Item: Park Poultry Producers Association Records, 1923-1941
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Finding Aid Title: Park Poultry Producers Association Records, 1923-1941
Finding Aid Collection Number: 0027
Date Range of Collection: 1923-1941
Creator of Materials: Park Poultry Producers Association
Content Description: The Park Poultry Producers Association (PPPA) records include various business records including financial records, order sheets, sales records, producer contracts and correspondence from 1923-1940. Most of the correspondence are addressed to either Earl Sexton or John Nickelson, two PPPA managers during the 1930s. The records also include correspondence from the United States Department of Agriculture through pamphlets and letters giving instructions on how to kill, dress, and ship turkeys. Extensive sales lists are included for the Northwest Turkey Growers Association from 1930-1937. The records include the PPPA's Minute Book from 1923-1924, written in a Park County grade school notebook, that lists the Articles of Association, membership lists, and lists for grades of turkeys. Three unique items are a letter written in 1940 from a customer demanding to know what happened to the settlement for his turkeys, several copies of a poem and song about turkeys, and a brass plate that reads: "Park Poultry Producers Association, Livingston, Mont." Other papers include John Nickelson's inspectors's license from the USDA for dressed turkeys, a diagram for a turkey packing table, and an Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws booklet.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv65936
Keywords: agriculture and ranching, clubs and organizations, turkeys, park county montana poultry, park poultry producers association (pppa), earl sexton, john nickelson, northwest turkey growers association
Subjects: Montana Agriculture and Ranching
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