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Mass Co-operative Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-429

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection consists primarily of financial records including a trial balance account ledger, invoices, stock certificates, and a check book with canceled checks.

Dates

  • 1918-1969

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

The co-operative movement was a characteristic feature of Finnish-American life in the 20th century, material core to the Finnish-American radical tradition. Co-operatives sold goods ranging from coffee to shingles. They were also cultural organizations, social spaces, and very often, radical political nexuses. In 1929, the movement splintered into "red" and "white" camps, the former affiliated, loosely or formally, with the Communist Party of the United States, the latter often affiliated with the Co-Operative League of America. The Mass Co-Operative Company was considered a "red" co-operative.

Extent

0.42 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (letter size), 1 volume)

Abstract

Records, 1918-1969, of the Mass Co-Operative Company of Mass, Michigan with branches in Bruce Crossing and Baraga. Includes an account ledger, bills, receipts, stock certificates, and a check book with canceled checks.

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged and described at the collection level. The original arrangement of the alphabetical files containing primarily invoices with some customer records has been maintained. The remainder of the records have been arranged chronologically by record type.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

A gift consisting of one legal size manuscript box of cancelled checks and stubs, probate records, stock certificates, invoices, and a trial balance account ledger were anonymously donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections on November 30, 1989.

Title
Mass Co-Operative Company Records
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert.
Date
12/23/2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

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