| "Strike on Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills" |
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| Date: |
ca. 1914 |
| Document Type: |
Flyer |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-029 |
| Description: |
This flyer announces that the strike has not been settled, and that agents of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills are concealed among the mill workers and in the mill village. |
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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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| [Operative notes] |
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| Date: |
1914 June 03 |
| Document Type: |
Notes |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-045 |
| Description: |
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills hired several agents to spy on the activities of strike organizers and workers in the Mill. These notes concern the near arrest of an agent for disturbing the inhabitants of the mill village. |
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| "Report of Operative #470" |
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| Date: |
1914 August 01 |
| Document Type: |
Report |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-159 |
| Description: |
In this report, an operative working in the Mill reports on the activities of other mill workers and on conditions in the Mill and mill village. |
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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 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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| [Testimony of Gordon A. Johnstone] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-023 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Gordon A. Johnstone, General Manager of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses the physical condition of the Mill, Fulton Bag employment policies, operatives employed by the Mill to spy on union activities, and conditions in the mill village. Pages 9 and 15 are missing from the original document. |
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| [Testimony of H. P. Meikleham] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-021 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, H. P. Meikleham of the Massachusetts Mills in Georgia discusses living conditions in the mill villages operated by his company, and the differences between textile mills in the North and the South. Page 6 is missing in the original document. |
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| [Testimony of D. A. Farrell] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-022 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, D. A. Farrell, President of the Farrell Heating and Plumbing Company, dicusses the sewage and sanitation conditions at the Mill plant and Mill village. |
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| [Testimony of Mabel Emma Wheeler] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-020 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, nurse Mabel Emma Wheeler discusses living conditions in the Wesley House and in the Mill village. |
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| [Testimony of W. C. Sweatt] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-019 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, former Mill worker and Acting President of the union W. C. Sweatt discusses pressure from strikers to walk out, problems supporting his family after joining the strike, living conditions in the mill village. |
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| [Testimony of Jennie Clinton] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-018 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Mill worker Jennie Clinton discusses walking out with the strikers, threats made against her by strikers when she left to return to work, and living conditions in the Mill village. |
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| [Testimony of Emma Burton] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-017 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, Head Resident of the Wesley House Emma Burton discusses conditions in the mill village and company housing, the Mill clinic, education provided by the Mill, public health, and child labor practices. |
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| [Testimony of Robert H. Wright] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-016 |
| Description: |
A witness for the Mill, carpenter and President of the Local Robert H. Wright discusses child labor practices, unethical activities of labor leaders Ola Delight Smith and Charles A. Miles, and living conditions in the mill village. |
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| [Testimony of James G. Hall] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-015 |
| Description: |
A witness for the union, Atlanta City Physician James G. Hall discusses living conditions and public health in the mill village. |
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| [Testimony of H. Newbern Mullinax] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-014 |
| Description: |
A witness for the union, member of the Local Textile Council H. Newbern Mullinax discusses the strike of October 1913, labor organization, living conditions in the mill village, and workers who had been discharged from the Mill. |
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| [Testimony of W. V. Garrett] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-012 |
| Description: |
A witness for the union, physician W. V. Garrett discusses living conditions and public health in the mill village. |
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| [Testimony of Lucretia Briley] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-011 |
| Description: |
A witness for the union, clipper Lucretia Briley discusses her family's eviction from the mill village. |
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| [Testimony of Marion M. Jackson] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-009 |
| Description: |
A witness for the union, Executive Officer of the Men and Religion Movement Marion M. Jackson discusses the relationship of the Men and Religion Movement to the Union and the the Mill, as well as living conditions in the mill village. |
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| [Testimony of Francis Johnson] |
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| Date: |
[1915 March 17-27] |
| Document Type: |
Testimony |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-005 |
| Description: |
A witness for the union, spinner Francis Johnson discusses living conditions in the tent colony and in the Mill company housing. |
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| Letter from Oscar Elsas to Edwards-Adams Studio |
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| Date: |
1915 March 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-103 |
| Description: |
In this letter, Oscar Elsas requests photographs of houses in the mill village. He states he would like the photographs taken without the knowledge of the occupants. |
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| Letter from C. L. Denk to Oscar Elsas |
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| Date: |
1915 May 02 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-107 |
| Description: |
In this letter, salesman C. L. Denk reports on the commissary, wages, schools, public health, fines, and the living conditions in the workers' village of the Campbell Coal Company in Westborn, Tennessee. |
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| [Report of Operative #16] |
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| Date: |
1915 May 10 |
| Document Type: |
Report |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-186 |
| Description: |
In this report, an operative describes witnesses to the assault on Homer Sims in the mill village. |
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| "Report of Operative #226" |
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| Date: |
1919 July 13 |
| Document Type: |
Report |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-214 |
| Description: |
In this report, an operative working in the Mill reports on the activities of mill workers, and living conditions in the mill village. |
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| [Report of Operative #18] |
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| Date: |
1919 October 13 |
| Document Type: |
Report |
| Unique ID: |
ms004-215 |
| Description: |
In this report, an operative working in the Mill reports on the activities of mill workers, particularly of alcohol use in the mill village. |
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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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