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ACCN 1490
Alma O. Erekson papers
1925-1991
Erekson, Alma O.
15 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Sketch
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.
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.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of Tim Erekson.
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in the 1990s.
Photographs transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Erekson, Alma O.--Archives
Emba Mutation Mink Breeders Association--Records and correspondence
Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Co-op--Records and correspondence
Mink fur industry--Utah
Mink farming--Utah
Ranching
Correspondence
Minutes
Reports
Correspondence
1
1-2
Personal Correspondence
1939-1968
1
3-8
Correspondence
1949-1960
Emba Mutation Mink Breeders Association Materials
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-op
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
1960-1965
Harbor Fisheries, Inter West Industries, Inc., Pacific Fisheries, and Vita Sea Corporation.
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 Associations
4
1
American Fox Breeders Association
1951
4
2-5
Fur Farm Organizations, Inc.
1959-1964
Annual meeting proceedings.
4
6-9
Great Lakes Mink Association
1950-1960
Meeting minutes and articles of incorporation.
4
10
Miscellaneous Fur Companies and Associations
1959-1970
Mink Health and Nutrition and Genetics
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 Pelts
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 Shows
8
1-3
Mink Pelt Fashion Shows
1949-1959
Brochures and catalogues.
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
1945-1946
Blue book for mink farmers.
9
The Honker
1949-1970
Blue book for mink farmers.
International Mink Conference and Research Materials
10
1-5
International Mink Conference Materials
1956, 1962
10
6-18
Mink Farmers Research Foundation
1952-1972
Progress reports.
Speeches, Reports, and Studies
11
1-2
Speeches
1949-1979
11
3
Coop Talk Speeches
1956, 1962
11
4-5
Reports
1925
"Silver Fox Farming."
11
6
Report
"Early Fox Farming in Utah," by Richard E. Westwood.
11
7
Report
1955
"The Litton Story," by Alma O. Erekson.
11
8-9
Government Reports
1960-1968
11
10
Mink Study
1958
11
11
Survey of Furriers
1958
11
12
Mademoiselle Magazine Study
1962
"Study of college girls attitudes towards mink."
11
13-21
Motivational Study
11
22
Production Study
Periodicals
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
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
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
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
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
Miscellaneous
25
1
Grading Shed Information
25
2
Invoices to E.M. Hancock
25
3-7
Miscellaneous
26
Oversized Advertisements