Cooperative Consumers Society records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1689

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Form letters, reports, announcements, by-laws, union contracts, insurance reports, financial summaries, property appraisals, stock and debentures ledgers, publicity tracts, clippings, photographs, surveys, studies, membership lists, annual reports, correspondence, and other materials relating to the activities of the Cooperative Consumers' Society, including records pertaining to store management, cooperation, volunteers, personnel, expansion, planning, construction, plans to reopen the Co-op Food Store in 1980, and other subjects. Also included are minutes and reports of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Education Committee correspondence, minutes, advertisements, and other materials; "Trade Winds," an employee publication; copies of the "Co-op Bulletin"; papers and a market survey analysis by Peter May; and papers concerning the early history of the Co-op, by Edward Wilson, Paul W. Gates, and Hugh Cosline.

Also includes papers written for Cornell University course, Agricultural Economics 249 and other courses using the Co-op as their subject.

Consists of collections 1689 and 1083.

Dates

1936-1982.

Creator

Cooperative Consumers\' Society (Ithaca, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Cooperative Consumers' Society, Inc. was a cooperative food store in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. It was incorporated in 1936, after having been called the Tompkins County Consumers Club since its inception in 1934.

Extent

17.7 cubic feet. (17.7 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Materials relating to the activities of the Cooperative Consumers' Society, including records pertaining to store management, cooperation, volunteers, personnel, expansion, planning, construction, reopening, and other subjects. Also included are minutes and reports of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Education Committee materials; "Trade Winds," an employee publication; copies of the "Co-op Bulletin"; papers and a market survey analysis; and papers concerning the early history of the Co-op.

Physical Description

Minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, reports, photographs.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: G. P. Colman
Date completed:: 1982
EAD encoding:: Julia Guarneri, August 2002