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Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-01

Scope and Contents

The collection spans 1914 to 1983, with the bulk of materials dating from 1914 to 1952, and consists of administrative records, business papers, and artifacts documenting the operations of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association (ACFA). Administrative records include two volumes of Board of Directors minute books (1932-1938, 1939-1951) and a stockholder's minute book (1915-1950) that chronicle the organization's governance and decision-making processes. Business documents comprise annual reports (1925, 1931, 1936, 1941), contracts (1945), circular letters (1919, 1922), and financial records (1919-1922) related to Leonard Hessel.

The collection also contains historical documentation, including writings on the early history of the organization by longtime director J.J. Dwyer (1943), and correspondence from 1983 regarding inquiries about the association. Artifacts include two wrought iron seal embossers of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association, examples of 1914 seals, and a crate side with the Colonial Brand label. These materials document the ACFA's operations as part of the citrus industry in Southern California, and marketing under the Sunkist Brand.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1914 - 1952
  • 1914 - 1983

Biographical / Historical

The Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association (first called the Anaheim Fruit Association) was created in 1893 as part of the Southern California Fruit Exchange, which had eight sub-groups. The ACFA was first a member of the sub-group Orange County Exchange, but suspension of operations occurred in 1908. The ACFA reorganized in 1909, joining the Semi-Tropic Fruit Exchange of Los Angeles. The group incorporated under the name the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association in 1914. By the 1920s, as members of the Central Orange County Citrus Exchange, they marketed under the Sunkist Brand selling Valencia oranges. Due to dwingling orchards caused by the expansion of sub-divisions as population increased in Orange County, Board of Directors suggested the dissolution of the company in 1950. By 1951, property was sold and operations suspended.

Extent

5 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection spans 1914 to 1983, with the bulk of materials dating from 1914 to 1952, and consists of administrative records, business papers, and artifacts documenting the operations of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association (ACFA). Administrative records include two volumes of Board of Directors minute books (1932-1938, 1939-1951) and a stockholder's minute book (1915-1950) that chronicle the organization's governance and decision-making processes. Business documents comprise annual reports (1925, 1931, 1936, 1941), contracts (1945), circular letters (1919, 1922), and financial records (1919-1922) related to Leonard Hessel. The collection also contains historical documentation, including writings on the early history of the organization by longtime director J.J. Dwyer (1943), and correspondence from 1983 regarding inquiries about the association. Artifacts include two wrought iron seal embossers of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association, examples of 1914 seals, and a crate side with the Colonial Brand label. These materials document the ACFA's operations as part of the citrus industry in Southern California, its marketing under the Sunkist Brand, and its eventual dissolution in the early 1950s due to the expansion of residential subdivisions in Orange County.

Physical Location

Aisle 12B--Shelf 9

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by Mr. Ed Salter acting for Mr. Burt Zaiser, whose family had been involved in the ACFA since at least 1928, and who had himself been employed as a bookkeeper of the association. (Copied from file).

Title
Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association records
Status
Completed
Author
Nick Seider
Date
2018 April 25
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University Archives & Special Collections
Pollak Library South Room 352 (PLS 352)
Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
(657) 278-4751