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A handwritten sketch and description of the boundaries and past owners of a parcel of land to be acquired by the Washington Mills Company.

A handwritten account of a parcel of land being sold to the Washington Mills Company, and a sketch of same.

A contract between the mill founders and the Funks, whereby the Washington Mills Company acquired land in Fries, Va.

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

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

The lease for the land and building in Fries for the grocery store, the rent for which was $1 per year.

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

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording the hours worked by individual employees.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Methodist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee's membership dues for the Fries, Va. Y.M.C.A., seperated by mill department.

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

A page from a mill ledger tracking maintenance work done on the mill-owned houses in Fries, Va.

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording mill employees and their families.

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

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

An image showing several mill employees using large hoses to wash waste products from the mill into the river.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Y.M.C.A. stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which The Washington Inn stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the post office, barber shop, beauty shop, and insurance agency stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the bank stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Brick Store Building stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the parking lot stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which buildings and a floodwall stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the firehouse stood.

A text description of several parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company

A photograph of "Miss Fries High School" of 1978 and two runners-up.

A photograph of the weaving department of the Fries Mill in front of a calendar indicating that they had gone one year without injury on the job.

A photograph of a cub scout group with their leaders. 2nd from the left, ront row, is Timmy "TT" Carico

A photograph of six young women in matching cheerleading outfits, on a stage with pompoms.

A formal photograph of the Fries High School football team. Back row, left-right: Mike Phipps, Don Martin, unknown, unknown, Todd Dickson, unknown, unknown, unknown, Johnny Lambert, unknown, Bill Moore, unknown, unknown, unknown, Richy Wilson, Rick…

A photograph of Ronni Michelle Criner as "Little Miss Fries" in a town parade.

A taped-together collage of informal employee photograps. Top, left-right: unknown, Cox, Jones, unknown. Middle, left-right: unknown, Henry Thornton, unknown, unknown. Bottom, left-right: unknown, Hutch Stata, Walter Johnson.

A photograph of employees eating in the mill cafeteria, with a "Zero Defects Our Goal" banner in the backround

A photograph of employees in line to get food in the mill cafeteria, with a "Zero Defects Our Goal" banner in the backround.

A photograph of an employee receiving a plaque and a statue of a bird.

A photograph of several employees conversing near machines winding spun yarn onto bobbins for weaving.

A photograph of two mill employees responsible for transferring yarn bobbins from one stage to another.

A photograph of a group of employees, one of whom is receiving an award. Left-right: Calvert Wilie, Jessie Jenkins, Emmet Vaughan, rest unknown.

A photograph of a mill employee monitoring yarn spinning.

A photograph of a mill-employed nurse administering a shot to another employee, with a line of others waiting behind her.

A photograph of a group of people in front of the sign for the high school in Fries, Va. Back Row, left-right: Don Martin, Rick Phipps, Mike Phipps, Ricky Wilson. Front Row, left-right: Warren Reavis, Mr. Stone, Diane Staynes, John Patterson

A photograph of a group of Fries residents, largely children. David Jones, 2nd from left, Mandy Hager, 4th from left, middle row.

A photograph of an employee giving blood at a mill-operated blood drive.

A photograph of three men having a discussion on the porch of the mill.

A photograph of several people in front of the sign for the Fries Methodist Church, which says "Jesus! Zero Defects".

A photograph of Earl Johnson, Garnett Stuart, and Ramona Johnson in front of textile machinery.

A photograph of Billy Funk holding a plaque while a man gives a speech and G.W. "Cobb" Archer and Flash Turner watch.

A photograph of three children eating watermelon at a mill-sponsored event in Fries, Va.