Hampton Shuping papers, 1976-1980 [manuscript].

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Hampton Shuping papers, 1976-1980 [manuscript].

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Files, 1976-1980, primarily containing clippings and press releases, relating to the conflict between J. P. Stevens & Co. and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), and especially to the positions of various church organizations and officials with respect to the union and a union-called boycott of J. P. Stevens & Co. Some correspondence and other papers are also included.

2000 items (3.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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J.P. Stevens & Co.

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The company, located in New York City, was founded in 1899 by John P., Nathaniel and Samuel Stevens as the family-controlled selling agent for fabrics produced by M.T. Stevens & Sons Co., North Andover, Mass. It sold woolen goods of M.T. Stevens and cotton fabrics from other mills and invested in a number of southern mills, including producers of synthetics. After John P.'s death in 1929, sons Robert T. and John P., Jr. took charge, with Robert T. as president from 1929 to 1942....

Almagamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union.

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Shuping, Hampton.

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Hampton Shuping (d. 1989), a native and lifelong resident of Greensboro, N.C., was graduated from the University of North Carolina with a B.S. in Commerce in 1947 and went to work for J. P. Stevens & Co. He became a vice-president of J. P. Stevens in 1967. Shuping served as a director of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. Shuping was a member of the West Market Street United Methodist Church. He was married and had five children. From the description of Hampton...