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This is a labeled sketch of the mess hall constructed to accommodate the Chinese workers brought to Sampson's Factory. It is captioned, "The Mess-Room -- (Sketched by Theo R. Davis)."

Wilhelmina Beeler is currently in her senior year at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She studied abroad at Queen Mary University of London in the Fall/Winter of 2014 and visited Ireland for a travel course in 2012. When not doing research…

This is a photograph of a man identified as Chung Ah Bard, one of the Chinese workers brought in to break the Sampson strike. The photograph was taken in approximately 1873, likely in the photography studio of William Hurd and William Smith. Here,…

Zachary Roper is a native Floridian, coming from the tourist mecca of Orlando. He is currently a student of History at New College of Florida in Sarasota, and tends to focus on the Caribbean. He has experience working in archives in Kingston and in…

Kate Rowell is a junior at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and is pursuing a major in History and in Political Science. She is currently interning through the college at the North Adams Historical Society, and hopes to pursue a career in…

Employees of Granite Division Mill of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company in Graniteville (S.C.).

Vaucluse Division Mill of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company in Vaucluse (S.C.).

Cabinet card photograph of Lawrence Quimby. Quimby helped build the Graniteville Rock Mill of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company in Graniteville (S.C.).

Machine shop employees of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company in Graniteville, (S.C.). "Picture taken in 1908. From left to right: Charlie Beaufort (Foreman), Jim Snelling, Mike Beaufort, Pierce Ward, Hugh May, John Feaster - E."

Black and White photograph of early mill workers at the Graniteville in 1892. The collective group is a mixture of men, women, and children.