Skip to Main Content National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History & Culture Fabric of the Past: Weaving the Twentieth Century at the Beaumont Mill & Village in South Carolina Summer 2021 program

"Fabric of the Past" - NEH Landmarks Grant, USC Upstate

Summer 2022

Aerial photo of Beaumont Mill - courtesy of Spartanburg County Public Library

Aerial, Beaumont Mill Jan 1961, looking northeast

Readings

Assigned reading from Textile Town:

  • Chapter 3 (p. 89-115)  
  • Additional sections related to Monday's theme:
    • Drawing of Drayton Mill (p. 49)
    • Mill Architecture (p. 74-75)
    • Company Stores (p. 133-134)
    • Mill Baseball (p. 135-136)
    • Heat, Noise, and Lint (p. 240-241)

Review sections from Inquiry Design Model as necessary.