Summary Information
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company Records 1900-1955
- Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.)
Stevens Point Mss J; PH 2298; PH 3898
7.8 c.f. (10 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 2 volumes); plus additions of 74 photographs
UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company, a middle man between the growers and the wholesale market. Included is correspondence, 1900-1953; minutes of the board of directors, 1904-1955; journals of growers accounts, 1913-1935; general journals, 1935-1954; and miscellaneous business records relating to growing and marketing cranberries in Wisconsin. Among the correspondents are officials of the American Cranberry Exchange and the Cranberry Growers Council. English
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Biography/History
The Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company was incorporated on March 23, 1906 in the City of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin (now Wisconsin Rapids), “...to act as an agent in the sale of cranberries; to establish uniform packages for marketing of the fruit; to adopt rules to prevent fraud and to promote reliable cleaning, grading, and packaging; to promote a desire for and sale of cranberries, and to procure reasonable shipping rates,” President of this new company was E. P. Arpin and secretary-treasurer was A. C. Bennet, both of Grand Rapids. The company acted as a middle man between the various growers and the wholesale market. On August 15, 1907, A. U. Chaney, selling agent, and the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company joined a national pool consisting of several other cranberry sales companies. This New York-based organization was called the National Fruit Exchange and on May 16, 1911 changed its name to the American Cranberry Exchange,
On August 19, 1919, the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company was completely reorganized into a non-stock, non-profit organization because of its corporate tax position, although they retained the same name.
Scope and Content Note
The Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company Records, 1900-1955, consist of materials relating to the growing, marketing, and sale of cranberries, including correspondence, 1900-1953; miscellaneous business papers such as allocation and disposition sheets, final remittance sheets, and financial statements, 1911-1929; membership applications; minutes of the board of directors' meetings, 1904-1955; and various business records such as cash books, 1913-1914, Ledgers 1909-1919, Account Journals, 1913-1935, Pool Books, and membership books.
The correspondence is arranged chronologically by year and month. The rest of the material is arranged chronologically within folders, with the folders arranged alphabetically by folder title or subject. There is also a folder of unsorted newspaper clippings relating to the cranberry industry.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company through the courtesy of Miss Jean Nash, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, 1961.
Processed by Steve Hensen, 1967.
Contents List
Stevens Point Mss J
Box
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Correspondence, 1900 March-1940 April
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Box
1
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Correspondence, to Board of Directors of American Cranberry Exchange from A.U. Chaney, 1911 April-1927 April
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Box
2
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Correspondence and Reports, Cranberry Growers Council Inc., 1950 November-1953 March
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Box
2
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Allocation and Disposition Sheets
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Box
2
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American Cranberry Exchange, Audits and Treasurers Reports
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Box
2
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Applications for membership
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Box
2
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Business papers, miscellaneous, unsorted
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Box
2
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Chicago Building Fund Payment, 1953
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Box
3
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Crop, 1 Dollar Advance, 1952
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Box
3
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Crop Reports, 1910-1932
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Box
3
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Final Accounting of NCA, Fresh Fruit Final Remittance Sheets, 1943
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Final Remittance Sheets
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Box
3
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1939-1940
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Box
4
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1941-1948
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Box
5
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1950-1951
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Box
5
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Financial Statements, 1911-1929
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Box
6
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Growers Accounts
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Box
6
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Mimeographed material and pamphlets
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Box
6
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Minutes of meetings, 1904-1941, 1947-1955
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Box
6
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Newsletters
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Box
7
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Newspaper clippings
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Box
7
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Nursery Records
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Box
7
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Organizational Material
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Box
7
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Shipping Records, Canning and Fresh, 1952
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Combined Record Books
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Box
8
Volume
1
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1906-1919
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Box
8
Volume
2
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1919-1938
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Minutes, Board of Directors
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Box
8
Volume
3
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1938-1947
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Box
8
Volume
4
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1906-1915
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Box
8
Volume
5
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Membership Book
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Box
8
Volume
6
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Growers Account Book, 1906, 1907
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Box
8
Volume
7
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Ledger - Growers Accounts, 1922-1931
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Ledgers
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Box
8
Volume
8
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1909-1913
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Box
8
Volume
9
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1909-1913
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Box
9
Volume
10
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1948-1953
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Box
9
Volume
11
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1938-1949
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Box
9
Volume
12
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Cash Book, 1913-1914
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Box
9
Volume
13
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Growers Accounts, 1906-1951
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Journals - Growers Accounts
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Box
9
Volume
14
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1913-1917
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Box
9
Volume
15
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1917-1922
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Box
10
Volume
16
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1922-1926
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Box
10
Volume
17
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1926-1931
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Box
10
Volume
18
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1931-1935
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Box
10
Volume
19
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Order Book, 1913
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Box
10
Volume
20
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Sinking Fund, 1932-1940
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Box
10
Volume
21
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Shipping Records, 1945-1951
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Box
10
Volume
22
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Shipping Reports and Stock Sheets, 1907
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Volume
23
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General Shipment Book
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Volume
24
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Pool Book
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General Journals
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Box
11
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1935-1942
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Box
11
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1943-1948
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Box
11
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1949-1954
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Box
12
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Pool Sheets, 1952-1953
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Photographs related to the cranberry industry in Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association
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PH 2298
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circa 1910-1950
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PH 3898
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circa 1910-1950
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