| Power Plant |
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| Date: |
1907 November 16 |
| Document Type: |
Architectural Drawing |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-269 |
| Description: |
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| "Reward!" |
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| Date: |
ca. 1914 |
| Document Type: |
Flyer |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-054 |
| Description: |
The flyer offers a one hundred dollar reward for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for assaulting Howard Sims, a Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills worker. |
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| [Excerpt of a petition for police protection from strikers by employees of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1914 |
| Document Type: |
Petition |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-114 |
| Description: |
In this petition, workers from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills ask the Atlanta police for more protection, claiming they are being disturbed and harrassed by strikers. Original item has 24 pages. Only the first page has been scanned. |
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| "Notices Given June 8/14" |
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| Date: |
1914 June 08 |
| Document Type: |
Notes |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-050 |
| Description: |
These notes list workers who quit the Mill on June 8, 1914. |
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| Letter from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills to James S. Alexander, National Bank of Commerce |
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| Date: |
1914 July 03 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-120 |
| Description: |
In this letter, the management of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills attempts to persuade Atlanta's business community leaders that the Men and Religion Movement's leaders are acting in a way detrimental towards local business and industry. |
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| Letter from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills to James L. Beavers, Chief of Police, Atlanta |
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| Date: |
1914 November 25 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-089 |
| Description: |
In this letter, the management of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills requests additional police presence at the Mill during the strike. |
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| "Memo of Discussion Held with Mr. McWade and Mr. Colpoys" |
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| Date: |
1914 November 27 |
| Document Type: |
Memo |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-117 |
| Description: |
This memo describes the policies of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, including contract employment, fine, wages, sanitary conditions, and welfare work. |
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| [Statement on strikes at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill in Altanta, Georgia] |
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| Date: |
1914 December 15 |
| Document Type: |
Statement |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-090 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the management of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills defends itself against allegations of the strikers in the areas of fines, wages, sanitary conditions, welfare work, kindergarden, and the tent colony. |
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| "The Mote in Your Neighbor's Eyes, the Beam in Your Own" |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-065 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the management of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills defends the companies against what it sees as unjust attacks upon it by the Men and Religion Movement. |
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| [Draft of statement on education] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-059 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the company describes its policies regarding the education of the workers employed by the Mill. |
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| [Notes on witnesses] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Notes |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-062 |
| Description: |
This list contains the names of the witnesses who will testify before the Commission of Industrial Relations as well as summaries of their testimonies. |
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| [Draft of statement on savings] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-058 |
| Description: |
In this report, the company describes its encouragement of employees to save money, and cites a specific example of a pair of weavers, S. J. Jenkins and his wife. |
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| "Report from Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta GA" |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Report |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-063 |
| Description: |
This report describes working conditions at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, including stastics, hours of operation, pay, benefits, and contract terms. NOTE: This item is a large sheet of paper. It has been scanned in quarters. The last page is slightly cropped at the top, due to the folds of the original pages. |
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| [Draft of statement on housing and commissary] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-060 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the company describes its policies regarding company-provided housing and the company commissary. |
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| [Draft of statement on child labor] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-056 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the company claims that no child under the age limit of 14 and a half years was hired by Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills after the passage of the Child Labor Act. The company also states that at the time of the May 1914 strike, only 16 children between the ages of 12 and 14 were employed by the Mills. The company also denies the truth of reports that a 10 year old boy named Milton Nunally worked at the Mills. The statement claims that his mother falsified his age when he was hired. The boy was eventually fired for mischief. |
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| "Average Weekly Earnings of Some Family Groups" |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Notes |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-053 |
| Description: |
This document details the average weekly earnings of families employeed by Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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| [Draft of statement on hours] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-057 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the company claims that working hours have been 60 hours per week since January 1, 1912. |
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| [Draft of statement on the Wesley House and dining hall] |
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| Date: |
ca. 1915 |
| Document Type: |
Draft |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-061 |
| Description: |
In this statement, the company describes the "Wesley House" hotel run by the Mills, and the company-provided dining hall. |
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| [Memo concerning Operative #16 and Sara Conboy] |
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| Date: |
1915 May 04 |
| Document Type: |
Memo |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-185 |
| Description: |
This memo states that labor leader Sara Conboy was calling off the strike, and dispersing most of the strikers, leaving some to continue recruiting for the union. |
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| [Memo concerning Operative #16 and burning Governor Slaton in effigy] |
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| Date: |
1915 June 25 |
| Document Type: |
Memo |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-189 |
| Description: |
In this memo, an operative describes the intent of strikers to burn an effigy of Georgia Governor John M. Slaton. |
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| "List of Foreign-Born People Working with Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta, GA" |
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| Date: |
[1917] |
| Document Type: |
Census |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-251 |
| Description: |
This report lists all foreign-born employees of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in Atlanta at the time of World War I. |
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| Fifth Floor Plan, Mill No. 1 |
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| Date: |
1918 April |
| Document Type: |
Architectural Drawing |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-273 |
| Description: |
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| "Application for a Situation with Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills [for F. W. Lake]" |
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| Date: |
1918 April 12 |
| Document Type: |
Application |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-254 |
| Description: |
This document provides an example of the employment application used by Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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| Letter from F. W. Stockmar, Railway Audit and Inspection Company to Charles E. White, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills |
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| Date: |
1921 April 21 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-250 |
| Description: |
In this letter, F. W. Stockmar informs C. W. White of a new detective agency and assures him that the Railway Audit and Inspection Company wants to keep working with Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. |
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| Letter from the Cue Cluck Rangers to Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills |
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| Date: |
1922 July 26 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-231 |
| Description: |
This letter, from an anonymous group most likely associated with the Ku Klux Klan, mentions the Leo Frank case. |
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| Power Plant - Mach. Plans: Mach. and Piping Plan of 2nd Floor and Pump Room |
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| Date: |
1927 March 31 |
| Document Type: |
Architectural Drawing |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-270 |
| Description: |
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| Mill No. 1 Piping and Wiring: 1st and 2nd Floor Wiring |
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| Date: |
1927 June 13 |
| Document Type: |
Architectural Drawing |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-271 |
| Description: |
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| Mill No. 1 Piping and Wiring: 3rd and 4th Floor Wiring Plans |
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| Date: |
1927 June 21 |
| Document Type: |
Architectural Drawing |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-272 |
| Description: |
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| "Summary of Village Census 1936" |
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| Date: |
1936 |
| Document Type: |
Census |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-259 |
| Description: |
This report summarizes the census of the 1936 census of the mill village in Cabbagetown. |
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| Letter from Thomas S. Florence, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, to T. Grady Head, State Revenue Comissioner |
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| Date: |
1938 July 06 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-256 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Thomas S. Florence asks the Georgia State Revenue Commissioner for his support in the removal of a liquor store near the mill village. |
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