Mildred Gwin Andrews papers, 1913-1985 [manuscript].

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Mildred Gwin Andrews papers, 1913-1985 [manuscript].

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Personal papers and writings of Mildred Gwin Andrews and records of the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA) and its predecessor the National Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association. The ATMA records, chiefly dated 1952-1970, include annual reports, minutes of Board of Directors' meetings, financial records, correspondence, records of American Textile Machinery Exhibitions-International, promotional material of the ATMA and various textile companies, governmental and association reports, economic forecasts, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Also included are records of the Textile Exhibitors Association, the Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Association, and the Tungsten Institute. There are also files relating to Andrews's work with the War Production Board during World War II; to International Executive Service Corps (I.E.S.C.) work in Honduras; the U.S. Dept. of Commerce trade mission to the Netherlands; and tariffs and foreign trade. In addition, there are writings and research notes, chiefly about the textile industry; personal correspondence and subject files; and photographs of people and of textile machinery. Among the most important writings are a history of the textile industry, entitled The Men and the Mills (1987), and an earlier book, Profit Life of Textile Machinery (1957).

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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United States. War Production Board

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Andrews, Mildred Gwin, 1903-1984

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