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Inventory of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Architectural Drawings, 1889-1952

VAMD #004


Descriptive Summary

Creator: Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Title: Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Architectural Drawings
Dates: 1889-1952
Abstract: Founded in Atlanta during the late 1860s, the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills operated under the management of Jacob Elsas and his descendants for more than a century. The architectural drawings document the design and construction of most of the major buildings of the Atlanta site of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, as well as its machinery and equipment. The collection also contains drawings of the housing in the Atlanta mill village, as well as some drawings of other Fulton Bag sites, including Dallas and New Orleans.
Size: 125.92 cubic feet (55 flat file drawers and Oversize)
Identification: VAMD #004

Administrative History of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills

The beginnings of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills can be traced to Atlanta in 1868, when Jacob Elsas, an immigrant of German Jewish descent who had recently arrived in Atlanta from Cincinnati, began work in the city in the rag, paper, and hide business. Elsas soon recognized the need of his and other area businesses for cloth and paper containers to house their goods. Within two or three years Elsas had switched to the new business of manufacturing cloth and paper bags and had joined forces with fellow German Jewish immigrant Isaac May. In January 1872, the new company became known as Elsas, May and Company. Located in the former Atlanta slave market house, the company expanded during the 1870s; by the end of the decade, the firm consisted of a bleachery, print shop, and bag mill, and it employed between 100 and 160 workers, including women and children.

After receiving financial backing from Cincinnati banker Lewis Seasongood, the company began construction of a new complex of buildings on the south side of the Georgia Railroad line, east of downtown. By 1881 the company had become known as the Fulton Cotton Spinning Company, adding a bag factory to the new site in 1882. By the end of the 1880s the partnership between Jacob Elsas and Isaac May had discontinued. One part of the company evolved into the Elsas, May Paper Company and the other, led by Jacob Elsas and incorporated in 1889, became the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill Company.

Within a few years Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill Company had outgrown the capacity of the existing buildings, resulting in the construction of a second mill on the Atlanta site in 1895, with more than 40,000 spindles. A third mill added 50,000 additional spindles by 1907. In addition, a neighboring village with housing for the mill workers was well established by the turn of the twentieth century. Bag plants in New Orleans and St. Louis were bought during the 1890s, and mills in New York and Dallas began operation in the early years of the twentieth century. Additional plants in Minneapolis and Kansas City were established during and after World War I, and a plant in Denver was added in 1945, at the end of World War II. Expansion of the Atlanta plant also continued throughout the first half of the twentieth century: Offices, two picker buildings, and several warehouses were constructed during these years, and the Jacob Elsas Clinic and Nursery was established in the early 1940s.

Despite the early prosperity of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, the company was troubled by periods of labor unrest. A wage dispute resulted in a two-day strike in November 1885. A second brief strike occurred in August 1897, when white workers protested the hiring of black women. The 1897 strike was settled after five days. A lengthier strike took place in 1914-1915, triggered by management's disapproval of the growing efforts among the workers to join the United Textile Workers. Besides the issue of unionization, the strikers demanded an increase in wages, a 54-hour work week, and a decrease in the use of child labor. The strike gained national notoriety when it drew the attention of the newly formed U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, who sent representatives to Atlanta to gather testimonies in March 1915. The strike ultimately failed in May of that year.

Many of Jacob Elsas' large family assumed management roles in Atlanta as well as in the other locations of the company. After his retirement at age 70, Jacob turned over the Presidency of the firm to his son Oscar in 1914. Sons Victor, Louis, and David worked in New Orleans, New York, and Dallas, respectively. Another son, Benjamin, succeeded Oscar as President in 1924. In 1942 a grandson, Norman Elsas, assumed the Presidency of the firm, followed by a second grandson, William Elsas, who served briefly as President in 1950. Following William's sudden death, Clarence Elsas, also a grandson, took over the Presidency in 1951. Clarence Elsas served as President until 1956, and again held the position from 1960 to 1968.

Jacob Elsas played an instrumental role in the founding of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He became one of the early customers of the Georgia Tech shops, and he enrolled his son Oscar at the school for two years. Other family members, including Jacob's grandson William, also attended Tech. Elsas' activities also extended to philanthropy, particularly in the support of the Grand Opera House, the Hebrew Orphan's Home, and Grady Hospital in Atlanta. The elder Elsas died in 1931.

Changes in packaging after World War II sparked changes within the company. Products such as multiwall paper bags, canvas goods, osnaburgs and barrier materials replaced some of the old products, to respond to the new market opportunities presented in the postwar era. In 1956, Eastern and Midwestern investors bought controlling interest in the company, the nine bag manufacturing companies were sold, and in 1960 the parent company became Fulton Industries Inc. The Atlanta mill, which remained known as Fulton Cotton Mill, continued in operation under the management of Elsas family members until 1968. In that year Fulton Industries Inc. was sold to Allied Products Corporation. Fulton Cotton Mill's last President, Meno Schoenbach, served in that position from 1971 until 1978, the year the Atlanta mill finally closed its doors.

In 1997 Aederhold Properties redeveloped the historic Fulton Cotton Mill in Atlanta into a mixed-income community of 182 loft apartments.

Description of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills architectural drawings

The architectural drawings in this collection document the design and construction of most of the major buildings of the Atlanta site of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, as well as its machinery and equipment. The collection also contains drawings of the housing in the Atlanta mill village, as well as some drawings from other Fulton Bag sites, including Dallas and New Orleans. SERIES 1 consists of maps of the Atlanta mill and factory buildings and site plans for the village, including maps of the Atlanta mill and factory buildings, mostly dating from the early stages of its history, and site maps of the mill village. SERIES 2 contains drawings of the buildings in the mill village, including drawings of various house plans. Most of the blueprints are drawings of floor plans, elevations, foundations, and structural details of the houses. SERIES 3, the largest of the series, consists of blueprints for most of the buildings that were constructed on the Atlanta site. Some of these drawings date back to the late nineteenth century. SERIES 4 includes designs of a variety of machinery and equipment for the Atlanta mill. SERIES 5 contains drawings from other Fulton Bag mills including those in Dallas, New Orleans, Denver and Minneapolis. SERIES 6 is made up of a few drawings of the personal residences of Jacob and Norman Elsas.

Architects whose names figure prominently in the drawings include Shand and Lafaye (Columbia, SC), Smith Whaley (Boston), and Lockwood Greene (Atlanta and Columbia), particularly for those dating from 1895 to about the second decade of the twentieth century. Later, the Atlanta architectural firm A.K. Adams is well represented.

For further details on each series and subseries, see the detailed description below.

Arrangement

The collection has been divided into six series:

The drawings within each series are grouped into folders and arranged by size. For ease of access, the folders are normally listed alphabetically by folder title.

Restrictions

Restrictions: Access

Some parts of the collection may be restricted because of the size or condition of the originals. Please consult one of the archivists to obtain permission to access these parts of the collection. Some drawings may require a 24- to 48-hour waiting period before they can be retrieved.

Restrictions: Use

Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Head of Archives and Special Collections.

Related Material

The manuscript materials and photographs in this collection have been processed separately. See the finding aids for the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records (MS #004) and the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills photographs (VAM #004) to access these materials.

Oversize drawings (those greater than 36" x 48") are stored separately and labeled as folio drawings.

Subject Headings

Architecture--Designs and plans--Working drawings.
Blueprints.
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Atlanta.
Elsas, Norman.
Jacob Elsas family.
Neighborhood--Georgia--Atlanta.
Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta.
Textile machinery.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Because of their age and condition, many of the drawings in this collection are very fragile. Some of the most fragile drawings have been removed for treatment and/or scanning. Removal sheets for the removed drawings are placed in the appropriate folders. Careful handling of all the materials in this collection is required.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Please cite [Drawing Title, Folder Title, Series and Subseries Title,] Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Architectural Drawings (VAMD #004), Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Provenance

Accession Number: 1985.0801 (old number: 1985-08-01). This collection was acquired from the Fulton Cotton Mill in Atlanta in 1985.

Processing Information

Christine D. de Catanzaro completed the partial finding aid in October 2005, with the assistance of Grayson Cason and Valerie Ellis.

Revision Information

November 2006: Updated to include all architectural drawings in the collection (original partial finding aid completed October 2005).

May 2007: About fifty additional folio drawings (ca. 4.32 cubic feet) added.

Other Finding Aids

A print copy of this finding aid is available in the Georgia Tech Archives reading room.

Original File Plan

The drawings in this collection were apparently originally organized according to a system, as many of the drawings are labelled with drawer numbers. In processing the collection, it was not feasible to reproduce the original storage system. However, the original drawing labels guided the organization wherever possible.

Folder List

SERIES 1: Atlanta site plans, 1895-1942; undated. 6.48 cubic feet (3 flat file drawers)
  SERIES 1, Subseries 1: Factory site plans, 1895-1940; undated.
SERIES 1, Subseries 1 consists of maps of the Atlanta mill and factory buildings, mostly dating from the early stages of its history. Among the most significant drawings in this small subseries is the selection of insurance maps, which show the layout of mill buildings and document the growth and development of the Atlanta mill during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Some of the insurance maps also show the location of the various functions (such as carding, spinning, and weaving) that took place on each floor of each of the factory buildings. A few blueprints of the mill site and plats of the railway and roads also form part of this subseries.
Drawer Folder
3a 6 Atlanta mill, undated
  11 Factory and yard maps, 1918; undated
  7 Foundation, grounding, fence plan, April 15, 1930
  8 Fourth and sixth ward (Piedmont and North Avenue) (including names of occupants), February 1920
  9 Insurance maps: Factory and yard, 1904-1929; undated
  5 Insurance maps: Factory and yard, 1919-1925; undated
  1 Insurance specifications for fire protection, 1918-1921
  5 Landscape, sewer details (cross-section) (FRAGILE), January 1921
  12 Plat: Location of buildings and finished grades (FRAGILE), April 6, 1895
  2 Plat: Widening of Old Flat Shoals Road, March 7, 1931
  3 Railway: Plat of tracks A. and W.P.R.R., January 16, 1930
  4 Railway maps, 1923-1940
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 4 Right of way and track; underpass (proposed), 1918; 1944
Drawer Folder
3a 10a Street maps and topography, 1907; 1922-1930
  13 Topographic maps, 1917-1919
  SERIES 1, Subseries 2: Mill village site plans, 1903-1942; undated.
SERIES 1, Subseries 2 is mainly made up of site maps of the mill village. Some of these feature the entire village and factory site, while others focus on one or two of the numbered properties into which the village was divided. Some indicate the owners or occupants of the properties. Also part of this subseries are two significant text documents: The first is a 1927 list of rents and property valuations for the village properties; the second, dating from around 1920, lists owners or occupants of several Atlanta city blocks in the area directly south of the Fulton Bag mill. The maps in this subseries document especially well the layout of the village during the late 1910s and 1920s. For blueprints of house designs and other structures in the village, see Series 2.
Drawer Folder
3b 2 Excavation maps, 1903-1929
  1 List of owners or occupants: Blocks 287-357, ca. 1920
  3 List of rent and property valuations, 1927
Drawer Folder
8a 8 Maps, June 5, 1933
  9 Maps: Various (includes names of occupants), 1918-1934
  10 Maps: Various, undated
  1 Property map, April 20, 1920
Drawer Folder
3b 4 Property maps (including names of occupants), undated
Drawer Folder
8a 2 Property maps: Mill and village, 1915-1942
  3 Property maps: Mill and village, 1915
Drawer Folder
3b 5 Property maps: Mill and village (partial), June 5, 1933
Drawer Folder
8a 11 Property maps: Mill and village, November 1918
Drawer Folder
3b 6 Property #2 maps, 1914; 1941
Drawer Folder
8a 4 Property #2 maps: Mill and village, 1914
  12 Property #4 maps, 1914-1932
Drawer Folder
3b 7 Property #6 grade, August 1, 1925
Drawer Folder
8a 5 Property #7 maps, 1925; 1940
  13 Property #9 map, November 1919
Drawer Folder
3b 8 Property #10, 11 map, July 25, 1925
Drawer Folder
8a 14 Road construction plans, January 1921
Drawer Folder
3b 12 Sanborn map (FRAGILE), undated
  11 Sewer maps: Various, 1919-1922
  9 Survey and maps: Tracts 1-5, 1942
  10 Surveys and plats, 1918-1942
Drawer Folder
8a 6 Topographical maps and excavation plans, 1917-1919
  7 Topography: Mill and village, 1928
  15 Village plans, 1919
SERIES 2: Atlanta mill village, 1916-1948; undated. 10.8 cubic feet (5 flat file drawers)
Scope and Content
  SERIES 2 contains blueprints and other architectural drawings of the buildings in the Atlanta mill village. Most of the blueprints are drawings of floor plans, elevations, foundations, and structural details of the houses, which were categorized into lettered house types (such as House Type "A," House Type "B," and so on). Also included in this series are plans for a store building, renovations to the laundry building, and blueprints of the nursery and a tenement house. One other significant group of drawings is the set of blueprints for a YMCA recreation center, planned in 1917-1918 for Property 8, in the block bordered by East Fair, Chastain, Woodward, and Pearl Streets. This recreation center, which was to have included gymnasiums, an auditorium, and an athletic field, was apparently never built.
Drawer Folder
3c 1 Bathroom plans: Moved houses (Berean Avenue and Iswald Street), July 15, 1927
  1a Clinic and nursery building, 1942-1947
  1b Development: Second block on railway looking east (watercolor; artist's rendering), April 1925
  2 House floor plans (Carroll Street), April 17, 1917
  3 House floor plans (110 Estoria Street), March 26, 1948
  4 House floor plans, undated
  5 House for employees floor plan, June 24, 1919
  5a House plans, 1940-1942
Drawer Folder
8c 2 House plans, undated
  1 House plans, undated
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3c 6 House Type A floor plans, 1924-1925
  7 House Types A,B,C,CC,E,F,G,H,I,K floor plans (tissue paper), 1924-1925
  8 House: Concrete bases (South Blvd.) (brown paper pencil sketches), September 1916
  9 Houses: Proposed remodeling, December 16, 1947
  10 Houses: Three bedroom units (Estoria Street) (proposed), undated
Drawer Folder
8b 1 Laundry Building conversion (proposed), August 9, 1926
  2 Plot and foundation plan (110 Estoria), March 26, 1948
  3 Plot and foundation plan (127 Pearl), January 2, 1948
  4 Property #2: Bathrooms, foundation, floor plan, August 21, 1931
  5 Property #4: Floor plan (proposed alterations), March 29, 1932
  6 Property #4: Map, plans for House Types A,B,C,F,G,H, October 4, 1924
  7 Property #4: Store (E. Fair and South Blvd.) floor plans, May 1928
Drawer Folder
8c 3 Property #4: House Type N, July 14, 1927
  4 Property #4: House Type H, August 1927
Drawer Folder
8b 8 Property #4: House Types M,N foundation, root, and floor plans, August 12, 1927
  9 Village Maps, June 5, 1933
  10 Property #9: Proposed houses, October 22, 1919
Drawer Folder
3c 1c Reinhardt St. house specifications (note only), undated
Drawer Folder
8c 11 Residence for Secretary of Social Welfare, January 1918
  12 Store building, July 30, 1919
  13 Tenement house floor plans, January 1918
  14 Tenement house floor plans, May 1918
Drawer Folder
3d 1a Wesley House, 1918-1942
  1 YMCA: Elevations, floor plans (matted drawings), undated
  2 YMCA: Electrical, 1917
  3 YMCA[?]: Grandstand, 1918; May 1936
  4 YMCA: Maps, January 1918
  5 YMCA: Plans, 1917
Drawer Folder
8d 4 YMCA: Plans, June 25, 1917
  1 YMCA: Plans, 1917-1918
  2 YMCA: Preliminary Study for Block Eight (color drawing), April 13, 1917
  3 YMCA: Property grades (pencil and pen on brown paper), February 1920
SERIES 3: Atlanta mill buildings, 1889-1952. 64.80 cubic feet (29 flat file drawers and Oversize)
Scope and Content
  SERIES 3 consists of blueprints of various buildings at the Atlanta site. Especially significant in this large series of drawings are the groups of blueprints of the first mill buildings. Included in this series are groups of drawings from 1895 of Mill No. 1, 1903 drawings of Mill No. 2, 1905 blueprints of the office building, and 1889 drawings of the machine shop. Other early blueprints of the bag factory, power plant, storehouse, seven-story warehouse (Warehouse No. 6), cloth storehouse, and waste mill (or waste house) also form part of this series. In many cases these drawings feature floor and foundation plans, machinery plans, details of machinery and internal and external structures, and systems plans for heating, cooling, piping and wiring. Some drawings of proposed and actual alterations to each of these structures are also often available.
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 20 Bag factory, 1952
Drawer Folder
3e 1 Bag factory: Building details, 1907-1916
  2 Bag factory: Cutting, 1926-1939
  3 Bag factory: Drums, press changes, 1921-1923
  4 Bag factory: Floor plan, presses, 1900-1905
  5 Bag factory: Floor plans -- Stereotype room, 1912; revised 1918
  6 Bag factory: Floor plans -- Basement (FRAGILE), undated
  7 Bag factory: Floor plans, 1912; revised 1917
  8 Bag factory: Floor plans, 1918-1926
  9 Bag factory: Floor plans (FRAGILE), April 1910
  10 Bag factory: Floor plans (linen) (FRAGILE), April 1910
Drawer Folder
3f 1 Bag factory: Gears, general, 1925-1938
  2 Bag factory: Guard for bag bottomer, 1925
  2a Bag factory: Machinery (FRAGILE), 1912; 1932-1938
  10 Bag factory: Multi-color attachment, 1924
  3 Bag factory: Press parts, details (brown paper), 1911-1913
  4 Bag factory: Press parts, 1925-1938
  12 Bag factory: Press parts (FRAGILE), March 1928
  11 Bag factory: Press parts, 1935
  5 Bag factory: Press parts, hydraulic press, 1935-1940
  6 Bag factory: Pump, 1922
  7 Bag factory: Sewing and patching, 1923-1928
  1a Bag factory: Sewing machine layout (proposed) (FRAGILE), 1925
  8 Bag factory: Various parts, 1894-1942
  9 Bag factory: Various parts, undated
Drawer Folder
4a 1 Bag factory: Baling press, 1908-1927
  9 Bag factory: Building plans, 1910-1926
  8 Bag factory: Building details, 1910-1926
  10 Bag factory: Building details, 1907-1913
  11 Bag factory: Machinery, 1910-1931; undated
  2 Bag factory: Machinery, 1915-1948
  7 Bag factory: Mechanical, 1910-1938
  4 Bag factory: Mechanical bag turner, 1922-1931
  6 Bag factory: Mechanical bag turner (proposed), undated
  12 Bag factory: Press parts, 1935
  3 Bag factory: Winding machine, 1925-1926
  5 Bag factory: Winding machine (proposed), undated
Drawer Folder
3g 1a Bleachery: Artist's rendering (pencil sketch) (FRAGILE), 1912
  4 Bleachery: Elevations (drawing), undated
  5 Bleachery: Floor plans, 1919; undated
  1 Bleachery: Machinery design, November 15, 1901
  6 Bleachery: Rope drive, 1896
  7 Bleachery: Transverse section (transparency), March 1, 1896
  8 Bleachery: Transverse section -- First, second, and third floors, 1896; undated
  2 Bleachery: Wiring, 1934
Drawer Folder
4b 2 Bleachery: Building plans, 1896-1923
  4 Bleachery: Building plans (proposed), undated
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 7 Bleachery: Finishing, 1951
Drawer Folder
4b 1 Bleachery: Mezzanine plans, 1941
  3 Bleachery: Piping and wiring, 1934
  5 Bleachery: Sections and elevations, 1896
Drawer Folder
4c 1 Bleachery: Equipment details, 1947-1952
  2 Bleachery: Machinery details (1 of 2), 1914-1936
  3 Bleachery: Machinery details (2 of 2), 1914-1936
  4 Bleachery: Machinery details (proposed), undated
  5 Bleachery: Machinery floorplan, 1919-1942
Drawer Folder
3g 3 Cafeteria, June 1940
Drawer Folder
3h 4 Machine shop, 1889-1940
  4a Machine shop, 1897-1907
  1 Mill No. 1: Additions to present mill, June 1903
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 9 Mill No. 1: Conveyor study and proposal, undated
Drawer Folder
3h 1a Mill No. 1: Drawings, 1895
  5 Mill No. 1: Details, April 6, 1895
  6 Mill No. 1: Electrical prints, November-December 1932
  7 Mill No. 1: Elevations, April 6, 1895
  2 Mill No. 1: Fan for opener room, 1914-1942
  8 Mill No. 1: Floor plans, 1896-1927
Drawer Folder
3i 2 Mill No. 1: Floor plans, May 1900
  3 Mill No. 1: Floor plans, 1900-1931
Drawer Folder
3h 9 Mill No. 1: Floor plans, 1918-1923
  10 Mill No. 1: Floor plans -- piping and wiring, 1911; June 1927
  11 Mill No. 1: Front elevation, May 24, 1900
Drawer Folder
3i 1 Mill No. 1: Machinery details (brown paper), 1912-1923
  4 Mill No. 1: Machinery details, 1903; 1918-1939
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 19 Mill No. 1: Proposal A, 1928
Drawer Folder
3h 12 Mill No. 1: Tower, 1895; 1903
  3 Mill No. 1: Warner and Swasey loom layout, 1949-1950
Drawer Folder
4d 3 Mill No. 1: Building details, 1931; 1942
  4 Mill No. 1: Humidifier piping, 1918; 1926; 1942
  6 Mill No. 1: Plans (proposed), 1903; undated
  5 Mill No. 1: Study, undated
  1 Mill No. 1: Supplies, 1917-1924
  2 Mill No. 1: Supplies, 1925
Drawer Folder
3j 2 Mill No. 2: Details, elevations, 1903
  3 Mill No. 2: Elevations, 1903
  4 Mill No. 2: Floor plans, 1903
  5 Mill No. 2: Floor plans (FRAGILE), 1903
  1 Mill No. 2: Floor plans, 1907-1910; 1918-1934
  6 Mill No. 2: Floor plans, details, 1903
  7 Mill No. 2: Floor plans, lighting, sprinklers (FRAGILE), 1903-1907; 1921
  8 Mill No. 2: Floor plans, machinery plans (blueprints and pencil sketches), 1903-1918; undated
Drawer Folder
3k 6b Mill No. 2: Heating and cooling, fan room, 1907; 1936
  7 Mill No. 2: Humidifier systems, 1903; 1935
  1 Mill No. 2: Lighting, building alterations, 1903; 1922
  8 Mill No. 2: Lighting, wiring, sprinklers, 1903; 1923-1932
  2 Mill No. 2: Locker rooms, 1918
  3 Mill No. 2: Machinery details (FRAGILE), 1903-1904; 1913-1936
  4 Mill No. 2: Machinery, piping and wiring, 1909; undated
  9 Mill No. 2: Piping and wiring, sprinklers (FRAGILE), 1903; 1927
  5 Mill No. 2: Preliminary power wiring, December 12, 1932 undated
  6 Mill No. 2: Preliminary sketches -- Fifth floor, 1925
Drawer Folder
4e 1 Mill No. 2: Supplies, 1925
  2 Mill No. 2 annex: Machinery plans, 1927-1928
Drawer Folder
3k 6a Mill No. 3: Proposals, machinery, 1903-1927
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3l 1 Office: Air conditioning plans, 1937
  2 Office: Alterations, 1912-1917
  3 Office: Alterations, 1921-1933
  4 Office: Alterations, 1940-1942
  5 Office: Alterations (FRAGILE), 1951
  6 Office: Alterations (FRAGILE), 1951
  7 Office: Alterations, heating and cooling, 1923-1929
  8 Office: Alterations (pencil sketches), 1932-1934
  9 Office: Alterations (FRAGILE), 1912-1927; undated
Drawer Folder
3m 2 Office: Details, March-August 1905
  3 Office: Details, March-August 1905
  4 Office: Elevations, sections, January-February 1905
  5 Office: Floor plans, September 1904
  1 Office: Floor plans, systems, 1905
  1a Office: Heating and cooling (pencil sketch) (FRAGILE), undated
  1b Office: Heating specifications (text), July 13, 1933
  6 Office: Systems (sprinklers, heating, piping), 1905
  1c Office: Telephone exchange (proposed) (pencil sketch), May 1927
  1d Office: Vault, 1904
Drawer Folder
3n 1 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Foundation plan, undated
  7 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery, 1926
  2 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery floor plan, October 1911
  3 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Wiring elevations of fence, 1909; undated
Drawer Folder
4g 1 Picker building (Mil1 No. 1): Building plans, undated
  2 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Building plans, undated
  3 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Building plans, 1907-1918
  7 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Building plans, 1907-1909
  4 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Building plans, 1919
  5 Picker building (Mill No. 1): First and second floor plans, undated
  6 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Piping, 1909
  7 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Piping and wiring, undated
Drawer Folder
4f 1 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery, undated
  2 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery, 1909-1918
  3 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery, 1921-1934
  4 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery and loom parts, 1917-1941
  5 Picker building (Mill No. 1): Machinery (proposed), undated
Drawer Folder
4g 7 Picker building (Mill No. 2), 1906-1940
Drawer Folder
3n 1a Picker building (Mill No. 2): Condenser, 1939-1940
  4 Picker building (Mill No. 2): Machinery, 1895-1906; 1917-1941
  5 Picker building (Mill No. 2): Machinery, floor plans (pencil sketches), 1921; 1941
  6 Picker building (Mill No. 2): Second floor, 1919; revised 1927
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 6 Picker room No. 1, 1926
  18 Picker room No. 1: Machinery, 1926; 1938
  8 Picker room No. 1 and No. 2: Proposal, undated
  11 Power plant, undated
Drawer Folder
1j 5 Power plant, 1895; 1904; 1921
  4 Power plant, November 1907
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1i 12 Power plant: Boiler room, 1911-1926; 1940
Drawer Folder
1k 1 Power plant: Boiler room, 1911-1922; 1940
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1j 7 Power plant: Boiler room, 1921-1922
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1i 4 Power plant: Boiler room (Ash conveyor/coal handling)--Seam piping, 1907; 1922
  5 Power plant: Boiler room (Ash conveyor/coal handling)--Seam piping, 1907; 1922
  1 Power plant: Boiler room--B.R. columns, December 1939
  6 Power plant: Boiler room--Boilers 1 and 2 details, 1936
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1j 8 Power plant: Boiler room--Boilers 1 and 2 details, 1935-1939
  9 Power plant: Boiler room--Boilers and stokers, 1906; 1939
  10 Power plant: Boiler room--Building details, 1916; 1920-1925
Drawer Folder
1i 7 Power plant: Boiler room--Building details, 1940
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1k 2 Power plant: Boiler room--Building plans, 1920-1922
Drawer Folder
1i 9 Power plant: Boiler room--Building plans, 1920-1925
  8 Power plant: Boiler room--Building plans, 1940
  10 Power plant: Boiler room--Machinery parts, 1940; undated
  11 Power plant: Boiler room--Piping and wiring, 1933
  13 Power plant: Boiler room plans, August 1939-June 1940
Drawer Folder
1j 1 Power plant: Boiler room plans--Fans, November 1939-April 1940
Drawer Folder
1k 1a Power plant: Boiler room (pencil sketches) (FRAGILE), 1946
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1j 11 Power plant: Boiler room--Sections and elevations, 1895; 1922
  12 Power plant: Boiler room--Stokers, 1917-1936
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1i 2 Power plant: Boiler room--Stokers and boilers, 1906; 1917-1918; 1927
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FOLIO 1 Power plant: Chimney drawing, April 1895
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1k 3 Power plant: Coal handling systems, 1903; 1922-1926
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1j 2 Power plant: Coal handling systems, 1939-1946
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1k 4 Power plant: Coal handling systems, 1939; 1945-1946
Drawer Folder
FOLIO 2 Power plant: Fan room and boiler house; turbine room, 1895; 1922
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1k 5 Power plant: Floor plans, March 31, 1927
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1j 3 Power plant: Mill No. 2 boiler room, 1940
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1i 3 Power plant: Miscellaneous buildings, 1950; undated
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1k 6 Power plant: Plat, engine house and turbine room changes , 1895; 1922
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1j 6 Power plant: Steam power plant, 1922
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1k 7 Power plant: Steel reinforcement plan, September 2, 1903
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FOLIO 3 Power plant: Switch room, 1913
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4h 1 Power plant: Boiler room piping, 1926; 1936
  2 Power plant: Building plans, February 6, 1922
  3 Power plant: Building plans, 1920-1929
  4 Power plant: Piping and wiring, 1923-1930
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4i 1 Power plant: Cooling tower (1 of 2), 1906-1929; 1951 undated
  2 Power plant: Cooling tower (2 of 2), 1906-1929; undated
  3 Power plant: Proposals, undated
  4 Power plant: Switchboard and generator, 1901-1930
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4j 2 Power plant: Heaters and condensers machinery (1 of 2), 1900-1940
  3 Power plant: Heaters and condensers machinery (2 of 2), 1900-1940
  4 Power plant: Machinery, 1902-1928
  6 Power plant: Machinery, 1926
  1 Power plant: Machinery layout, 1951
  5 Power plant: Pump, 1906-1935
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4k 2 Power plant: Circuit changes (Mill No. 1 and No. 2), May 19, 1949
  3 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Mill No. 1), May 12, 1948
  4 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Mill No. 1 picker building and Mill No. 2), May 11, 1948; May 13, 1948
  5 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Mill No. 2 picker building), May 12, 1948
  6 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Mill No. 2 basement and bag factory), May 12, 1948
  7 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Mill No. 3, bleachery and machine shop), May 12, 1948
  8 Power plant: Electric motor locations (turbine, boiler rooms and Lining Department), May 12, 1948
  9 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Warehouse No. 4 and laundry), May 12, 1948; May 13, 1948
  10 Power plant: Electric motor locations (Warehouse No. 5 and No. 6), May 12, 1948; May 13, 1948
  11 Power Plant: Electric motor locations (Warehouse No. 7 and No. 8), May 12, 1948
  12 Power plant: Generator, 1936
  1 Power plant: Power substation, May 1930
  13 Power plant: Various drawings, 1940
  14 Power plant: Various drawings, 1938-1941
  15 Power plant: Various drawings, 1895-1912; 1941; undated
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4l 1 Storage room, 1948-1952
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3o 1 Storehouse (cloth storehouse), September 13, 1899
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4l 2 Switch room and opener room, 1948-1951
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3o 1a Unidentified building (pencil sketch), undated
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4l 3 Various building drawings, 1940; 1949; undated
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FOLIO 22 Warehouse and picker building: Site drawings, fire door detail fittings, undated
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3o 2 Warehouse No. 2, Warehouse No. 3: Struts, truss bars, 1948; 1952
  3 Warehouse No. 6 (seven-story warehouse): Longitudinal section, April 29, 1909
  4 Warehouse No. 6 (seven-story warehouse): Office and warehouse sprinkler system, undated
  10 Warehouse No. 6 (seven-story warehouse): Floor plan, detail section, longitudinal sections, 1905; undated
  11 Warehouse No. 6 (seven-story warehouse): Sectional views, steel framing, electrical floor plans (FRAGILE), 1905; 1916; 1940
  5 Warehouse No. 8: Electrical wiring plan, May 1, 1940
  1b Warehouse No. 8: Various (blueprint transparencies), 1940
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4m 1 Warehouse No. 6 (seven-story warehouse), 1905-1916; undated
  2 Warehouse No. 6 (seven-story warehouse): Building plans, 1905
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4n 1 Warehouse No. 8: Building plans, 1940
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4o 1 Warehouse No. 9: Additions, 1947
  2 Warehouse No. 9 and No. 10: Additions, 1942-1947
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3o 6 Waste house: Floor plan (basement and second floor), undated
  7 Waste house: Machinery plans, 1919-1926
  8 Waste house (waste mill), 1894-1897
  9 Waste house (waste mill): Machinery and machinery plans, 1919-1926
  12 Waste house (waste mill) (pencil sketches), 1913-1920
SERIES 4: Atlanta machinery and equipment, 1894-1950. 12.76 cubic feet (6 flat file drawers)
Scope and Content
  SERIES 4 contains selected machinery, equipment, and systems designs for the Atlanta mill. For the most part these drawings are not associated with a particular building. Machinery, equipment, and systems drawings that are associated with a mill building are found in Series 3. Drawings of loom rolls and spools, heaters, pulleys, turbines, and some electrical equipment are among the items found in this series.
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FOLIO 10 Airbag: Turner assembly, 1922
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5c 1 [Boilers:] Machine plan for #3 boiler, undated
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5a 20 Boilers, condensers, turbines and placards, 1936-1937
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5c 3 Bridges: Details, elevations, wiring, October-November 1903
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5b 1 Bridges and conveyors, 1905-1906; 1924-1937; undated
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5c 2 Bridges and conveyors, 1895-1900 undated
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5b 2 [Burners:] Circular burners--Arrangement and assembly, July-November 1939
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5a 19 Cleaning and drying details, 1914-1926
  1 Conveyor study and correspondence, 1913-1923
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5d 2 Cot assembly machine, March-May 1931; 1923
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5b 3 Draw bridge and platform, 1940-1947
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5a 2 Electric Elevator B: Erecting plan, September 23, 1909
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5b 4 Elevator: Beams, 1903
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5a 22 Engine setting, August 16, 1895
  3 Fan guard for steel cooling tower (pencil drawing), May 1913
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5e 1 Four-cylinder multi-color press, undated
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5c 4 [Gears, general machinery:] Detail drawings, 1931; 1938
  5 [Heaters:] Arrangement of air heater, November 17, 1939
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5b 5 [Heaters:] Heating apparatus, July-October 1895
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5a 4 [Heaters:] Kier heater, December 1927; March 1934
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5c 6 [Ironwork:] Details of ironwork, floor fastening and framing, 1909; undated
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5b 6 [Kneading machinery:] Three bbl kneading machine, October 3, 1896
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5e 2 Knuckle joint press, 1904
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5a 5 Loom parts, 1918; 1920-1932; undated
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5b 7 Loom parts, 1913-1941
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5a 6 Loom parts (pencil sketch), undated
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5c 7 Looms (pencil sketches), 1926; undated
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FOLIO 15 Machinery, 1926
  16 Machinery plans, undated
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5a 7 [Magnets:] A.C. brake magnet dimensions, November 1921
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5d 3 Miscellaneous machinery details, 1917-1936; undated
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5a 8 [Motors:] IN225 cartridge-type special motor, January 6, 1923
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5e 3 Multi-color cylinder press, 1925; 1929
  4 Multi-color cylinder press, February 2, 1914; March 28, 1914
  7 Multi-color cylinder press, 1929
  8 Multi-color press, 1929-1940
  5 Overhead plaiting machine, 1923
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FOLIO 13 Piping: High-low pressure, 1948
  5 Piping: Steam power piping, 1923
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5a 9 [Press:] Drawings, undated
  10 Pressure regulator, 1929; 1933
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5b 8 [Pulleys:] The Reeves automatic electric control, July 25, 1927
  9 [Pulverizers:] Pulverized fuel--Foundation, side, front and rear views, sectional plan, November 1939
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5c 8 [Pulverizers:] Pulverizer installation, December 1939
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5a 11 Pumps: 2 1/2 H.W. condensate pump for G.E. turbine, 1923
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5b 10 Railway tracks and trestles, October 1940
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5c 9 Railway tracks and trestles, 1919-1940
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5a 12 Rolls, 1926-1927
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5e 9 Rotary press parts, 1925-1939
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5b 11 Sewer details, 1915
  12 Sewer (pencil sketch), undated
  13 Sewing machines: Machine No. 2 elevation, 1925
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5f 2 Sewing machine, 1924; undated
  1 Sewing machine details, 1924
  3 Sewing machine (tissue drawings), 1924; undated
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5b 14 [Sewing machines:] Sewing machine assembly, February 1925
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5d 1 Small mechanical drawings, letters, 1925-1928; undated
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5a 13 Spools, 1924-1927; undated
  14 Stairs detail, undated
  15 Switchboard [electrical], December 1940-January 1941
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5e 6 Toggle baler assembly, 1922-1924
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5a 21 Turbine cracks, 1929
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5c 10 [Turbines:] Generators, assembly, 1932; 1936
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5a 16 [Underwriter:] Setting diagram for 18.5 10.25 12Dr. underwriter, May 13, 1894
  17 [Valves:] 9" angle valve with bypass, January 28, 1897
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5b 15 [Valves:] Wheel on throttle valve on 1500kW turbine, August 31, 1908
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5d 6 Various mechanical, 1894-1917; undated
  7 Various mechanical, 1921-1927; undated
  8 Various mechanical, 1933-1937; undated
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5a 23 Various mechanical drawings, 1898-1933; undated
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5b 16 [Water mangle:] Mycock's patent expander, 1907-1910; 1920-1923
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5f 4 Weaving machine details, 1949-1950
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5d 4 Winding and measuring machine, undated
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5a 18 Wiring, 1941
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5d 5 Wiring diagram of magnetic guider, April 1, 1931
SERIES 5: Other Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills sites, 1906-1953. 23.76 cubic feet (10 flat file drawers and Oversize)
Scope and Content
 

SERIES 5 consists of drawings from other Fulton Bag mills including those in Dallas, New Orleans, Denver and Minneapolis, including building details, floor plans, machinery, insurance drawings and in some cases, alterations and additions.

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5g 1 Brooklyn: Bag shed, 1926
  2 [Brooklyn:] American Sugar Refining Co., 1949
  3 Brooklyn: Insurance drawings, 1922-1924
  4 Brooklyn: Machinery, 1927
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CASE 1 Dallas, June 1915
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5h 9 Dallas: Building details, 1919 undated
  11 Dallas: Building plans, 1906
  1 Dallas: Building plans (folder 1 of 6), July 1906
  2 Dallas: Building plans (folder 2 of 6), July 1906
  3 Dallas: Building plans (folder 3 of 6), July 1906
  4 Dallas: Building plans (folder 4 of 6), July 1906
  5 Dallas: Building plans (folder 5 of 6), July 1906
  6 Dallas: Building plans (Canvas), 1906-1907
  10 Dallas: Building plans (folder 6 of 6), July 1906
  7 Dallas: Electrical, 1906-1917
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FOLIO 14 Dallas: Floor plans, 1947
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5h 8 Dallas: Insurance drawings, 1907
  12 Dallas: Various plans, 1907-1935 undated
  13 Dallas: Various plans: Buildings and machinery, 1905-1935 undated
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5i 1 Dallas: Machinery drawings, 1904-1934
  2 Dallas: Building floor plan, 1948
  3 Dallas: Machinery drawings, 1906-1923
  4 Dallas: Machinery layout, 1917
  5 Dallas: Machinery layout, 1929
  6 Dallas: Machinery layout (canvas), 1929-1930
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5j 4 Dallas: Alterations and additions, undated
  5 Dallas: Alterations and additions, undated
  6 Dallas: Alterations and additions (canvas), undated
  7 Dallas: Alterations and additions (canvas), undated
  1 Dallas: New sixth story addition, 1935
  8 Dallas: New sixth story addition, undated
  3 Dallas: Various drawings, letters, 1926-1930; 1948
  2 Dallas: Various plans, undated
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5k 1 Denver: Addition to building, undated
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5l 1 Kansas City: Building plans, 1928
  2 Kansas City: Building plans, 1928 undated
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5m 2 Minneapolis: Building plans, 1926-1951
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FOLIO 21 Minneapolis: Floor plans, 1923
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5m 5 Minneapolis: Floor plans, 1927; 1951
  1 Minneapolis: Insurance drawings, 1922-1923
  3 Minneapolis: Machinery details, 1922-1926
  4 Minneapolis: Machinery layout, 1923
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5n 3 New Orleans: Building details, 1909
  4 New Orleans: Building plans, 1921
  5 New Orleans: Building plans, 1922 undated
  2 New Orleans: Building preliminary drawings, 1947
  1 New Orleans: Insurance drawings, 1923
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5o 1 New Orleans: Air systems, 1912-1933
  2 New Orleans: Electrical plans, undated
  3 New Orleans: Fire extinguisher system, 1921; 1930
  5 New Orleans: Machinery plans, 1923-1946
  6 New Orleans: Piping, boiler and air conditioning, undated
  4 New Orleans: Various machine and piping plans, 1916-1932
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FOLIO 17 St. Louis, 1952
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6a 1 St. Louis: Building plans, 1916
  2 St. Louis: Building plans, 1910-1940
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FOLIO 12 St. Louis: Building plans, 1927
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6a 3 St. Louis: Electrical and piping, 1916
  4 St. Louis: Machinery Details, 1917-1926
  5 St. Louis: Sprinkler system, May 13, 1918
  6 St. Louis: Various building plans, 1909-1925
  7 St. Louis: Various drawings, 1953 undated
SERIES 6: Private residences--Elsas family, 1904-1934. 4.32 cubic feet (2 flat file drawers)
Scope and Content
  SERIES 6 contains a small group of drawings of the private residences of members of the Elsas family. One group of drawings are of the residence of Norman Elsas, president of the Atlanta mill from 1942 to 1950; a second group contains plans for the home of Jacob Elsas. The plans for the residence of Norman Elsas show details of the floor plan of the home, which was located in Atlanta's DeKalb County.
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6b 1 Jacob Elsas personal residence, 1904-1927; undated
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6c 1 Norman Elsas residence, 1934; undated

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