Courtenay Manufacturing Company Records, 1889-1971, 1890-1960.

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Courtenay Manufacturing Company Records, 1889-1971, 1890-1960.

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The Courtenay Manufacturing Company Records document the operations of a textile mill including the financing of the firm, the purchase of equipment and raw cotton, the sale of cotton products, and the hiring, employment and payment of workers. The operation of a merchandise store and homes for the mill's workers is also recorded among these records. The records consist of four series: Correspondence, Accounts Receivable, Personnel Records, and Purchase Orders as well as oversize material which consists of the following types of records: Administration, Financial, Operations/Production and Personnel.

98.4 cubic ft. 15 manuscript boxes 155 oversize v. including 39 oversize boxes 1 oversize file.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7390701

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Courtenay Manufacturing was incorporated in 1893 with $300,000 in capital. That year, a site in Oconee County was selected for building the textile mill at a place called Newry. The following year, on June 14, 1894, the Courtenay Manufacturing Company began operations using water power. By 1903, the firm was producing fine sheetings for converting proposes with 19,440 ring spindles and 635 forty inch looms. The Courtenay family continued to manage the business until the 1920s when the firm was s...

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