Yuvonne Pate Collection
Scope and Content
The Yuvonne Pate Collection is a collection of mill related objects donated to the Center for Public History by Yuvonne Pate. The objects belonged to members of her family, including her parents, who worked for textile mills in the Carrollton area. Included in the collection are spools of thread, loom tools, technical books, service pins, and other assorted tools.
- Box and Folder Listing
- Seven spools of thread
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- brown (1)
- blue (1)
- red (1)
- white (4)
- Two metal loom tools in a box.
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- 7 3/8” with silver handle.
- 8” with handle with hook at end.
- Metal loom tool
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- 7” 2 pieces, each piece has a hook on one end and joined at other end.
- Small address book and calendar (!933 calendar year); 2 ½” x 3 3/8” with black cover; printed by Draper Corporation: Hopedale, Mass., Atlanta, GA., Spartanburg, SC.; some notes inside.
- The Spinner’s Handy Data Book; W.R.C. Smith Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA.; 3”x 5 ½”; yellow cover.
- Tag; yellowish brown color; 2 5/8” x 5 5/8”; notes written on one side; came out of The Spinner’s Handy Data Book.
- Small mill book belonging to Paul Smith with red leather cover with button; 3” x 5 ¼”; notes written throughout in pencil; pocket in front of book containing small clippings.
- Two Caroline Mills, Inc. receipts; 193_; blue paper; technical pencil drawings on backof both; 11 13/16” x 6 ½”; some fading, water spots bug, or mouse damage.
- Tag; 2 5/8” x 5 5/8”; notes and math problems on both sides; name: John David Pollard; was located inside folded Caroline Mills receipts.
- Audels Handy Book of Practical Electricity by Franklin D. Graham; Theo. Audel and Co. Publishers, reprinted 1944; thick book with red binding; 5” x 6 ¾” x 2.”
- Cotton Spinning: Bunches in Cotton Yarn; McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1936; 40 pages; black and yellow paper cover; some rust spots and bug damage; 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”.
- Cotton Mill Machinery Calculations, Volume 1; by B.M. Parker, W.R.C. Smith Publishing Co., Atlanta, 1913; missing front cover; rust damage from staples; spine cover coming off; 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”.
- Cotton Mill Machinery Calculations, Volume 2; by B.M. Parker, W.R.C. Smith Publishing Co., Atlanta, 1913; minor rust damage; spots; 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”.
- West Georgia Mills, Inc. Service Pins; blue-white-gold; 5/8” diameter; for “Loyal Service”; 2 5-year pins, 2 10-year pins, 1 15-year pin, 1 20-year pin.
- Wellington Georgia Mills, Inc. Service Pin; blue-white-gold; 5/8” diameter; for “Loyal Service”; 1 20-year pin.
- Box of assorted tools; label on top of box: Beuoy / Compressed Aluminum Capon Tools.
/Geo. Beuoy, Cedarvale, Kansas / Price, Prepaid, $10.00; some bug damage and water spots on label; box contains: 4 unidentified tools and 2 hooks on rope.
Search Terms/Key Words
Yuvonne Pate, textile mills, thread, spinning, Paul Smith, Caroline Mills, Inc., electricity, mill machinery, West Georgia Mills, Inc., Wellington Georgia Mills, Inc., mill tools.
Separate Materials
- Taped interview with Mrs. Yuvonne Pate conducted by Trey Beyer, Center for Public History. 20 January 2004.
- Typed transcription of taped interview with Mrs. Yuvonne Pate.
Creator of Finding Aid
Trey Gaines, Graduate Assistant, Center for Public History, 4/29/02.
Finding Aid Update
John Wall, Graduate Assistant, Center for Public History, 2/25/02.