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Buster Brown cardboard display, undated (CHC-1996-066-019). United Hosiery Mills records. Courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library and UTC Special Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

A new state grant is helping the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library\u2019s Special Collections make the story of United Hosiery Mills\u2014a Chattanooga textile powerhouse for nearly a century\u2014accessible to the public, with the assistance of student research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Collections received a $1,900 State Board Programming Regrant from the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board to digitize materials from the United Hosiery Mills records. These funds are made available by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

United Hosiery Mills began in 1904, when brothers Frank L. Miller and G.H. Miller moved from running a local store to textile manufacturing as the industry expanded. The company was one of the first to purchase the rights to the then-familiar Buster Brown character, created by comic artist Richard Outcault.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They used Buster Brown to sell clothing directly to children.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThe Miller brothers went to the World\u2019s Fair where Outcault was selling the trademark. They were some of the first to buy it,\u201d said junior Trinity Anthony, a Brock Scholar in UTC\u2019s Honors College. \u201cFrank L. Miller Jr. realized the baby boom was happening, so they completely redid their whole brand and just made children\u2019s clothing. And that was revolutionary for the company.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Black-and-white

CHC-1996-066-051, East Chestnut Mill factory employees eye-level view, July 1961.<\/p><\/div>\n

Anthony, an art history major from Knoxville, Tennessee, joined the project through the UTC Library\u2019s Honors Specialist program, which gives undergraduate students research experience in the library. In her months of sorting through the material, she has learned the history of United Hosiery Mills inside and out.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor a year I went through the metadata,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cI looked through over 500 items in the collection and created a draft for a finding aid. And then I did a presentation for the (Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor) conference.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthony said the company provided jobs for decades and fueled the Chattanooga economy, including churches and sports leagues. The operations, however, left a lasting impact on the environment, as documented in the photographs and records in the collection.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt had a huge impact environmentally, a negative impact,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s important to show because we have photos and materials that show the pollution coming from the mills.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As she dug through the collection, she was surprised by just how early the company figured out how to market directly to children by using Buster Brown comics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBuster Brown comics would have these little blocks saying, \u2018the best boys, the best girls wear\u2026,\u2019 and then you\u2019d go to your local store and see that exact hat or jacket,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have thought advertising directly to kids started in 1904, but they advertised to kids with the comics.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A

CHC-1996-066-063, Historical Society of Buster Brown Comics and Marketing window display eye-level view, undated.<\/p><\/div>\n

Guiding the project are Carolyn Runyon, director of Special Collections; Molly Copeland, the library\u2019s manuscripts archivist; and Dr. Lisa Piazza, executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (URaCE).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runyon said Anthony\u2019s early research made the funding proposal possible.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTrinity did all the pre-work<\/span>.<\/span> She inventoried the collection and helped communicate the historical significance of the materials for the grant proposal,\u201d Runyon said. \u00a0\u201cHer background research made the application successful.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She added that the project builds on work Special Collections has been doing for years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, we\u2019ve really been trying to focus on Chattanooga\u2019s labor and industrial history, and this project is a continuation of that work,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s increasingly important because folks are redeveloping all these mill sites. This collection offers<\/span> \u00a0historic insight about Chattanooga\u2019s built environment and part the use of Buster Brown to sell directly to children, which is so fascinating.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runyon emphasized that the help of students in leading and shaping this work is what makes it meaningful.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything we do in Special Collections is collaborative, featuring<\/span> many partners and players,\u201d Runyon said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once digitized, the United Hosiery Mills records will be added to UTC Special Collections\u2019 <\/span>digital collections<\/span><\/b><\/a>, where they will be available to anyone interested in exploring Chattanooga\u2019s industrial past.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

UTC Special Collections<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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