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

Summer 2022

About This Guide

“Fabric of the Past: Weaving the Twentieth Century at the Beaumont Mill and Village in South Carolina” explores the rich history of the former Beaumont Textile Mill and adjacent village through the themes of race, industrialization, class, and gender. 

This guide serves as the information hub for the workshops. Using the left-hand menu, participants can access:

  • The Workshop Agenda
  • Daily Readings and Session Resources
  • Supplementary Materials
  • Participant Biographies
  • Logistical Information (e.g., lodging)

Please email the co-directors (NEHWorkshop@uscupstate.edu) with questions and/or information that would be valuable to add.

Workshop Team

five individual color headshots of grant team

Paul Grady, Professor of History, Workshop Co-Director (pgrady@uscupstate.edu)

Andy Myers, Professor of History (myersan@uscupstate.edu)

Rebecca Mueller, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, Workshop Co-Director (rmuelle2@uscupstate.edu)

Ann Merryman, Librarian and Coordinator of Archives and Special Collections (merrymaa@uscupstate.edu)

Wren Bareiss, Professor of Communications (bareiss@uscupstate.edu)

Overlooking Beaumont Mill. Photo provided by Susan Billings, Spartanburg, SC.

Photo taken from the east side of the mill, looking generally westward.

In the spinning room, Beaumont Mill. Photo provided by James L. Adams, III, Spartanburg, SC.

Three men standing between two textile spinning machines, holding spindles of thread.

The Beaumont E newspaper, April 1946.

Front page of the Beaumont E newspaper, dated April 1946.