Hampton Shuping - papers

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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION #4798 HAMPTON SHUPING PAPERS

Initial Inventory Abstract: Hampton Shuping, a native and lifelong resident of Greensboro, N.C., was graduated from the University of North Carolina with a B.S. in Commerce in 1947 and went to work for J. P. Stevens & Co. He became a vice-president of J. P. Stevens in 1967. Shuping served as president of the North Carolina Textile Foundation and a director of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. Shuping was a member of the West Market Street United Methodist Church. He was married and had five children. Files, 1976-1980, primarily containing clippings and press releases, relating to the conflict between J. P. Stevens & Co. and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), especially to the positions of various church organizations and officials with respect to the union and a union-called consumer boycott of J. P. Stevens & Co. Some correspondence and other papers are also included. Online Catalog Terms: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Church and industry--United States. Industrial relations--North Carolina. J. P. Stevens & Co. Shuping, Hampton. Trade-unions--Textile workers--North Carolina. Size: About 2,000 items (3.5 linear feet). Provenance: Received from Margaret Shuping of Greensboro, N.C., in March 1996 (Acc. 96028). Access: No restrictions. Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Table of Contents: Description Shelf List DESCRIPTION Files, 1976-1980, primarily containing clippings and press releases, relating to the conflict between J. P. Stevens & Co. and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), especially to the positions of various church organizations and officials with respect to the union and a union-called consumer boycott of J. P. Stevens & Co. The majority of the files appear to be materials Shuping accumulated as a member of J. P. Stevens & Co.'s Church Advisory Committee. These include suggested statements to be made to church groups, suggested answers to questions, articles about statements by church officials, and Stevens's responses to these statements. Much of the material relates to positions of the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church and of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Additional material concerns a statement by southern ministers, a statement by six Catholic bishops in the South, and a meeting of Steven’s officials with representatives of the National Council of Churches. Some correspondence between Shuping and Charles E. Shannon and others concerns Shuping's membership in and financial support of West Market Street United Methodist Church in Greensboro, N.C. There is also a small amount of correspondence between Shuping and members of Congress, especially North Carolina senators Robert Morgan and Jesse Helms, about labor legislation. Union Matters Folder 1 November 1976-February 1977 2-3 March 1977 4 Church Advisory Committee Procedures and Documents, 21 March 1977 5-6 April 1977 7 Responses From "Straightening Things Out" 8-9 May 1977 10-11 June 1977 12-13 July 1977 14-15 August 1977 16-17 September 1977 18 October 1977 19 November 1977 20 December 1977-January 1978 21 February 1978 22 March 1978 23-24 April 1978 25 May 1978 26 Compliance With Second Circuit 27-28 June 1978 29 July 1978 30 August 1978 31 September 1978 32 October 1978 33 November-December 1978 34 January-February 1979 35 March-May 1979 36 June-August 1976 37 September-November 1979 38 January-June 39 July-October 1980 and undated 40-42 Methodist Church 43 Resolutions 44 North Carolina Christian Advocate SHELF LIST Box 1 Folders 1-8 2 9-14 3 15-20 4 21-25 5 26-32 6 33-38 7 39-44_