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Anita Townsite Block Upper Valley, 1926-2006

 File — Box: 341

Scope and Content

From the Collection: This is a minimally-processed collection. The container list follows the identification written on the boxes at the time of accession. The boxes have not been arranged. The records include the following:

Audit Reports – annual audit reports; Commodity Division–materials usual relating to cottonseed sales(?); Correspondence; Cottonseed Commodities – records relating to that division; General Accounting Records – the day-to-day operations files, mostly consisting of bank statements, cancelled checks, etc.; may include some correspondence or reports; Kretschmer’s Files – the specific files of Hans Kretschmer, the longtime SWIG sales agent who traveled abroad; Member Agreements – the signed agreements over the years for SWIG members to participate; Member Relations – the annual files of correspondence and business records with each SWIG member that year; Oil Mill – records relating to that division; Patronage Checks – SWIG-copy records of each check disbursement made to its members; Personnel Records; Sales Records – records relating to that division, over and beyond Kretschmer’s Files for the same period; and other smaller sets of assorted materials.

There are also photographs, including an album made in the 1950s with carefully composed shots of people, buildings and machinery.

Dates

  • 1926-2006

Access Restrictions

Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.

Extent

From the Collection: 363.00 Linear Feet (287 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Branson Hall
PO Box 30006
MSC 3475
Las Cruces New Mexico 88003 USA