Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Articles of Association and By-Laws
- Audits. See Restrictions
- Beernink Retirement File
- Check Registers
- Cooperative Creed
- Financial records (Committee for Improving the Marketing of Washington Agricultural Products)
- General File
- Minutes:
- "Newsletters ("News Notes")"
- "Washington, State Dairy Industry Committee:"
- Names and Subjects
Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives Records, 1936-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- Title
- Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives Records
- Dates
- 1936-1976 (inclusive)19361976
- Quantity
- 1 containers., (1 linear feet of shelf space.), (855 items.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 445
- Summary
- Correspondence, minutes, articles and by-laws, newsletters and other papers of a state organization of farmer cooperative business associations.
- Repository
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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
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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 State Council of Farmer Cooperatives (formerly the Washington State Cooperative Council) was first organized on September 25, 1936, at the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC) in Puyallup. The charter membership consisted of 45 cooperative leaders representing 35 farmer-owned or -controlled marketing and purchasing organizations. The original impetus for organizing the Council was to encourage and promote a closer mutual relationship between all farmer cooperative business associations in Washington and to support or oppose state agricultural legislation as a unified group.
In later years, as the Council's membership grew, its needs expanded. The Council began working more closely with extension services and engaging in activities designed to advance its cooperative program throughout the state. Vocational agricultural education programs, such as business training conferences and FFA cooperative marketing and purchasing classes and Youth Tours, were also developed.
The Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives is a non-profit organization and a member of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The records of the Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives are incomplete. Many of the records from 1936 through 1945 were apparently destroyed in a fire. The remaining papers include such material as articles of association, by-laws, financial statements, check registers, minutes of the Directors' meetings, minutes of the officers, executives and trustees meetings, treasurers' reports, audits, general correspondence (included under various subject headings throughout the collection), and the records of several different committees.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Folders 2-8, "Audits, 1941-1975," may be used only with the written permission of the Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 445, Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
All files have been arranged in a single alphabetical series by subject. The folder entitled "General File, 1932-1958" includes correspondence, reports, an organization history, and committee material. The bulk of the material in this file comes from the years 1936-1937. Although the records of the Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives span the years from 1936 through 1976, the bulk of the material dates from the period of the 1950s and 1960s.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Financial records (Committee for Improving the Marketing of Washington Agricultural Products), 1959-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 14
Minutes:Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 16-17 | Directors' Meetings 95
|
1945-1952 |
| 1 | 18-19 | " Various Meetings
(Trustees, Officers, Executives)" 95
|
1952-1962 |
"Washington, State Dairy Industry Committee:"Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 21 | Minutes 75
|
1950-1968 |
| 1 | 22-23 | Records 60
|
1958-1961 |
| 1 | 24 | State Milk Order 30
|
1958-1968 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural cooperative credit associations--Washington (State)
- Agriculture--Washington (State)--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
Corporate Names
- Washington State Cooperative Council
- Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives--Archives (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Barbara
Kovarik-Gahl
2012
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