Pro-Fac Cooperative records, 1960-2010.
Collection Number: 8431

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Pro-Fac Cooperative records, 1960-2010.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8431
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, publications, audiotapes, slides, videotapes and photographs, documenting the history of the cooperative.
Creator:
Pro-Fac Cooperative
Quanitities:
5.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Pro-Fac was a major fruit and vegetable processing cooperative founded and headquartered in Western New York. It was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 2012.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, publications, audiotapes, slides, videotapes and photographs, documenting the history of the cooperative.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Pro-Fac Cooperative records, #8431 . Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Vegetable trade -- New York (State)
Fruit trade -- New York (State)
Canned fruit -- New York (State)
Food -- Packaging
Food processing plants.
Agriculture, Cooperative -- United States -- Periodicals.
Food industry and trade -- New York (State)
Agriculture, Cooperative.
Form and Genre Terms:
Slides (photographs).
Audiocassettes.
Videotapes.
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Reports and Subject Files
Box 1 Folder 1-2
History of Pro-Fac
Box 1 Folder 3
History of Pro-Fac
2000s
Box 1 Folder 4
History Curtice Burns Food
1991
Box 1 Folder 5
Pro-Fac patch and pin
no date
Box 1 Folder 6
Annual Reports - Pro-Fac
1961-1979
Box 1 Folder 7
Annual Reports - Pro-Fac
2980-2988
Box 1 Folder 8
Annual Reports - Pro-Fac
1989-1994
Box 1 Folder 9
Annual Reports - Pro-Fac
1995, 2000-2001
Box 1 Folder 10
Annual Reports - Curtice Burns
1966-1975
Box 1 Folder 11
Annual Reports - Curtice-Burns
1976-1977, 1979-1984
Box 1 Folder 12
Annual Reports - Curtice-Burns
1985-1991
Box 1 Folder 13
Annual Reports - Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange
1962-1963
Box 1 Folder 14
Directories
1974, 1989, 1992
Box 1 Folder 15
Securities Exchange Commission, SEC Filings
1999-2002
Box 1 Folder 16
Real Fresh, Inc. - Contracts, Correspondence
1980s
Series II. Publications
Box 1 Folder 17
"Newspack"
1967-1969
Box 1 Folder 18
"Newspack"
1970-1972
Box 1 Folder 19
"Newspack"
1973-1976
Box 1 Folder 20
"Newspack"
1977-1979
Box 1 Folder 21
"Newspack"
1980-1983
Box 1 Folder 22
"Member News"
1961-1979
Box 2 Folder 1
1980-1989
"Member News"
Box 2 Folder 2
"Member News"
1990-1996
Box 2 Folder 3
"Growth"
1983-1988
Box 2 Folder 4
"CMF News" (Comstock Michigan Fruit)
1989-1994
Box 2 Folder 5
"CMF News"
1995-1997
Box 2 Folder 6
"CB Magazine" (Curtice-Burns)
1989-1995
Box 2 Folder 7
"CBPF Magazine"
1997
Box 2 Folder 8
1997-2000
"The Link"
Box 2 Folder 9
"The Link"2001-2003
2001-2003
Box 2 Folder 10
"The Link"
2004-2006
Box 2 Folder 11
"Considering Cooperation: A Guide for New Cooperative Development"
2000-2001
Box 2 Folder 12
"American Cooperation"
1995
Box 2 Folder 13
Offering Memorandum - Curtice-Burns Foods
1994
Box 2 Folder 14
Annual and Regional Meeting Notices
1962-2010
Box 2 Folder 15
Regional Meetings - Agrilink
2001
Box 2 Folder 16
Apples Committee Meeting Minutes, Correspondence
1988-2010
Box 2 Folder 17
1988-2006
Cabbage Committee Meeting Minutes, Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 18
Cherry Committee Meeting Minutes, Correspondence
1990-2009
Box 2 Folder 19-20
Pea Committee Meeting Minutes, Correspondence
1983-2008
Box 2 Folder 21
Snap Bean Committee Meeting Minutes, Correspondence
1988-1994
Box 3 Folder 1
Snap Bean Committee Meeting Minutes, Correspondence
1995-2009
Series III. Photographs, Slides, Videos, Cassette Tapes
Box 3 Folder 2-8
Photographs - Directors - Pro-Fac and Curtice-Burns
Box 3 Folder 9
Photographs - Lecturers
Box 3 Folder 10
Photographs - Adams, Mort
Box 3 Folder 11
Photographs - Cumming, Hugh
Box 3 Folder 12
Photographs - Hutchinson, Robert
Box 3 Folder 13
Photographs - McDonald, David
Box 3 Folder 14
Photographs - Various People
Box 3 Folder 15
Photographs - Headquarters
Box 3 Folder 16-17
Photographs - Field Shots
Box 3 Folder 18
Photographs - Alton
Box 3 Folder 19
Photographs - Bergen
Box 3 Folder 20
Photographs - Bridgeton
Box 3 Folder 21
Photographs - Colonial Provision Co.
Box 3 Folder 22-23
Photographs - Comstock Foods
Box 3 Folder 24-26
Photographs - Curtice-Burns Foods, Rochester
Box 3 Folder 27
Photographs - Farman's
Box 3 Folder 28
Photographs - Finger Lakes Packaging
Box 3 Folder 29
Photographs - LeRoy Distribution Center
Box 3 Folder 30
Photographs -N.J.H.A.
Box 3 Folder 31-33
Photographs -Michigan Fruit Canners
Box 3 Folder 34
Photographs - Mt. Summit
Box 3 Folder 35-36
Photographs - Nalley's>
Box 3 Folder 37
Photographs - National Brands Beverage Division
Box 3 Folder 38-39
Photographs - National Oats Company
Box 4 Folder 1-2
Photographs -Silver Floss Sauerkraut
Box 4 Folder 3
Photographs -Synder's
Box 4 Folder 4
Photographs - Exhibits at Shows
Box 4 Folder 5
Photographs - Variety of Topics
Box 4 Folder 6-9
Photographs - Annual Meetings
Box 3 Folder 10
Photographs - Annual Meeting
1984
Box 4 Folder 11
Negatives
Box 4 Folder 12-14
Photographs - Pro-Fac General
Box 5 Folder 1
Photographs - Art Work
Box 5 Folder 2
Color Print Transparencies
Box 5
Various slides, and contact sheets with negatives
Box 6
Slides
no dates
Box 6 V-6818-6837
Videotapes - Meetings, Panel Discussions, Presentations, History
1980s, 1990s
Box 6 tr 9859-9876
Audiocassettes - Annual meetings, Agrilink and Speakers
1990s-2001
Box 6 F-705
Film - Pro-Fac Curtis-Burns
no date
Box 6
U-matic tapes - Curtice Burns Annual Report - long and short versions
1987