The records are divided into four series: Corporate Records, Correspondence and Subject Files, Liquidation Papers, and Financial Records. The CORPORATE RECORDS include the bylaws, a subscription list, a copy of the company charter, and minutes of the first stockholders meeting and the first directors meeting. However, they are not complete; see memo to Ronald Jacks from HNL indicating which items were removed at the time the company was purchased by the Sturgeon Bay Corporation. There is little other information concerning the purchase of the Pulaski Company by the Sturgeon Bay Corporation on 18 July 1962 other than the sales agreement. The minute books extant do appear to be complete, although some of the minutes tend to be very sketchy.
The CORRESPONDENCE AND SUBJECT FILES are those kept by the Fruit Growers Cooperative although an occasional file appears to have come from the Pulaski office. Titles given files by the Fruit Growers have been retained, and the series has been arranged in two segments: Inter-Company and General Correspondence, a chronological file; and Subject Files, which include such topics as broker correspondence, bid notices from the Defense Subsistence Supply Center, produce statements, and correspondence with the Small Business Administration.
The LIQUIDATION PAPERS are divided into files dealing with the plan for liquidation of the Pulaski Canning Company holdings without going through bankruptcy, and creditor correspondence. The files dealing with the plan for liquidation include attorney's correspondence, letters notifying creditors of the plan of action, signed proposals indicating the creditors' willingness to go along with the liquidation plans, financial files relating to creditor pay-off, inventory reductions, and a limited amount of correspondence with Our Best Company dealing with the purchase of the Pulaski Canning Company. The Creditor Correspondence is separated into general creditor correspondence and the files of individual creditors.
The FINANCIAL RECORDS are limited to the liquidation period only. Audit reports for the Pulaski Canning Company for the years 1955, 1958 and 1960, and appraisals for 1928 and 1934 will be found in the Falls Canning Company records. (Green Bay Mss 50) Inventory reports for 1958-1959 and financial reports, 1958-1962, will also be found under correspondence and subject files of the Falls Canning Company records.
