Mildred Gwin Papers
Papers of a businesswoman in the textile industry, including her service with the American Textile Machinery Association, participation in international trade missions, and the operations of Andrewtex, a public relations consulting firm Andrews established after her departure from ATMA.

Arthur and Farrar Family Papers
Correspondence and subject files of James and Katherine Arthur of Gaston County, N.C. Includes daily expense records, business correspondence related to James's work as a textile mill accountant, and papers of Dr. James Park McComb relating to his gold mining activities in Charlotte.

William H. Barnhardt Papers
Primarily non-business related correspondence of a Charlotte textile industrialist, civic leader, and philanthropist. The bulk of the collection relates to Barnhardt's donation of copies of Cornelia Wearn Henderson's Early Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for Children to local schools and colleges.

Blythe and Isenhour, Inc. Records
Records of a general contractor founded in 1909 and operating until 1989. Twenty seven volumes include job books, ledgers, cashbooks, and a time book.

Charlotte Law Building Records
Minutes of meetings of the stockholders and board of directors of a corporation organized in 1926 to construct a new law building. The building, designed by Louis H. Asbury and located on East Avenue (now East Trade Street), was demolished in the mid-1990s.

Concord Telephone Company Records,1897 - 1997
Corporate records of the Concord Telephone Company, of Concord, North Carolina, predominantly through the twentieth century. The collection also includes materials on Concord and Cabarrus County history.

Harry L. Dalton Papers
Papers of a Charlotte business executive and patron of the arts. Includes records documenting Dalton's career as an executive and investor in various businesses, especially in banking, oil extraction, and the textile industry.

Parks H. Dalton Papers, 1932 - 1997
The Parks H. Dalton Collection (Mss 354) is a small collection of papers and records that came from the Interstate Securities Corporation and Interstate/Johnson Lane, investment firms headquartered in Charlotte, NC. The ISC incorporated in Charlotte in 1932.

Erlanger Mills, Inc. Records
Records of a textile mill which operated in Lexington, N.C. Contains affirmative action plans, financial analyses, income statements, labor policies and statistics, merchandising plans, operating reports and statistics, and strategic plans.

Garibaldi and Bruns Records
Records of a Charlotte jewelry firm, comprised primarily of ledger books showing customer names and purchases. Also includes summary information on the firm's purchases from wholesalers, bank statements, and a biographical sketch of the firm's founder, Joseph Garibaldi.

Herbert Hechenbleikner Collection
Primarily photocopies of material relating to the career of Hechenbleikner's father, Ingenius Hechenbleikner, with Duke Power.

Don S. Holt Papers, 1929 - 1987
Papers of the first non-family member to head Cannon Mills. Includes annual reports, correspondence, speeches, an unpublished company history, clippings, an anti-union film, copies of the firm's newspaper, and a scrapbook (1929) documenting Holt's football career at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Home Federal Savings & Loan Association Records
Minute books and financial records of one of Charlotte's oldest businesses, founded in 1883 by Samuel Wittkowsky as the Mechanics Perpetual Building and Loan Association. Acquired by First Charter Corporation in 1998.

George M. Ivey Papers
Papers of a president of the J. B. Ivey department store chain, including material relating to Ivey's foreign travels, material about company founder J. B. Ivey, the operation of the original Charlotte store and chain, and David Ovens, long-time partner and executive.

Johnston Brothers Feed Company Account Book
Account book for wholesale feed distributor located at 113 S. College Street.

Kirk & Alexander Store Account Book
Account book for a general goods store on North Tryon Street in Charlotte operated by James Kirk and Edwin Alexander, a son of Maj. Thomas Alexander. Among those with accounts at the store were Thomas G. Polk, Samuel C. Caldwell, Isaac Alexander, and Robert Wilson.

Leaksville Woolen Mills (Homestead Plant) Collection
Material relating to the history of a west Charlotte mill. Includes photocopies of a promotional piece (1900) and a notebook (1919-20) involving construction of mill #2, an historical essay by former executive vice president James P. Wilson, photographs, and interviews with former employees.

Arthur Carl Lee Photographs
Photographs of various hydroelectric power plants built for Duke Power Company under Lee's direction during the 1920s. Also includes photographs of construction at Duke University.

C. A. McKnight Papers
Papers of an editor of The Charlotte News (1949-54) and The Charlotte Observer (1955-76). Consists primarily of material relating to his service as editor of The Observer and as president and project director for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Mellon & Shelton Records
Early records of a leading Charlotte men's clothing store that operated at The Square for more than 85 years. Includes two ledger books, the first of which seems to include exclusively customer accounts and the second of which includes customer and supplier accounts, expenses of the business, etc.

Edgar Dorsett Moore Account Books
Ledger books listing the accounts of dentist Edgar Dorsett Moore.

Nebel Knitting Company Collection
Primarily advertising material for a Charlotte-based hosiery mill founded in 1923 by William Nebel, a German immigrant, and purchased in 1968 by Morris Speizman. Also includes photographs of employees.

Piedmont And Northern Railway Company, Inc. Records
Records of the Piedmont and Northern Railway Company (incomplete), which operated in North Carolina and South Carolina, 1910-1969. Materials includes operating reports and balance sheets, stockholder information, publications, legal documents, correspondence, and photographs.

Seabord Air Line Railway Timebook
Time book for the railway's Charlotte yard. Includes employees's names, job assignments, hours worked, and wages paid.

George K. Selden Papers
Demographic studies conducted for the Boy Scouts of America, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, and Health and Hospital Council. Also contains material relating to Selden's work as State Forecast and Rate Supervisor for Southern Bell and his service as a member of the Charlotte City Council.

Stone Publishing Company Records
Advertising brochures, correspondence, and clippings of a Charlotte publisher, active ca. 1905 to ca. 1922. Includes material by or about Issac Erwin Avery, Henry Edward Cowan Bryant, Daniel Harvey Hill Jr., John Charles McNeill, and several of the firm's lesser-known writers.

Ella Hargrove Sullivan Papers
Papers of an Alabama native who married Walter Bernard Sullivan, co-owner of The Columbia Record and The Charlotte Observer. Includes business records and family papers of the Sayre family, Sullivan's correspondence and financial records, and financial records of The Charlotte Observer.

Travelers' Protective Association of America
Records of an organization that served as a commercial traveler "watch-dog" group against abuses by hotels, transportation providers, and other interests. The Charlotte group (Post C) was founded in 1897 and by 1961, had 650 members. Includes minutes, reports, and lists of members and officers.

University Research Park Collection
Files documenting creation University Research Park, established in northeast Charlotte in 1966 as a research and development park for business and industry. Includes correspondence, board minutes, financial and legal records, and information on marketing strategies.

WBT/WBTV Corporate Records, ca. 1920 - 2000
The collection contains the records of WBT radio, WBTV television, and the Jefferson-Pilot Communication Company of Charlotte, North Carolina from the 1920s to approximately the year 2000. There are also records from the Columbia Broadcasting System and a variety of syndicated television shows.

Beaumert Whitton Papers
Papers of a Charlotte construction company executive. Includes records of the Southeastern Construction Company, the family firm, photographs of projects in Cuba and in North and South Carolina, records of other businesses the family owned, and files concerning his civic activities

Wilkes Family Papers
Papers of a family that settled in Charlotte in the 1850s. Contains extensive records involving the purchase and operations of gold mines, mills, and other businesses owned by the family. Also contains papers of Admiral Charles Wilkes pertaining to the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-42.

Women Executives, 1977 - 2008
The records of the Women Executives, of Charlotte, North Carolina (Mss 396), span from 1977 to 2008. These include the organization’s charter and bylaws, minutes of meetings, newsletters, membership information, scrapbooks and more.

Miles L. Wriston Papers
Primarily financial records, including Confederate and North Carolina state bonds, shares of stock in the Rock Island Manufacturing Company, and a document (1829) attesting to the descent of title of a 68-acre tract of land originally owned by Thomas Polk, an early settler in Mecklenburg County.

Sarah Young Papers
Papers of a Charlotte widow, including a deed for a Charlotte lot and an insurance policy on Young's house, shares of stock in the Concord Manufacturing Company, receipts signed by William Waightstill Avery for property in Morganton, a survey of land in Cabarrus County, and slave records.