Huntsville Textile Mills & Villages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Huntsville Textile Mills & Villages write by Terri L. French. This book was released on 2017-06-12. Huntsville Textile Mills & Villages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the early 1900s, Huntsville, Alabama, had more spindles than any other city in the South. Cotton fields and mills made the city a major competitor in the textile industry. Entire mill villages sprang up around the factories to house workers and their families. Many of these village buildings are now iconic community landmarks, such as the revitalized Lowe Mill arts facility and the Merrimack Mill Village Historic District. The "lintheads," a demeaning moniker villagers wore as a badge of honor, were hard workers. Their lives were fraught with hardships, from slavery and child labor to factory fires and shutdowns. They endured job-related injuries and illnesses, strikes and the Great Depression. Author Terri L. French details the lives, history and legacy of the workers.
Dallas Mills, Dallas Village, & Dallas People
Dallas Mills, Dallas Village, & Dallas People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dallas Mills, Dallas Village, & Dallas People write by Diane Kurek Kaiser. This book was released on 2023-09-07. Dallas Mills, Dallas Village, & Dallas People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dallas Mills, Dallas Village, & Dallas People is the true story of Dallas Mills from when it was only a dream back in the 1880s through its fiery end in the 1990s. It is the story of Dallas Village, and of "The Queen City of the South," Huntsville, Alabama. And it is a tribute to the more than 12,000 Dallas People listed in this book. This is Book 1 in a series of five books about the textile mills of Huntsville, Alabama. We have written it to answer the questions about the origin of the company, its development, and explosive growth and influence in Huntsville and Madison County, along with its unexpected labor and union problems and abrupt closure. To give long due credit to those who built and worked in the mill; those who made it what it was and helped transform "The Queen City of the South," Huntsville, into the city it is today, we have included the names of all the Dallas People we could discover. What we have written has been verified through multiple sources; however, our accuracy is directly dependent on the truthfulness of the sources that provided information over the past 130 years.
Life in Mill Communities
Life in Mill Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life in Mill Communities write by William Hays Simpson. This book was released on 1943. Life in Mill Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Oakdale Cotton Mills
Oakdale Cotton Mills - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oakdale Cotton Mills write by Mary A. Browning. This book was released on 2009. Oakdale Cotton Mills available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Oakdale Cotton Mills, in continuous operation in rural Jamestown since 1865, began as Logan Manufacturing Company immediately after the Civil War. Its primary backer, Cyrus P. Mendenhall, was a descendant of Jamestown's early Quaker settler James Mendenhall. In the late 1880s, the mill's ownership moved to the Ragsdale family, which still owns it five generations later. Oakdale's mill village dates from the same period. Some families have lived and worked at Oakdale for multiple generations, developing a culture based on mutual trust and respect. As the mill struggles to compete with overseas products and as the number of employees dwindles, it is clear that a way of life and an industrial era are ending.
Passing of the Mill Village
Passing of the Mill Village - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Passing of the Mill Village write by Harriet L. Herring. This book was released on 2018-07-11. Passing of the Mill Village available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the story of a revolution--the factors influencing management's decision to sell, the extent of the sales, procedures followed in the various sales, psychological effects upon the worker, effects upon labor-management relations, the reaction of the union, and the changes in mill village life resulting from the sales. Originally published in 1949. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
