San Antonio Fruit Exchange records, 1893-1947, bulk 1894-1923

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Summary

Title:
San Antonio Fruit Exchange records
Dates:
1893-1947, bulk 1894-1923
Creators:
San Antonio Fruit Exchange
Abstract:
A collection of the records from 1893 to 1947 for the San Antonio Fruit Exchange, Pomona, California.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 4 volumes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. San Antonio Fruit Exchange records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The San Antonio Fruit Exchange records contains 46 items from 1893 to 1947, including annual reports, minutes, stock books and bylaws. The annual reports from 1894 to 1923 of the exchange contain information on the business practices of the exchange and its members along with comments that refer more generally to the citrus industry as a whole. The minutes from 1894 to 1924 are from Board of Director and stockholder meetings and contain information on the Exchange's day-to-day operations. The stock books from 1893 to 1926 contain information on the group's stockholders, including lists of names and actual stock certificates. The bylaws portion of the collection from 1893 to 1947 contains both the group's original bylaws as well as their subsequent revisions. Issues of prominence within the collection include the history of the California citrus fruit industry; the cooperative marketing of citrus fruits; the California Fruit Growers Exchange; the San Antonio Fruit Exchange; the Southern California Fruit Exchange; and Sunkist Growers, Inc.

Biographical / historical:

The San Antonio Fruit Exchange was founded in 1893 in Pomona, California, as a cooperative group of local citrus growers and distributors. The exchange contained an assortment of southern California growers whose fruit was sold at standardized prices to both local and national entities. The group also participated in the larger collective fruit agencies of the period such as the California Fruit Growers Exchange and the Southern California Fruit Exchange. On its own, and as part of the larger fruit agencies, the group sought to combine high quality fruit at controlled prices throughout the United States and eventually into parts of Europe.

Acquisition information:
Gift of P. C. Higginson, March 1959.
Processing information:

Processed by Marisa E. Diehl in 2001. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the electronic finding aid derived from the earlier finding aid.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: 1. Annual reports, 2. Minutes, 3. Stock books and 4. Bylaws.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gayle Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-25 13:00:32 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. San Antonio Fruit Exchange records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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