Benjamin Cone Papers
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- Address of President Herman Cone before the American Cotton Manufacturers Association
- This booklet contains the complete address given by Herman Cone, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, at its 1943 Annual Convention. The address includes acknowledgements of the cotton textile industry's production during the war.
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- Ceasar Cone: an appreciation
- This issue of the American Wool and Cotton Reporter commemorates the life and accomplishments of Ceasar Cone. The four sections include a full page obituary, “What Ceasar Cone Did For Southern People,� “Ceasar Cone’s Welfare Work,� "Ceasar Cone’s Place in Southern Cotton Manufacturing� and “Ceasar Cone’s Business Politics,� which presents his last public address at the St. Louis convention of the National Association of Garment Manufacturers the fall before he died. Also included are photos of Cone Mills plants, employees, schools and other amenities.
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- Half century book, 1891-1941
- This book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Cone Mills. Included are photos of the Cone brothers: Moses, Ceasar and Julius. Several pages detail the establishment of Cone Export and Commission Company, and a foldout map includes a legend for the executive offices, mills, and sales offices. Also featured are vintage advertisements and histories for mill products like Velvelette, Denim Deeptone, Corduroy, and Haynes Towels. Early photos show the Ceasar Cone Public (Elementary) School, Camp Herman, the White Oak YMCA, the interior of one of the production mills, the directors and treasurers at the time, and the Proximity Mill Float in the Greensboro Centennial parade.
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- Letters of appreciation to the Ceasar Cone family
- This bound volume contains handwritten and typed letters addressed to "Members of the Ceasar Cone Family" expressing appreciation that they had secured the deposits of the Textile Bank of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company after depositors lost money when that bank closed in 1929. All dated letters were composed between September 4th and 8th, 1933.
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- Presentation of the Army-Navy Production Award to Proximity Manufacturing Co. Revolution Cotton Mills
- This book commemorates the presentation of the Army-Navy Production Award to Revolution Mills in 1943. With great design and detail the book features letters between Herman Cone and Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War, a complete program of the ceremonies with photographs, and a complete “Roll of Honor� listing all employees of Cone Mills in the military services. Also included is a history of the Army-Navy Production Award; a biography of Robert T. Stevens, chief of the Clothing and Textiles Branch of the U.S. Army and the presenter of the “E� Pennant; and a biography of A.T. Gray, commander of the Naval Educational Program at Duke University and presenter of the “E� Emblem. The participants in the ceremonies included North Carolina governor J. Melville Broughton.
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- Remarks of William P. Bynum at the grave of Ceasar Cone, March 4, 1917
- This eulogy for Ceasar Cone, with the original envelope, was given by Judge William P(reston) Bynum of Greensboro at the gravesite on March 4, 1917. Bynum poetically reflects on Cone’s charity, benevolence and character.
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- Sixth annual picnic
- This program documents the sixth annual picnic (July 2, 1910) for the employees of Proximity Manufacturing Company, White Oak Cotton Mills and Revolution Cotton Mills. Two pages list the 1st-5th or 6th place winners for “best front yards and neatly kept premises� in each mill community. Other pages contain photos of two of the mills, a mill village house and White Oak Graded School. The program also details the names of those giving addresses, two concerts by the Union Textile Band and the dinner menu.
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- Souvenir commemorating the visit of the National Farmers' Congress to the White Oak Cotton Mills
- This booklet commemorates a visit to Cone Mills by the National Farmers' Congress on November 5, 1909. It begins with a detailed history of Proximity Manufacturing Company. Next are illustrations of both mills with photographs of the “Card Room,� “Spinning Room� and “Weave Room� at White Oak Mill. The booklet concludes with a photo of White Oak School and an essay titled “Educational work of Proximity and White Oak Mills� about the mills' contribution to children and families.
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- Souvenir program, fifth annual picnic
- This souvenir program was printed for the Fifth Annual Picnic of the collective Cone Mills (Proximity Manufacturing Co., White Oak Cotton Mills, and Revolution Cotton Mills) in 1909. It includes programs for a vaudeville act and musical performances by the Proximity Band, White Oak Band, and Revolution Band, as well as a comprehensive picnic menu. Also included are images of Ceasar Cone, White Oak School, and each of the mills.
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- Textile manufacturers journal [Vol. XVII No. 3]
- This rare issue of the Textile Manufacturers Journal (Vol. 17 No. 3, December 12, 1908) includes an obituary of Moses H. Cone (p. 25). Along with the news and business articles, it also features advertisements and reviews for scores of textile companies throughout the United States – most in the southeast and New England states. Also included are several vintage promotional ads for knitting, steaming and sewing machine companies, fabrics, skylights, and textile technologies, as well as media promotion outlets like the Woman’s Home Companion. An index of advertisers is found on pages 37 and 38.
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- Working together [Cone Mills employee handbook]
- This unused employee handbook from Cone Mills Corporation includes photographs of the Cone plant superintendents, the exteriors of the plants, and company amenities. It begins with “Welcome to the Cone Organization� by Herman Cone, president. The other sections include: These Are The Things That Count, Fair Treatment, Security, Opportunity, Pay, Working Conditions, Miscellaneous and Your Company’s History.
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- World leadership in denims through thirty years of progress
- This book was published to commemorate the success of Cone Mills and their transformation of the economy in the South. Planned and written by Carl J. Balliett Inc. of Greensboro, it features portraits of the company leadership, including Herman, Bernard, Benjamin and Julius Cone. Other photos and illustrations show the manufacturing plants and the many facilities established by the Cones or near the mills, including Philadelphia Lake and Buffalo Reservoir, the mill villages, Textile Dairy Farm, Proximity Farm, schools, churches, YMCA buildings and associated festivities.
