Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 13/9/55
Frank Robotka (1889-1975)
Papers, 1899-1974, undated


Descriptive summary

creator:

Robotka, Frank (1889-1975)

title:

Papers

dates:

1899-1974, undated

extent:

28.14 linear feet (61 document boxes and 10 half-document boxes)

collection number:

RS 13/9/55

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research.

 

This collection is stored offsite. Please contact the Special Collections Department at least two working days in advance.

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Frank Robotka Papers, RS 13/9/55, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Abstract

An educator and specialist on agricultural cooperatives, Frank Robotka (1889-1975) worked for many years at the Agricultural Extension Service (1920-1961) of Iowa State University where he became involved with agricultural cooperatives. Robotka continued his study and research on cooperatives at Iowa State until his retirement in 1961. Throughout his career as a Professor of Agricultural Economics, he produced numerous journal articles and topical studies concerning the cooperative movement. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, writings, publications, and cooperative related material including pamphlets, brochures, meeting minutes, handwritten notes, correspondence, and Robotka's writings and research.

 

Biographical note

Born on April 6, 1889, Frank Robotka grew up and received his early education in Wisconsin. He received his B.S. (1915) from the University of Wisconsin and his M.A. (1921) from the University of Minnesota. Beginning in 1920, Robotka joined the Agricultural Extension Service at Iowa State College (University). There he first became involved with agricultural cooperatives. Except for a brief leave of absence when he attended the University of Chicago (1929), Robotka continued his study and research on cooperatives at Iowa State until his retirement in 1961.

Throughout his career as a Professor of Agricultural Economics, he produced numerous journal articles and topical studies concerning the cooperative movement. In addition, Robotka was a Trustee of the American Institute of Cooperation and is a member of the Alpha Mu chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi. (See Box 9, Folder 16 for related biographical information.)

Robotka passed away in December, 1975.

 

Collection description

The collection (1899-1974, undated) contains personal and professional correspondence, writings, publications, and cooperative related material including pamphlets, brochures, meeting minutes, handwritten notes, correspondence, and Robotka's writings and research. Biographical information can be located in Box 9, folder 16.

Robotka's correspondence consists of both personal and professional letters. Some of the correspondents include Karl Fox, Joseph G. Knapp, Theodore W. Schultz, H. J. Seraphim, and Jerry Voorhis. Separate correspondence files related to cooperatives can also be found in the collection.

Many of Robotka's published and unpublished writings are also in the collection. These materials include published and unpublished articles, theses, reports, conference notes, manuscripts of unpublished books and drafts as well as addresses written by Robotka which he either delivered himself or were written for others.

The collection also contains many of Robotka's files on cooperatives. These files contain pamphlets and brochures from various cooperatives in the United States and around the world, minutes from various meetings, handwritten notes, correspondence, and writings and research that Robotka conducted concerning cooperatives.

 

 

Description of series

Series 1

Personal and Professional Correspondence

1930-1967

extent:

1.26 linear feet (3 document boxes)

description:

This series contains personal and professional correspondence of Frank Robotka. Some of the correspondents include: J. M. Back, Lloid W. Clark, L. N. Conyers, Howard A. Cowden, John H. Davis, Don E. Edison, Katharina Elisseieff, Karl Fox, J. H. Heckman, Harold Hedges, Joseph G. Knapp, W. Gordon Leith, Ken Lowery, Fred Maywald, Raymond W. Miller, Willard F. Muellar, Herbert Kurt Nook, Edwin G. Nourse, Theodore W. Schultz, H. J. Seraphim, J. K. Stern, Wilbur W. Thompson, Laszlo Valko, and Jerry Voorhis.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Incoming: A-B, includes J.M. Back

1944-1958

1

2

Incoming: C, includes Lloid W. Clark, L.N. Conyers, Howard A. Cowden

1949-1958

1

3

Incoming: D-E, includes John H. Davis, Don E. Edison, Katharina Elisseieff

1944-1962

1

4

Incoming: F-G, includes Karl Fox

1930-1959

1

5

Incoming: H-J, includes J.H. Heckman, Harold Hedges

1942-1959

1

6

Incoming: K-L, includes Joseph G. Knapp, W. Gordon Leith, Ken Lowery

1942-1964

2

1

Incoming: M-N, includes Fred Maywald, Raymond W. Miller, Willard F. Muellar, Herbert Kurt Nook, Edwin G. Nourse

1936-1959

2

2

Incoming: O-R

1942-1964

2

3

Incoming: S-T, includes Theodore W. Schultz, H.J. Seraphim, J.K. Stern, Wilbur W. Thompson

1934-1966

2

4

Incoming: U-Z, includes Laszlo Valko, Jerry Voorhis

1936-1959

2

5

Outgoing: before 1945

1945 circa

2

6

Outgoing

1945-1947

2

7

Outgoing

1948-1949

2

8

Outgoing

1950-1951

2

9

Outgoing

1952-1953

3

1

Outgoing

1954-1955

3

2

Outgoing

1956

3

3

Outgoing

1957

3

4

Outgoing

1958

3

5

Outgoing

1959-1967

 

Description of series

Series 2

Writings and Publications

1915-1961, undated

extent:

2.94 linear feet (2 half-document boxes and 6 document boxes)

description:

This series contains publications, articles, and theses authored or coauthored by Robotka. Also included are unpublished articles, reports, conference notes, manuscripts of unpublished books and drafts as well as addresses written by Robotka which he either delivered himself or were written for others. The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

3

6

With B.H. Hibbard. "Farm Credit in Wisconsin." Wisconsin Agriculture Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 247 (January, 1915)

1915

3

6

With E. Dana Durand. "Cooperative Creameries and Cheese Factories in Minnesota, 1914." Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 166 (March, 1917)

1917

3

6

With E. Dana Durand. "Cooperative Stores in Minnesota, 1914." Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 171 (October, 1917)

1917

3

6

With John D. Black. "Farmer's Cooperatives in Minnesota, 1913-1917." Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 184 (August, 1919)

1919

3

6

With B.B. Mason and A.V. Swarthout. "A System of Bookkeeping for Grain Elevators." United States Department of Agriculture. Bulletin. No. 811 (December, 1919)

1919

3

6

With E.G. Nourse. "Organizing and Operating Cooperative Livestock Shipping Asociations." Iowa Agricultural Extension Service. Bulletin. No. 85 (July, 1921)

1921

3

7

With John D. Black and Paul L. Miller. "Local Cooperative Potato Marketing in Minnesota." Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 195 (September, 1921)

1921

3

7

"Accounting Records for Livestock Shipping Associations." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 209 (November, 1922)

1922

3

7

"Cooperating Under Iowa Cooperative Laws." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Circular. No. 95 (November, 1924)

1924

3

7

"Financial Records for County Creameries." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Circular. No. 106 (August, 1927)

1927

3

7

"Retail Credit in Iowa Farmers' Elevators." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 283 (June, 1931)

1931

3

7

"A Cooperative Set-Up Which Recognizes the Tenant." Cooperative Marketing Journal. VII, No. 2 (March-April, 1933), 50-54.

1933

3

7

"Membership Problems and Relationships in Iowa Farmers' Elevators." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 321 (July, 1934)

1934

3

7

"New Life to Cooperatives." Iowa Farm Economist. I, No. 3 (July, 1935), 3-6

1935

3

6

"Some Recent Economic Trends of Concern to Midwest Cooperatives." Journal of Farm Economics. XVII, No. 4 (November, 1935), 741-748

1935

3

8

With Gordon C. Laughlin. "Cooperative Organization of Iowa Farmers' Creameries." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 14 (April, 1937)

1937

3

8

With J.M Cowden. "Financial Records for Farmers' Creameries." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. 369 (February, 1938), 345-375

1938

3

8

With Paul E. Quintus. "Butterfat Procurement by Creameries in Butler County, Iowa." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Research Bulletin. No. 265 (December, 1939), 253-302

1939

3

8

With Paul E. Quintus. "Cutting Butterfat Marketing Costs." Iowa Farm Economist. V, No. 3 (July, 1939), 3-7

1939

3

8

With R.C. Bentley. "Farm Cooperatives in Iowa: I- - Their Importance." Iowa farm Economist. V, No. 3 (July, 1939), 8-11

1939

3

8

With R. C. Bentley. "Farm Cooperatives in Iowa: III- - Farmers' Elevators." Iowa Farm Economist. VI, No. 1 (January, 1940), 9-12

1940

3

8

With Frank Shefrin. Cooperative Creameries in the United States. No. 14 in Series on Cooperatives. Washington, D.C.: Pan American Union, Division of Agricultural Cooperation, 1940.

1940

3

8

With R.C. Bentley. "Farm Cooperatives in Iowa: V- - Farmers' Creameries." Iowa Farm Economist, VI, No. 6 (June, 1940), 13-16

1940

3

8

With R.C. Bentley. "Cooperation in Grain Marketing in Iowa." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Research Bulletin. No. 276 (September, 1940), 721-756

1940

3

8

With W.T. Maakestad. "Ten Gallons to the Mile!" Iowa Farm Economist. VIII, No. 8 (August, 1942), 12-13

1942

3

8

With W.T. Maakestad. "The Farmers Stake in the War Emergency Petroleum Delivery." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station Mimeograph (November, 1942)

1942

4

1

With W.T. Maakestad. "Transportation Conservation in Iowa Farm Delivery of Petroleum Products." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Transportation Mimoegraph No. 7 (November 2, 1942). With correspondence

1942

4

2

With R.L. Morse. "Tire Rationing and Butterfat Transportation." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Mimeograph No. 4 (March 23, 1942)

1942

4

2

With R.L. Morse. "Fewer Tires and Trucks for Cream Hauling." Iowa Farm Economist. VIII, No. 5 (May, 1942), 10-12

1942

4

2

With W.T. Maakestad. "Farm Petroleum Delivery." Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin. No. P52 (February, 1943)

1943

4

2

"The Rochdale Pioneers." Iowa Farm Economist. X, No. 3 (March, 1944), 8-9

1944

4

2

"Research and the Future of Cooperation." American Cooperation. 1946, 106-121

1946

4

2

"Lego-Economic Implications in Cooperation." American Cooperation. 1946, 522-533

1946

4

2

"Should Cooperatives Defer Patronage Dividends?" Iowa Farm Science. I, No. 2 (August, 1946), 3-5

1946

4

2

"A Theory of Cooperation." Journal of Farm Economics. XXIX, No. 1 (February, 1947), 94-114

1947

4

2

"How Cooperative Are We?" Iowa Agricultural Extension Service (October, 1947)

1947

4

2

"The Contribution of Research to Cooperatives." American Cooperation. 1948, 344-349

1948

4

2

"Discussion Material of Agricultural Cooperation." Iowa Agricultural Extension Service Mimeograph, No. RYP-290B (January, 1949)

1949

4

2

"Cooperative Ideals vs. Practice." Cooperative Digest. X, No. 2 (August, 1949), 54-55

1949

4

2

"Unsolved Questions in Cooperation-Discussion." Journal of Farm Economics. XXXI, No. 1 (February, 1949), 574-576

1949

4

2

"Philosophy of Cooperation." American Cooperation. 1950, 574-576

1950

4

2

With Richard Phillips. "The Relationship of the Farmer to His Cooperative." Agricultural Extension Service Mimeograph, No. M-795 (November 3, 1950)

1950

4

2

"Research on Cooperative Organization Itself." American Cooperation. 1950, 273-282

1950

4

2

"Cooperation in Forestry." In the volume, Research in the Economics of Forestry. Edited by William A. Duerr and Henry J. Vaux. Washington, D.C.: The Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, 1953, pp. 353-359

1953

4

3

"Prevailing Cooperative Concepts: Their Nature and Shortcomings." American Cooperation. 1953, 115-129

1953

4

3

With Richard Phillips. "A Basic Cooperative Concept as a Practical Tool." American Cooperation. 1953, 140-156

1953

4

3

A Review of International Handbook of Cooperative Legislation, by Laszlo Valko. Journal of Farm Economics. XXXVII, No. 1 (February, 1955), 154-156

1955

4

3

"Eine Theorie des Genossenschaftswensens" [A Theory of Cooperation]. Zeitschrift fur das Gesamte Genossenschaftswesen. V, Hft. 2 (1955), 155-175

1955

4

3

"Regional Cooperatives in Agriculture." Iowa Agricultural Extension Service Mimeograph M-835 (October, 1955)

1955

4

3

"Una Teoria Sobre Cooperation" [A Theory of Cooperation]. Revista de Agricultura de Puerto Rico. XLIII, Num. 2 (Diciembre, 1955), 50-78

1955

4

3

"Vom Nutzen der Genossenschaftstheorie" [The Usefulness of Cooperative Theory]. Zeitschrift fur das Gesamte Genossenschaftswesen. VIII, Hft. 1/2 (1958), 70-82

1958

4

3

"Cooperative Progress in World Perspective." American Cooperation. 1958, 412-423

1958

4

3

"What is a Cooperative?" Ames, Iowa: Iowa Institute of Cooperation, 1959

1959

4

3

"Capper-Volstead and the Cooperatives." Journal of Farm Economics. XLI, No. 5 (December, 1959), 1213-1223

1959

5

1

"Functions and Future Development of Local Elevators in Storing Feed Grains." A paper read at the American Institute of Cooperation, Manhattan, Kansas. June 8, 1931.

1931

5

1

"A Theory of Cooperation." A paper read at the annual meeting of the American Farm Economic Association, Philadelphia, December 27, 1946.

1946

5

1

"Contribution of Research to Cooperation." A paper read at the Sessions of the American Institute of Cooperation at Amherst, Massachusetts, September 2, 1948.

1948

5

1

"Capper-Volstead and the Cooperatives." A paper read at the annual American Farm Economic Association meeting at Ithaca, New York, August 25, 1959. (Correspondence included).

1959

5

1

"How Should Cooperative Savings be Distributed in the Light of the Law? Member Opinion? Public Opinion?" A paper read at the conference on Cooperative Insurance and Financing, Pick-Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, September 14, 1961.

1961

5

2

"The Office of Markets and Rural Organization System of Accounting for Primary Grain Elevators." An address given to the Farmers Grain Dealers' Association of Minnesota, at Minneapolis, February 15, 1917.

1917

5

2

"Where Do We Go From Here in Cooperation?" An address given at the Nebraska Cooperative Manager's Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, November 27, 1940.

1940 ca.

5

2

"The Responsibility of Iowa State College for Educational Work in Cooperation." An address written by Robotka for Dr. George Browning and presented at the Iowa Cooperative Directors Conference, at Spirit Lake, Iowa, June 16, 1951.

1951

5

2

"Building Sound Foundations for Future Cooperative Growth." An address presented to the annual convention of the National Farmers' Equity, at Lincoln, Nebraska, October 29, 1952.

1952

5

2

"Cooperative Services and Cooperative Programs." An address given at the Southwestern Milk Marketing Conference, Manhattan, Kansas, May 21, 1953.

1953

5

2

"A Brief Historical Sketch of Cooperation in Iowa." A radio talk given on May 28, 1926.

1926

5

2

"The Future of Cooperation in Iowa." A radio talk given on June 4, 1926.

1926

5

2

"Fundamentals of Agricultural Cooperation." A talk given at a conference of the staff of the Cooperative Research and Service Division of the Farm Credit Administration, Washington, D.C., January 8, 1941.

1941

5

3

"Rural Credit in Dan County, Wisconsin." A thesis submitted as a requirement for the B.S. Degree at the University of Wisconsin, 1915.

1915

5

4

"A System of Accounting for Cooperative Produce Marketing Associations." A thesis submitted to the graduate school of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science, June, 1921.

1921

5

5-7

Unpublished articles, reports, and drafts

 

5

8

Farm Cooperatives and the Public Interest, written for the National Planning Association, 1949 (includes correspondence and numerous drafts).

1949

6

1

Farm Cooperatives and the Public Interest, written for the National Planning Association, 1949 (includes correspondence and numerous drafts).

1949

6

2

Evolution of Cooperative Ideas.

undated

6

2

Cooperatives in Our Economy.

undated

6

2

History of Cooperative Developments.

undated

6

3

With Richard Phillips, Economics of Cooperative Associations, December, 1958 (includes notes).

1958

6

4

Agricultural Cooperative and the Federal Income Tax, 1952 (includes correspondence and drafts).

1952

7

1-4

Agricultural Cooperative and the Federal Income Tax, 1952 (includes correspondence and drafts).

1952

7

5

Iowa Cooperative Directors Conference. Spirit Lake, Iowa. June 21-23, 1950.

1950

7

6

Iowa Council of Cooperation. October 9, 1950.

1950

7

7

Nebraska Managers' Cooperative Conference. 1951.

1951

7

8

Iowa Cooperative Directors Conference. Spirit Lake, Iowa. June 14-16, 1951.

1951

7

9

Midland Managers' and Directors' Conference. November 12, 1951.

1951

7

10

Waukee, Iowa. Novembers 23, 1951.

1951

7

11

Discussion Leader's Training School. Ames, Iowa. June 3, 1952.

1952

7

12

Iowa Cooperative Directors Conference. Spirit Lake, Iowa. June 9-11, 1952.

1952

7

13

Iowa Institute of Cooperation. Ames, Iowa. August 29-30, 1952.

1952

7

14

West Central. October 13, 1952.

1952

7

15

North Central States' Dairy Marketing Conference. April 1-3, 1953.

1953

7

16

Iowa Institute of Cooperation. Ames, Iowa. August 3-4, 1953.

1953

7

17

European Trip. July 27-August 31, 1957 (visit to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, England, and Scotland).

1957

7

18

Consumers Cooperative Association's Iowa Cooperative Leadership Conference. February 17-21, 1958.

1958

8

1

Annual State Conference for Vocational Agricultural Instructors. Lincoln, Nebraska. July 8-10, 1958.

1958

8

2

District Meeting of Iowa Farmers' Cooperatives. Fall, 1958.

1958

8

3

College Training Conference on Agricultural Cooperation. Washington, D.C. March 2-5, 1959.

1959

8

4

Research Notes and Projects

1937-1945

8

5

Research Notes and Projects

1945-1954

8

6

Research Notes and Projects

1955-1957, undated

9

1

Research Notes and Projects

1954-1960

9

2

Teaching and Graduate School Concerns

1925-1957

9

3

Teaching and Graduate School Concerns

1945, undated

9

4

Teaching and Graduate School Concerns

1939-1956, undated

9

5

News clippings: meat trade

1925, undated

9

6

News clippings: Frank O. Lowden

1925, undated

9

7

News clippings: wheat pools

1924-1926

9

8

News clippings: New England milk co-ops

1924

9

9

News clippings: control of production and readjustment

1924-1926

9

10

News clippings: cooperative wool marketing

1924-1925

9

11

News clippings: McNary-Haugen legislation

1926-1927

9

12

News clippings: agricultural taxation

1922-1923

9

13

News clippings: cooperative threshing rings

1924

9

14

News clippings: cooperative live stock marketing

1924-1927

9

15

News clippings: cooperative egg and poultry marketing

1924-1926

9

16

Biographical, personal, and miscellaneous materials

1930-1965

71

1

"Some Problems of Financing Iowa Cooperatives." A paper presented at Iowa Institute of Cooperation at Des Moines, November 16, 1932.

1932

71

1

"Where Do We Go From Here?" Talk at National Farmers' Cooperative Elevator Association, Fort Dodge, Iowa, November 26, 1940.

1940

71

1

No title. A paper read at American Cooperative Institute. 1940.

1940

71

1

No title. A talk at National Cooperative Elevator Association's Annual Convention, Kansas City, December 6, 1943.

1943

71

1

"Accomplishments of Agriculture Cooperative and Their Future." An address at 40th Annual Convention of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa, Fort Dodge, January 26, 1944.

1944

71

1

"Research on the Cooperative Organization Itself." A paper presented to American Institute of Cooperatives, Logan, Utah, August 29, 1951.

1951

71

2

Unpublished manuscripts (check for titles)

1939-1952

71

3

Unpublished manuscript: "The Economic Nature of the Cooperative Form of Business Organization"

undated

71

4-5

Rough drafts: "The Economic Nature of the Cooperative Form of Business Organization"

undated

71

6

Rough draft: "Member Relationships in Iowa Cooperative Creameries"

undated

 

Description of series

Series 3

Cooperative Material and Related Correspondence

1899-1974, undated

extent:

23.94 linear feet (8 half document boxes and 53 document boxes)

description:

This series contains pamphlets and brochures from various cooperatives in the United States and around the world. Also included in this series are minutes from various meetings, handwritten notes, correspondence, and writings and research that Robotka conducted concerning various cooperatives.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

10

1-6

Theory of Cooperatives and Operation

1915-1965

11

1-6

Theory of Cooperatives and Operation

1920-1967, undated

12

1-2

Theory of Cooperatives and Operation

1923-1958

12

3-7

Financing of Cooperatives: includes general data, research, and experimental data

1927-1966

13

1-6

Financing of Cooperatives: includes general data, research, and experimental data

1924-1965, undated

14

1-5

Financing of Cooperatives: includes general data, research, and experimental data

1922-1965

15

1-6

Financing of Cooperatives: includes general data, research, and experimental data

1944-1960, circa

16

1-3

Financing of Cooperatives: includes general data, research, and experimental data

1915-1959, undated

16

4-6

Financing of Cooperatives: includes economic data, research, and experimental data

1938-1959

17

1-3

Financing of Cooperatives: includes economic data, research, and experimental data

1921-1956, undated

17

4-6

Financing of Cooperatives: accounting and credit control

1919-1959, undated

18

1-3

Financing of Cooperatives: accounting and credit control

1911-1952

19

1-6

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1951-1955, undated

20

1-6

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1939-1957, undated

21

1-6

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1928-1964, undated

22

1-6

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1930-1958, undated

23

1-5

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1905-1956, undated

24

1-6

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1953, undated

25

1-3

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1938-1957, undated

26

1-4

Statistics: includes data extracted from county and state level experiments

1920-1958, undated

26

5-6

Operation of Cooperatives: management policies

1948-1957

27

1-4

Operation of Cooperatives: management policies

1941-1974

27

5-6

Operation of Cooperatives: member, public, and consumer relations

1926-1959

28

1-4

Operation of Cooperatives: member, public, and consumer relations

1921-1959

28

5

Design and Construction of Facilities: includes correspondence and photographs.

1922-1959, undated

29

1

Design and Construction of Facilities: includes photographs

1959, undated

29

2

Design and Construction of Facilities: correspondence

1957, undated

29

3

Organizations: includes by-laws and brochures

1930-1968

29

4-6

Trade and Producer's Associations: includes Iowa Livestock Shippers and Farmer's Grain Dealers Association

1920-1933

30

1-6

Trade and Producer's Associations: includes Iowa Livestock Shippers and Farmer's Grain Dealers Association

1927-1959

31

1-3

Trade and Producer's Associations: includes Iowa Livestock Shippers and Farmer's Grain Dealers Association

1919-1963

31

4-7

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1921-1962

32

1-3

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1899-1958

33

1-6

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1913-1958

34

1-6

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1922-1962

35

1-6

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1923-1957

36

1-6

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1945-1959, undated

37

1-6

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1934-1956

38

1-5

Production and Sales Associations: includes Farmer's Elevator Movement, Farmer's Cooperative Association, Dairy Associations, and Livestock Associations

1915-1959

38

6

Organizations: general

1931-1958

39

1-3

Organizations: general

1927-1968

40

1-3

Organizations: general

1912-1958

40

4-6

Marketing: general

1914-1967

41

1

Marketing: general

1917-1951

41

2-6

Marketing: pricing

1911-1940

42

1-3

Marketing: cotton

1920-1956

42

4-6

Marketing: fruits and vegetables

1910-1951

43

1-3

Marketing: fruits and vegetables

1922-1959

43

4-6

Marketing: poultry

1915-1959

44

1-2

Marketing: poultry

1923-1967

44

3-6

Marketing: dairy products

1913-1957, undated

45

1

Marketing: dairy products

1924-1967, undated

45

2-6

Marketing: livestock

1920-1959

46

1

Marketing: livestock

1922-1937, undated

46

2-3

Marketing: grains

1916-1957

47

1-4

Marketing: grains

1924-1943, undated

47

5-6

Marketing: general

1915-1938

48

1-6

Marketing: general

1919-1957

49

1-6

Sales: purchasing

1914-1958

50

1-3

Sales: merchandising

1934-1959

50

4-6

Governmental Relations: Federal Cooperation Laws and related legislation

1920-1963

51

1-6

Governmental Relations: Federal Cooperation Laws and related legislation

1923-1961

52

1-6

Governmental Relations: Federal Cooperation Laws and related legislation

1914-1963, undated

53

1-3

Governmental Relations: Federal Cooperation Laws and related legislation

1924-1960

54

1-2

Governmental Relations: Federal Cooperation Laws and related legislation

1924-1958

54

3-6

Government Relations: Federal Tax Exemption Status controversy

1922-1958, undated

55

1-6

Government Relations: Federal Tax Exemption Status controversy

1937-1962

56

1-4

Government Relations: USDA

1920-1958

56

5-6

Government Relations: Iowa

1934-1964

57

1

Government Relations: Iowa

1925-1961

57

2-3

Government Relations: other states

1923-1955

57

4-6

Education: cooperative sponsored

1924-1956

58

1-2

Education: cooperative sponsored

1931-1957

58

3

Education: public high schools

1947-1954

58

4-6

Education: university short courses and extension

1927-1959

59

1-6

Education: university short courses and extension

1932-1963, undated

60

1-3

Education: university short courses and extension

1914-1958

61

1-5

Education: university short courses and extension, includes photograph (1- 8x10, b/w)

1936-1960

61

6

Geographic studies: United States

1919-1957

62

1-6

Geographic studies: United States

1913-1969, undated

63

1

Geographic studies: United States

1915-1959

63

2-5

Foreign cooperation: post WW II agricultural adjustments in Europe

1926-1957

63

6-7

Foreign cooperation: Canada

1921-1959

64

1-3

Foreign cooperation: Canada

1924-1948, undated

64

4

Foreign cooperation: Czechoslovakia

1957

64

5-6

Foreign cooperation: Denmark

1923-1957

65

1

Foreign cooperation: Denmark

1952-1957

65

2

Foreign cooperation: France

1955-1957

65

3-5

Foreign cooperation: Germany

1956-1959, undated

65

6

Foreign cooperation: Great Britain

1935-1956

66

1

Foreign cooperation: Great Britain

1935-1957

66

2-4

Foreign cooperation: Norway

1955-1957, undated

66

5-7

Foreign cooperation: Sweden

1932-1957, undated

67

1

Foreign cooperation: Sweden

1951-1956

67

2

Foreign cooperation: Taiwan

1943-1967

67

3

Foreign cooperation: other countries

1937-1959

68

1-5

Foreign cooperation: other countries

1934-1957

68

6

Cooperative bibliographies

1949-1965, undated

69

1-4

Cooperative bibliographies

1935-1964

69

5-6

Cooperative research: scope and method

1933-1951

70

1

Cooperative research: scope and method

1953-1957

70

2

Farm Organization and Cooperation: Farmer's Union

1947-1966

70

3

Farm Organization and Cooperation: Farm Bureau

1944-1965, undated

70

4-8

News clippings

1944-1965, undated

71

1

Publications list, articles, and speeches

1932-1944

71

2

Articles

1939-1952

71

3

The Economic Nature of the Cooperative Form of Business Organizations

undated

71

4-6

Articles

undated

71

7

Research

1924-1958