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A Record of the War Activities in Orange Country, North Carolina

Tobacco from Social Life in Old Virginia Before the War

Topical Access to Economics & Business

General Business, Great Depression, Labor & Unions, Child Labor, Oral Histories, Textiles, Tobacco Manufacturing, Transportation

General Business

Andrews, R. McCants (Robert McCants)
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch

[Durham, N.C.: Press of the Seeman Printery, 1920]. 229 p.
Avery, Isaac Erwin, 1871-1904
Idle Comments

Charlotte, N.C.: Avery, 1905. xviii, 1-271 p.
Bannister, Cowan & Company
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States

Wilmington, N. C.: Bannister, Cowan, 1869. viii, 116 p.
Branson, L. (Levi), b. 1832
Branson & Farrar's North Carolina Business Directory for 1866-'67, Containing Facts, Figures, Names and Locations

Raleigh: Branson & Farrar, 1866. 200 p.
Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950 and
Poe, Clarence Hamilton, 1881-
The Life and Speeches of Charles Brantley Aycock

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. xxiii, 369, [1] p.
edited by W. E. B. Du Bois
Economic Co-operation among Negro Americans. Report of a Study made by Atlanta University, under the Patronage of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., together with the Proceedings of the 12th Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, on Tuesday, May the 28th, 1907

Atlanta, Ga.: The Atlanta University Press, 1907. 184 p.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
The Upbuilding of Black Durham. The Success of the Negroes and Their Value to a Tolerant and Helpful Southern City

From World's Work, vol. 23 (Jan. 1912). [S. l.: s. n., 1912]. [334-338] p.
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce (Kinston, N.C.)
69 Progressive and Prosperous Towns of Eastern North Carolina. "Where Life Is Really Worth While" Invite You. A Wonderful Collection from Which to Make a Choice. Why Worry Where You Are When You Can Come to Eastern North Carolina and Be Happy?

Kinston: Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, [1925?]. 50, [2] p.
Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863
Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina

New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1856. xx, 351 p.
compiled by T. M. Haddock
Haddock's Wilmington, N.C., Directory, and General Advertiser, Containing a General and Business Directory of the City, Historical Sketch, State, County, City Government &c., &c., Compiled by T. M. Haddock

Wilmington, N.C.: P. Heinsberger, Publisher; J. A. Engelhard, Steam Power Press Print, 1871. 263 p.
Hampton, John S.
The North Carolina Guide and Business Office Companion Containing a List of All the Post Offices in the State, with Distances from Principal Commercial Towns; Also the Population of All Incorporated Towns, Divided Between the Two Races, Together with the Names and Post Offices of the Leading Lawyers in the State

Raleigh: News Steam Book and Job Office and Bindery, 1877. 42 p.
Heide, R. E.
Report of Vice-Consul R.E. Heide, on the Resources, Trade and Commerce of North Carolina

Wilmington: North Carolina Presbyterian Publishing House, 1875. 25 p.
Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

New York: Burdick Brothers, 1857. x, [11]-420 p.
Liddell and Co. (Charlotte, N.C.)
Liddell Company, Manufacturers of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton and Yarn Presses, Shafting, Pulleys, etc., Charlotte, N.C.

Charlotte, N.C.: Hirst Printing Co., 1890. [44] p.
Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1921. viii, 9-281 p.
North Carolina Land Co.
A Guide to Capitalists and Emigrants: Being a Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Several Counties of the State of North Carolina, United States of America; Together with Letters of Prominent Citizens of the State in Relation to the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, &C., and an Account of the Swamp Lands of the State

Raleigh, N.C.: Nichols & Gorman, 1869. 136 p.
North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
North Carolina and Its Resources

Winston: M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers and Binders, 1896. xv, 413, [65] p.
North-Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (Raleigh, N.C.)
Third Annual Report of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company: Together with Its By-Laws and Act of Incorporation. Incorporated, January, 1849

Raleigh: Seaton Gales, 1852. 23 p.
Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Tabulated Statement of Industries & Resources of North Carolina

[Raleigh]: [N.C. Department of Agriculture], 1878. 40 p.
Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina

New York: Macmillan, 1906. ix, 284, [2] p.
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (N.C.)
Wilmington Up-to-Date: The Metropolis of North Carolina Graphically Portrayed. Compiled under the Auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Also a series of Comprehensive Sketches of Representative Business Enterprises

Wilmington, N.C.: W. L. De Rosset, 1902. 1-32, 41-116 p.
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (N.C.)
Wilmington, North Carolina. Past, Present and Future. History of Its Harbor, with Detailed Reports of the Work for Improving and Restoring the Same, Now Being Conducted by the U. S. Government. Resources and Advantages as an Entrepot for Western Cities. Harbor of Refuge, and Coaling Depot for the Navy and Merchant Marine

Wilmington, N.C.: Published by Order of the Chamber of Commerce, (J.A. Engelhard, Printer), 1872. 84 p.

Great Depression

North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration
edited by J. S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter, and Thomas W. Morse
Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State Administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry. Edited by J.S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter [and] Thomas W. Morse

[Raleigh]: [Edwards & Broughton], 1936. 544 p.
North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1940

Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, [1940]. 181 p.

Labor & Unions

Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1896. 86, [x] p.
Faison, W. E.
The Dignity, Power and Responsibility of Organized Labor: Labor Day Address, Greensboro, N.C., September 4, 1905

[S. l.] (Raleigh, N.C. : Allied Printing Trades Council): [s. n.], [1905?]. 15 p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
Larkins, John R. (John Rodman)
The Negro Population of North Carolina: Social and Economic

Raleigh: North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, [1944]. 79 p.
McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918
Child Wages in the Cotton Mills: Our Modern Feudalism

New York City: National Child Labor Committee, 1913. 11, [1] p.
Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1921. viii, 9-281 p.
Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina

New York: Macmillan, 1906. ix, 284, [2] p.
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914
Cotton Mill, Commercial Features. A Text-Book for the Use of Textile Schools and Investors. With Tables Showing Cost of Machinery and Equipments for Mills Making Cotton Yarns and Plain Cotton Cloths

Charlotte, N.C.: Published by the Author, 1899. viii, 1-240, [6] p.
Wake County Workingmen's Association
Resolutions and Address of the Wake County Working-Men's Association

[Raleigh?]: [The Association?], [1859?]. 6 p.
Wilson, Frank. I.
Address Delivered before the Wake County Workingmen's Association: in the Court House at Raleigh, February 6, 1860.

Raleigh: Standard Office Print, 1860. 22 p.

Child Labor

McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918,
Seddon, A. E.,
Ulm, A. H., and
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Child Labor in the Carolinas: [A]ccount of Investigations Made in the Cotton Mills of North and South Carolina, by Rev. A. E. Seddon, A. H. Ulm and Lewis W. Hine, under the Direction of the Southern Office of the National Child Labor Committee

[New York]: [National Child Labor Committee], [1909]. [20] p.
McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918
Child Wages in the Cotton Mills: Our Modern Feudalism

New York City: National Child Labor Committee, 1913. 11, [1] p.
Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1921. viii, 9-281 p.
North Carolina. Dept. of Labor
Rules and Regulations of the Department of Labor Relative to the Employment of Children under Sixteen Years of Age. Standards of the Department of Labor for Grading Industrial Plants. Effective June 1, 1933.

Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Labor, [1933]. 10 p.
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914
Cotton Mill, Commercial Features. A Text-Book for the Use of Textile Schools and Investors. With Tables Showing Cost of Machinery and Equipments for Mills Making Cotton Yarns and Plain Cotton Cloths

Charlotte, N.C.: Published by the Author, 1899. viii, 1-240, [6] p.

Oral Histories

Aaron, Junie Edna Kaylor
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Junie Edna Kaylor Aaron, 1979 December 12. Interview H-106. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Austin, Eunice
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Eunice Austen recalls the changes that took place in North Carolina mills over the years.
Davidson, Betty and
Davidson, Lloyd
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Betty and Lloyd Davidson, 1979 February 2 and 15. Interview H-19. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Betty and Lloyd Davidson discuss their experiences working in textile mills before the second world war and reflect on how these mills changed over the decades.
Durham, Eula and
Durham, Vernon
conducted by James L. Leloudis
Oral History Interview with Eula and Vernon Durham, November 29, 1978. Interview H-64. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Eula and Vernon Durham Eula and Vernon Durham talk about integration and attempts at unionization at the Bynum textile plant.
Durham, Flossie Moore
conducted by Mary Frederickson
Oral History Interview with Flossie Moore Durham, September 2, 1976. Interview H-66. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Flossie Moore Durham discusses her family's career in the Bynum textile mill.
Glenn, Josephine K.
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Howard K. Glenn, June 27, 1977. Interview H-22. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Harris, Gladys Florene
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Gladys Florene Harris, August, 1979. Interview H-124. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Gladys Florene Harris discusses the difficulty of supporting herself and her husband for four decades.
Norman, Icy, b. 1911
conducted by Mary Murphy
Oral History Interview with Icy Norman, April 6 and 30, 1979. Interview H-36. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Icy Norman recalls the many ways the Burlington Mill affected the daily lives of mill workers.
Pharis, James and
Pharis, Nannie
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with James and Nannie Pharis, December 5, 1978 and January 8 and 30, 1979. Interview H-39. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

James and Nannie Pharis discuss how textile mill employees were treated in the early part of the century.
Pharis, James
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with James Pharis, July 24, 1977. Interview H-38. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

James Pharis remembers the challenges of his two decades as a supervisor with Burlington Mills.
Robinette, Jefferson M.
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with Jefferson M. Robinette, July 1977. Interview H-41. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Jefferson M. Robinette Jefferson M. Robinette reflects on a very long career, during which he worked for many companies, not all of them textile mills.
Snipes, John Wesley
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with John Wesley Snipes, 1976 September 20 and November 20. Interview H-98. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

John Wesley Snipes recounts his career in lumber during and following his 17 years as a worker in the Bynum textile mill.
Whitesell, Emma
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with Emma Whitesell, July 27, 1977. Interview H-57. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Emma Whitesell discusses changes at Plaid Mill and Swepsonville following the retirement of Walter Williams.

Textiles

Bannister, Cowan & Company
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States

Wilmington, N. C.: Bannister, Cowan, 1869. viii, 116 p.
McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918,
Seddon, A. E.,
Ulm, A. H., and
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Child Labor in the Carolinas: [A]ccount of Investigations Made in the Cotton Mills of North and South Carolina, by Rev. A. E. Seddon, A. H. Ulm and Lewis W. Hine, under the Direction of the Southern Office of the National Child Labor Committee

[New York]: [National Child Labor Committee], [1909]. [20] p.
McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918
Child Wages in the Cotton Mills: Our Modern Feudalism

New York City: National Child Labor Committee, 1913. 11, [1] p.
Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1921. viii, 9-281 p.
No Author
Mill News. Vol. XXII, no. 16 (Oct. 14, 1920)

Charlotte, N.C.: Mill News Print. Co., 1920. 82 p.
North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
North Carolina and Its Resources

Winston: M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers and Binders, 1896. xv, 413, [65] p.
North Carolina. Dept. of Labor
Rules and Regulations of the Department of Labor Relative to the Employment of Children under Sixteen Years of Age. Standards of the Department of Labor for Grading Industrial Plants. Effective June 1, 1933.

Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Labor, [1933]. 10 p.
Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Tabulated Statement of Industries & Resources of North Carolina

[Raleigh]: [N.C. Department of Agriculture], 1878. 40 p.
Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina

New York: Macmillan, 1906. ix, 284, [2] p.
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914
Cotton Mill, Commercial Features. A Text-Book for the Use of Textile Schools and Investors. With Tables Showing Cost of Machinery and Equipments for Mills Making Cotton Yarns and Plain Cotton Cloths

Charlotte, N.C.: Published by the Author, 1899. viii, 1-240, [6] p.
White Oak Cotton Mills
Notice!

[Greensboro, N.C.]: White Oak Cotton Mills, 1909. 1 p.
Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1819-1887
Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. viii, 9-151, [1] p.

Tobacco Manufacturing

Bannister, Cowan & Company
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States

Wilmington, N. C.: Bannister, Cowan, 1869. viii, 116 p.
Cameron, J. D. (John Donald), 1820-1897
A Sketch of the Tobacco Interests in North Carolina. Being an Account of the Culture, Handling and Manufacture of the Staple; Together with Some Information Respecting the Principal Farmers, Manufacturing Establishments and Warehouses; With Statistics Exhibiting the Growth of Tobacco in the Western Counties, and Also in the Other Tobacco Producing Regions of the State, as Shown by Comparison of the Crop of 1880 with Those of Preceding Years

Oxford, N.C.: W. A. Davis; Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald, 1881. 130 p.
Lane, Lunsford, b. 1803
The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an Account of His Early Life, the Redemption by Purchase of Himself and Family from Slavery, and His Banishment from the Place of His Birth for the Crime of Wearing a Colored Skin. Published by Himself

Boston: J.G. Torrey, Printer, 1842. 54, 4 p.
North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
North Carolina and Its Resources

Winston: M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers and Binders, 1896. xv, 413, [65] p.
Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Tabulated Statement of Industries & Resources of North Carolina

[Raleigh]: [N.C. Department of Agriculture], 1878. 40 p.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Valuable Presents Given for Tobacco Tags for the Entire Year of 1902. These are Exact Fac-similes of the Tags Redeemable under Our Offer Fully Explained Inside

[Winston-Salem, N.C.]: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.], [1902]. [80] p.

Transportation

Bannister, Cowan & Company
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States

Wilmington, N. C.: Bannister, Cowan, 1869. viii, 116 p.
Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835
The Numbers of Carlton, Addressed to the People of North Carolina, on a Central Rail-Road Through the State. The Rights of Freemen is an Open Trade

New-York: G. Long, 1828. 232 p.
Clark, Walter McKenzie, 1846-1924
History of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company, Including All the Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina Relating Thereto.

Raleigh: Raleigh News Steam Job Print, 1877. ii, 141 p.
edited by R. D. W. Connor
A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of the Members of the General Assembly Session 1913

Raleigh: E. M. Uzzell & Co., State Printer, 1913. 1053 p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
North Carolina Railroad Company
Proceedings of the General Meeting of Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road Company, at Greensboro', July 10, 1851, with the By-Laws of the Company, as Revised at Said Meeting

Greensboro: Printed at the Patriot Office, 1851. 23 p.
North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
North Carolina and Its Resources

Winston: M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers and Binders, 1896. xv, 413, [65] p.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy

New York; London: Dix and Edwards; Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. xvi, 1-723, [1] p.
Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Tabulated Statement of Industries & Resources of North Carolina

[Raleigh]: [N.C. Department of Agriculture], 1878. 40 p.
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company, Held at Raleigh, Nov. 1, 1856; with the Reports of the President, Treasurer, &c.

Raleigh: Holden & Wilson, 1856. 20, [1] p.
Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road
Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Company. Time Table No. 5, From and After Monday, October 31st., 1859

Wilmington, N.C.: Fulton & Price, 1859. 12, [1] p.