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Record #:
10417
Abstract:
The Chatham Manufacturing Company was founded in Elkin in Surry County in 1877. Since then the company has earned a reputation for blankets, upholstery material, apparel cloth, and yarns used in other textile plants. Chatham employs around 3,500; many have fathers and grandfathers who worked for the company.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 19 Issue 6, Nov 1961, p106, 169, il, por
Record #:
11372
Abstract:
Alexander Chatham founded the Chatham Manufacturing Company in Elkin in Surry County in 1877. Since then the company has earned a reputation for blankets, upholstery material, apparel cloth, and yarns used in other textile plants. In 1969, the company entered into a joint venture with Scott paper Company to develop a manmade leather substitute.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 32 Issue 11, Nov 1974, p151, 215-216, il, por