Mushroom Industry & Related Papers

Collection Title: Mushroom Industry & Related Papers

Collection Number: 167

Dates of Collection: 1924-1965

Box Numbers: 1-2

RepositoryChester County Historical Society

Project Archivist: Joseph L. Weber

Collections Scope:

The collection contains magazine articles, newspaper clippings, documents and letters which describe the various facets of the Mushroom Industry, people involved in the industry, government interaction with the industry, production and growing issues.

Collection Arrangement:

The collection is organized by box number and folder number.

Collections Contents:

BOX

FOLDER

CONTENTs

1

1

Mushroom Tariff and Pricing   1947 – 1964

1

2

Copies of Newspaper clippings related to Mushroom Tariff and Pricing issues  1929 – 1957

1

3

Mushroom Industry and Production  1926 – 1964

1

4

Copies of newspaper clippings related to production issues in the   1930 – 1957

1

5

Advertising in the Mushroom Industry —— English     1931 – 1957

1

6

Copies of newspaper clippings related to advertising in the Mushroom industry  1930 – 1957

1

7

Advertising in the Mushroom industry —– German    undated

1

8

Mushroom Growers Association (MGA) and American Mushroom Institute (AMI)   1932 – 1965

1

9

Copies of newspaper clippings related to the MGA and AMI   1930 – 1961

1

10

Trademark and Patent documents and articles   1939 – 1940

2

1

The Growing of Mushrooms   1924 – 1964

2

2

Copies of newspaper clippings related to the growing of Mushrooms — 1940

2

3

Labor issues in the Mushroom industry   1950   – 1964

2

4

Copies of newspaper clippings related to labor issues in the Mushroom industry   1937 – 1939

2

5

Copies of newspaper clippings related to the Future Farmers of America (FFA)  1951

2

6

Political Correspondence related to the Mushroom industry + Newspaper clips   1935  – 1957

2

7

Copies of newspaper clips related to production regulation (in wartime America)  1942 – 1951

2

8

Newspaper clippings related to Chester A. Weidner  1957

2

9

Random newspaper clips NOT related to the industry but found in the collection  1930 – 1957