- Collection:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection
- Title:
- Testimony of Gordon A. Johnstone
- Creator:
- Daly, A. M. (Alexander M.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Johnstone, Gordon A.
- Date of Original:
- 1915-03-17/1915-03-27
- Subject:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Textile factories--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills--Employees--History--20th century
Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Cotton textile industry--Employees
Wages--Textile workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Governmental investigations
Child labor--Georgia--Atlanta
United Textile Workers of America
United States. Commission on Industrial Relations
Labor unions--Georgia--Atlanta
Labor contract--Georgia--Atlanta
Work environment--Georgia--Atlanta
Industrial relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Employees--Georgia--Atlanta
Industrial housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Labor unions--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Diseases--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Health and hygiene--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Medical care--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Social settlements--Georgia--Atlanta
Women textile workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Social conditions
Women--Economic conditions
Women--Employment--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Societies and clubs
Methodist Church--Georgia--Atlanta
Diseases--Georgia--Atlanta
Sanitation--Georgia--Atlanta
Outhouses--Georgia--Atlanta
Private investigators--Georgia--Atlanta
Industrial management--Georgia--Atlanta
Danielson Cotton Company
Scottish Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile machinery--Georgia--Atlanta
Looms--Georgia--Atlanta
German Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Revolvers--Georgia--Atlanta
Espionage--Georgia--Atlanta
Slater Company
Williamsville Manufacturing Company
Sanatoriums--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915
Wesley House (Atlanta, Ga.)
Methodist Settlement House (Atlanta, Ga.)
Indiana Cotton Mills (Cannelton, Ind.)
United Textile Workers of America. Local Union 886 (Atlanta, Ga.)
Lawton Mills Corporation (Plainfield, Conn.)
Falls Company (Norwich, Conn.)
Goodyear Cotton Mills (Killingly, Conn.) - People:
- Elsas, Oscar, 1871-1924
Johnstone, Gordon A.
Rogers, E. H.
Metzger, Ernest
Fleming, W. E. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Cabbagetown, 33.748162, -84.3665927 - Medium:
- testimonies
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- A witness for the Mill, Gordon A. Johnstone, General Manager of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, discusses the physical condition of the Mill, Fulton Bag employment policies, operatives employed by the Mill to spy on union activities, and conditions in the mill village. The following mills and villages are mentioned in the testimony: Danielson Cotton Company, Danielson, Connecticut; Indiana Cotton Yarn Company; Lawton Mills Manufacturing Company; Falls Manufacturing Company with a village at Greenville, Connecticut; Taftville Cotton Mills in Taftville, Connecticut; Slater Mills in Jewett City, Connecticut; Plainfield Mill in Plainfield, Connecticut; Williamsville Manufacturing Company in Killingly, Connecticut. Pages 9 and 15 are missing from the original document.
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Exhibit is a joint project between the Georgia Tech Library and Information Center's Archives and Records Management, Digital Initiatives, and Systems departments. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://exhibit-archive.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/item2fc7.html?collection=ms004&filename=ms004-023.xml
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Please cite [Folder Title, Series and Subseries Title,] Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Extent:
- 25 p. ; 8.5"x11"
- Original Collection:
- Box 9, Folder 8 Johnstone, Gordon A. (G.A.J.) March 1915, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department
- Rights:
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