[Business records] 1852-1982.

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[Business records] 1852-1982.

Includes family papers, 1852-1913, primarily legal documents and a few letters. Organizational and administrative records include annual reports, 1949-1972 (with gaps); and legal records. Executive papers contain correspondence and subject files, 1930's-1970's, especially about J.P. Stevens plants in the South. Many papers are from Robert T. Stevens, some of which relate to his testimony in the McCarthy hearings. Executive materials are also present from James D. Finley, head of cotton sales, president and chairman of the board; William T. Stockton, comptroller; and Ward Burns, assistant comptroller, comptroller, and president. Also includes finance reports, 1946-1985; commission notebooks, 1900-1941; advertising materials; an employee handbook, 1965; and materials from the Forstmann Woolen Co., 1905-1944; Carter Fabrics Corp., 1945; and Slater Manufacturing Co., 1945.

37 ft. (32 boxes)

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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....

Slater Manufacturing Company

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Burns, Ward.

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Stevens, Samuel Dale, 1859-1922

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Stevens, Robert T.

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M.T. Stevens & Sons Company.

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Forstmann Woolen Company

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Julius Forstmann founded the Forstmann & Huffmann Company in Passaic, New Jersey in the early 1900s. By 1931, the company's name was changed to the Forstmann Woolen Company. Forstmann designed his own fabrics, founded the National Quality Maintenance League, and was a sponsor of the "Truth-in-Fabrics" bill passed by the Congress in 1940. In conjunction with the Forstmann Woolen Company, the Julius Forstmann & Company, Inc. was established as its fiscal and selling agent. Bot...

Finley, James D.

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Stevens, Nathaniel, 1857-1946.

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Stevens, John P.

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Stockton, William T.

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William T. Stockton was a Philadelphia proprietor of stage coaches. From the description of Account book, 1823. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122616741 Resident of Philadelphia and proprietor of the New York and Baltimore Stages stage coach company. From the description of Account books, 1823-1826. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773597 William T. Stockton was proprietor of the New York and Baltim...

McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Carter Fabrics Corporation.

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