MINNESOTA DAIRY PROMOTION COUNCIL: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

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MINNESOTA DAIRY PROMOTION COUNCIL:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society


OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
	Creator:	Minnesota Dairy Promotion Council.
	Title:	Council records.
	Date:	1894, 1904-1983 (bulk 1935-1980).
	Abstract:	Minutes (1894, 1904-1982), corporation documents, audit reports (1945-1980), some correspondence (1932-1965), photographs (1959-1967), newspaper clippings (1938-1956), and other printed matter largely documenting a number of predecessors of the Minnesota Dairy Promotion Council, a trade association serving the Minnesota dairy industry and closely affiliated with the American Dairy Association.
	Quantity:	3.75 cu ft. (4 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for shelf location.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The records are dominated by minutes of the predecessor organizations: Minnesota Dairy Industries Committee, American Dairy Association in Minnesota, Minnesota Creamery Operators' and Managers' Association, Dairy Records Publishing Company, and Dairy Processors, Inc. A large set of photographic negatives document the promotional activities of "Princess Kay of the Milky Way," an industry symbol and spokesperson.

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RELATED MATERIALS
	See also Minnesota. Dept. of Agriculture. Audit Reports and Records of Agricultural Promotional Organizations in the Minnesota State Archives.

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Container list available in repository; filed in ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Minnesota Dairy Promotion Council.


OTHER FINDING AIDS

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INDEX TERMS
	This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
	Topics:
		Dairy products--Minnesota--Marketing.
		Dairying--Economic aspects--Minnesota.
		Dairying--Minnesota--Societies, etc.
	Organizations:
		American Dairy Association.
		Dairy Processors, Inc.
		Dairy Record Publishing Company.
		Minnesota Creamery Operators' and Managers' Association.
		Minnesota Dairy Industry Committee.
		Minnesota State Fair.
	Types of Documents:
		Photographs.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
	Preferred Citation:
		[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Dairy Promotion Council Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
		See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
	Accession Information:
		Accession number: 13,877
	Processing Information:
		Processed by: Dennis E. Meissner, December 1991
		PALS ID number: 09-00022483

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below.

Location

Box

152.I.15.5B

Minnesota Dairy Industries committee:

Historical information, [ca. 1939], 1951-1966.

Includes History Committee file and photographs of early leaders.

Correspondence regarding origins of the committee, 1934-1937.

Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1937-1959.

Minutes and related records, April 1934-December 1964.

Minutes and related records, January 1965-December 1975. 3 folders.

Includes minutes of American Dairy Assn. of Minnesota.

Audit reports, 1952-1964.

Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1932-1960. 3 folders.

Correspondence regarding membership, 1949-1964.

Location

Box

152.I.15.6F

Subject files:

American Dairy Princess contests, 1954-1956, 1965.

Controversy with American Dairy Association, 1954-1956.

Minnesota State Fair exhibits, 1937-1939.

W. B. Combs speech notes, 1934-1939, 1958.

Miscellaneous committees and activities, 1934-1939, 1958.

American Dairy Association of Minnesota:

Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1965.

Audit reports, 1965-1979. 2 folders.

Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1938-1940, 1955-1957.

National advertising campaign, 1937-1938.

SEE ALSO: newspaper clippings file in box 4.

ADA (national organization):

Minutes and related records, 1940-1946.

Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1952.

The Dairy Record Publishing Company:

Articles of incorporation, 1904, 1934.

Minutes of directors' meetings, December 1904-June 1965. 3 folders.

Correspondence and legal files regarding E. J. Gordon, 1955-1965.

Income tax statements, 1955-1965.

Stock certificates, 1904-1967. 2 folders.

Minnesota Creamery Operators' and Managers' Association:

Constitution and bylaws, 1920-1931.

Minutes (including annual conventions), 1894, 1920-1962.

Location

Box

152.I.15.7B

Minutes, 1963-1964.

Industry membership applications, 1937-1965.

Miscellaneous print materials, 1955-1957.

Audit reports, 1945-1964. 2 folders.

Includes audits of Dairy Record Publishing Company.

Dairy Processors, Inc.:

Bylaws, 1968.

Minutes (including annual conventions), 1964-1981. 4 folders.

Audit reports, 1964-1967, 1974-1980.

Miscellaneous print materials, 1968-1981.

The Bawlin' Calf, September 1956-October 1980. 2 folders.

Monthly through June 1969; annual, in October, thereafter.

Other organizations and activities:

Dairy craftsmen's group insurance and pension plans. Minutes of trustees, 1951-1982. 4 folders.

Minnesota Dairy Boosters, Inc. Minutes, 1975-1981.

Dairy Council of the Twin Cities. Audit reports, 1975.

Minnesota Dairy Research and Promotion Board. Audit reports, 1976-1978.

United Dairy Industry Association. Dairy Research, Inc. Status reports, 1979-1981;"Real Seal" program materials, 1980.

International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers and Milk Industry Foundation. Materials on marketing dairy products to food services, 1980.

Miscellaneous records:

Miscellaneous print materials, 1938-1983.

Location

Box

152.I.15.8F

Newspaper clippings, 1938-1956. 2 folders.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (television series episode), undated. one reel 16mm b/w film.

ADA was sole sponsor of this episode, which contains several milk commercials and which works dairy products promotion into the content of the program.

Photograph negatives, 1959, 1963, 1965-1967(bulk 1963, 1967).

4x5 film negatives (0.25 cu. ft.) centering on promotional activities of "Princess Kay of the Milky Way," the Minnesota dairy princess, at the Minnesota State Fair, media events, regional dairy days, and other public relations venues.

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