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
Phone: 951-827-3233
Fax: 951-827-4673
Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu
URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives
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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.
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.

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 1, Folder 14

Photographs 1923-1932

Box 2, Item 1

Bud Development Department - Fruit Growers Supply Company Photo Album circa 1932