Sunkist Growers, Inc. records
Finding aid prepared by Celeste Navas, Student Processing Assistant.
Special Collections & University Archives
The UCR Library
P.O. Box 5900
University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
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Fax: 951-827-4673
Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu
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Descriptive Summary
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.
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.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Sunkist Growers, Inc. records (MS 052). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
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.
Historical Note
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.
Collection Scope and Contents
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.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
University of California, Riverside. Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station
Citrus fruit industry
Citrus fruits -- Research
Genres and Forms of Materials
Business records
Photographs
Box 1, Folders 1-2
Exchange By-Products Company - Stock and Revolving Fund Agreements
1919-1948
Box 1, Folder 3
The Exchange Orange Products Company - Revolving Fund Agreements
1920-1922
Box 1, Folder 4
Fruit Growers Supply Company - Revolving Fund Agreements
1918
Box 1, Folder 5
Fruit Growers Supply Company - Revolving Fund Agreements (No. 3)
1921-1923
Box 1, Folder 6
Fruit Growers Supply Company - Revolving Fund Agreements (no. 4)
1926-1941
Box 1, Folder 7
Fruit Growers Supply Company - Revolving Fund Agreements (no.5)
1948-1966
Box 1, Folder 8
Exchange, District Exchange, Association Agreements
1940
Box 1, Folder 9
Sunkist, District Exchange, Association Agreements
1955
Box 1, Folder 10
Exchange Lemon Products Company - Annual Report
1958
Box 1, Folder 11
Food Preservation Research Laboratory, Brisbane, Australia - Five Years of Progress
1965
Box 1, Folder 12
Lemon Men's Club Meetings
1957
Box 1, Folder 13
Sunkist Freshly Peeled Citrus Brochure
1991
Box 2, Item 1
Bud Development Department - Fruit Growers Supply Company Photo Album
circa 1932