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Summary Information
Nelson Mink Farm Records
1937-1958
- Nelson Mink Farm (Verona, Wis.)
Mss 582
2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Nelson Mink Farm, Verona, Wisconsin (1936- ), a complete mink farming operation started by Ray W. Nelson (1893-1983) and now operated by his son Fred Nelson. The records document both the operation of the Nelson Mink Farm and also the workings of several mink farming associations to which the Nelsons belonged. Farm records include the land deed, original licenses, and incoming business correspondence, 1937-1958. Financial records are limited to sales data from 1938 to 1958 and expenditures from 1938 to 1958. There are informational files on the care of mink and their diseases and diet. The records of the mink farming associations include those of the Fur Food Cooperative, the Great Lakes Mink Association, the Mutation Mink Breeders Association, the National Board of Fur Farm Organization, the United Mink Producers Association, and the Wisconsin Mink Breeders Association. The files include correspondence, publications, and information on activities. The records of the United Mink Producers Association are especially detailed, including their constitution, by-laws, and financial statements as well as Ray Nelson's files and correspondence from the years when he was president and member of the board of directors of the association.
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