United States Wheat Associates, Walla Walla Branch Records
Scope and Contents
The United States Wheat Associates, Walla Walla Branch Records houses the organizational records of the Walla Walla, Washington Branch of the United States Wheat Associates. This collection, which dates from 1959 through the 1980s, consists of minutes, budgets, resolutions, financial records, publications, executive board documents, calendars, newspaper clippings, correspondence, membership records, work plans, reports, pamphlets, abstracts, bonds, marketing materials, and founding documents. This collection documents the wheat industry in Walla Walla.
Dates
- circa 1959-1980
Creator
- United States Wheat Associates (Walla Walla, Wash.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
United States Wheat Associates was originally the Western Wheat Associates (WWA), an organization founded in April of 1959 to expand international markets for wheat from the Pacific Northwest. In 1980, the WWA merged with the Great Plains Wheat Market Development Association to form the United States Wheat Associates, with a focus on adjusting to the global wheat marketplace and dealing with a growing demand for United States wheat classes. United States Wheat Associates work to help wheat buyers, millers, bakers, wheat food processors, and government officials understand the quality, value, and reliability of all six classes of U.S. wheat.
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet (1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
United States Wheat Associates was founded in 1980, with a focus on adjusting to a global wheat marketplace and dealing with a growing demand for United States wheat classes. The United States Wheat Associates, Walla Walla Branch Records, which dates from 1959 through the 1980s, consist of minutes, budgets, resolutions, financial records, publications, executive board documents, calendars, newspaper clippings, correspondence, membership records, work plans, reports, pamphlets, abstracts, bonds, marketing materials, and founding documents.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
Creator
- United States Wheat Associates (Walla Walla, Wash.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the United States Wheat Associates, Walla Walla Branch Records
- Author
- Henry Adams
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository