Eugene Fruit Growers Association records , 1911-1947

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Eugene Fruit Growers Association (Eugene, Or.)
Title
Eugene Fruit Growers Association records
Dates
1911-1947 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.025 linear feet, (1 folder)
Collection Number
B 165
Summary
Eugene Fruit Growers Association was a vegetable, fruit, and nut growing, picking, packing, and canning cooperative, founded in 1908. The collection (1911-1947) contains financial records, excerpts from managers reports, an annual report, a photograph album, and printed brochures.
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Eugene Fruit Growers Association was a vegetable, fruit, and nut growing, picking, packing, and canning cooperative. In a 1958 article in the Register Guard, the Association was referred to as the "state's oldest and largest independent cooperative producer of canned and processed foods."

The Association was founded in 1908 by J. Beebe, H.F. McCornack and George A. Dorris, and the original name of the Association was Lane County Fruit and Vegitable Growers Association. The first manager was J. O Holt who served from 1908 until 1923.

The Association had plants and canneries in Eugene, Creswell, Springfield, and Junction City.

On April 1, 1971, the association became Agripac Inc.

[Source: Eugene Register Guard newspaper, May 18, 1958.]

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains:

a ledger sheet of February to May of 1911;

extracts from Manager's reports, 1919-1947 (non inclusive);

a photograph album containing captioned photographs of canning plants, managers, offices, cannery work areas, and canners - many of the canners were women;

a history, statistics, articles of incorporation, and by-laws from 1919;

two copies of a brochure regarding the plants in Eugene, Junction City, and Creswell, published in 1928;

and an annual report from 1942.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agriculture, Cooperative--Oregon--Eugene
  • Agriculture, Cooperative--Oregon--Lane County
  • Canned foods industry--Oregon--Photographs
  • Cannery workers--Oregon--Photographs
  • Cooperative societies--Oregon--Eugene
  • Cooperative societies--Oregon--Lane County
  • Food industry and trade--Oregon--Eugene
  • Food industry and trade--Oregon--Lane County
  • Fruit growers--Oregon--Eugene
  • Fruit growers--Oregon--Lane County
  • Fruit trade--Oregon--Eugene
  • Fruit trade--Oregon--Lane County
  • Women cannery workers--Oregon--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles of incorporation
  • Bylaws (administrative records)
  • Financial records
  • Photographs
  • Printed ephemera
  • Reports