See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of financial records of the central office of MPE:
1-7 Audited Financial Statements 1968-1997
8-9 Capital Budgets 1979-1997
10. Annual Returns
11. Miscellaneous Financial
12. General Expenses 1930-1977
The Manitoba Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators kept and preserved a chronological record of the meetings of the MPE Board of Directors and annual delegate meetings. The minutes were typed and bound, then placed in the MPE reference library so that employees and members could access them.
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of minutes of organizational meetings and later meetings held by the Central Office of the Manitoba Wheat Co-operative Producers, Ltd (later known as the Manitoba Wheat Pool) from 1923 until it went under in 1934, and of meetings held by the central office of Manitoba Pool Elevators from 1925 until 1997.
A copy of a Local Associations (later the Local Pool Committees) would be sent to the Central Office, where it was stored until a microfilm copy could be made. Records were only transferred to microfilm until 1957.
Custodial History
Local Association records recieved by the Central Office dating from 1925 to 1957 are on microfilm. Records subsequent to 1957 are hardcopies.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.3 consists of Local Association records from the formation of the association until 1993 or said association's closure. See Box level entries for B.3 for detailed contents of records.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2009). Records contained in Series B.3 on microfilm or in hardcopy may also be contained in Series A.
As a co-operative company, the Manitoba Wheat Pool and later the Manitoba Pool Elevators was member controlled. In order to run the company successfully members needed to be educated and kept updated about the companies financial and organizational situation. Annual reports were one of the many ways the Pool tried to do this. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.7 consists of annual reports. There are two complete sets of annual reports, one for archival storage and one for use by researchers. Neither set contains a report for 1931. Reports from 1926 until 1928 are Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd. Reports, 1929 - 1930 are Manitoba Wheat Pool Reports. All reports subsequent to 1931 are Manitoba Pool Elevators.
Archival set: (1) Bound Copies, MPE Annual Reports Vol. 1 1926 - 1949; MPE Annual Reports Vol. 2 1950 - 1959; MPE Annual Reports 1960 - 1969; (2) Individual MPE Annual Reports 1970 - 1998
Reserch set: Individual MPE Annual Reports 1926 - 1930, 1932 - 1998
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.11 consists of (1) general reports; (2) government related papers; (3) Canadian Wheat Board papers; (4) Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operatives papers; (5) Co-operative Life Insurance
Sub-district #401 Co-operative Association: Minute Book October 12 1976 - June 12 1984; Minute Book Oct 15 1984 - June 11 1991; Minutes April 10 1973, April 2 1994 - April 1999; Attendance 1982 - 1999; Ledger Vol 1 1981 - 1990; Ledger Vol 2 (photocopy) 1990; Expenses Nov 1986 - Feb 1994
Sub-district #402 Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 8 August 1973 - 14 February 1980; local Pool Committee minutes October 5, 1987 - April 30, 1990.
Sub-district #501 Foxwarren Pool Committee Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 5 December 1969 - 14 November 1985 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 10 December 1969 Correspondence, Foxwarren 62830 re: expanded fertilizer facilities toll increases on the St. Lawrence Seaway, August 1976 Melreficates, 26 February 1977 Miscellaneous, handle, cars loade, space, percent of business, 1984 - 1985.
Sub-district #302 Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, October 1969 - 10 June 1980. Miscellaneous, Numerous RSVP's for the 59th Annual picnic held July 25, 1975
Sub-district #104 Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 18 August 1969 - volume 4, 10 March 1980. Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, October 1969 - November 1990 (5 reports). Executive Board minutes March 24, 1980 - April 1, 1986
Sub-district #805 Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 23 April 1980 - 15 April 1991. Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, November 1981 - November 1990 (10 reports). Financial reports and statistics Manitoba Pool Elevators Financing as at July 31, 1973. Correspondence, Letter to Sub-district 805 dated September 24, 1990. Miscellaneous: Manitoba Pool Elevators requisition for office supplies.
Sub-district #602Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 6 March 1980 - 24 March 1986; local Pool Committee mintues August 18, 1969 - January 17, 1980.
Sub-district #103 Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 16 August 1969 - 20 December 1979; local Pool Committee mintues February 6, 1989 - September 16, 1991.
