Inventory of the Poultry Producers of Central California Collection
Finding aid created by Joy Rowe.
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
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Creator:
Poultry Producers of Central California
Title: Poultry Producers of Central California Collection
Date: 1928-1958
Extent:
3.8 linear feet
Abstract: Through most of its history, Poultry Producers of Central California was said to the largest egg cooperative marketing association
in the world. The collection contains material related to the activities of the Poultry Producers of Central California, including
correspondence, interdepartmental memos, reports, publications, and advertising materials for eggs marketed by the cooperative
under the name "Nulaids".
Phyiscal location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-284
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
History
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Poultry Producers of Central California (PPCC) was organized as an agricultural
cooperative association in late 1916 to receive, grade, package, and market eggs received from its member-producers. Members
entered into an exclusive marketing agreement to sell their eggs to PPCC; eggs were marketed under the brand name "Nulaids".
By majority vote of its members in 1926, PPCC also established a Feed and Supply Department to sell poultry feeds and farm
supplies to its members. The association also included a credit union, Federal Credit Union. Membership in the credit union
was open to members and employees of PPCC, as well as to their immediate family.
Through most of its history, Poultry Producers of Central California was said to the largest egg cooperative marketing association
in the world. PPCC, alternatively known as Nulaid Farmers Association, consolidated with Hayward Poultry Producers Association
in 1963 to form a new farmers' cooperative, Pacific Growers.
Tinley, James Maddison, and Henry Ernest Erdman. 1957.
Operating problems of a cooperative poultry and feed association. [Berkeley, CA]: Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California.
Scope and Content
The Poultry Producers of Central California collection spans the years of 1928-1958. The collection contains material related
to the activities of the Poultry Producers of Central California, including correspondence, interdepartmental memos, reports,
publications, and advertising materials for eggs marketed by the cooperative under the name "Nulaids". Advertising material
includes print ads and product banners from approximately 1935-1958 for Nulaid Eggs.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged into five series: 1. History; 2. Correspondence; 3. Organizational Records; 4. Printed Material;
5. Advertising Material.
Related Collections
The following collections at Special Collections may also be of interest:
D-206, Farmers' Trade Union Records, 1883-1891: This collection contains account books, cash books, check stubs, and other
records relating to the commercial activities of a farmers' supply cooperative in Clements, California.
D-150, Tri/Valley Growers Collection, 1929-1959: This collection contains twenty oversize panels of mounted letters, photographs,
and memorabilia related to the predecessor associations. Tri/Valley Growers was created in 1963 as the result of a merger
of Tri Valley Packing Association and Turlock Cooperative Growers. It is a growers' cooperative engaged in canning, distribution,
and marketing of growers' products.
D-399, Ogasawara, Frank X. Papers, 1913-2002: This collection contains correspondence and publications of Frank Ogasawawa,
Professor of Poultry Husbandry and Avian Sciences, University of California, Davis. He pioneered research on artificial insemination
of turkeys.
D-162, California Canners and Growers Archives, 1959-1983: This collection contains financial statements, payroll ledgers,
marketing studies, pricing analysis, inventories, correspondence, and monthly manager's letters of the California Canners
and Growers Cooperative.
Materials available through the University of California, Davis General Library:
SF481. N8,
Nulaid News, v.1-40 (1923-1962)
SF481. P55,
Poultry Producers of Central California Annual Report, 1943-1958
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Poultry Producers of Central California--Archives.
Poultry industry--California.
Egg trade--California.
Eggs--Production--California.
Poultry--Cooperative marketing--California.
Eggs--California--Cooperative marketing.
Agriculture, Cooperative--California.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Joy Rowe processed the collection and created the finding aid under the direction of Elizabeth Phillips, Manuscript Archivist.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Poultry Producers of Central California Collection , D-284, Department of Special Collections, General
Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and
is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Box/Folder 1:1
Series 1
History
1957
2009
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Contains a brief history of the Poultry Producers of Central California Collection partially supplied by Special Collection
staff.
Box/Folder 2:1-3:8
Series 2
Correspondence
1928-1958
Physical Description:
1.1 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes interdepartmental memos and letters to cooperative members, as well as pamphlets and publications as noted. Includes
correspondence to Federal Credit Union. Arranged chronologically.
Series 3
Organizational Records
1927-1958
Physical Description:
1.5 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes procedural and accounting manuals, weekly egg prices, and financial and statistical reports of the Federal Credit
Union. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 3:9
General Instructions to Branches no.1-92
1927 April-1931 August
1939 March
Box/Folder 3:10
Leather notebooks
1930-1939
Scope and Content Note
Contains business cards and miscellaneous notes
Box/Folder 3:11
General Instructions to Branches no.93-147 and Accounting Procedures no.1A-27
1931 October-1947 July
Box/Folder 8
Photograph of the Poultry Producers of Central California in Hayward, California
1935 December 20
Box/Folder 4:1
Egg sales ledger
1935-1953
Box/Folder 4:2
Financial and Statistical Report
1936 December-1942 March
Box/Folder 4:3
Informal manager reports
1936
Box/Folder 4:4
Monthly trucking report
1938-1939
Box/Folder 4:6
Satisfaction of Chattel Mortgages
1939-1955
Box/Folder 4:7
Employment papers
1940-1944
Box: D Legal 1
Order Book
1947 January-1951 September
Box: 6
Advance sale leads by Business Extension Bureau
1951-1956
Box/Folder 4:9
Inventory and Price List
1951
1957
Box/Folder 4:10
Index to Accounting Forms
1952-1955
Box/Folder 4:11
Weekly sales of eggs and egg meats
1954-1957
Box/Folder 4:12
Personnel and Industrial Relations Manual
1955-1956
Box/Folder 5:1
Weekly sales of eggs and egg meats
1955-1958
Box/Folder 5:2-3
Weekly graded egg receipts in percentages
1956-1958
Series 4
Printed Material
1932-1955
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes pamphlets, publications, and manuals from the Poultry Producers of Central California, as well as governmental publications.
Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 5:4
"Analysis of the price-making forces in the New York Egg Market", Preliminary report, USDA
1932
Box/Folder 5:5
"Credit Manual and Group Compensation Insurance"
1941-1944
Box/Folder 5:6
Pamphlets
1943-1955
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes publications "Cooling and Holding Eggs on the Ranch", "The Facts on How Farmer Cooperatives and Their Patrons are
Taxed", and "A Guide for Farmer Cooperative Officers and Employees".
Box/Folder 5:7
"Complete Poultry Cost-Keeping Record"
undated
Series 5
Advertising Material
1942-1949
undated
Physical Description:
1.1 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes posters, banners, print ads, and flyers for Nulaid Eggs. Includes posters from other organizations. Arranged by subject.
Box/Folder 5:8
Print ads and carton samples
1935
1942
1958
undated
Box: D Folio 7
Nulaid product banners
undated
Box/Folder 5:9
Blank receipt books
undated
