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Mills and mill-work -- Tennessee -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

A. G. Heinsohn Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1606
Abstract

This collection consists of two books containing letters to and from A. G. Heinsohn.

Dates: 1938 April-1943 April

A. J. Kennedy Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1441
Abstract

This bound ledger records the accounts of A. J. Kennedy's sawmill. It begins with an alphabetical list of customers (some of whom were prominent early citizens of Knoxville) and goes on with an itemized list of charges. These charges were incurred for such things as hauling flour to river, loads of wood, loads of hay, quarts of whiskey, scantling, making three pairs of shoes, and various other consumer items.

Dates: 1825-1828

Alfred Buffat Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0594
Abstract

This collection houses sixty-six volumes documenting Swiss immigrant Alfred Buffat's life and work in Knox County, Tennessee.

Dates: 1866-1904

Erwin E. Mapp Slides of Tennessee Mills

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1507
Abstract

This collection was created by Erwin E. Mapp and consists of slides of Old Water Power Mills and Grist Mills in Tennessee.

Dates: 1975-1976

Hope Factory Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1594
Abstract

This collection houses nine handwritten letters dating between 1846 and 1854 pertaining to Hope Factory in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Many of the letters are written to and/or from Thomas and William Parkes.

Dates: 1846 December 6-1854 January 22

Island Ford Mills Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0624
Abstract

The collection contains one handwritten account book for Island Ford Mills in Jefferson County, Tenn. from 1863-1867.

Dates: 1863-1867

J. Allen Smith and Company Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0611
Abstract

This collection is an account book from April-June 1888 for J. Allen Smith and Company in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1888 April-June

Knoxville Woolen Mills Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0356
Abstract

The collection consists of a large book of handwritten and typed records, as well as some loose documents near the back of the log book. The book contains records of Hiwassee Manufacturing Co. as well as Knoxville Woolen Mills. The records include the company charters, bylaws, minutes from Board of Directors meetings, assets and liabilities, and stockholder information. This collection contains records of these companies from the years 1884-1914.

Dates: 1884-1914