Neepawa Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Correspondence, 1960 Miscellaneous Application for membership list and covering letter, 23 February 1960 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Langford.
Makinak Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 - 1977 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Minutes of Directors meeting re: End operating agreement, 29 July 1977 Letter re: Above agreement, 16 August 1977 Correspondence, 1964, 1975, 1976 Miscellaneous Memorandum re: Operating agreements, 6 June 1977 Memorandum re: Report on meetings at Lyleton and Tilston, 15 June 1977 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Ochre River..
Bowsman Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Swan River.
Box 1 and 2: Clearwater Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Louise; local Pool Committee mintues November 9, 1945 - December 20, 1990.
Box 3: Annual meeting minutes Nov 5 1945 - Nov 16 1966; Attendance 1944 - 1983; Financial 1942 - 1967; Donations 1946 - 1968; Correspondance 1958 - 1968; Pool Elevator House 1945 - 1968; Membership List May 29 1968; 50th Anniversary Scrapbook 1975; Reciept Book 1961 - 1976
Solsgirth Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1971 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Birtle.
Swan River Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Swan River.
Pilot Mound Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Louise.
Pierson Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Edward
Dugald Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Correspondence, 1960 Miscellaneous Application for membership lists, 20 April 1960 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Springfield.
Oakburn Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake; local Pool Committee mintues July 31, 1969 - July 1991.
Rathwell Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of South Norfolk.
Benito Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Swan River.
Durban Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Swan River. Durban Pool Local meeting minutes Nov 10 1965 - Dec 21 1970, Oct 9 1991 - March 23 1995. Sub-district Council meeting minutes 1980 - Dec 4 1990.
Box 1: Dalny Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Arthur; local Pool Committee mintues April 28, 1947 - November 16, 1982
Box 2: Delegates nomination forms 1969-1989; Minutes Nov 25 1969-April 4 1984; Correspondance Nov 25-1930-April 11 1984, agent's and secretary's letters 1939-1979; Circulars July 19 1974-April 11 1984; Documents Nov 17 1930, August 1 1931, Oct 1 1980; Financial: funding requests 1972-1983, miscellaneous financial 1977-1983; Membership 1957-1983; Miscellaneous 1971-1982, no dates
Elie Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Cartier.
Ethelbert Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Ethelbert.
Manitoba Pool Elevators was established in 1925 as a subsidiary of the Pool in response to local member complaints about the unfair business practices of privately owned elevators. The Katrime Elevator appears to have been established in 1940; no records in the Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds mention the Katrime elevator before 1940. In 1969 the Katrime Pool joined the Manitoba Pool.
The Katrime local was operated by a board of directors elected from the members of the Katrime elevator. Regular meetings took place sporadically throughout the year, often before and after harvest. An annual meeting for the local took place every November, at which members were chosen for the board of directors and members were selected to attend the annual Manitoba Pool convention. Occasionally in October or in the Annual meetings in November the board of directors would ask the head office to compose a letter to the rail companies to thank them for keeping the elevator supplied with cars throughout the harvest season. This would change through the 1970’s and into the 90’s as congestion became a problem for the railcars.
In 1998 Manitoba Pool Elevators merged with the Alberta Wheat Pool to form Agricore Co-operative Ltd. In 2001, this organization merged with the United Grain Growers to become Agricore United, and in 2007, Agricore United was taken over by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; the new company was known as Viterra. The fate of the Katrime elevator is unclear. Tthere is no mention in the included records regarding the merger to Agricore or the closing of the elevator.
Custodial History
Records in accession 9-2013, were deposited at the Archives of Manitoba in 1971, with a fourth minute book being deposited in 2011. The records were deaccessioned by the Archives of Manitoba in January 2012 and transferred to the McKee Archives later that year.
Scope and Content
Fonds consist of the minutes of the board of directors of the Katrime elevator. Meetings discussed pool business, including membership into the Katrime elevator co-operation and a list of new members is usually included in the minutes. In addition to membership another main topic of the meetings was the salary of the agent including the agents home and expenses. In 1953, the building of a new elevator, which eventually expanded to include new offices and storage sheds was a topic of discussion. Local annual meetings generally discussed the report of the auditor and any unsold surplus, but no details were recorded. A note on the content of the minutes: there is generally mention of a lengthy discussion of a topic but there is no explanation of what was discussed. Also, at each annual meeting there is a discussion of the annual convention and the resolutions adopted from this convention, however there are no details on what the resolutions were.
Katrime Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Westbourne.
Notes
Description by Jill Sutherland (2010) and Clint Howie (October 2013).
Minto Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Whitewater.
Hetley Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of St. Andrews
