Guide to the Henry P. Hammett Collection
Collection Overview
Repository: Piedmont Historical Preservation Society
Title: Henry P. Hammett Collection
Date: 1860-1960
Identifier: ARC-001
Creator: George Hammett
Extent: 3.6 Cubic Feet
Language: English
Summary: Collection documents the development and construction of Piedmont Manufacturing and village, as well as the day-to-day operations mill and life in a mill village, as well as other mills of the upstate.
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Administrative Information
Separated Materials
There are corresponding objects that were donated with this collection, held separately by the Piedmont Historical Preservation Society in its objects holding areas.
The collection consists of various business correspondence, records and ledgers, local sports, school material, social/civil organizations, mill operations technical manuals, local newspapers and news articles surrounding daily life or the mill and village.
Related Materials
Piedmont Mill & Village Collection, ARC-002
Dona Roper Piedmont Historical Collection, ARC-003
Margaret Payne Collection, ARC-004
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Biographical/Historical Information
Piedmont Manufacturing and surrounding village, built in 1876 mill and surrounding village. By 1900, Piedmont Manufacturing was the world’s number one producer of cotton textiles.
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of various business correspondence, records and ledgers, local sports, school material, social/civil organizations, mill operations technical manuals, yearbooks, local newspapers and news articles surrounding daily life or the mill and village.
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Arrangement
The collection is arranged into nine series:
Series 1: Mill
Series 2: Photos
Series 3: Business
Series 4: Legal
Series 5: Correspondence
Series 6: Sports
Series 7: Articles
Series 8: Genealogy
Series 9: Scrapbooks
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Contents Listing
Mill – Bates Mill Box 1, Folder 1
Mill – Chiquola Mill Box 1, Folder 2
Mill – Chiquola Mill Box 1, Folder 3
Mill – Orr Mill Box 1, Folder 4
Mill- Orr/Lyons Mill Reunion – 1986 Box 1, Folder 5
Mill – Piedmont Box 1, Folder 6
Mill – Piedmont Mill Stock Certificates Box 1, Folder 7
Mill – Piedmont Mill Box 1, Folder 8
Mill- Photos – Piedmont Mill Superintendent’s House Box 1, Folder 9
Mill- Photos – Piedmont Mill Fire Box 1, Folder 10
Mill- Photos – Piedmont Mill #3 Salvage Box 1, Folder 11
Mill- Photos – Piedmont Mill Box 1, Folder 12
Mill- History of Piedmont Mill Box 1, Folder 13
Mill- Article- Piedmont Mill History Box 1, Folder 14
Mill- History of Piedmont Manufacturing Box 1, Folder 15
Mill- Notice of First Stockholders Meeting of Piedmont Mill (1876) Box 1, Folder 16
Mill- Piedmont Hotel Stockholder Meeting Box 1, Folder 17
Mill- History of H.P. Hammett Box 1, Folder 18
Mill- Piedmont Mill – Hammett’s Estimate to Build a Mill (1887) Box 1, Folder 19
Mill- Lyons Mill Box 1, Folder 20
Mill- Article – Early Piedmont Mill History (1930’s) Box 1, Folder 21
Mill- Article – Various Mill Articles Box 1, Folder 22
Mill – Mill History – General Box 1, Folder 23
Mill- Dividends of Reedy River Manufacturing Company 1910 Box 1, Folder 24
Mill-Publication- Letter Highlighting Decline of American Cotton (1959) Box 1, Folder 25
Mill- Article Wall Street Journal Textile Strike (1934) Box 1, Folder 26
Mill- Orr Cotton Mill Parade Float Box 2, Folder 1
Mill- Piedmont Mill About 1980 Box 2, Folder 2
Mill- William Bates House Box 2, Folder 3
Mill- Photo – Piedmont Post Office Box 2, Folder 4
Mill- Typed Manuscript History of Belton Box 2, Folder 5
Photo – Helen Hammett Orr Box 2, Folder 6
Photo – Rosa Lee DeBerry Hammett w/two Unknown Women Box 2, Folder 7
Photo- Henry P. Hammett Civil War Photo Box 2, Folder 8
Photo– Henry P. Hammett Marker – Piedmont Box 2, Folder 9
Photo – Structures Unidentified Box 2, Folder 10
Photo – Structures Identified Box 2, Folder 11
Photo- Hammett Family Photos – Identified Box 2, Folder 12
Photo- Orr Family Photos – Identified Box 2, Folder 13
Photo- Bates Family Photos – Identified Box 2, Folder 14
Photo- Don Roper Box 2, Folder 15
Photo- Hammett Family Photos – Unidentified Box 2, Folder 16
Photo- Alexander Family Photos – Identified Box 2, Folder 17
Photo- George & Rosa Lee Hammett Box 2, Folder 18
Photo- 1900’s Dinner Party Box 2, Folder 19
Photo- Orr Family Box 2, Folder 20
Photo- Orr Family – James Lawrence Orr Jr. & Sr. Box 2, Folder 21
Photo- Hammett Brothers (9 Children) & Betty Hammett Box 2, Folder 22
Photo- Family Photos Box 2, Folder 23
Photo – People – Identified Box 2, Folder 24
Photo – J. E. Sirrine Box 2, Folder 25
Photo – Byrd Henry & Wife, Mary Hammett Henry Box 2, Folder 26
Photo – H. P. Hammett & Wife, Deborah Jane Hammett Box 2, Folder 27
Photo- Hammett’s Living In Nova Scotia Box 2, Folder 28
Photo– Diorama Box 2, Folder 29
Photo- Church– Ebenezer United Methodist Church Box 2, Folder 30
Photo- Sports- George Hammett, Don Roper, & Earl Wooten Box 2, Folder 31
Photo- Sports- Basketball Team (1940’s) Box 2, Folder 32
Photo- Sports- Baseball Box 2, Folder 33
Photo- Historic Greenville (1831-1981) Box 2, Folder 34
Business- Misc. Box 3, Folder 1
Business- George P. Hammett Sr. Dividends Box 3, Folder 2
Business- Tax Forms Box 3, Folder 3
Business- Bank Documents Box 3, Folder 4
Business- Receipts Box 3, Folder 5
Business- Trade Card Box 3, Folder 6
Business- National Bank of Greenville Deposit Slips Box 3, Folder 7
Business- Ledger Box 3, Folder 8
Business- Ledger Box 3, Folder 9
Business- Tax Box 3, Folder 10
Legal- George Hammett Home in 903 Market St. Anderson, SC Box 3, Folder 11
Legal- Probate for Estate of George P. Hammett (1942) Box 3, Folder 12
Legal- Hammett, Orr, & Beattie Suit Box 3, Folder 13
Legal- George P. Hammett Estate Box 3, Folder 14
Legal- Last Will of George P. Hammett Box 3, Folder 15
Legal- Probate – H. P. Hammett Box 3, Folder 16
Legal- Will of John Medley, April 28, 1801 – William Hammett as Witness Box 3, Folder 17
Legal- Estate of William Hammett (1777) Box 3, Folder 18
Legal- Will of Robert Hammett (1758) Box 3, Folder 19
Legal- Photocopy Pages from Culpeper County, Va. Deeds Box 3, Folder 20
Legal- Photocopies Estate of Jesse Hammett Box 3, Folder 21
Legal- Photocopies Itemized Estate of John Hammett Box 3, Folder 22
Correspondence- Burton to Hammett (1941) Box 4, Folder 1
Correspondence- Misc. Empty Envelopes Box 4, Folder 2
Correspondence- George Hammett II Box 4, Folder 3
Correspondence- Emails Box 4, Folder 4
Correspondence- Miscellaneous Box 4, Folder 5
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (No Letter) (Oct. 1941) Box 4, Folder 6
Correspondence- Debora J. Hammett to Lula (May 1, 1902) Box 4, Folder 7
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Jan. 5, 1902) Box 4, Folder 8
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Jan. 3, 1900) Box 4, Folder 9
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (April 17, 1899) Box 4, Folder 10
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Jan. 4, 1905) Box 4, Folder 11
Correspondence- Cotton Products Box 4, Folder 12
Correspondence- George Hammett Box 4, Folder 13
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Aug. 13, 1910) Box 4, Folder 15
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Aug. 27, 1925) Box 4, Folder 16
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Oct. 22, 1902) Box 4, Folder 17
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Sept. 18, 1912) Box 4, Folder 18
Correspondence- George P. Hammett (Aug. 14, 1901) Box 4, Folder 19
Correspondence- Greeting Cards Box 4, Folder 20
Correspondence- Post Cards Box 4, Folder 21
Correspondence- Stamp Collection Box 4, Folder 22
Correspondence- Postcards early 1900’s Box 4, Folder 23
Correspondence- Post Card to George Hammett Box 4, Folder 24
Sports- Orr Mill- Basketball Team, George Hammett (1941) Box 4, Folder 25
Sports- Photo – Baseball (1887) Box 4, Folder 26
Sports- George P. Hammett Basketball Player Identification Card Box 4, Folder 27
Sports- Handbook of Big Ten League (1933) Box 4, Folder 28
Business- Railroad – Greenville to Columbia Box 4, Folder 29
Personal Papers- Recipes Box 4, Folder 30
Politics – Campaign Card for Donald Roper Box 4, Folder 31
Article- Newsprint Box 4, Folder 32
Article- Newspaper Misc. Box 4, Folder 33
Article- “Builders of the South” Article on H. P. Hammett Box 4, Folder 34
Article- John J. Lyons Jr. named Orr- Lyons Mill Manager Box 4, Folder 35
Article- Greenville to Columbia Railroad Box 4, Folder 36
Genealogy- Henry P. Hammett Obituary Box 5, Folder 1
Genealogy- Henry P. Hammett Orr Obituary Box 5, Folder 2
Genealogy- Hammett Family Box 5, Folder 3
Genealogy- Bates Family Box 5, Folder 4
Genealogy- Deberry Family Box 5, Folder 5
Genealogy- Orr Family Box 5, Folder 6
Genealogy- Obituaries Box 5, Folder 7
Genealogy- Miscellaneous Box 5, Folder 8
Genealogy- Alexander Hammett Box 5, Folder 9
Genealogy- Genealogy Box 5, Folder 10
Genealogy- Christ Church Cemetery Box 5, Folder 11
Genealogy- Bates Cemetery Box 5, Folder 12
Genealogy- General Hammett Family Box 5, Folder 13
Genealogy- Family History Research Box 5, Folder 14
Genealogy- Henry P. Hammett Obituary Box 5, Folder 15
Genealogy- Genealogy Articles Box 5, Folder 16
Genealogy- John Hammett Revolutionary War Documents-Copies Box 5, Folder 17
Genealogy- George Hammett Memoriam Book Box 5, Folder 18
Genealogy- George Hammett Junior Box 5, Folder 19
Genealogy- George Pierce Hammett Junior Box 5, Folder 20
Genealogy- George Pierce Hammett Military Records Box 6, Folder 1
Genealogy- Anne Hammett Vs. General Grant Box 6, Folder 2
Genealogy- Marshall Orr House Box 6, Folder 3
Genealogy- Bates House Box 6, Folder 4
Genealogy- Thomas C. Hammett Funeral Card (1904) Box 6, Folder 5
Genealogy- Henry P. Hammett History Box 6, Folder 6
Genealogy- Henry Family Box 6, Folder 7
Genealogy- Underwood Family Box 6, Folder 8
Genealogy- Hammett Family Box 6, Folder 9
Genealogy- Hammett House (1930’s) Box 6, Folder 10
Genealogy- George Hammett Senior House Box 6, Folder 11
Genealogy- Bates House Ragdoll Inspired Wall Paper Box 6, Folder 12
Genealogy- Grave Markers Box 6, Folder 13
Genealogy- Henry P. Hammett House Box 6, Folder 14
Genealogy- William Bates History Box 6, Folder 15
Genealogy- John Hammett Virginia Land Grants Box 6, Folder 16
Genealogy- John Hammett Revolutionary War History Box 6, Folder 17
Genealogy- Davis Cemetery Box 6, Folder 18
Genealogy- Hammett Family Box 6, Folder 19
Genealogy- Hand Drawn Map of Davis Cemetery Box 6, Folder 20
Genealogy- Anderson Directory (1934) Box 6, Folder 21
Genealogy- Greenville Directory Box 6, Folder 22
Genealogy- Anderson County Cemetery Records Box 6, Folder 23
Genealogy- Soldiers Directory for Henry P. Hammett Box 6, Folder 24
Genealogy- Orr Family History Box 6, Folder 25
Genealogy- History of Spartanburg County Box 6, Folder 26
Genealogy- McClarey Family History Box 6, Folder 27
Genealogy- Orr Family Box 6, Folder 28
Scrapbooks- Hammett Family History & Greenville Newspaper Articles Box 7
Misc Legal Size- Original Statement from Piedmont Mill (March 1876) Box 8, Folder 1
Misc Legal Size- Copy of Inventory of William Hammett (May1777) Box 8, Folder 2
MiscLegal Size- Deed of Hammett to Underwood (Aug 22, 1777) Box 8, Folder 3
Misc Legal Size- Copy of William Hammett Indenture to John Doggins (1725) Box 8, Folder 4
Misc Legal Size- Copy of William Hammett Indenture to Daniel White (1744) Box 8, Folder 4
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Estate of P.H. Hammett Ledger Book (1891 to 1900) Box 8, Folder 5
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Copy of Henry P. Hammett Confederate Enlistment Box 8, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Hammett genealogy Box 8, Folder 7
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Deed between H.P. Hammett and A.S. Duncan (1866) Box 8, Folder 8
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Estate of P.H. Hammett Ledger Book (1891 to 1900) Box 8, Folder 9
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Proposal to Build a Cotton Mill by H.P. Hammett (1887) Box 8, Folder 10
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Deed between James Furman and H.P. Hammett (1863) Box 8, Folder 11
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Deed between J.M. Runioun and H.P. Hammett (1864) Box 8, Folder 11
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Deed for Land- H.P. Hammett- Neely Ferry Rd (1887) Box 8, Folder 12
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Deed for Land H.P. Hammett – Confederate (1863-1877) Box 8, Folder 13
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Clemson School Notebook (1869) Box 8, Folder 14
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Correspondence (1899) Box 8, Folder 15
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Correspondence- George Hammett (1935) Box 8, Folder 16
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Article on Debora Jane’s Doll (Undated) Box 8, Folder 17
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Copy of H.P. Hammett’s Estimate to Build a Mill Box 8, Folder 18
Miscellaneous Legal Size- Articles Box 8, Folder 19
Oversize Legal Box- Hammett Family Scrapbooks Box 9
Oversize Box- Photos and Family History Scrapbook Box 10
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