Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association records (Collection)
Scope and Contents
Included in the collection are two volumes of the Board of Directors minute books (1932-1938)(1939-1951), and a volume of the stockholder's minute book (1917-1950). Also included are annual reports, and writing on the early history of the organization by longtime director, J.J. Dwyer, in 1943. There are also folders containing circular letters, contracts, business papers and records of Leonard Hessel's finances and receipts. Two wrought iron seals of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association as well as an example of both 1914 seals are included as well. Letters in regards to further inquiries on information of the organization are contained in the collection.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1917 - 1951
Biographical / Historical
The Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association (first called the Anaheim Fruit Association) was created in 1893 as part of the Southern California Fruit Exchange, which had eight sub-groups. The ACFA was first a member of the sub-group Orange County Exchange, but suspension of operations occurred in 1908. The ACFA reorganized in 1909, joining the Semi-Tropic Fruit Exchange of Los Angeles. The group incorporated under the name the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association in 1914. By the 1920s, as members of the Central Orange County Citrus Exchange, they marketed under the Sunkist Brand selling Valencia oranges. Due to dwingling orchards caused by the expansion of sub-divisions as population increased in Orange County, Board of Directors suggested the dissolution of the company in 1950. By 1951, property was sold and operations suspended.
Extent
5 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Aisle 12B--Shelf 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collections was donated by Mr. Ed Salter acting for Mr. Burt Zaiser, whose family had been involved in the ACFA since at least 1928, and who had himself been employed as a bookkeeper of the association. (Copied from file).
- Title
- Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nick Seider
- Date
- 2018 April 25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository
University Archives & Special Collections
Pollak Library South Room 352 (PLS 352)
Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
(657) 278-4751
uasc@fullerton.libanswers.com