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Agricultural Collections - Producer and Distributor Organizations
AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION. Records, 1953-1979.
Extent: 3.8 linear feet.
Number: MS-509.
Description: Founded in 1920, this association of soybean producers promotes markets in the U.S. and abroad, and supports research to combat diseases and pests affecting soybean production. Collection includes reports and publications of the American Soybean Association and Hakuhodo, Inc., including advertising and public relations materials, market survey reports, and the publication Late News (1953-1970).
Status: Container listed.
Finding Aid: Available in Special Collections.
ASSOCIATED HYBRID PRODUCERS. Records, 1935, 1939, 1953-1987.
Extent: 9.28 linear feet.
Number: MS-200.
Description: Associated Hybrid Producers was formed in Hudson, Iowa, in 1937 to promote the use of hybrid seed corn over the open-pollinated corn that had been used in the past. The association's membership was drawn from medium-sized hybrid corn companies who produced foundation seed stocks cooperatively and did joint promotions at fairs. George M. Strayer (1910-1981) was its founder and first secretary. He held this office from 1937 until his death in 1981; the collection is largely made up of his office files as secretary. Strayer graduated from Iowa State University in 1932 with a B.S. in agronomy. After graduation he joined Strayer Seed Farms in Hudson, Iowa, in partnership with his father. The Strayers were among the first in the United States to plant soybeans, and George Strayer was also active in the promotion of soybeans throughout his career. Strayer served as executive secretary of the American Soybean Association from 1940 to 1967 and was founder and first editor of the Soybean Digest. He was sent to Europe in 1949 by the Economic Cooperation Administration to study the possible production and use of soybeans as human food. In 1955 he spent two months in the Far East surveying the market potential for American soybeans. Strayer also served as mayor of Hudson, Iowa, from 1970 to 1978. Collection consists of Strayer's Associated Hybrid Producers records, including articles of incorporation, bylaws, financial statements, and correspondence with staff members of the Iowa State University Seed Laboratory. The collection also includes Strayer's correspondence with legislators on the state and national level.
Status: 7.98 linear feet processed, 1.3 linear feet unprocessed.
Finding Aid: Available in Special Collections.
INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION. Records, 1880-1982, undated.
Extent: 8.7 linear feet.
Number: MS-506.
Description: The International Live Stock Exposition was held in Chicago from 1900 to 1975. The exposition was supported financially by the Union Stockyard and Transit Company and operations were managed by an association of individuals active in the livestock industry. The largest such show in the world, the exposition included swine, cattle, sheep, draft horses, and poultry. Judging events were held during the day, and horse shows provided evening entertainment. Each year a new oil portrait of a leader in the livestock industry was hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Club. This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, posters, publications, sketches, and photographs (people and prize-winning bulls, heifers, and horses), historical documents, a certificate and volumes of A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition. A significant portion of the collection contains materials related to the Saddle and Sirloin Club including photographs, menus, blueprints, and correspondence.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION. Collected Materials, 1989-1992.
Extent: 0.21 linear foot.
Number: MS-473.
Description: Founded in 1968, the Iowa Corn Growers Association is an organization of corn growers and others in related fields. The association, which is affiliated with the National Corn Growers Association, promotes the development of the corn industry as well as the professional development of its membership. Collection includes annual meeting programs and news releases.
Status: Container listed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA CORN PROMOTION BOARD. Records, 1977-1991.
Extent: 0.63 linear foot.
Number: MS-495.
Description: The Iowa Corn Promotion Board was established to provide information about corn-derived products to consumers and professionals. It promotes the use of corn products like fructose, gasohol, ethanol, and degradable plastics, and is affiliated with the National Fructose Center. Collection includes press releases, news clippings, publications, conference materials, corn product promotional materials, and correspondence.
Status: Container listed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION. Records, 1952-1984.
Extent: 2.6 linear feet.
Number: MS-554.
Description: The Iowa Grain and Feed Association began as the Western Grain and Feed Association of Iowa in 1900. The purpose of the association is to promote the interests of the grain and feed industry, to distribute information about the industry, and to sponsor research on the production and processing of grain. Collection contains records and publications of the association as well as Occupational Safety and Health Administration publications relating to grain handling facilities. Included in the records are correspondence, directories, ledgers, and conference materials.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA LIVESTOCK FEEDERS ASSOCIATION. Records, 1960-1973.
Extent: 2.31 linear feet.
Number: MS-047.
Description: Organization of Iowa livestock feeders founded in 1960 and affiliated with the National Livestock Feeders Association. The Iowa association merged with the Iowa Beef Producers Association in 1972 to form the Iowa Cattlemen's Association. The collection includes a constitution, bylaws, articles of incorporation, minutes and resolutions, correspondence, publications, financial records, and membership lists.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION. Records, 1934-1971.
Extent: 0.42 linear foot.
Number: MS-158.
Description: Organization founded in 1929 by a group of swine producers. In 1934 it began to receive an annual appropriation from the Iowa legislature. By 1968 it was no longer affiliated with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and was supported through dues and check-offs. Collection includes articles of incorporation; correspondence; financial statements; and minutes of annual meetings, board of directors meetings, and committee meetings.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA POULTRY ASSOCIATION. Records, 1940-1974.
Extent: 5.46 linear feet.
Number: MS-067.
Description: Organization founded in 1929, serving both as a trade organization for the Iowa poultry industry and, through the National Poultry Improvement Plan, as an agency for the control of poultry disease. Collection contains printed materials, correspondence, reports, financial records, and membership lists.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION. Records, 1963-1991.
Extent: 26.42 linear feet.
Number: MS-062.
Description: Organization founded in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1964 whose members are interested in the production, processing, marketing, and utilization of soybeans and soybean products. It promotes research into the uses of soybeans and encourages the expansion of domestic and overseas markets for soybean products. Collection contains annual meeting files, a constitution, correspondence, legislative materials, newspaper clippings, resolutions, and referenda.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Available in Special Collections.
IOWA SOYBEAN PROMOTION BOARD. Records, 1972-1988.
Extent: 17.06 linear feet.
Number: MS-058.
Description: Organization encouraging soybean research and cultivation in the United States, and the export of soybeans overseas. The Iowa Soybean Promotion Board works in close cooperation with the Iowa Soybean Association. Collection contains correspondence, check-off materials, election materials, claims and other financial records, minutes, publications, and research contracts.
Status: 1.46 linear feet processed, 15.6 linear feet container listed.
Finding Aid: Unavailable.
IOWA STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. Records, 1939-1979.
Extent: 10.28 linear feet.
Number: MS-065.
Description: Collection consists of records of the Iowa State Dairy Association (ISDA) and several affiliated organizations. The ISDA was founded as the Northeastern Iowa Dairymen's Association in 1877. The association was reorganized and renamed the Iowa State Dairy Association in 1891; its purpose was "to promote the dairy interests within the state of Iowa and everything pertaining thereto and connected therewith." In 1909, the association held a dairy cattle show in conjunction with the ISDA annual convention. The cattle show attracted a great deal of interest, and the association decided to continue it as an annual event. Waterloo, Iowa, became the permanent site of the program, known as the Dairy Cattle Congress. By 1913, it was incorporated as an independent organization. The Iowa Dairy Industry Commission (IDIC) was established by the Iowa legislature in 1939, at the request of the ISDA, to promote the use of dairy products through advertising, publicity, sales promotion, research, and education. It was financed by an excise tax on butterfat collected during certain times each year. In 1953, the Iowa State Dairy Association formed a committee to study the possibility of having a year-round voluntary butterfat set-aside in Iowa to be used for increased promotion of dairy products. A new organization, the Iowa Dairy Promotion Association (IDPA), was established to manage the set-aside program, with funds used both locally and nationally for the promotion of dairy products. The IDPA and the IDIC were placed under one management in 1957, and the name of the IDPA was changed to the American Dairy Association of Iowa (ADA of Iowa) two years later. In 1972, the Midland United Dairy Industry Association (Midland UDIA) was formed as a regional advertising and promotion organization. This association, a member of the United Dairy Industry Association, helps sponsor the promotional efforts of the American Dairy Association nationwide. Most of the former functions of the Iowa State Dairy Association have been transferred to the Midland UDIA. The ISDA continues to own and operate the Dairy Building at Ankeny, Iowa, where the Midland UDIA is headquartered, and it provides three nominees to the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture for each vacancy on the Iowa Dairy Industry Commission. It also nominates the dairy representative to the Marketing Division of the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Collection contains annual reports, correspondence, financial statements, meeting minutes, and promotional materials from the ISDA, as well as from its affiliated organizations, the IDIC, the IDPA, the ADA of Iowa, and the Dairy Cattle Congress. There are also substantial files relating to the American Dairy Association, including annual reports, financial statements, proceedings of annual meetings, and photographs and press releases from national advertising campaigns.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
IOWA TURKEY FEDERATION. Records, 1956-1978.
Extent: 7.8 linear feet.
Number: MS-478.
Description: The Iowa Turkey Federation was established about 1947. The original goals of the federation were to increase the consumption of turkeys, to promote legislation favorable to the turkey industry, to assist in collecting and distributing news and market information about the industry, to promote turkey research, and to work in unison to promote the best interest of the industry. Active membership was extended to those persons engaged in breeding, hatching, growing, feeding, and processing turkeys. The federation published a monthly magazine, Iowa Turkey Talk. Collection includes committee files, convention arrangements, correspondence, financial records, news clippings, press releases, promotional materials, publications, and reports. Correspondents include Clarence Debner, Earl Ellerbush, John Graig, R. F. McDowell, William Owings, Bob Perrin, John Planalp, Howard Richey, and Sharon K. Weise.
Status: Container listed.
Finding Aid: Available in Special Collections.
MIDWEST AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION. Records, 1960-1978.
Extent: 1.68 linear feet.
Number: MS-102.
Description: Organization formed in 1958 to unify the efforts of persons and companies interested in pesticides and to represent the industry in relations with state and federal governmental bodies. Collection includes a constitution, bylaws, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, and minutes of meetings.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
NATIONAL SWINE GROWERS COUNCIL. Records, [1956-1962]
Extent: 0.21 linear foot.
Number: MS-235.
Description: Organization founded in 1954 to bring together various state swine associations into a national organization. Goals at that time included producing quality hogs and pork products, providing an effective voice for the pork producers of the country, and encouraging strong organizations of swine growers throughout the nation. The collection was donated by Keith Myers of Grundy Center, Iowa. Myers, a 1938 Iowa State University graduate, was an early executive secretary of the National Swine Growers Council. Collection includes a constitution, correspondence, membership information, and meeting minutes.
Status: Processed.
Finding Aid: Online.
POLAND CHINA RECORD ASSOCIATION. Records, 1927-1948.
Extent: 3.9 linear feet.
Number: MS-122.
Description: Organization established in 1876 in West Lafayette, Indiana, to aid breeders of purebred Poland China hogs by preserving and publishing breeding records of these hogs. The Poland China Record Association maintained a registry showing ownership and transfers in addition to the pedigree records, and sponsored meat type evaluation and rate of gain and feeding efficiency measuring programs. The records were published annually in the Poland China Breeders Directory. Collection consists of the pedigrees for the years 1927-1948 and expense accounts for the association.
Status: Unprocessed.
Finding Aid: Unavailable.