Collection Overview
Title: Red River Valley Potato Growers Association Records, 1939-1946
ID: OGLMC/148
Creator: North Dakota Potato Growers and Shippers Traffic Association
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
Founded to “foster and promote” the potato growing industry in North Dakota
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Red River Valley Potato Growers Association Records are composed of eight folders of material (1939-1946), when the organization was known as the North Dakota Potato Growers and Shippers Traffic Association. Official business of the organization is documented in this collection, including an undated constitution, minutes, membership rosters, annual reports and financial records. Correspondence files contain notices for meetings and problems with overdue accounts. Later correspondence addresses concerns of the wartime economy on the region's agriculture and requests for government relief. Also included is a letter from the Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers for consideration of their membership contract as a model for the Red River Valley Potato Growers Association.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method:
Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable.
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item). Red River Valley Potato Growers Association Records. OGLMC 148, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in July 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: North Dakota Potato Growers and Shippers Traffic Association Constitution, Bylaws, Annual Reports, and Minutes, 1941-1946 and some undated
- Folder 2: Membership lists, records, and financial reports, 1941-1946
- Folder 3: News releases, circulars and brochures, 1943-1946
- Folder 4: Bills, receipts and financial statements, 1941-1946
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1939-1943
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1944-1946
- Folder 7: U.S. Postal Service stamp permit, 1946
- Folder 8: Office files with membership listings by township, undated