American Furniture Manufacturers Association records, 1905-1994 [manuscript].

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American Furniture Manufacturers Association records, 1905-1994 [manuscript].

Records of AFMA and its predecessors, SFMA and NAFM, include correspondence, meeting materials, reports, financial records, surveys, and publications. The collection documents AFMA's organizational structure, member services, and program. Among the topics covered are membership education, management training, government relations, furniture flammability, pollution, safety, consumer affairs, statistical information, and public relations.

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American Furniture Manufacturers Association

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In 1984, the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association (SFMA) and the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers (NFMA) merged to form the American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA). Headquartered in High Point, N.C., AFMA provides educational services to its member companies, a comprehensive public relations program to represent the industry to consumers, government relations to relay member interests to national agencies and officials, and statistical information about home fu...

National Association of Furniture Manufacturers

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Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association

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The Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association, with headquarters in High Point, N.C., was founded in 1911 "to promote harmony among manufacturers of furniture, secure concessions in freight rates... and further the interests of its members." From the description of Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association records, 1905-1933 (bulk 1905-1919) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25724850 The Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association, with headquarters in High Point, ...