Robert Bruce Cooke papers, 1926-1972 [manuscript].

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Robert Bruce Cooke papers, 1926-1972 [manuscript].

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Included are a few items relating to the Pearl Cotton Mills, Durham, N.C., the Virginia Cotton Mills, Swepsonville, N.C., and the Mooresville Cotton Mills, Mooresville, N.C. Most items, however, relate to the Erwin Cotton Mills and include a 1909 work contract and many other items relating to the relationship between Erwin Mills and the United Textile Workers of America. Besides unionization, there are also items about workers losing jobs to machines. Many items in the 1940s relate to war production and rationing. Also included are letters, 1926-1954, relating to Cooke's numerous job searches. Although rarely unemployed, Cooke seems always to have sought a better position within the textile industry and sent, during this period, an almost continuous stream of letters of inquiry to most mills operating in the southeast. There are also materials relating to organizations in which Robert and Aylene were active, especially the Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley, the English-Speaking Union, the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians, and the Sons of the American Revolution.

420 items (3.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cooke, Robert Bruce, 1902-1973.

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Robert Bruce Cooke, born in Swepsonville, N.C., who held positions in various textile mills in Virginia and North and South Carolina until 1941 when he became a supervisor at the Erwin Cotton Mills, Durham, N.C., from which he retired around 1963. He and his wife Aylene Edwards Cooke, who worked as a librarian when the couple lived in Rutherfordton, N.C., were active in many historical and art associations in the state. From the description of Robert Bruce Cooke papers, 1926-1972 [ma...

Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley

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The Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley (commonly known as the Eno River Association) is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to conserve and protect the natural, cultural, and historic resources of North Carolina's Eno River basin. Since its inception in 1965, the Association has worked to protect the environmental resources around the river and its tributaries, promoting education and advocacy through environmental and community programs, including a hik...

Erwin Cotton Mills

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1892 Erwin Cotton Mills incorporated, the Duke family owning a controlling interest with Benjamin N. Duke as president and William Allen Erwin as manager. 1893 Mill No. 1 in West Durham began operation 1896 Mill No. 1 doubled in size ...

Virginia Cotton Mills (Swepsonville, N.C.)

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Cooke, Aylene Edwards.

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Sons of the American Revolution

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United Textile Workers of America

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The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 and became a founding union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1937. As part of the CIO, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a dissident faction of the TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) under its original name the United Textile Workers of America. From...

Mooresville Cotton Mills (Mooresville, N.C.)

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North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians

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Organized in 1941 as the North Carolina Society of County Historians; name changed in 1951; constitution drafted in 1955. From the description of Records, 1945-1982. (North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist). WorldCat record id: 70956013 ...

Pearl Cotton Mills (Durham, N.C.)

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English-Speaking Union

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