Greenville Industries Records

1950-2007
Manuscript Collection #1207
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Creator(s)
Greenville Industries, Inc
Physical description
2.25 Cubic Feet, 8 archival boxes, consisting of by-laws, certificate of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, contracts, deeds, blueprints, maps, reports, and financial records
Preferred Citation
Greenville Industries Records (#1207), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Records (1950-2007) of Greenville Industries, including by-laws, certificate of incorporation, board minutes, correspondence, contracts, deeds, and blueprints, and of longtime board member and president Charles O'Hagan Horne, Jr. (1970-2000), including correspondence, financial records, blueprints, maps, and reports. Greenville Industries was a for-profit corporation founded to sell land at reduced rates to industries to encourage them to set up businesses in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Biographical/historical information

Greenville Industries was incorporated December 29, 1950, by eight Greenville, North Carolina, businessmen as a for-profit land-holding company that sold real estate at a reduced price to new or expanding industries to encourage them to view Pitt County as a good place to set up business. The point was to diversify an economy that had previously been mainly agricultural. During the 1960s and 1970s, such companies as Empire Brushes, Vermont American, Burroughs Wellcome, Fieldcrest Mills, National Boat Works (Grady-White) and Eaton Corporation (NACCO Materials Handling) came to Pitt County as a result of Greenville Industries. In the late 1980s and the 1990s, Greenville Industries started developing what became Indigreen Corporate Park. The assets of the Greenville Industries, Inc., were acquired by the Pitt County Committee of 100 in 2008.

Sources:

"Greenville Industries" - An Economic Promoter Sold After 57 Years

Economic History of Pitt County

Scope and arrangement

The records consist of five series: Maps and Blueprints; Correspondence; Meetings and Events; Publications and Projects; and Financial and Legal Materials. The documents provide information on Greenville Industries; a company that sold real estate to new or growing industries allowing the expansion and the change of Pitt County's economy from an agricultural economy to a more urban one.

Series One: Maps and Blueprints (1959-2000, undated) document tracts of land located in Greenville, N.C., and Pitt County. These maps and blueprints show the location of Greenville Industries and other businesses that were established in Pitt County. Also, there are maps and blueprints featuring acquired properties with particular landmarks and instructions on how the land should be changed. Also, among the material are aerial maps of unmarked land.

Series Two: Correspondence (1950-2005, undated) that includes notes provides details of the history of Greenville Industries, the company's business deals, and properties. Letters from and to Charles O'Hagan Horne, Jr., President of Greenville Industries are among the correspondence. There are also letters from and to attorneys concerning easements on certain properties and land purchases. Reports on property development projects are also included.

Series Three: Meetings and Events include the minutes from the Greenville Industries' Board of Directors meetings and Shareholders meetings (1950-2007). Agendas and event material are also part of this series along with a set of keys with no accompaning information.

Series Four: Publications and Project documents (1960-1999, undated) are also contained in the records. The publications are related to development of areas in and around Greenville, N.C., and Pitt County. These publications include newsletters, press releases, and newspaper clippings. The project documents consist of proposals and reports and contracts, which also concern the developing areas in and around Greenville, N.C., and Pitt County. Of particular note are the documents that explain the by-laws for Greenville Industries and industry service standards for water and sewer services.

Series Five: Financial and legal material (1950-2006, undated) illustrate the daily operations of Greenville Industries. The bulk of the material consists of financial statements that provide information on the company's finances. There are also proposals, shareholder information, deeds, and certificates of incorporation as well as cost estimates, invoices, notes, contracts, applications, and directories.

Administrative information
Custodial History

September 10, 2013, 2.50 cubic feet; Records (1950-2007) of Greenville Industries, including by-laws, certificate of incorporation, board minutes, correspondence, contracts, deeds, and blueprints (approximately ½ cubic foot) and of Charles O'Hagan Horne, Jr. (1970-2000), including correspondence, financial records, blueprints, maps, and reports (approximately 2 cubic feet). Charles Horne was a longtime board member and president. Gift of Wanda E. Yuhas as executive director of the Pitt County Development Commission.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Wanda E. Yuhas as executive director of the Pitt County Development Commission

Processing information

Processing completed May 24, 2017, by Nanette Hardison

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Horne, Charles O’Hagan, Jr.
Corporate Names
Greenville Industries (Greenville, N.C.)
Topical
Economic development--North Carolina--Greenville
Industries--North Carolina--Pitt County
Places
Greenville (N.C.)--Maps
Pitt County (N.C.)--Maps
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Maps and Blueprints, undated. 34 Items
Box 1 Folder b Maps and Blueprints, undated. 22 Items
Box 1 Folder c Maps and Blueprints, undated. 13 Items
Box 1 Folder d Maps and Blueprints, undated. 10 Items
Box 1 Folder e Maps and Blueprints, 1959, 1968, and 1973. 4 items
Box 1 Folder g Maps and Blueprints, 1988-1989. 15 items
Box 2 Folder a Maps and Blueprints, 1990-1994. 32 items
Box 2 Folder b Maps and Blueprints, 1995. 24 items
Box 2 Folder c Maps and Blueprints, 1996-1997. 16 items
Box 2 Folder d Maps and Blueprints, 1998-1999. 20 items
Box 2 Folder e Maps and Blueprints, 1999-2000. 8 items
Box 3 Folder a Correspondence, Memorandums and Notes along with history of Greenville Industries, undated. 16 items
Box 3 Folder b Correspondence, Memorandums, and Notes 1950-1969. 47 items
Box 3 Folder c Correspondence, Easement Documents and Notes,1970-1983. 78 items
Box 3 Folder d Correspondence, Memorandums, and Notes 1984-1987. 60 items
Box 3 Folder e Correspondence and Memorandums, 1988-1989. 40 items
Box 3 Folder f Correspondence, Memorandums, Reports and Notes, 1990-1992. 57 items
Box 3 Folder g Correspondence, and Memorandums, 1993-1994. 56 items
Box 4 Folder a Correspondence and Memorandums, 1994-1995. 37 items
Box 4 Folder b Correspondence and Memorandums, 1995. 48 items
Box 4 Folder c Correspondence and Memorandums, 1996-1997. 43 items
Box 4 Folder d Correspondence and Memorandums, 1997-1998. 30 items
Box 4 Folder e Correspondence and Memorandums, 1999-2000, and 2005. 36 items
Box 4 Folder f Meeting invitations, minutes, and event materials, 1950-1952, 1959, undated. 43 items
Box 4 Folder g Meeting minutes and correspondence concerning Board of Directors meetings and Shareholder meetings, 1960-1969. 59 items
Box 5 Folder a Meeting minutes and correspondence concerning Board of Directors and Shareholder meetings, 1970-1973, 1975, and 1978. 15 items
Box 5 Folder b Meeting minutes and correspondence of Board of Directors and Shareholders meetings and event material, 1980-1985. 44 items
Box 5 Folder c Meeting minutes, corresopondence, agendas, and event materials concerning Board of Directors, Shareholder meetings, and Pitt County Planning and Zoning Commission. 1986-1989. 44 items
Box 5 Folder d Meeting minutes, correspondence, agendas, and event materials concerning Board of Directors and Shareholder Meetings, 1990-1995. 45 items
Box 5 Folder e Meeting minutes, agendas, and event materials, concerning Board of Directors and Shareholder Meetings, 1996-1999. 51 items
Box 5 Folder f Meeting minutes, agendas, and event materials concerning Board of Directors and Shareholder Meetings, 2000-2007. 39 items
Box 5 Folder g Set of two keys in an envelope, undated. 1 item
Box 6 Folder a Project Publications, Insurance Policy, Newsletters, Press Releases, and Newspaper Clippings, 1960-1962, 1986, 1994-1999, undated. 20 items
Box 6 Folder b By-Laws and general Industry Service Standards, 1988, undated. 12 items
Box 6 Folder c Project Proposals, 1994, undated. 7 items
Box 6 Folder d Project Reports, 1987, 1994, and 1996. 5 items
Box 6 Folder e Project Contracts, bound, 1994-1995. 2 items
Box 6 Folder f Project Contracts, bound, 1994, 1996, and 1999. 3 items
Box 7 Folder a Shareholder Information, Deeds, and Certificates of Incorporation of Greenville Industries, 1950-1951, 1959, 1963. 16 items
Box 7 Folder b Stock Holders Agreements to Subscribe for Stocks, 1952. 50 items
Box 7 Folder c Financial Statements and Deeds, 1961-1969. 27 items
Box 7 Folder d Financial Statements and Contracts, 1970-1979. 27 items
Box 7 Folder e Financial Statements and Proposals, 1980-1986. 29 items
Box 7 Folder f Financial Statements and Proposals, 1986-1989. 42 items
Box 7 Folder g Financial Statements, Cost Estimates, Proposals, Invoices and Notes, 1990-1993. 65 items
Box 7 Folder h Financial Statements, Shareholder Information, Directories, Contracts, Invoices, Proposals, Applications, Cost Estimates, and Notes, 1994-1995. 41 items
Box 8 Folder a Financial Statements, Cost Estimates, Invoices and Notes, 1995. 28 items
Box 8 Folder b Financial Statements, Correspondence and Letters of Transmittal, 1995. 18 items
Box 8 Folder c Financial Statements, Cost Estimates, Invoices, Notes, Contracts, and Deeds, 1996. 41 items
Box 8 Folder d Financial Statements, Cost Estimates, Correspondence, and Receipts, 1997-1998. 51 items
Box 8 Folder e Financial Statements, Cost Estimates, Invoices, Contracts, and Deeds, 1998-1999. 51 items
Box 8 Folder f Financial Statements, Letters of Transmittal, Cost Estimates, Invoices, and receipts, 1999. 60 items
Box 8 Folder g Financial Statements, Correspondence, Cost Estimates and Invoices, 2000 and 2006. 31 items
Box 8 Folder h Financial Statements, Shareholder information, contracts, deeds, and project cost analysis, undated. 47 items