Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records

Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records, 1953-1974

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association
Title: Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records
Dates: 1953-1974 (inclusive)
19531974
Quantity: 3 containers., (2.5 linear feet of shelf space.), (3850 items.)
Collection Number: Cage 353
Summary: Minutes, correspondence, financial statements, price data and production statistics, newsletters and photographs of an association of pear producers. Correspondents include buyers and United States Representative Catherine May.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research use.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association organized in the fall of 1953 and incorporated under Washington Law in March 1959. The expressed purpose of the Association is to: stabilize the canning pear industry, return a fair price to growers, bring about an early price, cooperate fully with all segments of industry, and grow quality pears in the most efficient and scientific manner possible. The Association began as a strictly Washington enterprise and in 1954 the membership was about 600. In 1956 Oregon joined the Association and the membership swelled to over 1000.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records are arranged in five major series: minutes of meetings, office files, buyers files, mimeo file, and photographs. The bulk of the minutes series is arranged in two loose-leaf binders; these minutes are arranged chronologically from March 1954 through June 1962. The remainder of the minutes series is arranged chronologically with the most recent entry first. The office files series is arranged alphabetically by the name of the purchasing organization and chronologically within the individual buyer's file, with the most recent entry first. When the purchasing organization has changed names, the previous names are listed in parentheses in the container list. The mimeo file is arranged chronologically with the most recent entry first. A small group of generally unidentified and undated photographs are the final series.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 353, Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records, 1953-1974, are arranged in four series.

The first series, minutes, contains minutes of the directors, general, district, and some committee meetings for the period October 1953 through June 1962. Some correspondence is included in the two loose-leaf binders of the minutes of directors and general meetings. The binders cover the period March 1954 through June 1962. The remainder of the minutes series includes records of district, directors, annual, and committee meetings during the period between 1953 through 1959.

The second series, the office files, includes material from the period between 1953 through 1962 with the bulk of this series centering on the late 1950's. Although there is no formal correspondence file or series, correspondence may be found throughout the office files under the many different subjects included in this series. The office files series contains material on directors, legislation, membership, production surveys, publicity, legal forms and files, and other subjects. Included in the office files series is an imcomplete run of the Association newsletter "The Pear Facts," for the period April 1956 through August 1962.

The third series, the buyers file, is composed of correspondence and purchase and shipping orders from the various companies who bought pears from the Association during the period 1954 through 1974, with the bulk of the material after 1958.

The fourth series, the mimeo file, contains all the mimeographed material sent to the members of the association as well as that material sent to the directors, shippers and purchases, and news releases. Material in this series includes memoranda to the members and directors, shipping information, purchase price negotiations, financial statements from the Association, information on general and annual meetings, news releases, ballots for officers, production and price statistics, and some early issues of the Association newsletter.

The collection also includes some photographs, many of which are unidentified and/or undated, that have been placed at the end as the last series.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the organization through Secretary-Manager Clay Whybark in June 1977 (77-24).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: MinutesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Minutes of Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association 121	March 1954-March 1958
1	2	Minutes of Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association 120	March 1958-June 1962
1	3	Committee Meetings 73	1953-1957
1	4	District Meetings 27	February 1956-January 1958
1	5	Minutes of Directors Meetings 58	December 1956-December 1958
1	6	Annual Meeting 69	January 1957-March 1958
1	7	"Programs, Agendas, Meetings" 13	1958-1959

Series 2: Office FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	8	Cherry Association Bulletins 12
2	9	"Cooperatives, Material Regarding Entry of" 11	1957-1958
		Directors:
Box	Folder
2	10	32	March 1957-December 1957
2	11	103	February 1958-November 1959
2	12	80	1962
2	13	80	1963
Box	Folder
2	14	Farmers Cooperative Service 83	1956-1962
2	15	Legal File 61	1953-1955
2	16	Legal Forms 25	undated
		Legislation:
Box	Folder
2	17	77	1959-1961
2	18	10	1962
Box	Folder
2	19	Mailing Permits 70	1959-1963
		Membership:
Box	Folder
2	20	General 59	1959-1962
2	21	Lists 5	1959
2	22	General 27	November 1956-December 1958
		Newsletters:
Box	Folder
2	23	30	April 1956-February 1958
2	24	25	March 1959-August 1962
Box	Folder
2	25	Northwest Canners and Freezers Association 82	1958-1959
2	26	Organization File 114	September 1953-September 1954
		Production Survey:
Box	Folder
2	27	Wenatchee 67	1962
2	28	Yakima 72	1962
Box	Folder
2	29	Promotion 43	November 1957-January 1959
		Publicity:
Box	Folder
2	30	77	February 1957-September 1958
2	31	32	January 1959-August 1962
Box	Folder
2	32	Statistics 27	1954
2	33	Yakima Chamber of Commerce 3	August-September 1962

Series 3: Buyers FileReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		"Castle and Cook Foods (formerly Dole, & Paulos Bros.):"
Box	Folder
2	34	65	February 1959-August 1967
2	35	41	August 1967-January 1974
Box	Folder
2	36	Contadina Foods 3	August-December 1967
2	37	D and D Canning Co. 14	July 1958-March 1962
		Del Monte (formerly California Packing Corp.):
Box	Folder
2	38	91	February 1958-November 1966
2	39	55	August 1967-March 1974
		Hudson House:
Box	Folder
3	40	62	September 1955-August 1967
3	41	5	August 1968-September 1969
Box	Folder
3	42	J & G Brokerage 46	September 1954-August 1967
		"Libby, McNeill & Libby:"
Box	Folder
3	43	83	November 1957-December 1966
3	44	42	July 1967-March 1974
		Northwest Packing Company:
Box	Folder
3	45	66	January 1959-July 1967
3	46	58	August 1967-February 1974
		"United States Products, Ind.:"
Box	Folder
3	47	57	February 1958-August 1967
3	48	29	August 1967-March 1974
Box	Folder
3	49	Washington Canners Corp. 94	February 1954-October 1968
3	50	Yakima Packing Co. 32	July 1956-July 1962

Series 4: Mimeo File and PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Mimeo File
Box	Folder
3	51	90	1956
3	52	73	1957-1958
3	53	126	1959
3	54	92	1960
3	55	95	1961
3	56	100	1962
3	57	95	1963
3	58	97	1964
3	59	101	1965
3	60	74	1966
3	61	77	1967
3	62	90	1968
3	63	87	1969
Box	Folder
3	64	Photographs 26

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture--Oregon--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
Agriculture--Washington (State)--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
Pear--Oregon
Pear--Washington (State)

Personal Names

May, Catherine Dean Barnes, 1914-

Corporate Names

Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association--Archives (creator)

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Whybark, Clay. WaPS (donor)

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