Title: Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1955

Creator:

• Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.)

Call Number: Stevens Point Mss J; PH 2298; PH 3898

Quantity: 7.8 c.f. (10 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 2 volumes); plus additions of 74 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

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.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-stpt000j

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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.

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.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company through the courtesy of Miss Jean Nash, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, 1961.

Processing Information

Processed by Steve Hensen, 1967.

Stevens Point Mss J Box   1	Correspondence, 1900 March-1940 April
Box   1	Correspondence, to Board of Directors of American Cranberry Exchange from A.U. Chaney, 1911 April-1927 April
Box   2	Correspondence and Reports, Cranberry Growers Council Inc., 1950 November-1953 March
Box   2	Allocation and Disposition Sheets
Box   2	American Cranberry Exchange, Audits and Treasurers Reports
Box   2	Applications for membership
Box   2	Business papers, miscellaneous, unsorted
Box   2	Chicago Building Fund Payment, 1953
Box   3	Crop, 1 Dollar Advance, 1952
Box   3	Crop Reports, 1910-1932
Box   3	Final Accounting of NCA, Fresh Fruit Final Remittance Sheets, 1943
	Final Remittance Sheets
Box   3	1939-1940
Box   4	1941-1948
Box   5	1950-1951
Box   5	Financial Statements, 1911-1929
Box   6	Growers Accounts
Box   6	Mimeographed material and pamphlets
Box   6	Minutes of meetings, 1904-1941, 1947-1955
Box   6	Newsletters
Box   7	Newspaper clippings
Box   7	Nursery Records
Box   7	Organizational Material
Box   7	Shipping Records, Canning and Fresh, 1952
	Combined Record Books
Box   8 Volume   1	1906-1919
Box   8 Volume   2	1919-1938
	Minutes, Board of Directors
Box   8 Volume   3	1938-1947
Box   8 Volume   4	1906-1915
Box   8 Volume   5	Membership Book
Box   8 Volume   6	Growers Account Book, 1906, 1907
Box   8 Volume   7	Ledger - Growers Accounts, 1922-1931
	Ledgers
Box   8 Volume   8	1909-1913
Box   8 Volume   9	1909-1913
Box   9 Volume   10	1948-1953
Box   9 Volume   11	1938-1949
Box   9 Volume   12	Cash Book, 1913-1914
Box   9 Volume   13	Growers Accounts, 1906-1951
	Journals - Growers Accounts
Box   9 Volume   14	1913-1917
Box   9 Volume   15	1917-1922
Box   10 Volume   16	1922-1926
Box   10 Volume   17	1926-1931
Box   10 Volume   18	1931-1935
Box   10 Volume   19	Order Book, 1913
Box   10 Volume   20	Sinking Fund, 1932-1940
Box   10 Volume   21	Shipping Records, 1945-1951
Box   10 Volume   22	Shipping Reports and Stock Sheets, 1907
Volume   23	General Shipment Book
Volume   24	Pool Book
	General Journals
Box   11	1935-1942
Box   11	1943-1948
Box   11	1949-1954
Box   12	Pool Sheets, 1952-1953
	Photographs related to the cranberry industry in Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association
PH 2298	circa 1910-1950
PH 3898	circa 1910-1950