Guide to the Leland Spencer Papers,
ca. 1916-1981.

Collection Number: 21-10-908

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Compiled by:

Guy Smith

Date completed:

September 29, 2009

EAD encoding:

James Zhang, September 30, 2009

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Leland Spencer papers, ca. 1916-1981.

Collection Number:

21-10-908

Creator:

Leland, Spencer 1896-

Quantity:

38 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, Printed Materials Reports

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed matter concerning economic aspects of pricing and distribution of milk, especially in New York and New Jersey.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Marketing, Cornell University, milk marketing consultant.

Cornell University Class of 1918, Ph.D. 1923)

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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 materialof the N.Y.S. 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.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Spencer, Leland,1896-

Benson, Walt.

Myers, William Irving, 1891-1976.

Milk for Health (Organization)

New York (State).Bureau of Milk Publicity.

New York (State).Dept. of Agriculture and Markets.

Producers Milk Market Development Board.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Leland Spencer papers, #21-10-908. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

NOTES

Includes collection 21-10-726.

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Box list still in process	Box 1-16
1930 - 1957	New York Market	Box 17
1917 - 1930s	Dairymen's League	Box 17
	Northeast Dairy Region	Box 17
1944 - 1977	New York Market	Box 18
1980s	Dairylea	Box 18
1937 - 1957	New York Milkshed	Box 19
1937 - 1957	New York Milkshed (continued)	Box 20
1965 - 1969	Production Milk Prices	Box 20
1958 - 1967	Production Milk Prices (continued)	Box 21
1964 - 1965	Federal Order	Box 21
1933 - 1965	Personal Publications	Box 21
1945 - 1957	Spencer Writings	Box 22
1958 - 1970	Spencer Writings	Box 23
1936 - 1958	Class Handouts	Box 23
1959 - 1968	Sanitary Control	Box 24
1939 - 1968	Market Structure, Competition and Regulation	Box 24
1967 - 1979	Federal Milk Order	Box 25
1952 - 1956	Articles: International Milk; Low Fat Milk; Sterile Milk; Evaporated Milk; Concentrated Milk; Canned Whole Milk	Box 26
1916 - 1977	Articles (continued): Bibliography; Agricultural Economics Resolutions; Milk Reorders; Home Delivery	Box 27
1960 - 1967	Class Handouts	Box 28
1977 - 1978	Dairylea - New York, New Jersey Orders	Box 28
1962 - 1967	Agricultural Economics Bulletins - Written by Spencer	Box 28
1950 - 1968	Dairylea - New York, New Jersey Orders	Box 29
1924 - 1944	Spencer Writings	Box 30
1918 - 1930	Dairylea - New York, New Jersey Orders	Box 31
1966 - 1968	Articles: Milk Bottles and Containers, etc.	Box 31
1967 - 1969	International Milk	Box 31
1938 - 1953	Articles: Milk Orders and Containers	Box 32
1968	Imitation Milk - Filler Milk, Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Butter	Box 32
1967 - 1979	Milk Consumption and Production	Box 33
1941 - 1978	Federal Milk Order	Box 34
1954 - 1965	Cooperative Association; Producer Prices	Box 35
1954 - 1964	Federal Milk Order Pricing	Box 36
1957 - 1965	Farm Retail Price Specials	Box 37
1940 - 1964	U.S. Food Marketing Commission	Box 37
1936 - 1954	Milk Distribution Costs	Box 37
1955	Milk Distribution Costs	Box 38
1945 - 1950	Selling and Delivery Costs	Box 38
1954 - 1960	Dairy Management and Equipment	Box 38
1924 - 1958	Milk Consumption	Box 38

Guide to the Leland Spencer Papers, ca. 1916-1981.

Collection Number: 21-10-908

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Leland Spencer Papers,
ca. 1916-1981.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library