Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 528
Merion Bluegrass Association
Merion Bluegrass Association Records
1954-1982
2.5 Linear feet of shelf space
4 Boxes
The records consists of correspondence, financial
records, meeting minutes and reports, and other materials from the Merion Bluegrass
Association.
Collection materials are in English
In 1954 Arden Jacklin, George Royes and Dwight Hopkins incorporated the Merion Blue
Grass Association in Oregon. The purpose of the Association was to promote,
advertise and educate the public in the "use and desirable features of" Merion Blue
Grass, thereby increasing its consumption. The Association was a non-profit
organization. It met annually in Oregon or Washington to discuss and further its
business, and conducted public relations through an office in New York. The Merion
Bluegrass Association was dissolved in 1989. The balance of the Association's funds
were donated to the Ralph Engel Turfgrass Scholarship Fund at Rutgers
University.
This collection contains records of the Merion Bluegrass Association. The collection
consists of correspondence, by-laws, financial statements, budgets, minutes, annual
meeting materials, and membership rosters.
Material organized single sequence of alphabetical subject folders. In many cases
subjects are further divided by chronology. This arrangement approximates the
original order.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Merion Bluegrass Association Records, 1954-1982 (Cage 528)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Records of the Merion Bluegrass Association were donated to the Washington State
University Libraries in 1985 and 1986 through the efforts of Al Bonnicksen of
Seattle, WA (MS85-55, MS86-11).
Some routine records, including cancelled checks, have been discarded.
Merion Bluegrass Association Records, 1957-1991 (Cage 867)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Merion Bluegrass Association -- Records and correspondence
Agriculture -- Northwest, Pacific -- Societies, etc. -- Records and correspondence
Bluegrasses
Agriculture
Washington (State)
Oregon
Merion Bluegrass Association
Records
1
Film Reel
1 item.
2
1
Accounting
1967-1975
36 items.
Activities and Transactions
2
2
1967-1968
45 items.
2
3
1967-1973
54 items.
2
4
1969-1970
46 items.
2
5
1970-1971
36 items.
2
6
1971-1974
47 items.
2
7
1970-1975
41 items.
2
8
Advertising
undated
20 items.
2
9
Agricultural Experiments and
Dues
1967-1974
45 items.
2
10
American Seed Trade Association
Meeting
1976
24 items.
2
11
Applications for Membership
1975
93 items.
2
12
Articles of Incorporation
1954
3 items.
2
13
Atlantic Seedmen's Association
1973-1976
50 items.
2
14
Better Lawn Harvests
1975
10 items.
Bluegrass Production and
Acreage
2
15
1957-1962
6 items.
2
16
1969-1972
26 items.
Board of Directors' Meeting
2
17
1975
45 items.
2
18
1977
23 items.
2
19
1978
67 items.
Bonds, Insurance Fees and
Membership
2
20
1964-1975
47 items.
2
21
1964-1975
56 items.
2
22
Bookkeeping and Transactions
1968-1976
45 items.
2
23
Budget and Statistics
1974-1975
20 items.
Budget Estimates
2
24
1953-1958
20 items.
2
25
1957-1962
20 items.
2
26
1959-1963
30 items.
2
27
1961-1963
23 items.
2
28
1961-1964
24 items.
2
29
1963-1965
40 items.
2
30
1963-1967
45 items.
2
31
1965-1966
5 items.
2
32
1965-1967
44 items.
2
33
1966-1968
44 items.
2
34
1967-1970
50 items.
2
35
1968-1970
18 items.
2
36
1970-1974
23 items.
2
37
1971-1972
36 items.
2
38
1972-1973
33 items.
2
39
1973-1974
20 items.
2
40
1974-1976
20 items.
By-Laws, Merion Bluegrass
Association
2
41
undated
10 items.
2
42
undated
40 items.
2
43
Care and Maintainence of
Bluegrass
1978
64 items.
2
44
Directors' Meeting
1973
20 items.
Dues
2
45
1977
37 items.
2
46
1978
34 items.
2
47
1980-1982
42 items.
2
48
1980-1982
37 items.
2
49
Effect of Storage on Viability Retention
of Turfgrass Seeds
1976
17 items.
Financial Statements
2
50
1969-1978
74 items.
2
51
1973
34 items.
General Correspondence
2
52
1976
47 items.
2
53
1976
39 items.
2
54
1977
38 items.
2
55
Income Tax Forms and
Exemptions
1954-1966
21 items.
2
56
Income Taxes and Records
1968-1972
27 items.
2
57
Internal Revenue Service
Records
1977
50 items.
2
58
Inventory and Budget
1970-1972
5 items.
Invoices
2
59
1967-1968
27 items.
2
60
1967-1974
48 items.
3
61
1968-1969
27 items.
3
62
1969
36 items.
3
63
1969-1971
47 items.
3
64
1970
32 items.
3
65
1970-1972
30 items.
3
66
1970-1972
49 items.
3
67
1970-1974
45 items.
3
68
La Grande Office
1977
46 items.
Member Correspondence
3
69
1975
32 items.
3
70
1976
54 items.
3
71
1976
38 items.
3
72
1978
48 items.
3
73
Membership and Board Meeting
1976
10 items.
3
74
Membership Payment
1964
1 item.
3
75
Merion Bluegrass Association Silver
Anniversary Meeting
1978
27 items.
3
76
Merion Improvement Project
1977
2 items.
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
3
77
1953
9 items.
3
78
1955
14 items.
3
79
1956
17 items.
3
80
1957
8 items.
3
81
1958
5 items.
3
82
1959
10 items.
3
83
1960
12 items.
3
84
1961
7 items.
3
85
1962
14 items.
3
86
1963
8 items.
3
87
1964
20 items.
3
88
1965
12 items.
3
89
1966
9 items.
3
90
1967
7 items.
3
91
1967
8 items.
3
92
1968
17 items.
3
93
1969
23 items.
3
94
1970
14 items.
3
95
1970-1971
14 items.
3
96
1971
24 items.
3
97
1972
14 items.
3
98
1973
19 items.
3
99
1975
10 items.
3
100
1975
30 items.
3
101
1975
47 items.
3
102
Budget Estimates
1976
14 items.
Minutes, Board of Directors'
Meeting
3
103
1972
16 items.
3
104
1973
23 items.
3
105
1974
10 items.
Special Meeting of the Board
3
106
1954
18 items.
3
107
1970
3 items.
Miscellaneous Correspondence
3
108
1973-1978
48 items.
3
109
1977-1979
27 items.
3
110
Monthly Invoices
1976
47 items.
3
111
Paid Invoices
1978
43 items.
3
112
Poa Annua Control Research,
OSU
1963
4 items.
Portland Annual Meeting
3
113
1975
4 items.
3
114
1977
21 items.
3
115
Crop Reporting Meeting
1978
27 items.
3
116
President's Remarks, Silver Anniversary
Meeting
1978
8 items.
3
117
Prices and Contracts
1955
1 item.
3
118
Production and Contributions
1959
16 items.
3
119
Promotion of Merion Bluegrass
1962
20 items.
Public Relations
3
120
1967
16 items.
3
121
1968-1974
41 items.
3
122
1975
54 items.
3
123
1976
32 items.
3
124
1977
36 items.
3
125
New York
1978
57 items.
Receipts
3
126
1970-1979
41 items.
3
127
1975-1979
20 items.
Records
3
128
1966-1976
32 items.
3
129
1967-1970
46 items.
3
130
1973-1975
54 items.
3
131
1974
10 items.
3
132
Report on Seed Trial Grounds
undated
3 items.
3
133
Representation in Sweden
1973
4 items.
3
134
Research: Bluegrass Control,
OSU
1965
5 items.
Roster of Membership
3
135
1954-1956
5 items.
3
136
1959-1963
25 items.
3
137
1964
17 items.
3
138
1965
14 items.
3
139
1966
20 items.
3
140
1967
10 items.
3
141
1968
9 items.
3
142
1970
12 items.
3
143
1973
36 items.
3
144
1975
16 items.
3
145
Rutgers Turfgrass Proceedings
1975
94 items.
3
146
Seed Crops
1975
36 items.
3
147
Seed Crop Statistics
1974-1976
94 items.
3
148
Special Board Meeting
1975
81 items.
4
149
Statement of Financial
Condition
1954-1961
1 item.
4
150
Statistical Reports
1976-1977
41 items.
Statistics
4
151
1977
67 items.
4
152
1978
97 items.
4
153
Stripe Smut: Its Effect on
Bluegrass
1965
2 items.
4
154
Summer Board of Directors'
Meeting
1976
36 items.
4
155
Tax Exemptions
1967-1975
23 items.
4
156
Tax Returns
1970
4 items.
Transactions
4
157
1973-1974
37 items.
4
158
1976
34 items.
4
159
1976-1977
2 items.
4
160
1977
5 items.
4
161
Turfgrass Foundation Tax
Returns
1971
2 items.
4
162
Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Liberty Lake,
Washington
1975
25 items.
4
163
Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting
1976
84 items.
4
164
Variety Advancement and the Eastern
Consumer
undated
2 items.
Winter Board Meeting
4
165
1976
26 items.
4
166
1976
26 items.
4
167
1977
27 items.
4
168
1978
27 items.