Guide to the Merion Bluegrass Association Records 1954-1982
Cage 528

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Merion Bluegrass Association
Title
Merion Bluegrass Association Records
ID
Cage 528
Date [inclusive]
1954-1982
Extent
4 containers., 2.5 linear feet of shelf space., 4800 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, by-laws, financial statements, budgets, minutes, annual meeting materials and membership rosters.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 528, Merion Bluegrass Association Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

In 1954 Arden Jacklin, George Royes and Dwight Hopkins incorporated the Merion Blue Grass Association in Oregon. The purpose of the Association is to promote, advertise and educate the public in the "use and desirable features of" Merion Blue Grass, thereby increasing its consumption. The Association is a non-profit organization. It meets annually in Oregon or Washington to discuss and further its business, and conducts public relations through an office in New York.

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Arrangement

The records of the Merion Bluegrass Association are arranged in a single sequence of alphabetical subject folders. In many cases subjects are further divided by chronology. This arrangement approximates the original order.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

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).

Processing Information

Some routine records, including cancelled checks, have been discarded.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Merion Bluegrass Association --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Bluegrasses
  • Agriculture -- Northwest, Pacific--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

box

Film Reel  1 item.

 1
box folder

Accounting 1967-1975  36 items.

 2 1

Activities and Transactions 
box folder

 1967-1968  45 items.

 2 2

 1967-1973  54 items.

 2 3

 1969-1970  46 items.

 2 4

 1970-1971  36 items.

 2 5

 1971-1974  47 items.

 2 6

 1970-1975  41 items.

 2 7

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box folder

Advertising undated  20 items.

 2 8

Agricultural Experiments and Dues 1967-1974  45 items.

 2 9

American Seed Trade Association Meeting 1976  24 items.

 2 10

Applications for Membership 1975  93 items.

 2 11

Articles of Incorporation 1954  3 items.

 2 12

Atlantic Seedmen's Association 1973-1976  50 items.

 2 13

Better Lawn Harvests 1975  10 items.

 2 14

Bluegrass Production and Acreage 
box folder

 1957-1962  6 items.

 2 15

 1969-1972  26 items.

 2 16

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Board of Directors' Meeting 
box folder

 1975  45 items.

 2 17

 1977  23 items.

 2 18

 1978  67 items.

 2 19

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Bonds, Insurance Fees and Membership 
box folder

 1964-1975  47 items.

 2 20

 1964-1975  56 items.

 2 21

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box folder

Bookkeeping and Transactions 1968-1976  45 items.

 2 22

Budget and Statistics 1974-1975  20 items.

 2 23

Budget Estimates 
box folder

 1953-1958  20 items.

 2 24

 1957-1962  20 items.

 2 25

 1959-1963  30 items.

 2 26

 1961-1963  23 items.

 2 27

 1961-1964  24 items.

 2 28

 1963-1965  40 items.

 2 29

 1963-1967  45 items.

 2 30

 1965-1966  5 items.

 2 31

 1965-1967  44 items.

 2 32

 1966-1968  44 items.

 2 33

 1967-1970  50 items.

 2 34

 1968-1970  18 items.

 2 35

 1970-1974  23 items.

 2 36

 1971-1972  36 items.

 2 37

 1972-1973  33 items.

 2 38

 1973-1974  20 items.

 2 39

 1974-1976  20 items.

 2 40

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By-Laws, Merion Bluegrass Association 
box folder

 undated  10 items.

 2 41

 undated  40 items.

 2 42

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box folder

Care and Maintainence of Bluegrass 1978  64 items.

 2 43

Directors' Meeting 1973  20 items.

 2 44

Dues 
box folder

 1977  37 items.

 2 45

 1978  34 items.

 2 46

 1980-1982  42 items.

 2 47

 1980-1982  37 items.

 2 48

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box folder

Effect of Storage on Viability Retention of Turfgrass Seeds 1976  17 items.

 2 49

Financial Statements 
box folder

 1969-1978  74 items.

 2 50

 1973  34 items.

 2 51

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General Correspondence 
box folder

 1976  47 items.

 2 52

 1976  39 items.

 2 53

 1977  38 items.

 2 54

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box folder

Income Tax Forms and Exemptions 1954-1966  21 items.

 2 55

Income Taxes and Records 1968-1972  27 items.

 2 56

Internal Revenue Service Records 1977  50 items.

 2 57

Inventory and Budget 1970-1972  5 items.

 2 58

Invoices 
box folder

 1967-1968  27 items.

 2 59

 1967-1974  48 items.

 2 60

 1968-1969  27 items.

 3 61

 1969  36 items.

 3 62

 1969-1971  47 items.

 3 63

 1970  32 items.

 3 64

 1970-1972  30 items.

 3 65

 1970-1972  49 items.

 3 66

 1970-1974  45 items.

 3 67

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box folder

La Grande Office 1977  46 items.

 3 68

Member Correspondence 
box folder

 1975  32 items.

 3 69

 1976  54 items.

 3 70

 1976  38 items.

 3 71

 1978  48 items.

 3 72

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box folder

Membership and Board Meeting 1976  10 items.

 3 73

Membership Payment 1964  1 item.

 3 74

Merion Bluegrass Association Silver Anniversary Meeting 1978  27 items.

 3 75

Merion Improvement Project 1977  2 items.

 3 76

Minutes of the Annual Meeting 
box folder

 1953  9 items.

 3 77

 1955  14 items.

 3 78

 1956  17 items.

 3 79

 1957  8 items.

 3 80

 1958  5 items.

 3 81

 1959  10 items.

 3 82

 1960  12 items.

 3 83

 1961  7 items.

 3 84

 1962  14 items.

 3 85

 1963  8 items.

 3 86

 1964  20 items.

 3 87

 1965  12 items.

 3 88

 1966  9 items.

 3 89

 1967  7 items.

 3 90

 1967  8 items.

 3 91

 1968  17 items.

 3 92

 1969  23 items.

 3 93

 1970  14 items.

 3 94

 1970-1971  14 items.

 3 95

 1971  24 items.

 3 96

 1972  14 items.

 3 97

 1973  19 items.

 3 98

 1975  10 items.

 3 99

 1975  30 items.

 3 100

 1975  47 items.

 3 101

Budget Estimates 1976  14 items.

 3 102

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Minutes, Board of Directors' Meeting 
box folder

 1972  16 items.

 3 103

 1973  23 items.

 3 104

 1974  10 items.

 3 105

Special Meeting of the Board 
box folder

 1954  18 items.

 3 106

 1970  3 items.

 3 107

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Miscellaneous Correspondence 
box folder

 1973-1978  48 items.

 3 108

 1977-1979  27 items.

 3 109

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box folder

Monthly Invoices 1976  47 items.

 3 110

Paid Invoices 1978  43 items.

 3 111

Poa Annua Control Research, OSU 1963  4 items.

 3 112

Portland Annual Meeting 
box folder

 1975  4 items.

 3 113

 1977  21 items.

 3 114

Crop Reporting Meeting 1978  27 items.

 3 115

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box folder

President's Remarks, Silver Anniversary Meeting 1978  8 items.

 3 116

Prices and Contracts 1955  1 item.

 3 117

Production and Contributions 1959  16 items.

 3 118

Promotion of Merion Bluegrass 1962  20 items.

 3 119

Public Relations 
box folder

 1967  16 items.

 3 120

 1968-1974  41 items.

 3 121

 1975  54 items.

 3 122

 1976  32 items.

 3 123

 1977  36 items.

 3 124

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box folder

New York 1978  57 items.

 3 125

Receipts 
box folder

 1970-1979  41 items.

 3 126

 1975-1979  20 items.

 3 127

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Records 
box folder

 1966-1976  32 items.

 3 128

 1967-1970  46 items.

 3 129

 1973-1975  54 items.

 3 130

 1974  10 items.

 3 131

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box folder

Report on Seed Trial Grounds undated  3 items.

 3 132

Representation in Sweden 1973  4 items.

 3 133

Research: Bluegrass Control, OSU 1965  5 items.

 3 134

Roster of Membership 
box folder

 1954-1956  5 items.

 3 135

 1959-1963  25 items.

 3 136

 1964  17 items.

 3 137

 1965  14 items.

 3 138

 1966  20 items.

 3 139

 1967  10 items.

 3 140

 1968  9 items.

 3 141

 1970  12 items.

 3 142

 1973  36 items.

 3 143

 1975  16 items.

 3 144

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box folder

Rutgers Turfgrass Proceedings 1975  94 items.

 3 145

Seed Crops 1975  36 items.

 3 146

Seed Crop Statistics 1974-1976  94 items.

 3 147

Special Board Meeting 1975  81 items.

 3 148

Statement of Financial Condition 1954-1961  1 item.

 4 149

Statistical Reports 1976-1977  41 items.

 4 150

Statistics 
box folder

 1977  67 items.

 4 151

 1978  97 items.

 4 152

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box folder

Stripe Smut: Its Effect on Bluegrass 1965  2 items.

 4 153

Summer Board of Directors' Meeting 1976  36 items.

 4 154

Tax Exemptions 1967-1975  23 items.

 4 155

Tax Returns 1970  4 items.

 4 156

Transactions 
box folder

 1973-1974  37 items.

 4 157

 1976  34 items.

 4 158

 1976-1977  2 items.

 4 159

 1977  5 items.

 4 160

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box folder

Turfgrass Foundation Tax Returns 1971  2 items.

 4 161

Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Liberty Lake, Washington 1975  25 items.

 4 162

Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting 1976  84 items.

 4 163

Variety Advancement and the Eastern Consumer undated  2 items.

 4 164

Winter Board Meeting 
box folder

 1976  26 items.

 4 165

 1976  26 items.

 4 166

 1977  27 items.

 4 167

 1978  27 items.

 4 168

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