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Letter from Oscar Elsas to Robert H. Wright
Date: 1914 January 25
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-094
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas replys to Robert H. Wright's apology for his involvement in the strike and his request for his job back.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Railway Audit and Inspection Company
Date: 1914 May 15
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-135
Description: In this letter Oscar Elsas explains that in the past, operatives from detective agencies have "a tendency to stir up strife and give unnecessary trouble from that standpoint, feeling that their job depends on trouble always brewing."
Letter from H. N. Brown, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1914 May 19
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-136
Description: In this letter, H. N. Brown describes two potential operatives from Philadelphia who will work as weavers in the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, and spy on employees and labor organizers.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to James L. Beavers, Chief of Police, Atlanta
Date: 1914 June 04
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-075
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas asks the Atlanta Chief of Police to be more vigilant in dispersing "hangers-on" to the strike at the Mill.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Southern Textile Bulletin
Date: 1914 June 09
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-070
Description: In this letter, intended for dsitribution to other mill presidents, Oscar Elsas gives a summary of events surrounding the strike at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. He states that the company does not wish to give in to Union demands, since that would mean "the recognition of the unions." He also complains about the indifference of the Atlanta police force in dealing with the strikers.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to David Clark, Southern Textile Bulletin
Date: 1914 June 22
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-071
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas describes conditions at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills during the strikes. He states that "our condition is improving regularly, although the incessent and unreasonable picketting is still active." He describes a striker parade as follows: "A total of 271 were in the parade, of which not over 30 were our employees. The balance were loafers, bums, and hangers-on, who were glad to get a living off of the commissary and the Union without having to work."
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Hoke Smith, U.S. Senate
Date: 1914 July 09
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-079
Description: In this telegram to U.S. Senator Hoke Smith, Oscar Elsas claims that reports of the strike have been exagerated.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Southern Textile Bulletin
Date: 1914 July 25
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-073
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas expresses his opinion that the best course of action to deal with the strikes at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills is not to give the unions any newspaper notoriety.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to William Schley Howard, U.S. House of Representatives
Date: 1914 September 17
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-086
Description: In this letter to U.S. Representative William Schley Howard, Oscar Elsas urges the Congressman to stop the investigation of the textile industry and Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to the Congressional Information Bureau
Date: 1914 September 21
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-080
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas asks the Congressional Information Bureau to inform Senator Hoke Smith that the upcoming investigation is unnecessary, and will disrupt the operation of the Mill.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. House of Representatives
Date: 1914 October 03
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-088
Description: In this letter to U.S. Representative Thomas W. Hardwick, Oscar Elsas urges the Congressman to stop the investigation of the textile industry and Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Arthur St. George Joyce
Date: 1914 December 16
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-092
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas offers a rebuttal to the allegations laid out in Arthur St. George Joyce's article on living conditions in the tent colony. Text quality is very poor.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Thomas W. Hardwick, U.S. House of Representatives
Date: 1915 February 11
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-099
Description: In this letter to U.S. Representative Thomas W. Hardwick, Oscar Elsas urges the Congressman to stop legislation eliminating efficiency systems used by the textile industry.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to James A. Emery, National Council for Industrial Defense
Date: 1915 February 11
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-097
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas asks James A. Emery for advice in responding to a subpoena to testify before the Commission on Industrial Relations.
Letter from Roser, Brandon, Slaton, and Phillips to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1915 February 26
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-101
Description: In this letter, the law firm of Roser, Brandon, Slaton, and Phillips offers legal advice to Oscar Elsas in dealing with the strikers at the Mill.
[Testimony of Oscar Elsas]
Date: [1915 March 17-27]
Document Type: Testimony
Unique ID: ms004-026
Description: A witness for the Mill, Oscar Elsas, President of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses the value of the company, employment policies of the Mill, employee savings accounts, negotiations with labor leaders, wages, and strikes at the Mill.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Richard Sloss
Date: 1915 March 18
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-066
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas attempts to persuade Judge Richard Sloss that the hearings held by the Commission on Industrial Relations not be swayed by public prejudice due the the Leo Franks case or misrepresentation of facts by labor organizers.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Edwards-Adams Studio
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to F. A. Weiss, Wolston Manufacturing Company
Date: 1915 April 23
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-106
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas warns F. A. Weiss of the Wolston Manufacturing Company that labor leader Sara Conboy is planning to exchanged strikers between the on-going strikes at the two companies.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to John Y. Phillips
Date: 1915 May 01
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-108
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas assures a customer that the Mill is not affected by the strike, and is running at full capacity. The collection contains many such letters to different types of customers.
Letter from C. L. Denk to Oscar Elsas
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.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to H. P. Meikleham, Massachusetts Mills in Georgia
Date: 1915 May 14
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-110
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas discusses strategies for speaking at an annual meeting of Georgia textile mill owners.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Walter Drew, National Erectors' Association
Date: 1915 June 30
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-111
Description: This letter details negotiations between Oscar Elsas and a person named Massey to purchase copies of strikers' testimonies.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Walter Drew, National Erectors' Association
Date: 1915 July 07
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-112
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas questions the impartiality of the interviewer, A. M. Daly, in the investigation of the textile industry by the Commission on Industrial Relations.
Letter from H. N. Brown, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1916 January 28
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-192
Description: In this letter, H. N. Brown gives Oscar Elsas on labor organizers and offers the services of the Railway Audit and Inspection Company in supplying operatives for spying purposes.
Letter from Charles E. White to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1919 May 21
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-247
Description: In this letter Charles White updates Oscar Elsas on mill operations in St. Louis.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Charles E. White
Date: 1919 May 23
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-248
Description: In this letter Oscar Elsas warns Charles E. White not to uncover an operative working in the St. Louis mill.
Letter from Charles E. White to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1919 May 27
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-249
Description: In this letter Charles White updates Oscar Elsas on mill operations in St. Louis.
Letter from Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1920 January 08
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-221
Description: In this letter, Harry Preston informs Oscar Elsas of the availabilty of Isaac L. Jones (#396), an African-American operative, who can work as a laborer in the Mill.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company
Date: 1920 January 16
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-222
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas informs Harry Preston of his acceptance of employment of Isaac L. Jones (#396), an African-American operative, who will work as a laborer in the Mill.
Letter from Harry Preston, Railway Audit and Inspection Company, to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1920 January 18
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-239
Description: In this letter, Harry Preston informs Oscar Elsas of a new operative that will investigate wages in the Mills.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Victor Elsas
Date: 1920 August 06
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-243
Description: IIn this letter, Oscar Elsas reminds his brother Victor Elsas of a new operative that will work as a machinist in the New Orleans mill.
Letter from Victor Elsas to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1920 September 03
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-241
Description: In this letter, Victor Elsas tells his brother Oscar Elsas that a new operative will be hired to work undercover as a machinist.
Letter from Oscar Elsas to Victor Elsas
Date: 1920 September 07
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-242
Description: In this letter, Oscar Elsas reminds his brother Victor Elsas not to discuss matters reagrding mill operatives with local agents.
Letter from A.J.M. to Oscar Elsas
Date: 1921 August 07
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: ms004-230
Description: In this letter, an operative informs Oscar Elsas that operative #259 has been lying about reports of secret meetings and has a "vindictive and foul mind." The author reccommends that #259's services been discontinued.

[Reproduction of a letter from Lola Church to Oscar Elsas]
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Date: [1915 March 05]
Document Type: Letter
Unique ID: vam004-019
Description: In this letter, Lola Church asks Oscar Elsas for her job at the Mill back after leaving during the strike. She claims that Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills "have better treatment, better pay and lighter work than any other work shop." She also states she "has no use for" the Union and gives the Mills permission to publish her letter.