Leland Spencer papers, ca. 1916-1992.
Collection Number: 21-10-908
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Leland Spencer papers, ca. 1916-1992.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-10-908
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed matter concerning economic aspects
of pricing and distribution of milk, especially in New York and New Jersey.
Creator:
Spencer, Leland, 1896-
Quanitities:
52 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of Marketing, Cornell University, milk marketing consultant.
Cornell University Class of 1918, Ph.D. 1923
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed matter concerning economic aspects
of pricing and distribution of milk, especially in New York and New Jersey; courses
at Cornell; extension work, and activities as an economic analyst and consultant for
state and federal agencies, as well as farmer and dealer organizations in the milk
industry; correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial statements, and publicity
material of the New York State Bureau of Milk Publicity (1934-1942) and Milk for Health,
Inc. (1949-1958) and its successor, the Producers Milk Market Development Board (1958-1960);
and printed matter, reports, and correspondence concerning his testimony in the "Safeway
Case" regarding milk prices in California. Also, correspondence and printed matter
of Dean William I. Myers as member of the New York State Governor's Special Committee
on Milk Licensing; and notebooks of laws, rules, regulations, and sample forms used
by the New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets.
Includes collections 21-10-726 and 21-10-1200.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Leland Spencer papers, #21-10-908. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Myers, William Irving, 1891-1976.
Benson, Walt.
New York (State). Bureau of Milk Publicity
Milk for Health (Organization)
Producers Milk Market Development Board
Safeway Stores, Inc
New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets
Subjects:
Milk trade.
Milk yield.
Milk -- Quality.
Dairy laws.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
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Date
|
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| Box 17 |
New York Market
|
1930-1957 | |
| Box 17 |
Dairymen's League
|
1917-1930s | |
| Box 17 |
Northeast Dairy Region
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| Box 18 |
New York Market
|
1944-1977 | |
| Box 18 |
Dairylea
|
1980s | |
| Box 19 |
New York Milkshed
|
1937-1957 | |
| Box 20 |
New York Milkshed (continued)
|
1937-1957 | |
| Box 20 |
Production Milk Prices
|
1965-1969 | |
| Box 21 |
Production Milk Prices (continued)
|
1958-1967 | |
| Box 21 |
Federal Order
|
1964-1965 | |
| Box 21 |
Personal Publications
|
1933-1965 | |
| Box 22 |
Spencer Writings
|
1945-1957 | |
| Box 23 |
Spencer Writings
|
1958 - 1970 | |
| Box 23 |
Class Handouts
|
1936-1958 | |
| Box 24 |
Sanitary Control
|
1959-1968 | |
| Box 24 |
Market Structure, Competition and Regulation
|
1939-1968 | |
| Box 25 |
Federal Milk Order
|
1967-1979 | |
| Box 26 |
Articles: International Milk; Low Fat Milk; Sterile Milk; Evaporated Milk; Concentrated
Milk; Canned Whole Milk
|
1952-1956 | |
| Box 27 |
Articles (continued): Bibliography; Agricultural Economics Resolutions; Milk Reorders;
Home Delivery
|
1916 - 1977 | |
| Box 28 |
Class Handouts
|
1960-1967 | |
| Box 28 |
Dairylea - New York, New Jersey Orders
|
1977 - 1978 | |
| Box 28 |
Agricultural Economics Bulletins - Written by Spencer
|
1962-1967 | |
| Box 29 |
Dairylea - New York, New Jersey Orders
|
1950-1968 | |
| Box 30 |
Spencer Writings
|
1924-1944 | |
| Box 31 |
Dairylea - New York, New Jersey Orders
|
1918-1930 | |
| Box 31 |
Articles: Milk Bottles and Containers, etc.
|
1966-1968 | |
| Box 31 |
International Milk
|
1967-1969 | |
| Box 32 |
Articles: Milk Orders and Containers
|
1938 - 1953 | |
| Box 32 |
Imitation Milk - Filler Milk, Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Butter
|
1968 | |
| Box 33 |
Milk Consumption and Production
|
1967-1979 | |
| Box 34 |
Federal Milk Order
|
1941-1978 | |
| Box 35 |
Cooperative Association; Producer Prices
|
1954-1965 | |
| Box 36 |
Federal Milk Order Pricing
|
1954-1964 | |
| Box 37 |
Farm Retail Price Specials
|
1957-1965 | |
| Box 37 |
U.S. Food Marketing Commission
|
1940-1964 | |
| Box 37 |
Milk Distribution Costs
|
1936-1954 | |
| Box 38 |
Milk Distribution Costs
|
1955 | |
| Box 38 |
Selling and Delivery Costs
|
1945-1950 | |
| Box 38 |
Dairy Management and Equipment
|
1954-1960 | |
| Box 38 |
Milk Consumption
|
1924-1958 | |
| Box 39 |
Market Structure; Drivers Wages/Labor Contract; Transportation/Freight Rates; Milk
Handling from Farms
|
1948-1974 | |
| Box 40 |
Market Structure; Competition and Regulation
|
1959-1965 | |
| Box 41 |
Regional Cooperatives; Marketing System; Channels of Trade; School Milk
|
1940s-1965 | |
| Box 42 |
International Articles; Imports and Exports; Patronage Dividends
|
1940-1992 | |
| Box 43 |
Dairy Manufacturing Costs; Special Cost Studies; Data for Selected Markets; Publications
|
1932-1979 | |
| Box 44 |
Milk Control Board Investigation (1933-1934); New York-New Jersey Milk Study (1942-1948);
Sales Data – (Borden and Sheffield); Company working papers (Borden's and Dellwood);
Publicity material
|
1933-1948 | |
| Box 45 |
New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Milk Distribution Study (1944); Complete set of forms
used, list of branches and routes, milk costs, payroll data (Much of the information
pertains to Borden and Sheffield); Milk Standardization Study (1947-1948); Robert
Moseley- National Research Council Committee (1948)
|
1944-1948 | |
| Box 46 |
Milk Industry in Germany (1949); British Milk Study (1952-1953); Central Milk Plants
in Italy (1954) – Spencer and Gabriele Gaetani
|
1949-1954 | |
| Box 47 |
Sheffield -financial data and cost studies (1940s); Events pertaining to milk delivery
(1941-1944); New York Marketing Agreement (1933); Proposed Federal License–New York/New
Jersey (1934-1935); Four States Conference on the New York Milk Problem (1936)
|
1934-1944 | |
| Box 48 |
Early Developments–Committee of Eighteen (1933-1934); Legal Cases; Prices;Laws and
Court Cases (1933-1989)
|
1933-1989 | |
| Box 49 |
Orders (1933-1964); Reports (1933-1946); Butter (before 1940); Oleomargarine (1933-1971);
Mercantile Exchanges–Future Trading (1928-1969)
|
1928-1971 | |
| Box 50 |
Dried Whole Milk (1944-1992); Non-fat Dry Milk (1933-1968); Milk Compensation and
Tests (1950s); Federal and State Standards (1953-1968); Frozen Desserts (1973-1982);
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts (before 1950 and later); Mellorine–imitation ice cream
(1952-1962); Chocolate (1980s); Whey (1982-1992); Fermented Dairy Products; Sour Cream
(1980s); Yogurt (1970s); Dairy policy issues (1979); Dairy Programs and Legislation
(1967); Dairy Price Support Program (1968-)
|
1933-1992 | |
| Box 51 |
Dairy Policies (1979-1991); Milk Marketing Orders (1970s-1980s); Antitrust (1980s);
Milk Assembly (1934-1972); Vending Machines (1950s); Distribution (1938-1980); Milk
Plants (1953-1978)
|
1934-1991 | |
| Box 52 |
Butter prices (1953-1961); Litigation (1933-1988); Milk Dealers' Association of Metropolitan
New York-Membership Letters (1947-1968), policies and correspondence (1970s); Advisory
Committee on Milk Supply Response Study (1960s)
|
1933-1988 | |