Scope and Content Note The records from the Alester G. Furman Company consist of files documenting the sale of real estate, primarily residential housing, by textile manufacturing companies during 1945-1970. The Furman Company served as the broker for the sale of real estate which, with respect to the residential housing, in most cases was sold to the mill workers. Furman handled the loan applications, insurance, and all other matters related to the sale. The textile manufacturers involved in these sales had their...

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Charles Daniel started Daniel Construction Company in 1935. He acted as president and chairman of the board and oversaw the rapid growth of the company as it advanced to become one of the larges construction companies in the world. The Charles Daniel Papers document his activities as a business executive, a community leader, and a crusader for southern industry.

Scope and Content Note The material provides information primarily on the financial aspects of the Forstmann Companies-Forstmann and Huffmann Company, later Forstmann Woolen Company, the Julius Forstmann & Company, Inc., and subsidiary companies. The materials in the collection span from 1905-1959. The records consist mainly of ledgers, journals, and cashbooks for the Forstmann and subsidiary companies. Included in the general journals for the Forstmann and Huffmann Company is information on Botany Worsted...

Scope and Content Note The J.P. Stevens and Co., Inc., Records span 110 years from 1879-1989, with the bulk of the materials falling within the 1930s to the 1960s. The majority of the records are financial ledgers documenting the monthly flow of assets of the company. There are also stockholders reports (1946-1987) and yearly financial statements (1946-1947, 1949-1959, 1961-1987). The records also contain a sizable amount of public relations materials including photographs, news releases and news clippings...

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The Wofford B. Camp Papers consist of subject correspondence files, magazine articles, speech memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting Camp's career from his days as a student at Clemson Agriculture College through the operation of the W. B. Camp & Sons Inc. agribusiness in California.