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Raisin (Administrative) Committee
MSS.1072
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Research Center
Title: Raisin Administrative Committee
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.1072
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1955-1991
Abstract: The Raisin Committee collection contains reports on the harvest of raisins and statistical data.
Collection was transferred by Map and Aerial Photograph collections
Collection was transferred by Carol Doyle
Copyright has not been transferred to California State University, Fresno
The Raisin Administrative Committee was created in 1949 due to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. Along with
the creation of the Raisin Administrative Committee, the Federal Raisin Advisory Board was also created. The Raisin Administrative
Committee and the Federal Raisin Advisory Board have a set number of producer, handler, dehydrator representatives, and raisin
bargaining association representatives' members depending on the year and who is in the committee at that time. With these
members there are alternate members who are in alternative spots to the specified members. The Federal Raisin Advisory Board
members' term expires after three years while the Raisin Administrative Committee members' expire after a one year term.
The Raisin administrative committee reports measures 11.5 inches and date from 1955 to 1991. The collection contains reports
on the harvest of raisins and statistical data. The collection is arranged in two series: Policies and Reports.
The
Policies series consists of marketing policies and preliminary report regarding the requirements that the shipments have as well as
the conditions and the amount of raisins that were shipped and held by the handlers in the stated years.
The
Reports series consist of accumulative, weekly, monthly and yearly reports of processed raisins and grapes. The series also consists
of reports of overseas shipments of different raisins and grapes to countries. The reports cover the statistics and numbers
of the grapes and raisins that have been processed through the years and the different totals that each report holds for the
production of grapes and raisins. In the annual reports, there is a description of the weather conditions, grade standards
for the growth of raisins and grapes, and production values, as well as the highlights of the raisin market in the reported
years. There is also a list of actions taken at meetings during the respected year of each report.