Skip to main content

Utah Farm Bureau Federation records

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 213

Scope and Contents

This collection contains papers concerning the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. These materials consist of meeting minutes, bulletins, programs, and a certificate from the Utah secretary of state. The documents in this collection span the time period of 1920 to 2004, and the majority of these materials consist of meeting minutes. Contained are minutes from the Utah Farm Bureau Federation (1960-2003), the Utah Farm Bureau Service Company (1969-2003), the Utah Agricultural Marketing Association (1964-1997), and the Salina Marketing Service Inc. (1967-2003). Also included are minutes from three county branches of the Utah Farm Bureau; Salt Lake, Weber, and Cache Counties. These materials have been organized topically and then chronologically.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920-2004
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-2003

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Utah Farm Bureau Federation Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

Historical Note

The Utah Farm Bureau Federation (UFBF) was organized in the fall of 1916 by a group of Utah farmers who met in Salt Lake City. D. D. McKay of Huntsville, Utah, became the first president of the state organization and served until 1922. The first convention was held in 1918 at the Utah Agricultural College in Logan, where the first session was dedicated almost entirely to discussing the price farmers should seek for sugar beets. Since then, the organization has developed into the largest general agricultural organization in the state of Utah.

The mission of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation is to improve the net farm income and the quality of life for all Utahns. The Utah Farm Bureau is involved in local, state, national, and international issues that affect its members, and it provides full-time representation at the Utah State Legislature and the U.S. Congress.

Extent

11 boxes (4 linear feet)

Abstract

These materials consist of meeting minutes, bulletins, programs, and a certificate from the Utah secretary of state

Arrangement

Organized topically and then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials in this collection were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 1994 (comprising Boxes 1-2) and in 2004 (Boxes 3-11) by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, represented by C. Booth Wallentine, the secretary-treasurer of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation.

Source:

  • Utah Farm Bureau Federation homepage, http://utfb.fb.org/Website/OurOrganization.html, January 2006.

Processing Information

Processed in January of 2006.

Title
Guide to the Utah Farm Bureau Federation records 1920-2004
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Zachary R. Jones
Date
©2012
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)