Hackney Brothers Body Company Collection
Title
Hackney Brothers Body Company Collection
Subject
Hackney and Sons
Hackney Brothers
Hackney Brothers Body Company
Description
In 1854, Hackney and Sons was organized by Willis N. Hackney, as a carriage shop in Wilson, North Carolina. In 1877, the company became known as Hackney Brothers, one of the largest manufacturers of buggies and wagons in the South. The present name, Hackney Brothers Body Company, was adopted in 1914, and formally incorporated in 1920. The company pioneered the manufacture of school bus bodies and refrigerated truck bodies, and expanded into the manufacture of food carts in the 1980s. The company was sold in 1996.
The bulk of the collection consists of capital assets (invoices), brochures, and photographs.
The collection is arranged in nine series, as follows:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Financial Documents
Series 3: Hackney Family Papers
Series 4: Legal Documents (Deeds)
Series 5: Maps, Charts, Diagrams, Graphs
Series 6: Meeting Minutes
Series 7: Printed Material
Series 8: Promotional Material
Series 9: Photographic Material
The bulk of the collection consists of capital assets (invoices), brochures, and photographs.
The collection is arranged in nine series, as follows:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Financial Documents
Series 3: Hackney Family Papers
Series 4: Legal Documents (Deeds)
Series 5: Maps, Charts, Diagrams, Graphs
Series 6: Meeting Minutes
Series 7: Printed Material
Series 8: Promotional Material
Series 9: Photographic Material
Date
1854-1996
Identifier
HB100
Collection Items
Correspondence
Notice to Automobile Dealers from Hackney Brothers Body Company. (September 4, 1937).
Correspondence
Superintendent County Schools (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Kentucky, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) from Hackney Brothers Body Company. (May 3, 1938).
Correspondence
County Superintendent (South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Georgia) from Hackney Brothers Body Company. (May 2, 1939).
Correspondence
Superintendents (Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi) from Hackney Brothers Body Company. (May 27, 1940).
Correspondence
Mr. T. J. Hackney, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager from North Carolina State Department of Archives and History. (January 23, 1945).
