Gilbert C. Fite collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Gilbert C. Fite collection
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1929-1983
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.2 Linear Feet 2 cartons, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms2461
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The American Agriculture Movement was began in 1977. Farmers involved with the American Agriculture Movement formed a network of farmers across the United States and Canada to protest the direction of agricultural policy. Protests soon became known as "Tractorcades." See the American Agriculture Movement website.

Farmland was a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative in North America.

Scope and Content

The collection consists the newspaper files of American Agriculture News, inventories of the Congressional Records Series of the University of Oklahoma, and Farmland Industries materials, including annual reports, copies of the minutes of board meetings, prospectuses for stock sales, special reports, correspondence, and notes.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Gilbert C. Fite collection, ms2461, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Publicity

 

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Bigness

 

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Agriculture Accountability Project Who's Minding The Co-op

 

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Fertilizer

 

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5

Insurance

 

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Livestock Program

 

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Project 67 and 70

 

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8

Feed

 

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Terr. Expansions

 

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Facilitios

 

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11

Farmland Foods

 

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Name Change Farmland Industries, Inc., 1966 September 1

 

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Oil

 

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Farmer's Frontier

 

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15

Shortages

 

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FAR-MAR-CO.

 

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National Council Ad Campaign

 

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Operations Total Savings

 

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Problems - strikes

 

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Tax Data - real estate Organization

 

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Minutes

 

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Farmland Industries papers

 

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Personnel

 

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Conclusion, summary material

 

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Anti-Co-op, Co-op problems, Psuedo Co-op

 

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Interviews and Letters

 

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CCA materials

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 2

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 3

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 4

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 5

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 6

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 8

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 9

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 10

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 12

 

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University of Oklahoma Congressional Records Series Inventory no. 13

 

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A Guide to Microform Collections in the University of Oklahoma Library Western History Collections Manuscripts Division

 

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Notes, brochures, clippings

 

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CCA - materials

 

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Merger

 

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Pollution, Environment

 

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5

Public Relations

 

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Eductation

 

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Annual Meetings

 

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8

Biographies

 

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Percent of Business By Farmland

 

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History

 

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Bank Bill

 

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Milk scandal, anti-trust immunities, progressive farmers

 

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American Agriculture News , 1978-1983