Stuckey's notes: On former CN Rapid City Sub. (Beulah Branch). Abandoned 1979.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows two grain elevators - Moline Co-op Elevator Assocaition B and Moline Co-operative Elevator Association Pool No. 127 "Service at Cost" A.
Notes
Corresponds with negative RA - CNR Rapid City Sub. [212].
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Stuckey's notes: When I took this picture I was working on the bridge and building outfit - parked by Bawlf elevator.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image of CN No. 229 Beulah mixed engine 1389 at McConnell, Manitoba [Mr. Stuckey consistently spelt it "Buelah"], taken along the CNR line, Rapid City substation.
The United Grain Growers, a farmer controlled co-operative elevator association, was established in 1917, with the amalgamation of the Grain Growers Grain Company (1906), and the Alberta Farmer's Co-operative Elevator company (1913). Its original purpose was to provide a co-operative alternative to privately owned grain elevators.
Custodial History
This collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1997. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Collection includes copies of correspondence between T.A. Crerar, President of United Grain Growers and Colin Burnell, President, Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers (1925-26); correspondence directed to the Shareholders of United Grain Growers (1926-38); minutes of a meeting between representatives of the United Grain Growers and the provincial wheat pools (1937); as well as a variety of publications about the history and activities of the United Grain Growers (1917-18, 1927, 1929, 1951, 1956).