Price’s Valley Gold Dairies records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-935-BC
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of material related to the Valley Gold Dairies in New Mexico and in particular Albuquerque. It contains biographical information of the Price family, newsletters from the Albuquerque company, trade publications, and local newspaper clipping with articles related to the milk industry and the Price family business.
Dates
- 1932-2002
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biography / History
Price’s Dairy was founded in 1906 by Mark Price and Mary Smith Price at El Paso, Texas. After the death of Mark in 1907, Mary Price was the head of Price’s Dairy Farm. By 1921 the Price’s Dairy Company was formed and expanded into Texas and New Mexico. In 1932 Mary Smith Price assisted her son Robert Price and investors with the purchase of the plant and farm property in Albuquerque, New Mexico where they established the Valley Gold Dairies, Inc. The first company plant was located on Fourth Street in Albuquerque with farms located in Bernalillo and Albuquerque's South Valley.
The Price’s Dairy or Valley Gold farm property in South Albuquerque (570 acres) was purchased in sections, beginning in 2011, by the federal government to create an urban wildlife refuge. In 2012 it became the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge.
(Sources: Mary Smith Price, 1866-1937, Carl Hertzog; Price’s Dairy Farms, El Paso, Texas, William Flato, 1938 and “New Mexico Business Journal,” August 1, 1991)
The Price’s Dairy or Valley Gold farm property in South Albuquerque (570 acres) was purchased in sections, beginning in 2011, by the federal government to create an urban wildlife refuge. In 2012 it became the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge.
(Sources: Mary Smith Price, 1866-1937, Carl Hertzog; Price’s Dairy Farms, El Paso, Texas, William Flato, 1938 and “New Mexico Business Journal,” August 1, 1991)
Extent
1 box (.25 cu.ft.) plus 1 oversize folder
Abstract
This small collection is comprised of material related to the Valley Gold Dairies in New Mexico and in particular Albuquerque, where it was established in 1933.
Separated Material
Mary Smith Price, 1866-1937, Carl Hertzog; Price’s Dairy Farms, El Paso, Texas, William Flato has been transferred to the University Libraries for cataloging. This is a rare edition which includes reproduced memorials to Mary Smith Price.
- Title
- Finding aid of the Price’s Valley Gold Dairies records, 1932-2002
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sisneros
- Date
- © 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu