Fonds 656 Sexsmith Co-operative Seed Cleaning Association fonds

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Summary information

Repository: South Peace Regional Archives
Title: Sexsmith Co-operative Seed Cleaning Association
Reference code: 0656
Date: 1959 (date of creation)
Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records
Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Likely processed by Leslie Gordon
Added to new database October 2024 – TD

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

The Sexsmith Co-operative Seed Cleaning Association Limited is a public organization founded in 1954 and still operates to this day. The association began for local farmers to be able to access seed cleaning. The meeting held December 1, 1959 mentions that previous meeting minutes had been destroyed in a fire. On the board was L. Sheehan as President, Mike Duda and Stanley Kulicki as Directors, L. Warren as Manager, and R.L. Mansell as Secretary. Other attendees included M. Moe, Uri Powell, and George Sayles.

Custodial history

These records originated from Isabel Campbell’s reference files which were acquired from the Grande Prairie Public Library in 2013. These materials were part of a bequest by Isabel Campbell to the Library. The files were then donated to the archives in 2013.

Scope and content

The fonds consist of minutes of the annual meeting and a financial statement (1959).

Notes

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.

Access points

  • Textual record (documentary form)
  • Agriculture (subject)
  • Organizations* (subject)