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Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange records
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Petitions and meeting minutes of the Duarte-Monrovia Citrus Association
Manuscripts
Two petitions related to the universal 8-hour law and minutes from an October 6, 1914, meeting of the Duarte-Monrovia Citrus Association.
mssHM 75013-75014
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San Antonio Fruit Exchange records, (bulk 1894-1923)
Manuscripts
The San Antonio Fruit Exchange records contains 46 items from 1893 to 1947, including annual reports, minutes, stock books and by-laws. The annual reports from 1894 to 1923 of the exchange contain information on the business practices of the exchange and its members along with comments that refer more generally to the citrus industry as a whole. The minutes from 1894 to 1924 are from Board of Director and stockholder meetings and contain information on the Exchange's day-to-day operations. The stock books from 1893 to 1926 contain information on the group's stockholders, including lists of names and actual stock certificates. The by-laws portion of the collection from 1893 to 1947 contains both the group's original bylaws as well as their subsequent revisions. Issues of prominence within the collection include the history of the California citrus fruit industry; the cooperative marketing of citrus fruits; the California Fruit Growers Exchange; the San Antonio Fruit Exchange; the Southern California Fruit Exchange; and Sunkist Growers, Inc.
mssSanAnt
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Covina Citrus Association, 1941-1949; Covina Orange Growers Association, undated and 1949; Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange, 1909-1910 [4 items]
Visual Materials
Consists of 4 pamphlets: 1941 Covina Citrus Association annual report; Covina Orange Growers Association undated by-laws and "Fifty Years of Achievement From 1899 to 1949"; and 1909-1910 Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange annual report.
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758
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Early citrus industry: picking, packing, and marketing
Manuscripts
Emmett B. Norman's history of the citrus industry in Duarte, California, from the 1880s through 1938, combined with reminiscences of his own and his father's experiences with citrus growing and selling. Topics covered include a history of orange picking and pickers, orange washing, orange packing, orange shipping, and citrus marketing, as well as citrus diseases and the impact of the weather on crops. Norman focuses on the Duarte-Monrovia Citrus Association, the Duarte-Foothill Citrus Association, and the Duarte Fruit Exchange. Includes 15 photographs (c.1890-1938) showing orchards (mainly those of E.D. Northrup and the Norman Ranch), packing house exteriors and interiors (including the Duarte-Foothill Citrus Association, the West Duarte Packing House, the Duarte Southern Pacific Railway Station with the Duarte-Monrovia Citrus association in the background, and the Earl Fruit Company), the F.M. Shrode horse-shoeing building, and pesticide machinery. Also includes a sketch of a citrus packer by Edna A. Chess, several diagrams demonstrating ways of packing oranges, and selected meeting minutes of the Duarte-Monrovia Citrus Association (1893-1922; mainly 1890s).
mssHM 72909
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Fruit record
Manuscripts
The collection consists of the business records of the Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers' Association from 1896 to 1927. It includes journals, ledgers, cash books, time books, letter books, receipts, and other material. There is also some correspondence, most of which is addressed to the Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers' Association Secretary, J. A. Beattie, and some information about box labels.
mssCucamonga
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Fruit record
Manuscripts
The collection consists of the business records of the Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers' Association from 1896 to 1927. It includes journals, ledgers, cash books, time books, letter books, receipts, and other material. There is also some correspondence, most of which is addressed to the Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers' Association Secretary, J. A. Beattie, and some information about box labels.
mssCucamonga