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

Summary Information

Repository
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Creator
Merion Bluegrass Association
Title
Merion Bluegrass Association Records
ID
Cage 528
Date [inclusive]
1954-1982
Extent
4800.0 items.
General Physical Description note
2.5 linear feet of shelf space.
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, by-laws, financial statements, budgets, minutes, annual meeting materials and membership rosters.

Preferred Citation note

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

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Biographical/Historical note

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 note

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

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 1987

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

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 note

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

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Merion Bluegrass Association --Archives

Subject(s)

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

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Collection Inventory

Box

Film Reel   1.0 item.

 1
Box Folder

Accounting 1967-1975   36 items.

 2 1

Activities and Transactions 
Box Folder

 1967-1968   45.0 items.

 2 2

 1967-1973   54.0 items.

 2 3

 1969-1970   46.0 items.

 2 4

 1970-1971   36.0 items.

 2 5

 1971-1974   47.0 items.

 2 6

 1970-1975   41.0 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   3.0 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   6.0 items.

 2 15

 1969-1972   26.0 items.

 2 16

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Board of Directors' Meeting 
Box Folder

 1975   45.0 items.

 2 17

 1977   23.0 items.

 2 18

 1978   67.0 items.

 2 19

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Bonds, Insurance Fees and Membership 
Box Folder

 1964-1975   47.0 items.

 2 20

 1964-1975   56.0 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   20.0 items.

 2 24

 1957-1962   20.0 items.

 2 25

 1959-1963   30.0 items.

 2 26

 1961-1963   23.0 items.

 2 27

 1961-1964   24.0 items.

 2 28

 1963-1965   40.0 items.

 2 29

 1963-1967   45.0 items.

 2 30

 1965-1966   5.0 items.

 2 31

 1965-1967   44.0 items.

 2 32

 1966-1968   44.0 items.

 2 33

 1967-1970   50.0 items.

 2 34

 1968-1970   18.0 items.

 2 35

 1970-1974   23.0 items.

 2 36

 1971-1972   36.0 items.

 2 37

 1972-1973   33.0 items.

 2 38

 1973-1974   20.0 items.

 2 39

 1974-1976   20.0 items.

 2 40

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By-Laws, Merion Bluegrass Association 
Box Folder

 undated   10.0 items.

 2 41

 undated   40.0 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   37.0 items.

 2 45

 1978   34.0 items.

 2 46

 1980-1982   42.0 items.

 2 47

 1980-1982   37.0 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   74.0 items.

 2 50

 1973   34.0 items.

 2 51

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General Correspondence 
Box Folder

 1976   47.0 items.

 2 52

 1976   39.0 items.

 2 53

 1977   38.0 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   5.0 items.

 2 58

Invoices 
Box Folder

 1967-1968   27.0 items.

 2 59

 1967-1974   48.0 items.

 2 60

 1968-1969   27.0 items.

 3 61

 1969   36.0 items.

 3 62

 1969-1971   47.0 items.

 3 63

 1970   32.0 items.

 3 64

 1970-1972   30.0 items.

 3 65

 1970-1972   49.0 items.

 3 66

 1970-1974   45.0 items.

 3 67

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Box Folder

La Grande Office 1977   46 items.

 3 68

Member Correspondence 
Box Folder

 1975   32.0 items.

 3 69

 1976   54.0 items.

 3 70

 1976   38.0 items.

 3 71

 1978   48.0 items.

 3 72

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Box Folder

Membership and Board Meeting 1976   10 items.

 3 73

Membership Payment 1964   1.0 item.

 3 74

Merion Bluegrass Association Silver Anniversary Meeting 1978   27 items.

 3 75

Merion Improvement Project 1977   2.0 items.

 3 76

Minutes of the Annual Meeting 
Box Folder

 1953   9.0 items.

 3 77

 1955   14.0 items.

 3 78

 1956   17.0 items.

 3 79

 1957   8.0 items.

 3 80

 1958   5.0 items.

 3 81

 1959   10.0 items.

 3 82

 1960   12.0 items.

 3 83

 1961   7.0 items.

 3 84

 1962   14.0 items.

 3 85

 1963   8.0 items.

 3 86

 1964   20.0 items.

 3 87

 1965   12.0 items.

 3 88

 1966   9.0 items.

 3 89

 1967   7.0 items.

 3 90

 1967   8.0 items.

 3 91

 1968   17.0 items.

 3 92

 1969   23.0 items.

 3 93

 1970   14.0 items.

 3 94

 1970-1971   14.0 items.

 3 95

 1971   24.0 items.

 3 96

 1972   14.0 items.

 3 97

 1973   19.0 items.

 3 98

 1975   10.0 items.

 3 99

 1975   30.0 items.

 3 100

 1975   47.0 items.

 3 101

Budget Estimates 1976   14.0 items.

 3 102

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Minutes, Board of Directors' Meeting 
Box Folder

 1972   16.0 items.

 3 103

 1973   23.0 items.

 3 104

 1974   10.0 items.

 3 105

Special Meeting of the Board 
Box Folder

 1954   18.0 items.

 3 106

 1970   3.0 items.

 3 107

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Miscellaneous Correspondence 
Box Folder

 1973-1978   48.0 items.

 3 108

 1977-1979   27.0 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   4.0 items.

 3 112

Portland Annual Meeting 
Box Folder

 1975   4.0 items.

 3 113

 1977   21.0 items.

 3 114

Crop Reporting Meeting 1978   27.0 items.

 3 115

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Box Folder

President's Remarks, Silver Anniversary Meeting 1978   8.0 items.

 3 116

Prices and Contracts 1955   1.0 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   16.0 items.

 3 120

 1968-1974   41.0 items.

 3 121

 1975   54.0 items.

 3 122

 1976   32.0 items.

 3 123

 1977   36.0 items.

 3 124

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Box Folder

New York 1978   57 items.

 3 125

Receipts 
Box Folder

 1970-1979   41.0 items.

 3 126

 1975-1979   20.0 items.

 3 127

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Records 
Box Folder

 1966-1976   32.0 items.

 3 128

 1967-1970   46.0 items.

 3 129

 1973-1975   54.0 items.

 3 130

 1974   10.0 items.

 3 131

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Box Folder

Report on Seed Trial Grounds undated   3.0 items.

 3 132

Representation in Sweden 1973   4.0 items.

 3 133

Research: Bluegrass Control, OSU 1965   5.0 items.

 3 134

Roster of Membership 
Box Folder

 1954-1956   5.0 items.

 3 135

 1959-1963   25.0 items.

 3 136

 1964   17.0 items.

 3 137

 1965   14.0 items.

 3 138

 1966   20.0 items.

 3 139

 1967   10.0 items.

 3 140

 1968   9.0 items.

 3 141

 1970   12.0 items.

 3 142

 1973   36.0 items.

 3 143

 1975   16.0 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   1.0 item.

 4 149

Statistical Reports 1976-1977   41 items.

 4 150

Statistics 
Box Folder

 1977   67.0 items.

 4 151

 1978   97.0 items.

 4 152

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Box Folder

Stripe Smut: Its Effect on Bluegrass 1965   2.0 items.

 4 153

Summer Board of Directors' Meeting 1976   36 items.

 4 154

Tax Exemptions 1967-1975   23 items.

 4 155

Tax Returns 1970   4.0 items.

 4 156

Transactions 
Box Folder

 1973-1974   37.0 items.

 4 157

 1976   34.0 items.

 4 158

 1976-1977   2.0 items.

 4 159

 1977   5.0 items.

 4 160

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Box Folder

Turfgrass Foundation Tax Returns 1971   2.0 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   2.0 items.

 4 164

Winter Board Meeting 
Box Folder

 1976   26.0 items.

 4 165

 1976   26.0 items.

 4 166

 1977   27.0 items.

 4 167

 1978   27.0 items.

 4 168

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