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Title: Sunkist Growers, Inc. records
Date (inclusive): 1918-1991
Date (bulk): 1918-1966
Collection Number: MS 052
Creator:
Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Extent:
1.46 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The Sunkist Growers Inc. records consists mostly of agreements between various growers and the Fruit Growers Supply Company
and the Exchange By-Products Company, which were parts of the organization that provided wholesale supplies and developed
markets for citrus by-products like oil and citric acid. The collection also includes brochures, photographs, and a photo
album including research information from the University of California Citrus Experiment Station.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Sunkist Growers, Inc. records (MS 052). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
This collection was processed by Celeste Navas, Student Processing Assistant, in 2017.
Processing of the Sunkist Growers Inc. records was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California,
Riverside as part of the Special Collections and University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project
was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Sunkist Growers, Incorporated is an American citrus cooperative created in the late 1800s when California citrus growers began
organizing for their own benefit, specifically during times of economic depression. It started in 1893 under the name: Southern
California Fruit Exchange in Claremont, California by P.J. Dreher and his son, Edward Dreher. In 1905, it was renamed the
California Fruit Growers Exchange as it represented 45% of the California citrus industry. Finally, in 1952 its named was
changed to Sunkist Growers, Inc.
The organization, in addition to distributing and marketing citrus, began to expand their activities, starting in 1906 with
the creation of a lobbying arm, the Citrus Protective League. In 1907, the Fruit Growers Supply Company was founded to provide
wholesale supplies to growers, and late the Exchange By-Products Company was developed to market citrus by-products including
citric acid, pectin, and orange oil. Today, Sunkist markets fresh citrus to twelve states and three Canadian provinces, from
6,000 growers in California and Arizona.
The Sunkist Growers Inc. records consists mostly of agreements between various growers and the Fruit Growers Supply Company
and the Exchange By-Products Company, which were parts of the organization that provided wholesale supplies and developed
markets for citrus by-products like oil and citric acid. The collection also includes brochures, photographs, and a photo
album including research information from the University of California Citrus Experiment Station.
The collection is arranged topically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Riverside. Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station
Citrus fruit industry
Citrus fruits -- Research
Business records
Photographs