Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills architectural drawings, 1889-1952.

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Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills architectural drawings, 1889-1952.

These architectural drawings document the design and construction of most of the major buildings of the Atlanta site of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, as well as its machinery and equipment. The collection also contains drawings of the housing in the Atlanta mill village, as well as some drawings of other Fulton Bag sites, including Dallas and New Orleans.

121.6 cubic feet (55 flat file drawers and 4 folios)

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Elsas, Norman.

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Jacob Elsas family.

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Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills

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Founded in Atlanta during the late 1860s, the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills operated under the management of Jacob Elsas and his descendants for more than a century. Jacob Elsas' sons Oscar and Benjamin each served as company President during the early twentieth century; grandsons Norman, William, and Clarence Elsas each served in the years during and after World War II. In 1968, Fulton Industries Inc. was sold to Allied Products Corporation. Fulton Cotton Mill's last President, Meno Schoenbach, s...