Record #:

13078

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Consisting of over 400 hundred corporations, spread across 16 states, the Belk Company, proprietors of the Belk Department Stores, is a family run operation that continues to expand. Undertaking his first commercial venture in 1888, William Henry Belk turned a dry goods store in Monroe, into the largest and most modern department store chain in the Carolinas.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 21, Mar 1957, p17-18, il

Subject(s):

Belk, William Henry, 1862-1952; Belk Stores Services--History; Belk Department Stores