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Utah Beet Growers Association records, 1948-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Utah Beet Growers Association records
- Dates
- 1948-1980 (inclusive)19481980
- Quantity
- 3 boxes, (1 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 204
- Summary
- Miscellaneous records, including annual reports, bylaws, reports, and correspondence from the 1960s and 1970s.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
For much of the twentieth century, sugar beets were Utah's most important cash crop. Farmers grew beets under contract with a sugar company. Two large Utah-based companies, Utah-Idaho Sugar and the Amalgamated Sugar Companies, dominated the industry, processing beets throughout the state.
Growers organized in the 1920s through the American Farm Bureau Federation in order to bargain collectively with the companies for the sale of their crop. Growers associations were organized on local, state, and national levels. The state association negotiated a contract with company representatives every year. Farmers pressed for higher prices through their association. But the association was not limited to bargaining over prices. Grower representatives were present in the scale house ensuring accurate weights and measures, and they checked the tare, they were also present in the laboratory double checking chemical tests. The association looked out for the farmers' interests.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous business records for the Utah Beet Growers Association from the late 1960s to the 1970s.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah Beet Growers Association records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Utah Beet Growers Association records USU_COLL MSS 204, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 204, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | California Beet Growers Association | undated |
| 1 | 2 | California Beet Growers Association | undated |
| 1 | 3 | Idaho, Oregon, Utah Beet Growers Association | undated |
| 1 | 4 | Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association | undated |
| 1 | 5 | Utah Sugar Beet Growers Association press releases | undated |
| 1 | 6 | Utah Sugar Beet Growers Association financial statements | 1959-1963 |
| 1 | 7 | Utah Sugar Beet Company Growers Association tax exempt status | undated |
| 1 | 8 | Utah Sugar Beet Growers Association newsletter | undated |
| 1 | 9 | Jesse Pay tare check report | 1973 |
| 1 | 10 | Skeen & Skeen lawsuit against The Amalgamated Sugar Company | 1979 |
| 1 | 11 | Individual sugar content study committee | 1973 May-June |
| 1 | 12 | Harold Thompson correspondence
Utah Sugar Beet Growers Association secretary-treasurer
|
undated |
| 1 | 13 | Glenn L. Taggart correspondence with Harold Thompson
About selecting new dean of college of agriculture at Utah State University
|
undated |
| 1 | 14 | Washington Beet Growers Association | undated |
| 1 | 15 | Cache County Beet Growers Association dues | 1967 October 31 |
| 1 | 16 | Weber County Sugar Beet Growers Association
|
1958-1961 |
| 2 | 1 | National Sugarbeet Growers Federation by-laws | undated |
| 2 | 2 | National Sugarbeet Growers Federation meeting | 1972 December 6 |
| 2 | 3 | National Sugarbeet Growers Federation convention | 1976 |
| 2 | 4 | National Sugarbeet Growers Federation resolutions | 1973 - 1978 |
| 2 | 5 | National Sugarbeet Growers Federation directories | 1972-1976 |
| 2 | 6 | National Sugarbeet Growers Federation Facts and Figures on Sugar compiled by Richard W. Blake | 1948 |
| 2 | 7 | American Sugarbeet Growers Association Capitol Sugargram | 1977 March 11-1978 April 21 |
| 2 | 8 | NFO proposed resolutions | 1968 |
| 2 | 9 | Farm Credit Employees Credit Union retirement program | undated |
| 2 | 10 | Hawaii sugar statistics | undated |
| 2 | 11 | Migrant housing facilities | undated |
| 2 | 12 | Minimum sugar beet wage rate determination | 1949 |
| 2 | 13 | USDA Farmer Cooperative Service educational circular #32 "Organizing and Conducting Cooperatives' Annual Meetings" | undated |
| 2 | 14 | Governor Scott M. Mathson | undated |
| 2 | 15 | Congressman Gunn McKay | undated |
| 2 | 16 | Senator Frank E. Moss | undated |
| 2 | 17 | The Amalgamated Sugar Company tonnage reports, Growers Association dues | 1971-1977 |
| 2 | 18 | The Sugarbeet
published by The Amalgamated Sugar Company
|
Spring 1973 - Spring 1976 |
| 2 | 19 | Franklin district Whitney station
contractors, acres contracted, planted and harvested
|
undated |
| 2 | 20 | Ogden and Randall stations | 1965-1968 |
| 2 | 21 | Twin Falls district growers request division into north side and south side | undated |
| 3 | 1 | Contract Amalgamated; Utah-Idaho | 1969-1972 |
| 3 | 2 | Contract information | 1974 |
| 3 | 3 | Contract information Amalgamated | 1975 |
| 3 | 4 | Contract information Amalgamated | 1976 |
| 3 | 5 | Garland and South Box Elder grower lists | 1976-1978 |
| 3 | 6 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company letters to stockholders | 1970 October 30 - 1975 January 31 |
| 3 | 7 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company: supplemental letters to contracts | undated |
| 3 | 8 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company pamphlet
"You can't beet sugar beets for stabilizing farm profits:
|
undated |
| 3 | 9 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual report year end | 1965 February 28 |
| 3 | 10 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual report year end | 1970 February 28 |
| 3 | 11 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual report year end | 1971 February 28 |
| 3 | 12 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual meeting of stockholders | 1971 June |
| 3 | 13 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual report year end | 1973 February 28 |
| 3 | 14 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual report year end | 1974 February 28 |
| 3 | 15 | Utah-Idaho Sugar Company annual report year end | 1975 February 28 |
| 3 | 16 | U&I Incorporated annual report year end | 1976 February 28 |
| 3 | 17 | U&I Incorporated price announcements | undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture, cooperatives--Utah.
- Sugar Beets--Cooperative marketing.
- Sugar beet industry--Utah.
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2011
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