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Size | 5 items |
Abstract | Henderson Monroe Fowler was employed by the Alamance Cotton Mill founded by Edwin Michael Holt in Alamance County, N.C. The collection includes Henderson Monroe Fowler's diaries, 1871-1889 and 1907, containing brief entries relating to textile mill work and workers, neighborhood news, the weather, and Holt and his family. Also included is a volume of miscellaneous accounts. |
Creator | Fowler, Henderson Monroe. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Henderson Monroe Fowler managed the Alamance Cotton Mill founded by Edwin Michael Holt in Alamance County, N.C. Fowler was also possibly a school teacher and religious worker.
Back to TopThe collection includes Henderson Monroe Fowler's diaries, 1871-1889 and 1907, containing brief entries relating to textile mill work and workers, neighborhood news, the weather, and Edwin Michael Holt and his family. Enclosed in one of the diaries is a contemporary copy of a court record of 1815 and other items. Also included is a volume of miscellaneous accounts.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Volume 1: Account book, 1868-1875Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: Diary, 1871-1874 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: Diary, 1875-1876 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 4: Diary, 1871-1889 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 5: Diary, 1907 |