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HENRY ASHWORTH
PAPERS, 1949-1950
UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 333
   
   
Contents: Collection Information
  Historical Note
   
   
COLLECTION INFORMATION
   
Size:
0.3 linear ft.
   
Locales: Charlotte, N.C.
   
Bulk Dates: 1949-50
   
Languages: English.
   
Summary: Correspondence course booklets (1949-50) on textile milling and manufacturing published by International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Penn. The booklets contain corrected test sheets completed by Henry Ashworth of Ashworth Brothers, Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
   
Index Terms: Ashworth, Henry.
  Ashworth Brothers, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.)
  Correspondence schools and courses--United States--History.
  International Correspondence Schools.
  Textile industry--North Carolina--Charlotte--History.
   
Sources: Museum of the New South, 2003.
   
Access: Unrestricted.
   
Copyright: Not held by UNC Charlotte Library.
   
Citation: Henry Ashworth Papers, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library.
   
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Related Collections: Mildred Gwin Andrews Papers
  Harry L. Dalton Papers
  Erlanger Mills, Inc. Records
  Don S. Holt Papers
  Klopman Mills, Inc. Records
  Boyd E. Payton Papers
   
Compilers: James Kusik, 2003.
   
   
HISTORICAL NOTE
   
Ashworth Brothers, Inc. was a cotton textile industry services firm located at South Graham and Palmer in Charlotte, N.C. E.H. Isenhour served as the company's "Southern Agent" and the company had branches in Atlanta, Ga. and Greenville, S.C. The firm advertised its services as "Tops re-clothed, lickerins rewound, regular sizes of clothing always in stock; cotton mill machinery repaired."
   
[Source: Hill's Charlotte city directory (Richmond, Va.: Hill Directory Co., 1948).]
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