Title: Fraternity Buying Cooperative Records
Inclusive Dates: 1932-1994

Creator:

• Fraternity Buying Cooperative

Call Number: M2003-096

Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (1 record center carton, 1 archives box, and 3 flat boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records, 1932-1994, of the Fraternity Buying Cooperative (FBC), one of the oldest student purchasing co-ops in the nation consisting principally of financial records. The cooperative is now known as the University Purchasing and Management Cooperative.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2003096

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Records include operating statements, revenue and expenditure ledgers, records of membership contributions, and product/menu lists. Also included is correspondence between member fraternities, sororities, and businesses, and minutes and meeting materials for the FBC Board of Governors, as well as documentation of an embezzlement case in which a cooperative employee used FBC monies to pay off a gambling debt.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: M2003-096

M2003-096 Box   1 Folder   1-5	Audit Reports, 1933-1960
Box   1 Folder   6	FBC Bulletins, 1977-1978
Box   1 Folder   7	Articles, Bylaws, and Related Records, 1948-1973
Box   1 Folder   8-10	Board of Governors Meeting Minutes, 1949-1951, 1958-1965, 1970-1978, 1980-1989
Box   1 Folder   11	Correspondence, 1949-1950
Box   1 Folder   12-13	Embezzlement Investigation, 1988-1994
Box   1 Folder   14	Form, Registered Delegates, undated
Box   1 Folder   15	FBC Handbook, 1991-1992
Box   1 Folder   16	Income Statements, 1987-1990
Box   1 Folder   17-18	Legislative Correspondence and Materials, 1948-1949, undated
Box   1 Folder   19	FBC Meetings, 1949
Box   1 Folder   20	Membership Listings, 1953-1955, 1962-1976
Box   1 Folder   21-49	Member Records and Correspondence, 1939-1975 Arrangement of the Materials: By membership group.
Box   1 Folder   50	Menu Suggestions, undated
Box   1 Folder   51	Newsletters, 1952-1956, undated
	Operating Statements
Box   1 Folder   52-62	1936-1957
Box   2 Folder   1-3	1961-1973
Box   2 Folder   4	Past Due Bills, 1956
Box   2 Folder   5	Price List, 1955-1956
Box   2 Folder   6	Bids, 1954-1957
Box   2 Folder   7	Purchasing Guides, 1951-1952
Box   2 Folder   8	Board of Governors Mailings, 1961-1981
Box   2 Folder   9	Presidential Correspondence, 1961-1981
Box   2 Folder   10	Steward Mailings, 1961-1975
Box   2 Folder   11	House Mother Mailings, 1961-1976
Box   2 Folder   12	Treasurer Correspondence, 1963-1975
	Financial Ledgers
Box   1 Folder   1	1933-1942
Box   1 Folder   2	1942-1951
	Income/Expense Ledgers
Box   1 Folder   3	1932-1933
Box   2 Folder   4	1935-1942
Box   2 Folder   5	1942-1951
Box   3 Folder   6	1951-1954
Box   3 Folder   7	1954-1957