The Cayuga County, New York Sugar Beet Story
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the Maine Sugar Industries, Inc., the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association, and unsuccessful attempts to develop a sugar beet industry in central New York. Includes photographs, bulletin preparation materials, correspondence, notes, and a research proposal about the project. Also includes two films: "The Root of Progress" and "Introducing Sugar Beets," tables, scrapbooks, and additional correspondence, photographs, and bulletins.
Also, "Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association and Pepsi-Cola Company Present the Story of Beet Sugar. Authors: C. L. Swanson and J. T. Bugbee Through the Courtesy of Texaco's Magazine Lubrication."
Dates
- 1961-1979.
Creator
- From the Collection: Bateman, Theodore (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Swanson, C. L. W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bugbee, J. T. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
3 cubic feet. (3 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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