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UUS_mss278.xml Guide to the Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records1905-1921 Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records1905-1921 Finding aid created by the Special Collections Department at Utah State University Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives

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UUS_COLL MSS 278 Amalgamated Sugar Company Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records 1905-1921 36 boxes and 34 ledgers 24 linear ft. This collection consists of thirty-six boxes and thirty-three oversized record books containing documentation relating to the Lewiston Sugar Company and its merger with the Amalgamated Sugar Company, dating from 1905 to 1921. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

Open to public research.

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This collection was donated on December 17, 1999 by W. Chip Anderson, Acting Plant Manager of Presto Products. The collection was discovered in the attic of the Presto Products (home of the former sugar beet plant) in Lewiston. Presto representatives contacted Special Collections and offered to donate the materials for historical study.

Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records, 1905-1921. (COLL MSS 278) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Biographical Note

The Lewiston sugar beet plant operated from 1905 to 1971. With significant encouragement and influence from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, David Eccles, Charles W. Nibley, and others combined to finance factories in Ogden (1898), Logan (1901), and Lewiston (1905). The plant in Lewiston was named the Lewiston Sugar Company until it–along with the Ogden and Logan plants–merged into the Amalgamated Sugar Company in 1915. The peak year for production at the Lewiston plant was 1920. During its operation the company purchased substantial amounts of stock in the Oneida Irrigation District to obtain influence over the area’s water rights. Beet Contracts–between the factory and the farmer–could be viewed as ‘binding contracts of serfdom,’ which possibly pushed farmers to abandon the beet farming industry for more profitable crops. (Powell John L.) The factory operated until its abandonment 1971. Within one year after its closing, the building was purchased by Presto Products, which manufactures plastic goods. The building is located at 1200 East 200 South, Lewiston Utah.

Sources for further information:

Arrington, Leonard J., Beet Sugar in the West; A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1891-1966, University of Washington Press. 1966 (Special Collections call # 338.17633 Ar69)

Arrington, Leonard J., David Eccles; Pioneer Western Industrialist, Utah State University Press. 1975 (Special Collections call # 920 Ec27)

Powell, John L. ‘The Role of Beet Growers in Cache Valley; Sugar Beet Industry 1898-1981.' Thesis. 1995 (Special Collections–Thesis)

Shaw, Joan. ‘Sugar Beets' Lewiston-North Cache Valley Historical Board, July 1996. Report # 4 (Special Collections call # 979.27 L589L no. 4).

Bernhisel, John M. III., History of Lewiston (Special Collections call # 979.27 B457).

This collection consists of thirty-six boxes and thirty-three oversized record books containing documentation relating to the Lewiston Sugar Company and its merger with the Amalgamated Sugar Company. Along with the thirty-three oversized books, many smaller sized record books are contained inside the thirty-six box collection. The voucher (receipts and invoices) and returned checks collections consist of a ten percent sample from the original donation. The voucher collection also contains other special interest invoices, such as payroll, beets hauled, and tax records. Although the box and book collections appear together in the inventory list, they are physically stored separately. The records span from 1905 to 1921. This collection is organized into two series.

Series I contains records relating to the financial aspect of the business and the interaction of the company with farmers. For a financial assessment of the company consult the monthly financial reports, returned checks, invoice books & vouchers, payroll, letters of correspondence, and sugar sales. The oversized record books provide a useful view of how the business functioned, but they only provide data from 1905-10. Boxes labeled as financial records along with boxes containing vouchers and returned checks contain information that continue where the oversized books leave off. Payroll is covered from 1905-07 and 1913-18 in oversized books, vouchers, and payroll booklets. Sugar sale and production information is found in oversized books and sugar account receipt booklets. For an assessment of company-farmer relations examine beet contracts, voucher records on beet haulers and farmers, field books, receipt booklets of seeds furnished, the ledger book, and letters of correspondence.

Series II contains shipping records of beets deliveries and sugar exportation. The Monthly Shipping Reports (boxes 28 & 29) give a good overview of shipping during the years of 1905-16. For information pertaining to sugar exports, view oversized book 34 (Sugar Shipment) and Straight Bills of Landing (railroad records for car arrivals). Beet deliveries records are contained in boxes 30-34 and books 24-33. Straight Bills of Landing from 1915-17 also contain information on beet deliveries.

Agriculture Lewiston Sugar Company. Amalgamated Sugar Company. Lewiston Sugar Company. Sugar beet industry--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--20th century. Sugar beet industry--Utah--Lewiston--History--20th century. Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--20th century. Lewiston (Utah)--History. Container List Series I Financial/Business Records 1 Month Ending Reports 1905-1908 1 1 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1911 February 1 2 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1911 March 1 3 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1911 April 1 4 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1911 May 1 5 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1911 June 1 6 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1911 July 1 7 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1912 March-December 1 8 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1913 January-April 1 9 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1913 May-December 1 10 Monthly Financial Statement/Reports 1914 January - February 2 1 Letters of Correspondence 1909 2 2 Letters of Correspondence 1910 2 3 Letters of Correspondence 1911 2 4 Letters of Correspondence 1911 2 5 Letters of Correspondence 1912 2 6 Letter from German Company 1914 December 2 7 Letters from Sec. of State 1909-1910 2 8 Written Contracts 1910 2 9 Letters from Attorneys undated 2 10 Special letters (various dates) undated 3 1 Financial Records - Card Catalog 1914 3 2 Financial Records - Card Catalog 1915 3 3 Financial Records - Card Catalog 1916 3 4 Financial Records - Card Catalog 1918 3 5 Financial Records - Sugar Order Booklets 1914 3 6 Financial Records - Sugar Order Booklets 1914 3 7 Financial Records - Stubs, Record of Sugar Shipped 1905-1906 3 8 Financial Records - Stubs, Invoices 1915 4 1 Warehouse Report 1907 4 2 Warehouse Report 1908 February-May 4 3 Warehouse Report 1908 June - July 4 4 Warehouse Report 1909 4 5 Warehouse Report 1909 4 6 Weather Booklet 1918 4 7 Sugar Notice Cards undated 4 8 Pulp Cards undated 2 Accounts Payable Book 1905-1907 3 Accounts Payable Book 1907-1908 4 Sugar Accounts undated 5 Sugar Accounts undated 6 Sugar Sales Record 1906-1907 7 Sugar Production Record 1906 5 1 Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Symms Grocer 1914 5 2 Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - ZCMI 1912 5 3 Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - ZCMI 1914 - 1915 5 4 Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Joseph Geoghegan 1913 - 1914 5 5 Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Account 1915 5 6 Sugar Account Purchases/Shipments - Account 1916 8 Field Record 1906 9 Field Record 1907 10 Field Record 1908 11 Field Book 1909 12 Field Record 1910 13 Field Book 1911 14 Field Book 1912 15 Field Book 1913 16 Field Book 1914 6 1 Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield 1913 6 2 Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield & Hyde Park 1913 6 3 Seeds Furnished Records - Lewiston & Preston 1913 6 4 Seeds Furnished Records - Lewiston 1913 6 5 Seeds Furnished Records - Misc towns undated 6 6 Seeds Furnished Records - Lewiston 1917 6 7 Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield 1917 6 8 Seeds Furnished Records - Smithfield & Hyde Park 1917 6 9 Seeds Furnished Records - Hyde Park 1917 6 10 Seeds Furnished Records - Misc towns undated 7 Ledger Book (Record of farmers & beets delivered)- undated 8 1 Beet Contracts 1911 8 2 Beet Contracts - Richmond 1917 8 3 Beet Contracts - Lewiston (A-C) 1917 8 4 Beet Contracts - Lewiston (D-I) 1917 8 5 Beet Contracts - Lewiston (J-P) 1917 8 6 Beet Contracts - Lewiston (R-Z) 1917 9 1 Beet Contracts - Nashville 1917 9 2 Beet Contracts - Franklin 1917 9 3 Beet Contracts - Whitney 1917 9 4 Beet Contracts - Fairview 1917 9 5 Beet Contracts - Beckstead 1917 9 6 Beet Contracts - Preston 1917 10 1 Fulfilment Contract 1918 10 2 Preston, (A-G) 1918 10 3 Preston, (H-M) 1918 10 4 Preston, (N-Z) 1918 10 5 Whitney 1918 10 6 Fairview 1918 10 7 Richmond 1918 10 8 Misc towns 1918 11 1 Beet Contracts - Lewiston, (A-G) 1918 11 2 Beet Contracts - Lewiston, (H-N) 1918 11 3 Beet Contracts - Lewiston, (O-Z) 1918 11 4 Beet Contracts - Hyde Park 1918 11 5 Beet Contracts - Smithfield, (A-G) 1918 11 6 Beet Contracts - Smithfield, (H-P) 1918 11 7 Beet Contracts - Smithfield, (R-Z) 1918 17 Monthly Payroll 1905 18 Monthly Payroll 1906 19 Monthly Payroll 1907 12 1 Payroll Booklets 1913 February 12 2 Payroll Booklets 1913 March 12 3 Payroll Booklets 1913 April 12 4 Payroll Booklets 1913 May 12 5 Payroll Booklets 1913 June 12 6 Payroll Booklets 1913 July 13 1 Payroll Booklets 1913 August 13 2 Payroll Booklets 1913 September 13 3 Payroll Booklets part I 1913 October 13 4 Payroll Booklets part II 1913 October 13 5 Payroll Booklets part I 1913 November 13 6 Payroll Booklets part II 1913 November 14 1 Payroll Booklets part II 1913 December 14 2 Payroll Booklets part I 1914 January 14 3 Payroll Booklets part II 1914 January 14 4 Payroll Booklets 1914 February 14 5 Payroll Booklets 1914 March 14 6 Payroll Booklets 1914 April 15 1 Payroll Booklets 1914 May 15 2 Payroll Booklets 1914 June 15 3 Payroll Booklets 1914 July 15 4 Payroll Booklets 1914 August 15 5 Payroll Booklets 1914 September 15 6 Payroll Booklets part I 1914 October 16 1 Payroll Booklets part II 1914 October 16 2 Payroll Booklets part I 1914 November 16 3 Payroll Booklets part II 1914 November 16 4 Payroll Booklets part I 1914 December 16 5 Payroll Booklets part II 1914 December 16 6 Payroll Booklets part I 1915 January 16 7 Payroll Booklets part II 1915 January 16 8 Payroll Booklets 1915 March 17 1 Payroll Booklets 1915 April 17 2 Payroll Booklets 1915 May 17 3 Payroll Booklets 1915 July 17 4 Payroll Booklets part I 1915 December 17 5 Paychecks Issued Booklet 1914-1915 17 6 Timecards 1915 - 1916 18 1 Time Book undated 18 2 Voucher Record Booklet 1911 20 Invoice Book 1903-1906 21 Invoice Book 1906-1907 22 Invoice Book 1907 23 Invoice Book 1907-1908 19 1 Payments to Farmers Vouchers undated

(10% sample)

19 2 Payroll Vouchers undated

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19 3 Vouchers 1915 March-July

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19 4 Vouchers 1915 August-October

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19 5 Vouchers 1915 November-December

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19 6 Vouchers 1915 October-December

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20 1 Payroll Vouchers 1916

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20 2 Vouchers 1916 January-June

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20 3 Vouchers 1916 July-October

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20 4 Vouchers 1916 November-December

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21 1 Vouchers 1917 January-February

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21 2 Vouchers 1917 March-June

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21 3 Vouchers 1917 July-August

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21 4 Vouchers 1917 September-December

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21 5 Payroll Vouchers 1917

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21 6 Tax Vouchers 1917

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21 7 Vouchers 1918 January-February

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21 8 Beet Hauler Vouchers undated

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22 1 Beet Hauler Vouchers 1917

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22 2 Payments to Farmers Vouchers undated

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22 3 Vouchers 1917

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22 4 Payroll and Finance Vouchers undated

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23 1 Check Books 1915

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23 2 Returned Checks 1917

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23 3 Returned Checks 1917

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23 4 Returned Checks 1918

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23 5 Returned Checks 1918

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24 1 Returned Checks 1918

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24 2 Returned Checks 1918

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24 3 Returned Checks 1919 January-February

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24 4 Returned Checks 1919 January-September

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24 5 Returned Checks 1919 September-December

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25 1 Returned Checks 1919 December

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25 2 Returned Checks 1920 January-February

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25 3 Returned Checks 1920 May-August

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25 4 Returned Checks 1920 August-September

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25 5 Returned Checks 1920 September-November

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26 1 Returned Checks 1920 November

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26 2 Returned Checks 1920 November-December

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26 3 Returned Checks 1920 December

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26 4 Returned Checks 1921 January

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27 1 Financial Records 1905 27 2 Financial Records 1906 27 3 Financial Records 1907 27 4 Financial Records 1908 Series II Shipping Records undated 28 1 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1905-1907 28 2 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1907-1908 28 3 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1908-1909 28 4 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1909-1910 28 5 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1910 29 1 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1911 29 2 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1912-1913 29 3 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1913-1914 29 4 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1914-1915 29 5 Receiving & Shipping Daily Report Books 1915-1916 24 Beet Record: Factory 1905 25 Beet Record: Cars 1906 26 Beet Record: Cars 1907 27 Beet Record: Factory 1907 28 Beet Record: Car Deliveries 1908 29 Beet Record: Car Deliveries 1908 30 Beet Record: Factory Deliveries 1908 31 Beet Record: Factory Deliveries 1908 32 Beet Record: Wagon Deliveries 1909 33 Beet Record: Car Deliveries 1909 30 1 Railroad Record Books - Car Register 1909 30 2 Railroad Record Books - Car Register 1913 30 3 Railroad Record Books - Car Register 1915 30 4 Railroad Record Books - Car Record: Beets 1908 30 5 Railroad Record Books - Car Record: Lime Rock & Coke undated 30 6 Railroad Record Books - Car Record: Coal 1908-1911 31 1 Railroad Record Books - Car Record 1909-1911 31 2 Railroad Record Books - Car Report Book-Lewiston 1909 32 1 Beet Records - Beet Delivery Invoices 1909 October-November 32 1 Beet Records - Beet Delivery Invoices 1909 October-December 32 1 Beet Records - Invoice Booklet 1909-1910 32 1 Beet Records - Invoice Booklet 1912 32 1 Beet Records undated 34 Sugar Shipments 1907-1914 33 1 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1905 33 2 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1907 33 3 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1908 33 4 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1908-1909 33 5 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1910 34 1 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1911 34 2 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1910-1913 34 3 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1912 34 4 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1912 34 5 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1912 35 1 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1913 35 2 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1913 35 3 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1913 35 4 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1914 35 5 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1914 35 6 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1915 36 1 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1916 36 2 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1916 September 36 3 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1916 October 36 4 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1916 November 36 5 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1916 December 36 6 Straight Bill of Landing Booklets 1917