Fries Textile Plant Records,
Scope and Content
Materials include correspondence, ledgers, production records, employee records, and other items documenting the history of the town and plant.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1988
Creator
- Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Fries Textile Plant Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
Colonel Francis Henry Fries founded the town of Fries, Virginia. In 1903, he founded the textile plant in Grayson County. The plant was operated successively by Washington Mills, the Rigel Textile Company, and the Mount Vernon Corporation. It closed in 1988.
Full Extent
130 Linear Feet (76 boxes plus ledgers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Materials include correspondence, ledgers, production records, employee records, and other items documenting the history of the town and plant.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by type of material.
Location
Please note: Most material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
Acquisition Information
The Fries Textile Plant Records were deposited with Special Collections in 1989.
General Physical Description note
76 boxes plus ledgers; c.130 li. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Fries Textile Plant Records commenced in 1989. The collection is partially processed and inventoried.
Subject
- Fries Textile Plant (Fries, Va.) (Organization)
- Title
- Partial Inventory of the Fries Textile Plant Records, 1900-1988
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu