California Canners and Growers Records
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UC Davis. Special Collections
2015
University of California, Davis, Department of Special Collections, General Library
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Davis, California 95616-5292
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Title: California Canners and Growers Records
Dates: 1959-1983
Collection Number: D-162
Creator/Collector:
California Canners and Growers.
Extent: 2636.6 linear feet
Repository:
UC Davis. Special Collections
Davis, California 95616-5292
Abstract: invoices, cash receipts, accounts receivable and payable ledgers, financial statements, payroll ledgers, bids, marketing studies,
cancelled checks, pricing analysis, inventories, correspondence, and monthly manager’s letters. Legal files pertaining to
the law suit filed against the U.S. Government for remuneration for inventory destroyed after the August, 1970 ban on products
containing cyclamates.
Language of Material: English
Boxes 2655-2875, Personnel Files, are restricted for privacy reasons.
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California Canners and Growers Records. UC Davis. Special Collections
Biography/Administrative History
California Canners and Growers was formed in 1957 with capital contributions from California fruit and vegetable growers.
The cooperative, which processed, distributed, and marketed members’ crops, was the largest company of its kind in the U.S.
and, at one time, controlled 65% of the nation’s diet canned fruit market. The company declared bankruptcy in 1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
invoices, cash receipts, accounts receivable and payable ledgers, financial statements, payroll ledgers, bids, marketing studies,
cancelled checks, pricing analysis, inventories, correspondence, and monthly manager’s letters. Legal files pertaining to
the law suit filed against the U.S. Government for remuneration for inventory destroyed after the August, 1970 ban on products
containing cyclamates.
Canned foods industry -- California.
Food industry and trade -- California.