Guide to the Cayuga County Sugar Beet Industry Records,
1961-1979.

Collection Number: 3249

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
February 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, February 2010

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cayuga County sugar beet industry records, 1961-1979.
Collection Number:
3249
Creator:
Gould P.(Gould Patchin), Colman 1926- ,
Quantity:
3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Newspapers, Photographs, Printed Materials, Publications, Research Materials, Scrapbooks
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the Maine Sugar Industries, Inc., the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the Maine Sugar Industries, Inc., the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association, and unsuccessful attempts to develop a sugar beet industry in central New York. Includes photographs, bulletin preparation materials, correspondence, notes, and a research proposal about the project. Also includes two films: "The Root of Progress" and "Introducing Sugar Beets," tables, scrapbooks, and additional correspondence, photographs, and bulletins.
Also, "Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association and Pepsi-Cola Company Present the Story of Beet Sugar. Authors: C. L. Swanson and J. T. Bugbee Through the Courtesy of Texaco's Magazine Lubrication."
SUBJECTS

Names:
Colman, Gould P.1926- ,
Bateman, Theodore,
Bugbee, J. T.
Swanson, C. L. W.
Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association.
Maine Sugar Industries, inc.
Pepsi-Cola Company.

Subjects:
Sugar beet industry--New York (State)--Cayuga County.
Sugar beets--New York (State)--Cayuga County.
Agricultural development projects--New York (State)--Cayuga County.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cayuga County sugar beet industry records, #3249. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Material was collected by Gould Colman and Theodore Bateman.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Clippings from Maine papers Re: Sugar Beet Industry
 Box 1
1963
Sugar Beet Feasibility Study
 Box 1
1968
Sugar Beet Questionnaires
 Box 1
Oneida Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 1
Oswego Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 2
Madison Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 3
Genessee Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 4
Seneca Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 5
Cortland Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 6
Onondaga Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 7
Sugar Beet Project
 Box 1 Folder 8
Cayuga Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 9
Herkimer Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 10
Monroe Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 11
Ontario Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 12
Livingston Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 13
Yates Questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 14
Miscellaneous Documents
 Box 1
The Groundnut Affair
 Box 1 Folder 15
Documents Regarding Sugar Beet Production
 Box 1
Sugar Beet Paper
 Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence and Documents of Gould P. Colman
 Box 1
1965-1968
Howard Bateman's Extension Letters
 Box 1 Folder 17
Empire Sugar Grower Letters
 Box 1 Folder 18
Grower Association Letters
 Box 1 Folder 18
Miscellaneous Documents and Letters
 Box 1 Folder 19-20
Sugar Beet Newspaper Clippings
 Box 2 Folder 1
Miscellaneous Documents and Letters
 Box 2 Folder 2-3
Photos, Slides, and Negatives
 Box 2 Folder 4
The Cayuga County, New York Sugar Beet Story
 Box 2 Folder 5-8
Miscellaneous Documents
 Box 2 Folder 9
Sugar Beet Business Requirements
 Box 2 Folder 10
Photographs
 Box 2 Folder 11-12
The Need for New and Continuing Research
 Box 2 Folder 13
Need for an Educational Effort with Farmers
 Box 2 Folder 14
Research and Educational Guidance
 Box 2 Folder 15
The Immediate Need
 Box 2 Folder 16
Interested Parties Team Up For Action
 Box 2 Folder 17
Tentative Agenda for Meetings with Sugar Beet Demonstrators
 Box 2 Folder 18
1959-1963
Sugar Beet Journal
 Box 2 Folder 19
Correspondence of Jim Lawrence
 Box 2 Folder 20
Miscellaneous Documents
 Box 2 Folder 21
Jan. 1965
Sugar Beet Guidelines for Growers
 Box 2 Folder 22
Legal Documents
 Box 2 Folder 23
1962-1963
Sugar Beets
 Box 2 Folder 24
Photographs
 Box 2 Folder 25
Film Script
 Box 2 Folder 26
Sugar Beet Directory
 Box 2
1965-1968
Sugar Beet Mailing List
 Box 2
1963
Film: Introducing Sugar Beets
 Box 2
Newspaper Clippings
 Box 3