[Teresa] Faulkner
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1981
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

15 year service award
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Tom Hill and Gladys Pollard
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1981
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

25 year service award
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Tom Hill and Phipps Moore
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1981
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

A Flawless Bolt (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Textile workers
subject: Weaving
description: A photograph of (left-right) Whiz Farmer, Shirley Trent Litteral, Larry Kirby, and an unknown man with flawless weaving
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

A Letter About Changing Mill Personnel, 1904 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Correspondence
description: A letter about a personnel change within the Fries Textile Mill.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1904-09-14
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter About the Flu Epidemic, 1918 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
subject: Correspondence
description: A letter from a doctor at the University of Virginia who came to Fries to help tend flu victims.
creator: Cox, John C.
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1918-11-03
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter Firing a Doctor (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Correspondence
subject: Occupational physicians
description: A letter to Dr. Wilmer Hodgson asking him to resign as mill doctor for Fries.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1905-09-26
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter Inquiring About Jobs for Formerly Jailed People, 1905 (Ms 1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Correspondence
subject: Jails
description: A letter to the mill superintendant asking about jobs for men being released from jail.
creator: Parsons, J.M.
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1905-12-30
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter to a Poacher, 1905 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Correspondence
description: 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.
creator: Ruffin, W.C.
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1905-10-28
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter to Mr. A.M. Farley Requesting a Job at the Fries Textile Mill, 1907 (Ms1939-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Child labor
subject: Correspondence
description: 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.
creator: Pruitt, Patsie
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1907-11-30
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter to Washington Mills About Coming to Fries, 1908 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Correspondence
description: 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.
creator: Haynes, Haywood
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1908-01-01
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter to Washington Mills about Fabric Samples (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Correspondence
subject: Interior decoration
description: A letter from Mrs. Jack Epps asking for fabric samples to match her new wallpaper.
creator: Epps, Mrs. Jack
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter to Washington Mills Company About Used Bags (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: World War II
subject: Correspondence
description: A letter from the Werthan Bag Corporation asking the mill to resell their empty bags to help with the war effort.
creator: Werthan Bag Corporation
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1942-01-10
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Letter to Washington Mills Company From a Potential Company Doctor, 1942 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Occupational physicians
subject: Correspondence
description: A letter from Herbert Neisser, MD, inquiring about a position at the mill.
creator: Neisser, Herbert H.
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1942-09-10
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

A Mill Employee Conversation (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Textile workers
description: A photograph of three men having a discussion on the porch of the mill.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

A New Baby
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Sena and Harold Funk with a newborn baby
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

A Response to a Debt Collection Letter, 1908 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile industry
subject: Correspondence
description: A letter responding to another company's attempts to collect on an alleged $2 debt.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1908-01-11
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Correspondence

Activity Report for Fries YMCA, 1936 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Young Men's Christian associations
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
description: A summary of participation in activities offered by the Fries YMCA from November 25th- December 20th, 1936.
creator: Elkins, Mildred
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1936-12-21
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Reports

Adeline Shupe
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Adeline Shupe is shown something by a man
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Allen Goodson
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Alluria Jones in Lunch Line
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Amelia Vaughan
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

An Employee Conversation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Calvert Willie, middle
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

An Employee Gets an Award (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Textile workers
subject: Awards
description: A photograph of an employee receiving a plaque and a statue of a bird.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

Annie Hylton
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: A photograph of mill employee Annie Hylton holding a safety diorama.
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Arthur Underwood
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: A headshot of Arthur Underwood
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Joe Bob Davis and Frank Richie present an award to Faye Nelson
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Harold Funk presents an award
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Walter Johnson and Lewis Waller present an award
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: James Gray (Supervisor in weaving room) and Walter Johnson present a clock radio to an employee
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Reuben Bond presents a prize to an employee
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Charles Hill and Harold Funk present Betty Turner with a clock
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Award Presentation (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Textile workers
subject: Awards
description: A photograph of a group of employees receiving an award.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

Award Winner
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Fries Textile Co. Employee Award presentation, the Whis Farmer Family with John Belvins in the foreground
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1982
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Awarded Surrounded by Finished Cloth (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Textile workers
subject: Awards
description: A photograph of a group of employees, one of whom is receiving an award. Left-right: Calvert Wilie, Jessie Jenkins, Emmet Vaughan, rest unknown.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

Baptist Church Collection Ledger, 1924 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Baptists
description: A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1924
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Administrative records

Baptist Church Collection Ledger, 1931 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile workers
subject: Baptists
description: A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1931
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Administrative records

Betty G. Stevens
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: Betty G. Stevens stands with two other women getting food
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Bill Barker
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: a headshot of Bill Barker
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Bobbin Winder (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile industry
subject: Correspondence
subject: Textile machinery
description: An image of a bobbin winding machine sent to the Fries mill.
creator: Oswald Lever
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Drawings

Bonita Funk Hines and Mike Farmer
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Bulletin Board Poster (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Accidents--Prevention
subject: Correspondence
description: A suggested template about workplace safety, sent to the Fries Textile Plant.
creator: Elliott Industrial Bulletin Board Displays
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Advertisements

Caroline Bond
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
description: A headshot of mill employee Caroline Bond.
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Catrina Davis Shupe
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Textile workers
description: A headshot of a Fries Mill employee
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Charlie Permian 15 year service award
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1981
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Cheerleaders on the Town Hall Stairs (Ms1898-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Cheerleaders
description: A photograph of four cheerleaders from Fries Hish School, posing on the stairs to the Town Hall.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: N.D.
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

Clyde Rutledge, Hobart Lane, and Earley Doss
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1970's
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Contract for Sale of Land, 1902 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Textile industry
subject: Contracts for deeds
description: A contract between the mill founders and the Funks, whereby the Washington Mills Company acquired land in Fries, Va.
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1902-05-20
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Legal works

Cub Pack #88 Visit to [FTCO] on Nov. 7, 1980 (Ms1989-039)
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
subject: Cub Scouts
description: A photograph of a cub scout group with their leaders. 2nd from the left, ront row, is Timmy "TT" Carico
creator: Washington Mills Company
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
date: 1980-11-07
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
type: Photographs

Dale Anderson Talking
subject: Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
subject: Photographs
creator: Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.)
source: See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records
rights: Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.