Cayuga County sugar beet industry records, 1961-1979.
Collection Number: 3249

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cayuga County sugar beet industry records, 1961-1979.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3249
Abstract:
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the Maine Sugar Industries, Inc., the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association
Creator:
Colman, Gould P. (Gould Patchin), 1926-
Bateman, Theodore
Swanson, C. L. W.
Bugbee, J. T.
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet.
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."
NOTES

Material was collected by Gould Colman and Theodore Bateman.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

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

SUBJECTS

Names:
Maine Sugar Industries, inc
Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association
Pepsi-Cola Company
Subjects:
Agricultural development projects -- New York (State) -- Cayuga County.
Sugar beets -- New York (State) -- Cayuga County.
Sugar beet industry -- New York (State) -- Cayuga County.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Clippings from Maine papers Re: Sugar Beet Industry
Box 1
Sugar Beet Feasibility Study
1963
Box 1
Sugar Beet Questionnaires
1968
Box 1 Folder 1
Oneida Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 2
Oswego Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 3
Madison Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 4
Genessee Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 5
Seneca Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 6
Cortland Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 7
Onondaga Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 8
Sugar Beet Project
Box 1 Folder 9
Cayuga Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 10
Herkimer Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 11
Monroe Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 12
Ontario Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 13
Livingston Questionnaires
Box 1 Folder 14
Yates Questionnaires
Box 1
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 1 Folder 15
The Groundnut Affair
Box 1
Documents Regarding Sugar Beet Production
Box 1 Folder 16
Sugar Beet Paper
Box 1
Correspondence and Documents of Gould P. Colman
Box 1 Folder 17
Howard Bateman's Extension Letters
1965-1968
Box 1 Folder 18
Empire Sugar Grower Letters
Box 1 Folder 18
Grower Association Letters
Box 1 Folder 19-20
Miscellaneous Documents and Letters
Box 2 Folder 1
Sugar Beet Newspaper Clippings
Box 2 Folder 2-3
Miscellaneous Documents and Letters
Box 2 Folder 4
Photos, Slides, and Negatives
Box 2 Folder 5-8
The Cayuga County, New York Sugar Beet Story
Box 2 Folder 9
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 2 Folder 10
Sugar Beet Business Requirements
Box 2 Folder 11-12
Photographs
Box 2 Folder 13
The Need for New and Continuing Research
Box 2 Folder 14
Need for an Educational Effort with Farmers
Box 2 Folder 15
Research and Educational Guidance
Box 2 Folder 16
The Immediate Need
Box 2 Folder 17
Interested Parties Team Up For Action
Box 2 Folder 18
Tentative Agenda for Meetings with Sugar Beet Demonstrators
Box 2 Folder 19
Sugar Beet Journal
1959-1963
Box 2 Folder 20
Correspondence of Jim Lawrence
Box 2 Folder 21
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 2 Folder 22
Sugar Beet Guidelines for Growers
Jan. 1965
Box 2 Folder 23
Legal Documents
Box 2 Folder 24
Sugar Beets
1962-1963
Box 2 Folder 25
Photographs
Box 2 Folder 26
Film Script
Box 2
Sugar Beet Directory
Box 2
Sugar Beet Mailing List
1965-1968
Box 2
Film: Introducing Sugar Beets
1963
Box 3
Scrap Book 1966-1970
Box 3
Scrap Book 1971-1972
Box 4 Folder 1
1974 Finances
Box 4 Folder 2
Finances 1972
Box 4 Folder 3
Press Releases File Copy
Box 4 Folder 4
Press Releases File Copy Pt 2
Box 4 Folder 5
Minutes
Box 4 Folder 6
Finances 1973
Box 4 Folder 7
Finances 1971