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Letter, Sherwood Anderson to Llewellyn Jones, October 3 [1918]

Letter, Sherwood Anderson to Llewellyn Jones, December 14, 1924

Envelope, Sherwood Anderson to Llewellyn Jones, December 14, 1924

A letter about a personnel change within the Fries Textile Mill.

A letter introducing a new mill employee, sent to the Fries Mill from another mill owned by the Washington Mills Company.

A letter from the treasurer of the Washignton Mills Company inquiring about several employees wh had quit their jobs in North Carolina in order to work at the mill in Fries.

A short missive from the president of Wachovia Loan and Trust Company and the founder and president of Washington Mills Company, Col. Francis H. Fries, thanking the mill superintendent for sending updates about operations. Includes and example of the…

A letter offering jobs and perks to a family in order to convince them to go work at the Fries mill.

A letter to Dr. Wilmer Hodgson asking him to resign as mill doctor for Fries.

A letter to a former mill employee accusing him of trying to convince his former coworkers at the mill to quit and join him at his new company.

A letter to the mill superintendant asking about jobs for men being released from jail.

A letter from Mrs. Patsie Pruitt asking for her job back at the mill. She had moved to Maryland, but wanted to go back to Fries because child labor laws in Maryland prevented her children from working.

A letter from Haywood Haynes informing the mill that he and his family would be coming to work at the mill, with information about his family and their housing needs.

A letter responding to another company's attempts to collect on an alleged $2 debt.

A letter asking about a man detained in Atlanta who was possibly wanted for murder in Fries.

A letter explaining plans to build a new Baptist Church on Main Street in Fries, Va.

A letter to responding to a telegram about a man potentially trying to convince mill employees to quit in order to work at another company.

A letter sent by the state confirming that the mill provided all utilities for the town.

A note sent in by an employee explaining their inability to work for several days.

A letter from the state of Virginia offering assistance to test Fries residents for hookworm.

A letter sent to the mayor of Fries asking about moving to town to set up shop as a dentist.

A letter from a resident of Fries reporting their neighbor to the mill administration for perceived suspicious behavior.

A letter from a doctor at the University of Virginia who came to Fries to help tend flu victims.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter from the principal of the high school informing the mill adminstration that a tank in the Home Economics Cottage had begun to leak.

A letter from the principal of the high school asking for scrap cloth to clean the school.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

A letter from a mechanical engineer at Virginia Tech explaining the required dimensions of a part for the mill.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter from the Werthan Bag Corporation asking the mill to resell their empty bags to help with the war effort.

A letter from Herbert Neisser, MD, inquiring about a position at the mill.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter from the mayor of Fries requesting that the mill administration make some repairs to the town jail.

Telegram, dated October 27, 1947, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Frédéric Joliot-Curie informing them that he would not be able to attend the ceremony to honor Ernest Rutherford, Lord Rutherford.

Letter dated December 1, 1947, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak regarding Marshak's appointment as a member of the School of Methematics of the Institute for Advanced Study for the spring 1948 semester.

A letter from a school supply company confirming an order of tablet arm chairs.

A letter from the mill Vice President and Mayor of Fries, allowing the Highway Department to clean up a specified piece of land.

A letter regarding some land given to the state in order to redo a state highway.

Letter (photocopy) from Albert Einstein to Robert E. Marshak, dated March 3, 1953, thanking him for giving time and energy to the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa.

Letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak regarding his presence in France as well as CERN.

A letter from the mill president congratulating Fries High School students on their athletic accomplishments

A letter from a pharmacist in Galax, VA, reporting on unpayed accounts of mill employees for prescription drugs.

Telegram from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak informing him that he will be in Europe on May 8, 1963, to speak to Marshak or "Eklund."

A letter explaining some features of plat drawn up by a surveyor on behalf of the mill.

Telegram dated February 20, 1967, from Ruth and Robert E. Marshak to Kitty Oppenheimer offering condolences for the passing of her husband J. Robert Oppenheimer.