Burlington Industries, Inc. records, 1844-2001.

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Burlington Industries, Inc. records, 1844-2001.

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The collection consists of the records of Burlington Industries, Inc., including business papers of James Spencer Love, founder and chair of the board; public relations materials; photographic and audiovisual materials; corporate history materials; and other related materials. Love's interoffice correspondence documents a business culture that embraced management ideas and business innovations and the development of successful managers and executives. Love also corresponded with other industry-related companies and organizations, and with politicians and other public figures, including Frank Porter Graham, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, and Harry S. Truman, among others. His opinions on politicians; other textile magnates; organized labor; and international relations, particularly with Cuba, are found throughout his correspondence. Public relations materials were created for internal and external audiences of Burlington Industries and include sales and earnings reports; news releases; annual reports; historical subject files documenting the history of Burlington Industries and its subsidiaries; contemporary subject files documenting human resources and employee relations, the company's charitable and philanthropic initiatives, and its 50th anniversary observance; publications for trade and employee audiences; scrapbooks and related files with news about James Spencer Love, Burlington Industries, and its subsidiaries; and advertisements from newspapers and magazines. Photographic materials depict the textile plants of Burlington Industries, Inc., especially plant exteriors, including many aerial shots; textile industry machinery; employees, primarily in their work environments; and various company and industry events, including shareholders meetings, trade fairs, and the Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament. There is one photograph album of pictures of plants, taken in 1937. Audiovisual materials include audio, film, and video that document commercials for Burlington Industries products; annual reports; human resources and public relations topics, chiefly concerning the company image, and employee training and education; research and development of new products; and news broadcasts featuring stories about Burlington Industries and related industry topics. There are also corporate history materials; speeches given by Charles F. Myers Jr., executive vice president and treasurer of Burlington Industries, Inc. at industry and business and civic community events; miscellaneous accounting and operations ledgers for Burlington Mills Corporation, Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing Company, Dover Books, and an unidentified mill (or mills) that operated between 1844 and 1877; samples of wool and cotton at various stages in the manufacturing process; and production analytics, 1949-1951, with fabric samples and laborer and machine production measurements.

ca. 93800 items (102.5 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7999961

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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