Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Correspondence
- Emba Mutation Mink Breeders Association Materials
- Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Co-op
- Fur Industry and Associations
- Mink Health and Nutrition and Genetics
- Advertising and Sales of Mink Pelts
- Mink Shows
- International Mink Conference and Research Materials
- Speeches, Reports, and Studies
- Periodicals
- Miscellaneous
- Names and Subjects
Alma O. Erekson papers, 1925-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Erekson, Alma O.
- Title
- Alma O. Erekson papers
- Dates
- 1925-1991 (inclusive)19251991
- Quantity
- 15 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1490
- Summary
- The Alma O. Erekson papers (1925-1991) contain materials relating to the operation of the Erekson family's mink farm in Northern Utah during the 1930s to 1960s. Correspondence, publications, reports, minutes, news articles, advertising materials, and other papers regarding the family business, and fur farming in general, are included.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
In addition to helping his family run the family mink farming business, Alma Erekson also held positions in various fur farming associations including Emba Mutation Mink Breeders Association and the Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Co-op.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Alma O. Erekson papers (1925-1991) contain materials relating to the operation of the Erekson family's mink farm in Northern Utah during the 1930s to 1960s. Correspondence, publications, reports, minutes, news articles, advertising materials, and other papers regarding the family business, and fur farming in general, are included.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-2 | Personal Correspondence |
1939-1968 |
| 1 | 3-8 | Correspondence |
1949-1960 |
Emba Mutation Mink Breeders Association MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 9 | Public Relations Memorandum |
|
| 1 | 10 | Embagrams |
1959 |
| 1 | 11 | Officers and Directors |
1949-1985 |
| 1 | 12 | By-laws and Articles of Association |
|
| 1 | 13 | Agendas |
1961-1965 |
| 1 | 14-15 | Board of Directors Meeting Minutes |
1959-1968 |
| 1 | 16 | Executive Committee Meeting Minutes |
1961-1965 |
| 1 | 17 | Annual Membership Meeting Minutes |
1959-1967 |
| 1 | 18 | Semiannual Membership Meeting Minutes |
1960-1965 |
| 1 | 19 | Advertising and Finance Meeting Minutes |
1959-1968 |
| 1 | 20 | Marketing Meeting Minutes |
1948-1964 |
| 1 | 21 | Miscellaneous Meeting Minutes |
1959-1963 |
| 1 | 22 | Financial Reports |
1956-1963 |
| 1 | 23 | Receipts and Disbursements |
1948-1964 |
| 1 | 24 | Expense Allocations and Budget |
|
| 1 | 25 | Financial Statements |
1959-1961 |
| 1 | 26 | Miscellaneous Financial Materials |
1961-1964 |
| 1 | 27 | Emba Advertisements |
|
| 2 | 1-5 | Advertising Schedule |
1962 |
| 2 | 6-7 | Board of Directors Reports |
1963 |
| 2 | 8 | Report to the President of Emba Concerning the Prestige Line |
1962 |
| 2 | 9-10 | Reports |
1959-1960 |
| 2 | 11 | Instructions to Supervisors |
|
| 2 | 12 | Sales Dates for Mink Pelts |
1958-1962 |
| 2 | 13-14 | Fur Sales |
1959-1964 |
| 2 | 15 | Sample Contracts |
|
| 2 | 16 | Public Relations |
1962 |
| 2 | 17 | Notes |
|
| 2 | 18 | Pamphlets |
|
| 2 | 19-21 | Pelt Preparation |
|
| 2 | 22 | Pelt Dressing |
1966 |
| 2 | 23 | Press Releases and News Clippings |
|
| 2 | 24 | Miscellaneous |
Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Co-opReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence to Officers and Directors |
1959-1961 |
| 3 | 2 | Correspondence to Patrons and/or Members |
1953-1963 |
| 3 | 3-5 | Board of Directors Meeting Minutes |
1960-1968 |
| 3 | 6 | Executive Committee Meeting Minutes |
1962 |
| 3 | 7 | Membership Meeting Minutes |
1962-1964 |
| 3 | 8-11 | Feed Committee Meeting Minutes |
1955-1968 |
| 3 | 12 | Health Committee Meeting Minutes |
1961-1963 |
| 3 | 13 | Annual Meeting Minutes of Subsidiary Companies
Harbor Fisheries, Inter West Industries, Inc., Pacific Fisheries, and Vita Sea Corporation.
|
1960-1965 |
| 3 | 14 | Financial Statements |
1962 |
| 3 | 15 | Contracts |
1961 |
| 3 | 16 | Feeding Schedules |
|
| 3 | 17 | Annual Reports |
1959-1971 |
| 3 | 18 | Reports |
1963 |
| 3 | 19 | Miscellaneous |
Fur Industry and AssociationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | American Fox Breeders Association |
1951 |
| 4 | 2-5 | Fur Farm Organizations, Inc.
Annual meeting proceedings.
|
1959-1964 |
| 4 | 6-9 | Great Lakes Mink Association
Meeting minutes and articles of incorporation.
|
1950-1960 |
| 4 | 10 | Miscellaneous Fur Companies and Associations |
1959-1970 |
Mink Health and Nutrition and GeneticsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1-4 | Correspondence |
1950-1960 |
| 5 | 5-17 | Nutritional Information |
|
| 5 | 18-21 | Feeding Schedules |
|
| 6 | 1-9 | Feeding Schedules |
|
| 6 | 10-13 | Medication and Treatments |
|
| 6 | 14-17 | Advertisements for Mink Food and Medication |
|
| 6 | 18 | Miscellaneous Health and Nutrition Materials |
|
| 6 | 19 | Correspondence Concerning Genetic Research |
1946 |
| 6 | 20-28 | Genetic Materials
Including dominant/recessive gene charts and research reports.
|
Advertising and Sales of Mink PeltsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1-4 | Correspondence |
1959-1969 |
| 7 | 5 | Advertisements |
|
| 7 | 6-9 | Advertising Estimate and Schedule |
1963 |
| 7 | 10-13 | Marketing |
1967 |
| 7 | 14 | Marketing Instructions |
|
| 7 | 15 | Market Reports |
1959-1963 |
| 7 | 16-18 | Sale of Pelts |
|
| 7 | 19 | Sale In Europe |
1962 |
| 7 | 20 | Trade Relations |
1961 |
| 7 | 21 | Statistical Material
Given to President Langfeld of the Mutation Mink Breeders Association for the European Conference.
|
|
| 7 | 22-23 | Notes |
|
| 7 | 24 | Reports |
Mink ShowsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1-3 | Mink Pelt Fashion Shows
Brochures and catalogues.
|
1949-1959 |
| 8 | 4 | Mink and Animal Exhibitions |
|
| 8 | 5-10 | The Broadcaster |
1941-1951 |
| 8 | 11-12 | Mountain States Fox and Mink Show |
1945-1946 |
| 8 | 13-14 | Show Booster |
1939-1948 |
| 8 | 15-16 | The Honker
Blue book for mink farmers.
|
1945-1946 |
| 9 | The Honker
Blue book for mink farmers.
|
1949-1970 |
International Mink Conference and Research MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1-5 | International Mink Conference Materials |
1956, 1962 |
| 10 | 6-18 | Mink Farmers Research Foundation
Progress reports.
|
1952-1972 |
Speeches, Reports, and StudiesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1-2 | Speeches |
1949-1979 |
| 11 | 3 | Coop Talk Speeches |
1956, 1962 |
| 11 | 4-5 | Reports
"Silver Fox Farming."
|
1925 |
| 11 | 6 | Report
"Early Fox Farming in Utah," by Richard E. Westwood.
|
|
| 11 | 7 | Report
"The Litton Story," by Alma O. Erekson.
|
1955 |
| 11 | 8-9 | Government Reports |
1960-1968 |
| 11 | 10 | Mink Study |
1958 |
| 11 | 11 | Survey of Furriers |
1958 |
| 11 | 12 | Mademoiselle Magazine Study
"Study of college girls attitudes towards mink."
|
1962 |
| 11 | 13-21 | Motivational Study |
|
| 11 | 22 | Production Study |
PeriodicalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 |
American Fur
|
1991 |
| 12 | 2-16 |
American Fur Breeder
|
1935-1962 |
| 13 | American Fur Breeder |
1962-1965 | |
| 14 | American Fur Breeder |
1966-1969 | |
| Folder | |||
| 15 | 1-4 |
American Fur Breeder
|
1969-1970 |
| 15 | 5 |
American Legend
|
1991 |
| 15 | 6-9 |
American Mink Breeder
|
1973-1975 |
| 15 | 10-12 |
The Beaver
|
1962-1970 |
| 15 | 13 |
The Black Fox Magazine
|
1937 |
| 15 | 14-15 |
The Black Fox Magazine and Modern Mink Breeder
|
1952, 1959 |
| 15 | 16 |
County Agent: Vo-Ag Teacher
|
1959 |
| 15 | 17 |
Eastern Fur Farmer
|
1950 |
| 15 | 18 |
Farm and Home Science
|
1952 |
| 15 | 19-23 |
Fur Age Weekly
|
1958-1979 |
| 16 | 1-2 |
Fur Age Weekly
|
1982, 1984 |
| 16 | 3 |
Fur Breeder Digest
|
1966 |
| 16 | 4 |
Fur Bulletin and Fur Market Digest
|
1961, 1963 |
| 16 | 5-6 |
The Fur Journal
|
1946, 1949 |
| 16 | 7-21 |
Fur Rancher
|
1978-1981 |
| 17 | Fur Rancher |
||
| Folder | |||
| 18 | 1-12 |
Fur Rancher
|
1986-1991 |
| 18 | 13-18 |
Fur Trade Journal of Canada
|
1926-1977 |
| 18 | 19 |
The Mink Bulletin
|
1947-1948 |
| 18 | 20-22 |
The National Fur News
|
1938, 1948 |
| 19 | The National Fur News |
1951-1967 | |
| Folder | |||
| 20 | 1-7 |
The National Fur News
|
1967-1970 |
| 20 | 8-16 |
Northeastern Mink Farmer
|
1957-1973 |
| 20 | 17-18 |
Olympic Report
|
1957-1964 |
| 21 | 1-10 |
Olympic Report
|
1965-1971 |
| 21 | 11 |
Seattle Fur Exchange
|
1967 |
| 21 | 12 |
Silver Fox News
|
1925-1926 |
| 21 | 13-18 |
U.S. Fur Rancher
|
1957-1963 |
| 22 | U.S. Fur Rancher |
1964-1968 | |
| 23 | U.S. Fur Rancher |
1969-1975 | |
| Folder | |||
| 24 | 1-4 |
U.S. Fur Rancher
|
1977-1978 |
| 24 | 5 |
Utah Economic and Business Review
|
1952 |
| 24 | 6 |
Vogue
|
1983 |
| 24 | 7 |
Western Fur Farmer
|
1962 |
| 24 | 8-18 | Miscellaneous Magazine Clippings and Advertisements |
|
| 24 | 19 |
Women's Wear Daily, "Furs" Section |
1950-1963 |
| 24 | 20 | Miscellaneous News Clippings |
1958-1989 |
MiscellaneousReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 25 | 1 | Grading Shed Information |
| 25 | 2 | Invoices to E.M. Hancock |
| 25 | 3-7 | Miscellaneous |
| 26 | Oversized Advertisements |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mink farming--Utah
- Mink fur industry--Utah
Personal Names
- Erekson, Alma O.--Archives
Corporate Names
- Emba Mutation Mink Breeders Association--Records and correspondence
- Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Co-op--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Minutes
- Reports
Finding aid created by Manuscripts staff
1990 (last modified: 2019)
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