Title: Racine Milk Producers Cooperative Association Records
Inclusive Dates: 1930-1955

Creator:

• Racine Milk Producers Cooperative Association

Call Number: Parkside Mss 10

Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a Racine, Wis., area milk producers cooperative documenting the quantity and quality of milk produced; purchase prices; transportation of milk from producers to purchasers; and financial support from area banks, loan associations, and credit associations.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pks0010

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Racine Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Racine, Wisconsin, through the courtesy of Lynn Stalbaum, 1957.

Processing Information

Processed by Karen J. Rasmussen, June 1966.

Box   1-5	Purchase Records, 1937, April - 1949 Note: See also Box 10, vol. 14. Scope and Content Note: Arranged by date, these records indicate the route numbers, the individuals on that route, their monthly test point, the pounds produced, the purchase price, hauling fees, and charges for farm supplies and dairy products purchased.
Box   6-10	Individual Producers' Records, 1931-1949 Scope and Content Note: Arranged by year and then alphabetically by name within each year, these records list monthly test points, pounds produced, purchase prices, and deductions.
Box   11-12	General Records, 1935; 1946; 1917; 1948, Dec. - 1950, Nov. Scope and Content Note: Arranged chronologically, these records give further miscellaneous information about producers and also indicate where the milk was distributed. Purchasers include Borden's Milk & Ice Cream Co., Progressive Dairy Products Coal Studey's Sanitary Dairy, Lewis Farm Dairy, Horlick's Corporation, the Nestle Company, and the Pure Milk Association.
Box   10 Volume   1-6	Bank Deposit Records, 1930 - 1954
Box   10 Volume   7-8	Haulers and their Routes, 1954, Sept. and undated
Box   10 Volume   9	Miscellaneous Statistics and Clippings
Box   10 Volume   10-13	Check Deductions, 1938 - 1955 Scope and Content Note: These records list sums owed for supplies, for advance loans, and for assignments. Organizations mentioned include Elkhorn Production Credit Association, Wisconsin Sales Corporation, Livestock Mortgage Credit Corporation, Federal Land Bank, Farm Security Administration, Bank of Franksville, Farmers Cooperative Elevator, State Bank of Union Grove, National Farm Loan Association, and Blue Cross.
Box   10 Volume   14	Purchase Records, 1937, Jan. - March Note: See also boxes 1-5.