Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to theWashington-Oregon
Canning Pear Association Records
1953-1974
Cage
353
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association
- Title
- Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records
- ID
- Cage 353
- Date [inclusive]
- 1953-1974
- Extent
- 3 containers., 2.5 linear feet of shelf space., 3850 items.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Minutes, correspondence, financial statements, price data and production statistics, newsletters and photographs of an association of pear producers. Correspondents include buyers and United States Representative Catherine May.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 353, Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association organized in the fall of 1953 and incorporated under Washington Law in March 1959. The expressed purpose of the Association is to: stabilize the canning pear industry, return a fair price to growers, bring about an early price, cooperate fully with all segments of industry, and grow quality pears in the most efficient and scientific manner possible. The Association began as a strictly Washington enterprise and in 1954 the membership was about 600. In 1956 Oregon joined the Association and the membership swelled to over 1000.
Scope and Content
The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records are arranged in five major series: minutes of meetings, office files, buyers files, mimeo file, and photographs. The bulk of the minutes series is arranged in two loose-leaf binders; these minutes are arranged chronologically from March 1954 through June 1962. The remainder of the minutes series is arranged chronologically with the most recent entry first. The office files series is arranged alphabetically by the name of the purchasing organization and chronologically within the individual buyer's file, with the most recent entry first. When the purchasing organization has changed names, the previous names are listed in parentheses in the container list. The mimeo file is arranged chronologically with the most recent entry first. A small group of generally unidentified and undated photographs are the final series.
Arrangement
The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records, 1953-1974, are arranged in four series.
The first series, minutes, contains minutes of the directors, general, district, and some committee meetings for the period October 1953 through June 1962. Some correspondence is included in the two loose-leaf binders of the minutes of directors and general meetings. The binders cover the period March 1954 through June 1962. The remainder of the minutes series includes records of district, directors, annual, and committee meetings during the period between 1953 through 1959.
The second series, the office files, includes material from the period between 1953 through 1962 with the bulk of this series centering on the late 1950's. Although there is no formal correspondence file or series, correspondence may be found throughout the office files under the many different subjects included in this series. The office files series contains material on directors, legislation, membership, production surveys, publicity, legal forms and files, and other subjects. Included in the office files series is an imcomplete run of the Association newsletter "The Pear Facts," for the period April 1956 through August 1962.
The third series, the buyers file, is composed of correspondence and purchase and shipping orders from the various companies who bought pears from the Association during the period 1954 through 1974, with the bulk of the material after 1958.
The fourth series, the mimeo file, contains all the mimeographed material sent to the members of the association as well as that material sent to the directors, shippers and purchases, and news releases. Material in this series includes memoranda to the members and directors, shipping information, purchase price negotiations, financial statements from the Association, information on general and annual meetings, news releases, ballots for officers, production and price statistics, and some early issues of the Association newsletter.
The collection also includes some photographs, many of which are unidentified and/or undated, that have been placed at the end as the last series.
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 Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the organization through Secretary-Manager Clay Whybark in June 1977 (77-24).
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association--Archives
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- May, Catherine Dean Barnes, 1914-
Donor(s) :
- Whybark, Clay. WaPS
Subject(s)
- Agriculture--Oregon--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
- Agriculture--Washington (State)--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
- Pear--Oregon
- Pear--Washington (State)
- Agriculture
- Oregon
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Minutes |
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Minutes of Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association March 1954-March 1958 121 |
1 | 1 | ||
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Minutes of Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association March 1958-June 1962 120 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Committee Meetings 1953-1957 73 |
1 | 3 | ||
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District Meetings February 1956-January 1958 27 |
1 | 4 | ||
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Minutes of Directors Meetings December 1956-December 1958 58 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Annual Meeting January 1957-March 1958 69 |
1 | 6 | ||
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"Programs, Agendas, Meetings" 1958-1959 13 |
1 | 7 | ||
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Series 2: Office Files |
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Cherry Association Bulletins 12 |
2 | 8 | ||
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"Cooperatives, Material Regarding Entry of" 1957-1958 11 |
2 | 9 | ||
Directors: |
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March 1957-December 1957 32 |
2 | 10 | ||
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February 1958-November 1959 103 |
2 | 11 | ||
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1962 80 |
2 | 12 | ||
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1963 80 |
2 | 13 | ||
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Farmers Cooperative Service 1956-1962 83 |
2 | 14 | ||
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Legal File 1953-1955 61 |
2 | 15 | ||
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Legal Forms undated 25 |
2 | 16 | ||
Legislation: |
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1959-1961 77 |
2 | 17 | ||
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1962 10 |
2 | 18 | ||
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Mailing Permits 1959-1963 70 |
2 | 19 | ||
Membership: |
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General 1959-1962 59 |
2 | 20 | ||
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Lists 1959 5 |
2 | 21 | ||
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General November 1956-December 1958 27 |
2 | 22 | ||
Newsletters: |
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April 1956-February 1958 30 |
2 | 23 | ||
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March 1959-August 1962 25 |
2 | 24 | ||
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Northwest Canners and Freezers Association 1958-1959 82 |
2 | 25 | ||
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Organization File September 1953-September 1954 114 |
2 | 26 | ||
Production Survey: |
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Wenatchee 1962 67 |
2 | 27 | ||
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Yakima 1962 72 |
2 | 28 | ||
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Promotion November 1957-January 1959 43 |
2 | 29 | ||
Publicity: |
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February 1957-September 1958 77 |
2 | 30 | ||
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January 1959-August 1962 32 |
2 | 31 | ||
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Statistics 1954 27 |
2 | 32 | ||
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Yakima Chamber of Commerce August-September 1962 3 |
2 | 33 | ||
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Series 3: Buyers File |
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"Castle and Cook Foods (formerly Dole, & Paulos Bros.):" |
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February 1959-August 1967 65 |
2 | 34 | ||
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August 1967-January 1974 41 |
2 | 35 | ||
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Contadina Foods August-December 1967 3 |
2 | 36 | ||
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D and D Canning Co. July 1958-March 1962 14 |
2 | 37 | ||
Del Monte (formerly California Packing Corp.): |
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February 1958-November 1966 91 |
2 | 38 | ||
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August 1967-March 1974 55 |
2 | 39 | ||
Hudson House: |
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September 1955-August 1967 62 |
3 | 40 | ||
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August 1968-September 1969 5 |
3 | 41 | ||
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J & G Brokerage September 1954-August 1967 46 |
3 | 42 | ||
"Libby, McNeill & Libby:" |
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November 1957-December 1966 83 |
3 | 43 | ||
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July 1967-March 1974 42 |
3 | 44 | ||
Northwest Packing Company: |
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January 1959-July 1967 66 |
3 | 45 | ||
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August 1967-February 1974 58 |
3 | 46 | ||
"United States Products, Ind.:" |
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February 1958-August 1967 57 |
3 | 47 | ||
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August 1967-March 1974 29 |
3 | 48 | ||
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Washington Canners Corp. February 1954-October 1968 94 |
3 | 49 | ||
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Yakima Packing Co. July 1956-July 1962 32 |
3 | 50 | ||
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Series 4: Mimeo File and Photographs |
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Mimeo File |
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1956 90 |
3 | 51 | ||
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1957-1958 73 |
3 | 52 | ||
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1959 126 |
3 | 53 | ||
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1960 92 |
3 | 54 | ||
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1961 95 |
3 | 55 | ||
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1962 100 |
3 | 56 | ||
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1963 95 |
3 | 57 | ||
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1964 97 |
3 | 58 | ||
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1965 101 |
3 | 59 | ||
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1966 74 |
3 | 60 | ||
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1967 77 |
3 | 61 | ||
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1968 90 |
3 | 62 | ||
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1969 87 |
3 | 63 | ||
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Photographs 26 |
3 | 64 | ||
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