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Collection Number: 05017

Collection Title: National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers Records (#5017) 1918-1996

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Size 13.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3000 items)
Abstract The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers was founded in 1905 as the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers. By 1933, the organization dropped its activities related to underwear manufacture and changed its name to the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers (NAHM), which merged with the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers' Association in 1956. In 1999, NAHM merged with the Carolina Hosiery Association to form the Hosiery Association, which represents the manufacturers of more than 85 percent of the hosiery produced in the United States, providing its members with lobbying, statistical, and public relations services, and organizing industry conferences and trade shows. Records of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, 1918-1996, include minutes of meetings of the board of directors; programs, proceedings, and other items relating to annual meetings and conferences; membership records; other papers; and videotapes of conferences in the early 1990s and of presentations on issues of interest to hosiery manufacturers. Topics include the organization's membership and financial affairs, government policy affecting the hosiery industry, labor issues, costs and prices, hosiery industry standards, research projects, and public relations. The bulk of the materials relate to the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, but there are also records of predecessor organizations--the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers and the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association--and of related meetings, such as Hosiery Industry Conferences.
Creator National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers (U.S.).
Curatorial Unit Southern Historical Collection
Language English.
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Restrictions to Access
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers Records #05017, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Sid Smith, the Hosiery Association, of Charlotte, N.C., in March 2000 (Acc. 98588).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Founded in 1905 as the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers, by 1933, the organization focused nearly all of its research, conferences, and other services on the hosiery industry. In view of this emphasis on hosiery and of the fact that there was a separate, active organization of underwear manufacturers, the organization decided in 1933 to drop its activities related to underwear manufacture and change its name to the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers (NAHM). The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers merged with the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers' Association on 1 January 1956.

In 1999, the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers merged with the Carolina Hosiery Association to form the Hosiery Association. The Hosiery Association represents the manufacturers of more than 85 percent of the hosiery produced in the United States, providing its members with lobbying, statistical, and public relations services, and organizing conferences and trade shows.

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Records of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, 1918-1996, include minutes of meetings of the board of directors; programs, proceedings, and other items relating to annual meetings and conferences; membership records; other papers; and videotapes of conferences in the early 1990s and of presentations on issues of interest to hosiery manufacturers. Topics include the organization's membership and financial affairs, government policy affecting the hosiery industry, labor issues, costs and prices, hosiery industry standards, research projects, and public relations. The bulk of the materials relate to the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, but there are also records of predecessor organizations--the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers and the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association--and of related meetings, such as Hosiery Industry Conferences.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Board of Directors Minutes, 1918-1979, 1992.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Minutes of National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers board of directors meetings (quarterly for most years). Subjects frequently addressed include membership in the organization, financial affairs of the organization, government policy affecting the hosiery industry, labor issues, costs and prices, hosiery industry standards, research projects, and public relations. Attached to some of the board meeting minutes are minutes of special committees, such as the Socks and Anklets Advisory Committee and the Women's Hosiery Advisory Committee.

Videotape VT-5017/1-2

VT-5017/1

VT-5017/2

Board meeting, 20 November 1992. Retail support

Box 1

1918-1959

Box 2

1960-1979

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About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Records relating to annual meetings and conferences of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers and related and predecessor organizations. Included are programs for annual conventions and knitting arts exhibitions, 1920-1935 (except 1922); proceedings of annual meetings, 1932-1964; and samples of programs, bulletins, and tickets, 1961-1973. The bulk of the materials are proceedings of annual meetings of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers and its predecessor organizations--the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers and the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association--and proceedings of related meetings, such as Hosiery Industry Conferences.

Annual convention programs, 1920-1921, 1923-1928

Box 3

Annual convention programs, 1929-1932

Proceedings, 1932-February 1937

Box 4

Proceedings, April 1937-1946

Box 5

Proceedings, 1947-1956

Box 6

Proceedings, 1957-1964

Convention printing, 1961-1973

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About 2000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Membership records arrived at the Southern Historical Collection in three sets of binders, two sets for members and one for associate members. It is not clear what the distinction is between the two sets of records for members. Membership record forms for members and associate members contain spaces for name and address information, including the names of parent companies and any name changes or mergers; products manufactured; dates of membership; sales offices or agents; brand names; personnel; financial data; and locations of plants and offices. Few of the forms contain information for all of these items.

Members, A-B

Box 7

Members, C-L

Box 8

Members, M-W

Box 9

Members, Y-Z

Members, A-W

Associate members, A-Z

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About 20 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Pamphlets, binders, and other papers from the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. Included are the contents of a binder entitled "Defense Supplies" and the contents of a binder entitled "Hosiery Labor Cases, 1958- ."

Apex Story

Castle Mills

Defense Supplies

Future of Full-Fashioned Hosiery

Hosiery Labor Cases, 1958-

Hosiery Manufacture

Manual of Cost Accounting Principles for the Hosiery Industry

Sheer Stretch Hosiery Project

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41 items.

Videotapes are identified by titles that appear on original tape labels.

Videotape VT-5017/3-4

VT-5017/3

VT-5017/4

20 November 1986

Videotape VT-5017/5

21 November 1986, 50 min.

Videotape VT-5017/6

Influences of Personnel on International Competition from the 1986 Annual Meeting and Convention. Prog. #3

Videotape VT-5017/7-8

VT-5017/7

VT-5017/8

China: The New Economic Revolution and Its Implication for the American Hosiery Industry. Sid Smith, Bill Burn, and Dr. William Fisher. Parts 1-2. Prog. #4A and 4B

Videotape VT-5017/9

The Need for Hosiery Modernization ... An Encounter with the Future. Prog. #6

Videotape VT-5017/10

Quick Response: Retailer's Viewpoint. Prog. #7

Videotape VT-5017/11

Quick Response: Manufacturer's Viewpoint. Prog. #8

Videotape VT-5017/12

Electronic Data Interchange. Prog. #9

Videotape VT-5017/13

Bar Code. Prog. #10

Videotape VT-5017/14

Tracking Material in the Finishing Plant. Prog. #11

Videotape VT-5017/15

Impact of "Just-in-Time" Manufacturing on Availability of Yarns and Fibers. Prog. #15

Videotape VT-5017/16

Seminar on HMOs and PPOs. Prog. #20

Videotape VT-5017/17

Fixer Training. Prog. #21

Videotape VT-5017/18

Ergonomics

Videotape VT-5017/19

CPR Course, 17 March 1997

Videotape VT-5017/20

National Hosiery Association

Videotape VT-5017/21

Mossman, Stuart. #1

Videotape VT-5017/22

Merritt, Robert. #2

Videotape VT-5017/23

Knapton, Jim. #4

Videotape VT-5017/24

Neuville, Steve, Robert. #5

Videotape VT-5017/25

Group Sales: Made Easy featuring John Dalton

Videotape VT-5017/26

Introduction to "Glen-Ready 2000." Allen Gant, Jr. Presentation to Glen Raven employees, September 1992

Videotape VT-5017/27-32

VT-5017/27

VT-5017/28

VT-5017/29

VT-5017/30

VT-5017/31

VT-5017/32

International Conference of Hosiery Manufacturers. 30 April 1994. Tapes 1-6

Videotape VT-5017/33-38

VT-5017/33

VT-5017/34

VT-5017/35

VT-5017/36

VT-5017/37

VT-5017/38

2 May 1992. Tapes 1-6. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Videotape VT-5017/39

#7

Videotape VT-5017/40-41

VT-5017/40

VT-5017/41

3 May 1992. Tapes 1-2.

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Videotapes (VT-5017/1-41).

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