Part 1 (Micro 471): Original Collection, 1937-1974
Physical Description: 11 reels of microfilm (35mm) 
Scope and Content Note

The records of the Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association are organized into four series: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, Audit Reports, Minutes, and a Subject File of Local Shipping Cooperatives.

Although Equity was founded in 1922, its Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws were revised in 1965; only these are included in the collection.

The annual Audit Reports, 1947-1970, 1972-1974, present a detailed analysis of the financial status of the overall Association and of its regional auction markets.

Three volumes of Minutes, 1944-1966, document Equity's regular Board of Directors' meetings, special Board meetings, and general annual meetings.

The largest series in the collection is the Subject File of Local Shipping Cooperatives. It consists of files of many of the local cooperatives which operate through the eight regional auction markets. These forty-one files form a representative sampling of the cooperatives associated with Equity.

All of the regional auction markets are represented except the Bonduel Market. The files consist mainly of financial records such as federal income tax returns, annual financial and operating statements, worksheets, and related correspondence. For several of the cooperatives, there are also articles of incorporation and by-laws.

Arrangement of the Materials: The files are arranged alphabetically by regional auction market and alphabetically thereunder by local cooperative name.

Series: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1965

Series: Audit Reports

1947-1965

1966-1970, 1972-1974

Series: Minutes

1944-1959

1960-1963

1964-1966

Series: Subject Files of Local Shipping Cooperatives

Altoona Auction Market

Cadott-Boyd Cooperative Shipping Association, 1953-1965

Stanley Cooperative Shipping Association, 1950-1970

Johnson Creek Auction Market

Ashippun Local Union, 1944-1963

Germantown Livestock Shipping Association, 1939-1966

Hartford-Rubicon Livestock Cooperative, 1943-1966

Hustisford Farmers Equity Shipping Association, 1949-1964

Lebanon Equity Livestock Cooperative, 1942-1964

Ozaukee County Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1945-1966

Rio Equity Farmers Livestock Shipping Association, 1952-1968

United Cooperative Association, 1968

Reedsville Auction Market

Chilton Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1944-1968

Hilbert Livestock Marketing Cooperative, 1951-1968

Richland Center Auction Market

Baraboo Livestock Cooperative Shipping Association, 1953-1966

LaFarge Farmers Union Shipping Association, 1966

Mauston Livestock Cooperative, 1966

Richland Livestock Cooperative, 1937-1966

Sauk County Equity Union Cooperative Shipping Association, 1948-1966

Ripon Auction Market

Central Winnebago Cooperative, 1949, 1954, 1964

East Waushara Livestock Cooperative, 1960

Empire Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1954, 1963, 1964

Markesan-Fairwater Livestock Cooperative, 1944-1964

Ripon Cooperative Shipping Association, 1950-1964

Ripon, consolidation of local associations, 1963

Tri-County Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1952-1964

Washington County Cooperative Shipping Association, 1939-1966

Waushara Livestock Cooperative, 1964

Sparta Auction Market

Cashton-Melvina Shipping Association, 1944-1962

Elroy-Kendall Shipping Association, 1948-1967

Sparta Equity Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1944-1963

Tomah Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1943-1963

Stratford Auction Market

Auburndale Cooperative Shipping Association, 1951-1956, 1963-1964, 1967

Central Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1951-1968

Chili Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1948-1967

Equity Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1953-1967

Equity Central Cooperative Livestock Market, 1954-1962

Equity Central Cooperative Livestock Market, correspondence relative to the recapitalization of, 1952-1955

Farmer's Union Cooperative Shipping Association, 1952-1967

Haider Community Livestock Cooperative, 1954-1967

Junction City Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association, 1944-1967

Marathon-Portage Livestock Shipping Cooperative, 1962-1967
Note: Formerly Knowlton Shipping Cooperative, 1951-1962.

Stratford Cooperative Shipping Association

1950-1961

1962-1967

Wood County Livestock Cooperative, 1950-1967