the materials were gathered during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
For a fuller history of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, see the finding aid for the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Records (MS004).
Arrangement
The materials are arranged into seven folders, by subject.
Location note
44F1
Other Finding Aids
A print copy of this finding aid is available in the Georgia Tech Archives reading room.
Provenance
Accession number: 2006.130. The materials in this artificial collection were apparently obtained by former employees of the Georgia Tech Archives from a number of sources, to provide background information for researchers for the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills papers (MS004) and the Fulton Bag photographs (VAM004).
Location of Originals
Original inventories in folder 7 are housed in the Special Collections and Archives, Emory University.
General Physical Description note
(one half-size document case)
Processing Information
Travis Hampton and Christine de Catanzaro processed these papers in October 2005.
Creator
- Title
- Inventory of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills: Related Materials Collection, 1897-1999 (bulk 1953-1996)
- Subtitle
- MS177
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Travis Hampton and Christine de Catanzaro
- Date
- Copyright 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology Repository
Library
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