Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company Records
c.00491

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company.
Title
Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company records
ID
c.00491
Date [inclusive]
1936-1941, 1948-1958
Extent
0.5 Cubic feet , 3 folders, 3 volumes
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Scope and Contents note

The collection contains material (1936-1941, 1948-1958) pertaining to the operation of Produce Department Incorporated, later Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company. The volumes consist primarily of minutes of Board of Directors' Meetings (August 1936-April 1941 and May 1948-March 1956), which deal with company expenses, profits, operations, personnel changes, business problems and minutes of Annual Meetings of Shareholders (1948-1958). Also included is an annual statement and list of stockholders (March 31, 1940), Articles of Incorporation (1937-1954), business notes, correspondence, proxy statements for an April 19, 1939 Board meeting, and a trade independent league activities circular (1940).

The donor, Gordon C. Kleiman, was appointed general manager April 2, 1958, upon the resignation of Charles Ruth.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  July 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Company.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Grand Rapids (Mich.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Kleiman, Gordon

Subject(s)

  • Grocery trade -- Michigan

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Collection Inventory

Folder

Annual Statement and Stockholders List March 1940 

1

Trade Independent League Circular 1940 

2

Correspondence and Business Notes 1939-1941 

3
Folder Volume

Minutes and Correspondence 1936-1941 

4 1
Volume

Minutes, Articles of Incorporation and Correspondence 1948-1956 

2

Minutes and Correspondence 1948-1958 

3