Guide to the Oregon-Washington Farmers Union Records 1909-1972
Cage 460

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Oregon-Washington Farmers Union
Title
Oregon-Washington Farmers Union Records
ID
Cage 460
Date [inclusive]
1909-1972
Extent
5 containers., 4 linear feet of shelf space., 5320 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Membership lists, dues payment records, correspondence, reports, minutes and other records of and about inactive locals in Oregon and Washington.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 460, Oregon-Washington Farmers Union Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America (the Farmers Union) was founded in Texas in 1902. Today, its membership includes farm families in 44 states who are interested in general agricultural welfare. The organization carries out educational, cooperative and legislative activities in order to represent farm families and gain for them a larger share of the national income.

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Arrangement

The records of the Oregon-Washington Farmers Union involve only inactive local and county organizations and are divided into two series: Oregon Inactive Unions and Washington Inactive Unions. Both the Oregon and Washington groups have been divided into three subseries: Local Unions, County Unions and General File. The Local Union and County Union subseries for each state contain the same types of material: membership lists, dues payment records, correspondence, secretary's reports, and lists of officers. Dues payment records make up the bulk of the material.

The General Files, however, contain different materials. The Oregon General File includes ledger sheets, Oregon members-at-large, and correspondence. The Washingon General File contains the Farmers Union insignia, minutes of county presidents' meetings and a scrapbook on the organization. Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

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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 Oregon-Washington Farmers Union were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in November of 1980 by Woodrow Wilson, Union Secretary (MS 80-47).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Oregon-Washington Farmers Union --Archives
Subject(s) :
  • National Farmers' Union (U.S.)

Personal Name(s)

Donor(s) :
  • Wilson, Woodrow. waps

Subject(s)

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

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Bibliography

For more background information on the Farmers Union see: John A. Crampton's "The National Farmers Union" (1965) or Charles Simon Barrett's "The Mission, History and Times of the Farmers Union" (1909).

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Detailed Description of Collection

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

Series 1: Oregon Inactive Unions 1909-1972 

Subseries 1.1: Local Unions 1909-1972 

box folder

Agency Plains #277 1945-1959  55 items.

1 1

Amity #219 1930-1949  60 items.

1 2

Aumsville #258 1938-1951  57 items.

1 3

Ballston #208 1930-1959  90 items.

1 4

Beaverlake #285 1947-1964  32 items.

1 5

Bellevue-Sheridan #212 1930-1965  90 items.

1 6

Blooming #236: 

box folder

 1932-1966  100

1 7

Secretary's Records 1932-1966  6 items.

1 8
box folder

Bridgeport #142 1922-1953  50 items.

1 9

Brooks #231: 

box folder

 1931-1966  50 items.

1 10

Record Books 1945-1952  4 items.

1 11
box folder

Buena Vista #244 1934-1967  60 items.

1 12

Calapooia #260 1943-1955  35 items.

1 13

Cedardale #280 1946-1964  44 items.

1 14

Cedarmill #229 1932-1953  75 items.

1 15

Central Howell #221 1950-1966  40 items.

1 16

Cloverdale #245 1935-1948  5 items.

1 17

Columbia #32 1909 1950-1966  40 items.

1 18

Cottrell (no number) 1950-1951  12 items.

1 19

Dayton-Webfoot #222 1915-1966  25 items.

1 20

Dever #246 1950-1953  14 items.

1 21

Downing #207 1930-1948  75 items.

1 22

Eddyville #273 1944-1955  40 items.

1 23

Estacada (no number) 1949-1951  9 items.

1 24

Fairfield #249 1936-1951  100 items.

1 25

Fairplay #275 1945-1946  3 items.

1 26

Faston #240 1933-1955  30 items.

1 27

Greenwood #226 1932-1964  50 items.

1 28

Hayesville #269 1944-1949  25 items.

2 29

Hazeldale #229 1950-1965  18 items.

2 30

Keizer #254: 

box folder

 1937-1966  120

2 31

Record Books 1937-1966  6 items.

2 32
box folder

Laurel-Scholls #239 1932-1968  150 items.

2 33

Liberty #253 1936-1965  150 items.

2 34

Liberty Bell #140 1916-1965  50 items.

2 35

Luckiamute #147 1916-1964  60 items.

2 36

Marion #227 1931-1965  200 items.

2 37

Mehema #287 1948-1964  35 items.

2 38

Mount Angel #227: 

box folder

Minutes 1937-1942  50 items.

2 39

 1914 1922-1972  290

2 40-42
box folder

Mount Pisgah #145 1916 1922-1967  90 items.

2 43-44

Nansene #95 1913 1921-1965  80 items.

2 45-46

Newberg #261 1938-1965  105 items.

2 47-48

North Corvallis #256 1937-1949  40 items.

2 49

Oaksville #274 1944-1966  85 items.

2 50-51

Orchards Heights #243 1934-1966  110 items.

3 52-53

Pedee #150 1916 1936-1965  110 items.

3 54-55

Red Hill #251 1944  4 items.

3 56

Riverside #301 1915 1950-1966  30 items.

3 57

Riverview #113 1920 1950-1966  40 items.

3 58

Roberts #250 1944-1965  35 items.

3 59

Rock Creek, #271 1950-1953  20 items.

3 60

Saint Paul #225 1944-1951  5 items.

3 61

Salem #282 1949-1964  20 items.

3 62

Salmon River #284 1950-1963  25 items.

3 63

Sidney Taehot #235 1944-1965  35 items.

3 64

Snake River #296 1956-1965  10 items.

3 65

Spring Valley #242 1944-1966  50 items.

3 66

Terrebonne #278 1950-1966  35 items.

3 67

Twin City #292 1957-1966  20 items.

3 68

Valley Junction #219 1930 1944  2 items.

3 69

Verboort #234 1945-1958  10 items.

3 70

West Rainier #247 1950-1967  40 items.

3 71

West Union #228 1944-1952  11 items.

3 72

Woodburn #263 1944-1966  50 items.

3 73

Yankton (no number) 1950-1953  6 items.

3 74

Subseries 1.2: County Unions 1944-1968 

box folder

Columbia 1950-1967  10 items.

3 75

Coos 1961-1966  10 items.

3 76

Crook 1961-1963  3 items.

3 77

Gilliam 1961-1963  4 items.

3 78

Harney 1961 1966  2 items.

3 79

Klamath 1962-1963  4 items.

3 80

Lake 1961-1966  3 items.

3 81

Lincoln 1948-1966  20 items.

3 82

Multnomah 1961-1966  20 items.

3 83

Polk 1950-1966  20 items.

3 84

Umatilla 1961-1965  10 items.

3 85

Wallowa 1961-1965  10 items.

3 86

Wasco 1950-1963  10 items.

3 87

Washington 1949-1968  20 items.

3 88

Yamhill 1944-1965  25 items.

3 89

Subseries 1.3: General File 1944-1966 

State Ledger Sheets for Inactive Locals 1951-1959  60 items.

box
3
folder
90
box folder

Oregon State at-Large Members 1952-1966  40 items.

3 91

Correspondence--all Counties 1948-1958  20 items.

3 92

Oregon-Washington Ledger Sheets 1946  25 items.

3 93

County and Local Ledger Sheets 1944-1952  30 items.

3 94

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Series 2: Washington Inactive Unions 1946-1966 

Subseries 2.1: Local Unions 1946-1966 

box folder

Alpha #463 1951-1962  20 items.

3 95

Artic #465 1955-1964  25 items.

3 96

Avondale #398 1948-1966  50 items.

3 97

Black River Valley #426 1947-1952  15 items.

3 98

Buckley #424 1948-1965  20 items.

3 99

Capitol #419 1948-1958  30 items.

3 100

Centralia #454 1950-1955  12 items.

3 101

Clarkston #431 1948-1965  40 items.

3 102

East End #412 1948-1965  20 items.

3 103

East Grays Harbor #468 1956-1966  30 items.

3 104

Elma Valley #405 1946  1 item.

3 105

Enterprise #401 1948-1965  40 items.

3 106

Enumclaw #414 1948-1966  50 items.

3 107

Fern Prairie #461 1951-1964  10 items.

3 108

Grand Mound #418 1947  10 items.

3 109

Granite Falls #452 1950-1965  25 items.

3 110

Hartstine #416 1948-1951  15 items.

3 111

Hockinson: 

box folder

#448 1950-1966  20 items.

3 112

#471 1958-1965  13 items.

3 113
box folder

Ihmus #423 1948-1966  100 items.

3 114

Kent #439 1948-1966  15 items.

4 115

La Conner #453 1950-1966  30 items.

4 116

Lake Stevens #444 1949-1962  30 items.

4 117

Maple Valley #446 1949-1951  10 items.

4 118

Michigan Hill #420 1947-1948  15 items.

4 119

McKenna #435 1948  10 items.

4 120

Mountain View #425 1948-1965  30 items.

4 121

North Kitsap #458 1950-1966  30 items.

4 122

North River Valley #406 1948-1965  25 items.

4 123

North Whidby #450 1950-1966  35 items.

4 124

Northwest #472 1963  4 items.

4 125

Oroforde #455 1950  5 items.

4 126

Park Loop #457 1950-1965  25 items.

4 127

Pioneer #399 1948-1966  50 items.

4 128

Potholes #466 1955-1958  20 items.

4 129

Puget Island #408 1948-1965  30 items.

4 130

Snohomish #459 1951-1962  15 items.

4 131

Spokane Valley #443 1949-1956  5 items.

4 132

Spruce #460 1951  5 items.

4 133

Sunnycrest #445 1949-1956  12 items.

4 134

Twin Valley #427 1948-1963  25 items.

4 135

Rainier #413 1948-1951  20 items.

4 136

Rochester #433 1948-1951  75 items.

4 137

Skyhomish #400 1948-1951  15 items.

5 138

West Canal #469 1956-1966  30 items.

5 139

Willapa Valley #404 1948-1966  25 items.

5 140

Willow Grove #437 1948-1951  15 items.

5 141

Wynoochee #467 1955-1962  15 items.

5 142

Subseries 2.2: County Unions 1962-1966 

box folder

Adams 1962-1965  5 items.

5 143

Asotin 1962-1965  10 items.

5 144

Benton 1963-1964  10 items.

5 145

Chelan 1965-1966  10 items.

5 146

Clallam 1962-1966  10 items.

5 147

Columbia 1966  2 items.

5 148

Douglas 1965-1966  5 items.

5 149

Ferry 1963-1965  5 items.

5 150

Franklin 1963-1966  10 items.

5 151

Grant 1962-1966  15 items.

5 152

Grays Harbor 1962-1966  15 items.

5 153

Island 1963-1966  15 items.

5 154

Jefferson 1962-1966  5 items.

5 155

King 1962-1966  25 items.

5 156

Kitsap 1962-1966  5 items.

5 157

Kittitas 1962-1966  10 items.

5 158

Klickitat 1963-1965  5 items.

5 159

Lewis 1962-1966  10 items.

5 160

Lincoln 1962-1966  10 items.

5 161

Mason #423 1962-1965  5 items.

5 162

Okanogan 1962-1966  10 items.

5 163

Pacific 1962 1966  2 items.

5 164

Pend Oreille 1962-1966  5 items.

5 165

Pierce 1962-1965  25 items.

5 166

Skagit 1962-1965  5 items.

5 167

Snohomish 1962-1966  20 items.

5 168

Spokane 1963-1966  20 items.

5 169

Stevens 1962-1966  5 items.

5 170

Thurston 1962-1966  20 items.

5 171

Wahkiakum 1962-1965  10 items.

5 172

Whatcom 1962-1966  10 items.

5 173

Whitman 1962-1966  5 items.

5 174

Yakima 1963-1965  10 items.

5 175

Subseries 2.3: General File 1958-1965 

box folder

Farmers Union Insignia undated  1 item.

5 176

Minutes of County Presidents' Meetings 1964-1965  3 items.

5 177

Scrapbook for Oregon-Washington Farmers Union 1958-1959  1 item.

5 178

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