Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 158
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Records, 1934-2003, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Iowa Pork Producers Association |
| title: | Records |
| dates: | 1934-2003, undated |
| extent: | 0.42 linear feet (1 document box) |
| collection number: | MS 158 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Iowa Pork Producers Association Records, MS 158, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
Organization founded in 1929 by a group of swine producers. In 1934 it began to receive an annual appropriation from the Iowa legislature. By 1968 it was no longer affiliated with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and was supported through dues and check-offs. Collection includes articles of incorporation; correspondence; financial statements; and minutes of annual meetings, board of directors meetings, and committee meetings. |
Historical note
Originally named the Iowa Swine Growers Association (ISGA), the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) was established in 1929. A group of swine growers organized the Iowa Swine Producers' Association in 1929 during Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College (University), but did not receive recognition by the Iowa legislature until 1934 under the 47th General Assembly. Originally, the Association endeavored to address farm management issues, disease control and improving the genetics, breeding and nutrition of pigs. After more than thirty years of organizing and due to increased interest and membership, the name of the organization was changed in April 1968 to the Iowa Pork Producers Association. The association's current mission is "to provide a unified voice to promote and educate for a sustainable, socially responsible, profitable and globally competitive pork industry." Among their many achievements, IPPA strove to improve the feeder-pig importation within Iowa. Iowa Pork Producers Association is still a respected organization and continues to work with Iowa's pork producers. Currently (as of 2010) there are eighty county associations in the state, and over 5,000 affiliated and associate members. Membership dues in the local county organization include membership in the IPPA and the National Pork Producers Council. The Iowa Pork Producers Association has been based in Clive, Iowa since 1981. Before 1981 they had space on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, and originally at Iowa's state capitol building. |
Collection description
This collection (1934-2003, undated) contains articles of incorporation, meeting minutes dealing with committee appointments, donations, research done by and for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, programs, correspondence, resolutions, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, a flyer outlining IPPA's major achievements, financial statements, hog show rules and regulations, and several statements and bills fighting for recognition and partnership between IPPA and the Iowa legislature. Most of the correspondence consists of letters between its members and with the US House of Representatives. The minutes document meetings of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and annual meetings. Most of the materials in the collection relate to the Iowa Swine Growers Association's research and general business before 1968, when the organization was renamed the Iowa Pork Producers Association. |
Related materials
The IPPA's official publication, Iowa Pork Producer, can be found in the General Collection under call number HD9435 I58x. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Articles of Incorporation |
undated |
1 |
2 |
House file 707: "A bill for an act to provide for an Iowa livestock council and for voluntary deduction..." |
undated |
1 |
3 |
"A bill for an act to recognize the Iowa Swine Producers' Association and to aid in providing information in regard to the production and marketing of swine." |
1937 |
1 |
4 |
Correspondence: includes letters from the US House of Representatives, National Swine Growers Council, and Iowa Swine Producers Association |
1956-1971 |
1 |
5 |
County Association suggested promotional kit (prepared by the Organizational Committee of the Iowa Swine Producers Association) includes: sponsored pork cooking schools, hog cholera program, county queen pork contests, land promotion in schools |
undated |
1 |
6 |
Iowa Swine Producers Association financial statements |
1939-1963 |
1 |
7 |
Iowa Swine Producers Association list of presidents |
1934-1968 |
1 |
8 |
Flyer: Major Accomplishments and Activities of the Iowa Swine Producer's Association |
undated |
1 |
9 |
Minutes: Board of Directors |
1938-1962 |
1 |
10 |
Minutes: Executive Committee of the Iowa Pork Producers Association |
1937-1964 |
1 |
11 |
Minutes: Iowa Swine Producers Association |
1937-1964 |
1 |
12 |
Minutes: Annual Meeting of the Iowa Swine Producers Association |
1940-1964 |
1 |
13 |
Minutes: Area Livestock Advisory Committee |
1964 |
1 |
14 |
Minutes: Board of Directors of the Iowa Swine Producers Association |
1940-1964 |
1 |
15 |
Minutes: Executive Committee Meeting of the Iowa Swine Producers Association |
1939-1951 |
1 |
16 |
Minutes: Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show Planning Committee |
1965 |
1 |
17 |
Minutes: Meeting of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Iowa Swine Producers Association |
1941 |
1 |
18 |
Forms, pamphlets, and historical data: donation forms, nomination forms for state director, Oscar Mayer hog marketing pamphlets, specifications paper for No. 1 lard, and IPPA history papers |
1947-1966, undated |
1 |
19 |
National Pork Producers Council News, Vol. 1, no. 4 |
1967 |
1 |
20 |
Newspaper clipping: Research key to world hunger |
1977 |
1 |
21 |
Photograph (1- 5x7) of More Punch from Pork Club poster |
undated |
1 |
22 |
Iowa Swine Producers Association meeting program |
1950 |
1 |
23 |
Iowa Swine Producers Day program |
1956 |
1 |
24 |
22nd Annual Iowa State Spring Market hog show program |
1967 |
1 |
25 |
Iowa Swine Producers Association documents including: A Program for Pork, ISPA Objectives, Constitution and By-laws pamphlet, ISPA suggested work program pamphlet, Iowa Swine Breeders Directory |
1954-1965 |
1 |
26 |
Iowa Swine Producers Association: Resolution |
1959-1960 |
1 |
27 |
Washington County Market hog show: rule and regulations (Washington, IA) |
1961 |
1 |
28 |
Iowa State Spring Market hog show: rules |
1966 |
1 |
29 |
"Suggestion concerning the organization, objectives and program for a National Federation of State Associations of market hog producers and purebred hog breeders" |
undated |
1 |
30 |
Minutes: Swine Exhibitors' Meeting, State Fair Grounds (Des Moines, IA) |
1948 |
1 |
31 |
Tentative program for the annual meeting of the Iowa Swine Producers Association at South Ballroom, Memorial Union, Iowa State College |
1953 |
1 |
32 |
Recipe booklets |
1998-2003 |
1 |
33 |
Pork and health materials: hypertension, type II diabetes |
2001-2003 |
1 |
34 |
Promotional materials |
2000-2003, undated |