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A cotton mill superintendent's house: Photograph of a cotton mill superintendent's house (cost $1500) from an 1899 textbook on cotton mill management.; Format: image/photograph

Cotton mill workers, c. 1899: A "Group of Southern Cotton Mill Operatives" poses for an 1899 textbook about cotton mill operations.; Format: image/photograph

Growth and transformation: The United States in the Gilded Age: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.1; Between the Civil War and the First World War, industry and cities grew at a tremendous pace in the United States.; Format: article

Henry Grady and the "New South": In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.2; Excerpt from a speech by Atlanta journalist and editor Henry Grady, praising the South's recovery from the Civil War, advocating industrial development, and inviting cooperation between North and South. Includes historical commentary.; Format: speech; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

Industrialization and Progressive Reform in the Craft Revival: In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will analyze the process of making a hobby into a job. They will explore Craft Revival work environments, representations of industrial work environments, and data regarding Craft Revival work. To close the activity, students write a journal entry comparing Craft Revival and industrial work experiences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Patrick Velde.

Industrialization in North Carolina: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.3; Industrialization needed five things -- capital, labor, raw materials, markets, and transportation -- and in the 1870s, North Carolina had all of them. This article explains the process of industrialization in North Carolina, with maps of factory and railroad growth.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Life on the land: The Piedmont before industrialization: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.1; In the decades after the Civil War, commercial agriculture and industry made their way into the North Carolina Piedmont, requiring subsistence farmers to adapt their farms and their ways of life to new economic realities.; Format: article; By James Leloudis and Kathryn Walbert.

Life on the land: Voices: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.4; Excerpts of oral history interviews with men and women who grew up on farms in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century North Carolina.; Format: interview; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Mill village and factory: Voices: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.5; Excerpts of oral history interviews with men and women who lived in mill villages and worked in textile mills in the early twentieth century.; Format: interview

Mill villages: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.4; Excerpt from D. A. Tompkins' 1899 textbook for cotton mill owners, explaining rationale and design for millworkers' housing. Includes photographs, plans, and historical commentary.; Format: book

The textile industry and Winston-Salem: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.9; Textiles were one of two industries that changed Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; Format: article

Textile mills in North Carolina, 1896: Map shows locations of North Carolina cotton and woolen mills, 1896. Counties are drawn with present-day boundaries for reference.; Format: image/map

The tobacco industry and Winston-Salem: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.8; Tobacco was one of two industries that changed Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; Format: article

Tobacco mills in North Carolina, 1896: Map shows locations of tobacco factories in North Carolina, 1896. Present-day county boundaries are provided for reference.; Format: image/map

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