 |
 |
|
 |
The Burlington Industries, Inc. Project
Burlington Industries Headquarters, Greensboro NC
|
 |
The Southern Oral History Program's Burlington Industries
project is the first scholarly effort to chronicle the history of the
Greensboro, North Carolina-based textile company in comprehensive fashion.
Burlington Industries was founded in 1923 (as Burlington Mills) by
J. Spencer Love, ranked in a 1999 issue of Business North Carolina magazine
as the most influential business figure in the state's history. Through
shrewd acquisitions and pioneering production of rayon and later nylon
fabrics, Love built Burlington Industries from a single, 200-employee
mill into a company that was the largest textile manufacturer in the
world at the time of his death in 1961. Oral history documentation
of the management strategies, business practices, and inner workings
of Burlington Industries, during both the Love era and subsequent decades,
will provide key perspectives in understanding state, regional, and
national economic history in the 20th century. Potential interviewees
include not only company officials and employees but also outside observers,
company advisers, industry experts, and executives from competing or
acquired firms.
|
 |
 |