Overview of the Collection
UUS_P0385
Utah Cooperative Association photograph
collection.
1950-1978
Utah
Cooperative Association
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
1 box
0.5 linear ft.
This collection contains photographs and slides
from the Utah Cooperative Association (UCA) collected by Wilmer Burke (W.B.)
Robins.
Material in English
Processed in February of 2010
This collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections &
Archives by W.B. Robins in 1986 as part of the Utah Cooperative Association
Papers.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright
clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah Cooperative Association photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Initial Citation: USU_P0385; Utah Cooperative
Association Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and
Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0385, USUSCA.
Historical Note
A cooperative is a business owned and controlled by the people who use its services.
The UCA was a wholesale cooperative owned and controlled by local cooperatives
throughout the state. The local co-ops organized with the assistance of the State
Self-Help Board on August 17, 1936 with six employees and six local co-ops. By 1941,
UCA became independent of the Self-Help Board and began operating as a wholesale
supply co-op for farmers. By 1945 UCA had become financially strong enough to enable
the organization to purchase its own warehouse and bulk plant. Their affiliation
with the Cooperative League of the United States of America in the same year
increased their buying power. By the early 1950s UCA had expanded its operation
through the purchase of an oil refinery in the Uintah Basin and by becoming sole
owner of the PAX trademark for agricultural chemicals through its acquisition of
Kelly-Western Seed Company. UCA ceased to exist when it merged with the Farmer’s
Union Central Exchange (CENEX) in 1976. CENEX is now one of the largest
retail/wholesale propane networks in the nation.
The Utah Cooperative Association (UCA) collection consists of 331 color slides,
forty-four color photographs, and ten black and white photographs. This collection
documents the Utah Cooperative Association’s various enterprises including service
stations, petroleum refineries, grain mills, cooperative grocery stores, employees,
and social events between the 1950s and late 1970s.
This collection is organized by subject.
Images
Retail
Trade
Utah Farm
Bureau
Cooperatives--Utah--UCA--Employees
Cooperatives--Utah--UCA--Stores
Cooperatives--Utah--UCA--Service Stations
Cooperatives--Utah--UCA--Oil Refineries
Cooperative (Utah)--History
Container List
1
1:01:01-1:01:03
Enterprise, Utah Co-op station gas
tanks.
undated
1
1:01:04
Huntington, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:05
Huntington, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:06
Moroni, Utah Farmers Co-op
station.
undated
1
1:01:07-1:01:10
Orem, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:11
Corinne, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:12
Corinne, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:13
Vernal, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:14
Vernal, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:15
Richfield, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:16
Delta, Utah Co-op station.
undated
1
1:01:17
Salt Lake City, Utah Co-op
station.
undated
1
1:01:18
Salt Lake City, Utah Co-op
station.
undated
1
1:02:01
Bear River Valley Co-op.
undated
1
1:02:02
Laurel Montana Petroleum refinery, Pre EPA.
undated
1
1:02:03
Cache Valley Cheese.
undated
1
1:02:04
Laurel Montana Petroleum refinery.
undated
1
1:02:05
Laurel Montana Petroleum refinery.
undated
1
1:02:06
Trenton Co-op.
undated
1
1:02:07
Home office.
undated
1
1:02:08
Moroni Cold Storage.
undated
1
1:02:09
Board Room and directors.
undated
1
1:02:10
Bear River Co-op, main store.
undated
1
1:02:11
D.C. Oil Floor.
undated
1
1:02:12
Kamas Co-op station.
undated
1
1:02:13
Tire Shop.
undated
1
1:02:14
UCA headquarters.
1963
1
1:02:15
Moroni Feed Co-op, original
headquarters.
undated
1
1:02:16
Co-op Service.
undated
1
1:02:17
Man in shop.
undated
1
1:02:18
Moroni Farmer Co-op service.
undated
1
1:02:19
Moroni Feed Plant.
undated
1
1:02:20
Moroni Feed Plant.
undated
1
1:02:21
Pipeline Refinery Fuel.
undated
1
1:02:22
Andersen’s Fertilizer Center, Spanish
Fork.
undated
1
1:02:23
Moroni Co-op Turkey Farm.
1975
1
1:03:01-1:03:06
Co-op Supermarket board.
undated
1
1:03:07-1:03:09
Interior view of supermarket.
undated
1
1:03:10-1:03:12
Exterior view of supermarket.
undated
1
1:03:13-1:03:17
Interior view of supermarket with
patrons.
undated
1
1:03:18-1:03:20
Interior view of supermarket.
undated
1
1:03:21
Sales Growth Chart.
undated
1
1:03:22-1:03:24
Interior view of supermarket.
undated
1
1:03:25-1:03:29
Exterior view of Co-op store.
undated
1
1:03:30
Interior view of Co-op store.
undated
1
1:03:31
Birdseye view of Co-op store.
undated
1
1:04:01
Front view of Co-op store.
undated
1
1:04:02
Interior view of Co-op store.
undated
1
1:04:03
Patrons walking into Co-op store.
undated
1
1:04:04-1:04:06
Exterior side view of Co-op store.
undated
1
1:04:07-1:04:09
Exterior front view of Smith Food
King.
undated
1
1:04:10
Exterior side view of Co-op Store.
undated
1
1:05:01
Ashley Co-op, Vernal.
undated
1
1:05:02
Ashley Co-op, Vernal.
1970
1
1:05:03
Bear River Co-op, Corinne.
undated
1
1:05:04
Bountiful Co-op Service.
1970
1
1:05:05
Castle Valley Co-op, Huntington.
1970
1
1:05:06
Orem Co-op Service.
undated
1
1:05:07
Co-op Service, Salt Lake City.
1970
1
1:05:08
Kaysville Co-op Service.
undated
1
1:05:09
Kamas Co-op Service.
undated
1
1:05:10
UCA Corn dry, Brigham.
1971
1
1:05:11
South Dairy Co-op, Parowan.
1965
1
1:05:12
UCA Co-op, dry, Brigham City.
1971
1
1:06:01
UCA meeting.
undated
1
1:06:02
Co-op Oil refinery.
undated
1
1:06:03
UCA/PAX sign, 580 West 1300 South, Salt Lake
City.
undated
1
1:06:04
UCA transport.
undated
1
1:06:05
Ence Brothers, St. George.
1967
1
1:06:06
Unknown refinery.
undated
1
1:06:07
UCA dinner meeting.
undated
1
1:06:08
Andersen’s Spanish Fork Co-op.
1970
1
1:06:09
Co-op Batteries.
undated
1
1:06:10
UCA board of directors.
1971
1
1:06:11
A UCA dealer agent.
undated
1
1:06:12
Utah Co-op main office warehouse.
1960
1
1:06:13
UCA tour.
1966
1
1:06:14
FFA tour of UCA.
1970
1
1:06:15
Utah Co-op warehouse, Salt Lake
City.
undated
1
1:06:16
Moroni membership meeting.
undated
1
1:07:01
National Co-op, Albert LEA.
undated
1
1:07:02
Station Uinta Oil, A hyperbolic parabaloid,
3500 South 18 West, Salt Lake City.
undated
1
1:07:03
Uinta Oil station, Salt Lake City, 3500 South,
18 West, Salt Lake City.
undated
1
1:07:04
Dry Hole Uinta, UCA, Rangeley, Co.
undated
1
1:07:05
UCA Co-op trademark.
1956
1
1:07:06
Utah Map, Co-op’s and DA’s.
undated
1
1:07:07
UCA building.
1960-1965
1
1:07:08
Montage Utah Co-op.
undated
1
1:07:09
Andersen’s Farm Supply, Spanish
Fork.
undated
1
1:07:10
Andersen’s Farm Supply, Spanish
Fork.
undated
1
1:07:11
Thayne, Wellington.
undated
1
1:07:12
Andersen’s DA., Spanish Fork.
undated
1
1:07:13
Co-op literature.
undated
1
1:07:14
Universal Co-op office building.
undated
1
1:07:15
W. B. Robins.
1964
1
1:08:01
PAX, Crabgrass Control.
undated
1
1:08:02
PAX, Lawn Care.
undated
1
1:08:03
PAX, Crabgrass Control.
undated
1
1:08:04
PAX products.
1970
1
1:08:05
UCA plant, PAX product.
1963
1
1:09:01-05
Gro Best, Orem, Utah.
undated
1
1:09:06-10
Sevier Valley Co-op, Richfield.
undated
1
1:09:11-16
Farmer’s Co-op of Southern Utah, Enterprise.
undated
1
1:09:17-21
Ashley Farmer’s Union, Vernal.
undated
1
1:09:22-24
Moroni Feed Company, Moroni.
undated
1
1:09:25-27
Farmer’s Co-op Service, Moroni.
undated
1
1:09:28-33
Co-op Service, Salt Lake City.
undated
1
1:09:34-36
Bear River Valley Co-op, Corinne.
undated
1
1:09:37-42
Castle Valley Co-op, Huntington.
undated
1
1:09:43-44
Uintah Farmer’s Co-op.
undated
1
1:10:01-25
Co-op employees.
undated
1
1:11:01-22
Uinta Oil refinery, Rangeley, CO.
undated
1
1:12:01-15
Galaxy Station.
undated
1
1:13:01-78
Unidentified Utah Co-op stations.
undated
1
1:14:01-14
Missing.
undated
1
1:15:01-54
Slides for Utah Young Couples
conference.
1978
1
1:16:01-17
Slides from UCA group tour.
1977