Utah Beet Growers Association records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous business records for the Utah Beet Growers Association from the late 1960s to the 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1980
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah Beet Growers Association records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Biographical Note
For much of the twentieth century, sugar beets were Utah's most important cash crop. Farmers grew beets under contract with a sugar company. Two large Utah-based companies, Utah-Idaho Sugar and the Amalgamated Sugar Companies, dominated the industry, processing beets throughout the state.
Growers organized in the 1920s through the American Farm Bureau Federation in order to bargain collectively with the companies for the sale of their crop. Growers associations were organized on local, state, and national levels. The state association negotiated a contract with company representatives every year. Farmers pressed for higher prices through their association. But the association was not limited to bargaining over prices. Grower representatives were present in the scale house ensuring accurate weights and measures, and they checked the tare, they were also present in the laboratory double checking chemical tests. The association looked out for the farmers' interests.
Extent
3 boxes (1 linear feet)
Abstract
Miscellaneous records, including annual reports, bylaws, reports, and correspondence from the 1960s and 1970s.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in no discernible order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Harold Thompson, former secretary-treasurer of the Utah Beet Growers Association.
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2006.
- Title
- Guide to the Utah Beet Growers Association records 1948-1980
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Special Collections and Archives
- Date
- ©2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu