Record #:

2654

Author(s):

Upchurch, Anna

Abstract:

Located in Henderson, Harriet and Henderson Yarns, Inc. is one of the country's largest spinners of yarn for cotton apparel. Owned for a century by the Cooper family, it is the state's thirteenth largest privately held company.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 53 Issue 12, Dec 1995, p23-24, il

Subject(s):

Cotton textiles industry--Henderson; Textile factories--Henderson; Harriet and Henderson Yarns, Inc. (Henderson)

Record #:

10195

Author(s):

Roger, Lou

Abstract:

Rogers recounts the life of Edward Holt, planter and pioneer manufacturer of colored textiles in the South.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 5 Issue 11, Mar 1948, p19-21, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Cotton textiles industry--Henderson; Holt, Michael Edward, 1807-1884

Record #:

11538

Author(s):

Park, Roy H.

Abstract:

Park discusses what cotton growing and the cotton industry mean to the welfare and progress of North Carolina. Around one-and-half million people are dependent on this one industry alone.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 50, May 1934, p25-28, il

Subject(s):

Cotton textiles industry--Henderson

Record #:

12416

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Marshall Y. Cooper, Jr. is president and treasurer of Harriet & Henderson Yarns, Inc., located in the town of Henderson in Vance County. His grandfather was one of the original investors in the company in 1895, and a Cooper has headed the business since then. We the People of North Carolina magazine features Cooper in their Businessman In the News section.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 9, Sept 1985, p8, 10, 12, 46-47, por

Subject(s):

Cotton textiles industry--Henderson; Harriet and Henderson Yarns, Inc. (Henderson); Cooper, Marshall Y., 1940-

Record #:

13387

Author(s):

Lesesne, Henry

Abstract:

H.K. Hallett was born and raised in Reading, Massachusetts; he had never seen a cotton plant, but now he is president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, the trade association of one of the nation's largest and most important industries.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 17, Sept 1953, p5, f

Subject(s):

Cotton textiles industry--Henderson; Cotton manufacture

Record #:

20721

Author(s):

Collins, Herbert

Abstract:

This article examines the development of the cotton textile industry in the Reconstruction era South. Particular attention is given to the re-imagining of a labor model, of the development of a labor force and labor legislation, and a restructuring of the Southern economy. The influence of the Northern textile industry is also discussed.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 3, July 1957, p358-392, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cotton textiles industry--Henderson