See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of records produced by MPE meeting and workshops:
1-7b Spring and Annual Meetings 1988-1998
8 Annual Meeting Agendas 1931-1967
9a-9e Resolutions 1988-1998
10 Information for New Delegates
11 Board and Management Meeting 1997
12 Local Association Meetings 1998 (regarding transition to Agricore)
13. Sunrise / Sunset (transition to Agricore) 1998
14. Spouses Program 1995
15. Miscellaneous Meetings 1993-1995
16. New Committee Members Workshop March 2-3 1998
17. Report of Committee Appointed by Meeting of Representatives of the Provincial Pools & the Farmers Companies February 2 1925
CSP Foods Ltd resulted from an amalgamtion of Co-op Vegetable Oils Ltd with MPE in 1975. The company operated crushing plants in Altona, Manitoba and in Saskatchewan, and was overseen by members of MPE and the Sask Wheat Pool.
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, and promotional materials.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
History taken from F.W. Hamilton's "Service at Cost"
Photograph shows the west side of 10th Street between Rosser and Princess Avenues in the winter. Visible businesses include: Bottomley's, Simpsons-Sears, Lionel Electric, Allied Hardware Stores, Box Brothers Hardware, Doig's. Painted on the north face of the Strathcona Block are two advertisements, one for Sutherland and Robertson [Grocery] and the other for Boyd Electric Co. Ltd.
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