Dairying, Cooperative

Scope and Contents The records contained in this collection document the activities of the Milk Consumers Association Incorporated, of DeKalb, Illinois. The materials reflect on Association business from 1922 through its 1966 dissolution, with the bulk of the materials covering the years 1950-1966. Types of records include minutes (1950-1965), correspondence, bills, payroll records, I.R.S. materials, banking records, monthly balance sheets, hauling routes, stock inventories, stock certificates, and final...

Scope and Contents The records of Mid-West Dairymen’s Company document the origin and development of a northern Illinois non-profit milk producers’ cooperative during the period 1924-1980.  The collection contains corporate record books (1924-1963) which include articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and special committees, resolutions, and bills.  This valuable source furnishes essential legal, financial, production, and marketing information from the...

Scope and Contents The Pure Milk Association records document the origin and development of a northern Illinois milk producers’ cooperative during the period 1924 to 1969. The collection contains eleven boxes of materials including the articles of incorporation and amendments (1926-1961), by-laws (1962-1969), minutes and proceedings from board of directors and special committees (1924-1969), membership agreement forms (1926-1950) official records (1936) business manuals (1945), and publications (1951-1964). ...

Scope and Contents The materials in the Stephenson County Pure Milk Association collection document the entire existence, 1928-1957, of a dairy cooperative based in Freeport, Illinois. Included in the collection are articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, 1931-1953; correspondence, 1944-1958. There are also legal contracts and membership agreements which span almost all the cooperative’s lifetime as a separate entity. Business records, ledgers, annual reports, production records, marketing agreements...