Guide to the Washington Poultry Improvement Association Records 1922-1975
Cage 366

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Washington Poultry Improvement Associatio
Title
Washington Poultry Improvement Association Records
ID
Cage 366
Date [inclusive]
1922-1975
Extent
8 containers., 4 linear feet of shelf space., 1700 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, financial records, conference materials, inspectors' reports, laboratory results and disease and transportation data of a poultry improvement association.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 366, Washington Poultry Improvement Association Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Washington Poultry Improvement Association was organized in Puyallup, Washington, and its first annual conference was held in 1922. The expressed purposes of the Association are (1) to provide reliable sources of breeding stock, chicks, and hatching eggs through breeding and disease control, (2) to provide supervision and inspection of flocks and hatcheries, (3) to protect against inferior stock, and (4) to promote legislation favorable to the poultry industry. As ex-officio members of the board of directors, the head of Washington State University Poultry Department and the superintendent and the poultry head of Western Washington Experiment Station in Puyallup (now Western Washington Research and Extension Center) insure access to current scientific research.

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Scope and Content

Correspondence, financial records, conference materials, inspectors' reports, laboratory results and disease and transportation data of a poultry improvement association.

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Arrangement

The records of the Washington Poultry Improvement Association are arranged in two series.

The first series (1937-1975), comprised mostly of correspondence, concerns the functioning of the organization. Principal correspondants include Western Washington Experiment Station supervisor David F. Allmendinger (1966-1971), former supervisor J.W. Kalkus, Ramsey G. Burdett, DVM, producer James H. Knowles (1948-1952), and poultry inspectors Harold A. James and S.S. Gossman. Also included in this series are financial records, transportation material, minutes and programs for state and national conferences, and inspector and laboratory records.

The second series (1922-1975) deals with product improvement and consists of inspectors' work sheets, hatchery and flock inspection field records, and laboratory results. About half of this material is related to the National Turkey Improvement Plan and the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

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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 Washington Poultry Improvement Association were donated by the Association to the Washington State University Libraries in November 1977 through David F. Allmendinger, supervisor (77-67).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington Poultry Improvement Association--Archives

Subject(s)

  • Poultry--Research--Washington (State)
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

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

Series 1: Organization Records 

Accountant Reports 
box folder

  1951-1956  7

 1 1

  1957-1963  7

 1 2

  1964-1969  6

 1 3

Activities 
box folder

  1950-1952  7

 1 4

  1953-1955  3

 1 5

  1956-1970  4

 1 6
box folder

Annual Testing Statistics 1959-1963.  1

 1 7

Annual Meeting 1966-1975.  20

 1 8

Correspondence 

Allmendinger 
box folder

  1966-1967  6

 1 9

 1969  4

 1 10

  1970-1971  30

 1 11
box folder

Buckeye Incubator Company 1959-1961.  5

 1 12

Federal Trade Commission 1937-1961.  23

 1 13

General Correspondence 
box folder

"A" 1940-1953  7

 1 14

"B" 1955-1959  9

 1 15

"C" 1953-1960  8

 1 16

"L" 1944-1964  12

 1 17

"M"  1968-1972  40

 1 18

"P"  1967-1968  20

 1 19

"R" 1964-1974  40

 1 20

"S" 1966-1975  20

 2 21

"W"  1958-1973  8

 2 22

  1938-1950  80

 2 23

  1971-1975  20

 2 24

Knowles 
box folder

  1948-1951  125

 2 25

  1948-1952  125

 2 26
box folder

Merrill Lynch Company 1969  4

 2 27

Oregon State Department of Agriculture 1966-1974.  25

 2 28

Seattle-First National Bank 1953-1966.  4

 2 29

Washington Fryer Commission 1967-1975.  6

 2 30

Washington Poultry and Hatchery Association 1960-1973  12

 2 31

Washington State Department of Agriculture 1966-1973  60

 2 32

Washington State Turkey Federation 1962-1971.  4

 2 33

Washington State University 1961-1975.  20

 box
2		 folder
34
box folder

Egg Production 1956-1957  15

 3 35

Debarment 1962-1963  5

 3 36

Financial Records 
box folder

  1967-1968  5

 3 37

 1968  50

 3 38

  1968-1969  5

 3 39

  1969-1970  25

 3 40
box folder

Financial Record Book 1956-1973  1

 3 41

Financial Reports 1939-1941  2

 3 42

Hatchery Advertising 1965-1974  30

 3 43

Hatchery Expenditure Worksheets 
box folder

  1954-1965  9

 3 44

  1957-1961  4

 3 45
box folder

Income/Expense Data 1956-1975.  4

 3 46

Income Tax 1958-1969.  25

 3 47

Inspectors Work Reports 
box folder

  1969-1970  12

 3 48

  1970-1971  12

 3 49
box folder

Inspectors Work Sheets 1953-1969  3

 3 50

Meeting Attendance Record 1958-1971  1

 4 51

Meeting Notices 1956-1971  25

 4 52

Membership Procedure 1956-1967  5

 4 53

Minutes of Board and Annual Meetings 
box folder

  1922-1934  1

 4 54

  1935-1950  1

 4 55

  1951-1963  1

 4 56

  1964-1969  1

 4 57
box folder

Payroll Work Sheets 1954-1969  4

 5 58

Publications 1944-1955  15

 5 59

Record Book 1953-1959  1

 5 60

Testing Agents 1967-1971  6

 5 61

Transportation 
box folder

Importation Regulations 1951-1973  57

 5 62

Interstate Transportation 1960  8

 5 63

Shipment Permit Numbers 1957-1970  4

 5 64

Strain Names 1956-1960  6

 5 65

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Series 2: Product Improvement 

National Turkey Improvement Plan 

Flock Inspection Reports 
box folder

  1959-1961  23

 5 66

 1962  10

 5 67
box folder

Hatchery Inspection Reports 1959-1962  13

 5 68

Laboratory Reports 
box folder

  1959-1960  25

 5 69

 1960  5

 5 70

  1961-1962  20

 5 71
box folder

Minutes and Financial Records 1944-1950  70

 5 72

National Poultry Improvement Plan 
box folder

Broiler Record 1968-1969  1

 5 73

Flock Inspection Reports 
box folder

  1959-1960  20

 5 74

  1960-1961  15

 5 75

 1962  20

 5 76

Hatchery Inspection Reports 
box folder

  1959-1960  40

 6 77

  1960-1961  40

 6 78

  1961-1962  40

 6 79
box folder

Sales Reports 1961-1965  4

 6 80

Joint National Turkey Improvement Plan & National Poultry Improvement Plan 
box folder

Conference Committee 1953-1971  35

 6 81

Conferences 
box folder

San Diego 1967  10

 6 82

Salt Lake City 1969  35

 6 83

St. Louis 1970  15

 6 84

Denver 1972  33

 6 85

Sacramento 1973  5

 6 86

Salt Lake City 1974  30

 6 87

Coordinator 
box folder

  1967-1968  30

 6 88

  1969-1970  10

 6 89

  1970-1971  12

 6 90

  1971-1972  8

 6 91
box folder

Forms 1959-1965  10

 6 92

Hatcheries 
box folder

  1929-1970  45

 7 93

  1971-1974  6

 7 94

Proposed Changes 
box folder

 1966  1

 7 95

 1968  12

 7 96

  1970-1972  10

 7 97
box folder

Record Forms 1951  1

 7 98

Research and Testing 

Diseases 
box folder

Columbus Vaccine Company 1963  4

 7 99

Disease Control 1946-1970  27

 7 100

Disease Frequency Reports 1956-1972  15

 7 101

Fumigation 1951-1961  9

 7 102

Mycoplasma Gallisepticum 1962-1971  5

 7 103

Newcastle 1971-1975  10

 7 104

Poultry and Turkey Disease Committee 1965  3

 7 105

Pullorum 1956-1965  14

 7 106

Pullorum Training Schools 1940-1956  10

 7 107

Pullorum-Typhoid Committee 1965-1966  7

 7 108

Salmonella 1959-1962  11

 7 109

Random Testing 
box folder

Performance Tests 1957-1961  8

 8 110

Test Application 1960-1967  18

 8 111

Test Reports 
box folder

  1957-1963  11

 8 112

  1961-1967  11

 8 113

United States Department of Agriculture 

Laboratory Reports 
box folder

 1959  20

 8 114

  1960-1961  40

 8 115

 1961  50

 8 116

Test Reports 
box folder

  1959-1960  12

 8 117

  1959-1963  30

 8 118

  1960-1961  5

 8 119

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