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  • Collection: Fries Textile Plant Records, 1900-1988 (Ms1989-039)
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Rita Dale, far right
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Jackie Sharp and Mr. Stone, front row
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A photograph of several people in front of the sign for the Fries Methodist Church, which says "Jesus! Zero Defects".
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Homer Lineberry (Shift Manager, Winding 2nd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation), Betty Akers (Zero Defects Achievment Award…
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Gene Taylor (Shift Manager, Carding 3rd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Raymond Sapp (Award Winner)
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Early Doss (Shift Manager, Weaving, 1st Shift), Ralph Vaughan (Award Winner), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Rose Vaughan…
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A page from a mill ledger recording employee's membership dues for the Fries, Va. Y.M.C.A., seperated by mill department.
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Wayne Kirby is at the front of a line in front of a table
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A map of the area set aside for the right-of-way for Highway 94.
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A photograph of a mill-employed nurse administering a shot to another employee, with a line of others waiting behind her.
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Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording the hours worked by individual employees.
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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.
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A photograph of six young women in matching cheerleading outfits, on a stage with pompoms.
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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.
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A Fries Mill employee holds a baby.
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A photograph of Sena Funk monitoring woven fabric being wound
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A map of a piece of land in Fries giving landmarks by which a survey could be conducted.
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Three men stand together, facing the camera, in front of textile machinery.
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A letter from a pharmacist in Galax, VA, reporting on unpayed accounts of mill employees for prescription drugs.
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The Fries Textile Mill oversaw the local YMCA as well, including the interior design of the building. Here, we see plans for redecorating the public…
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The Fries Textile Mill oversaw the local YMCA as well, including the interior design of the building. Here, we see plans for redecorating the public…
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The Fries Textile Mill oversaw the local YMCA as well, including the interior design of the building. Here, we see plans for redecorating the public…
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A document from a electoral judge for the Town of Fries, Va.
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A photograph of two mill employees responsible for transferring yarn bobbins from one stage to another.
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A photograph of Frank Ritchie presenting a prize to Edna Kirby Vaughan on stage while a crowd watches at a mill-sponsored event.
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Ruth Durham recieves a prize from Frank Richie on stage in front of a crowd
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A map of a piece of land in Fries being repurposed, and a propsed alternate location for carrying out the original purpose of the property being sold.
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A map of a piece of land in Fries giving landmarks by which a survey could be conducted.
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A map of a piece of land in Fries giving landmarks by which a survey could be conducted.
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A map of surveyed parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company.
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A map of a piece of land in Fries being sold by the Washington Mills Company to James E. Robinson Jr.
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A map of a surveyed parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company on which the YMCA stands.
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A map showing the intended layout for the mill.
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A photograph of Billy Funk holding a plaque while a man gives a speech and G.W. "Cobb" Archer and Flash Turner watch.
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Walter Johnson and Bill Barker present a plaque to an employee
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A textile mill employee stands between two other men, whose heads have been cut out of the picture.
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A photograph of a mill employee posing with holiday decorations in the mill.
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A letter introducing a new mill employee, sent to the Fries Mill from another mill owned by the Washington Mills Company.
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A note from a surveyor hired by the mill
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Nancy Reed in front of a calendar
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A photograph of a musical group performing at an event honoring those employees who had worked at the mill for 25 years.
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A photograph of a musical group performing at an event honoring those employees who had worked at the mill for 25 years.
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A photograph of "Miss Fries High School" of 1978 and two runners-up.
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A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Methodist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.
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A short missive from the president of Wachovia Loan and Trust Company and the founder and president of Washington Mills Company, Col. Francis H.…
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A memo sent to all departments notifying them that the Fries Mill would shut down knitting operations.
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