New York Produce Exchange records
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Abstract
The collection includes the records of the New York Produce Exchange and the related New York Commercial Association, spanning the years 1860-1955. Holding 330 volumes and some unbound papers, there are records of meeting minutes of the Board of Managers, members, and committees; arbitration proceedings and resolutions; membership; data on daily trades, calls, and quotations for a wide range of commodities including cotton seed oil, wheat and other grains, and many more; accounting ledgers and journals; and some employee payroll records. Buildings Committee records relate to the George Post-designed building that opened in 1884 on Broadway at Bowling Green.
Biographical / Historical
The New York Produce Exchange, which dissolved in 1973, traced its origin to the 1840s-1850s and the informal association of merchants that engaged in the trade or exchange of various commodities in New York City. In the late 1850s, in response to the merchants' desire to acquire a building for a suitable place to conduct trade, subscriptions were raised and a building constructed and opened for business in 1861. That same year a company—the New York Produce Exchange Company—was incorporated, apparently with responsibility for the physical plant and overall administration of Exchange operations, but not for regulation of the commodities markets and the tenants, who were the merchants themselves. The merchants retained that self-regulatory responsibility and, on April 19, 1862, they incorporated as the New-York Commercial Association. The two organizations continued to operate in parallel until perhaps 1872. In 1868 the Association had its charter amended and changed its name to New York Produce Exchange and in 1872 the corporation took ownership of the building, completing the unification of the business and building forms of the Exchange. (It is not clear whether the two corporations actually merged at some point or whether the original Company of 1861 eventually dissolved after the sale of the building.)
Through the 1870s, space for the growing activities of the Exchange was a pressing problem; this was resolved with the construction of a large building, designed by George Post, at Bowling Green in 1884. The Exchange remained there until 1957 when it moved to new quarters and the 1884 building was demolished.
Over the course of a century, the specific commodities that the Produce Exchange engaged in varied. Grains (e.g. wheat) and cotton seed oil (commonly abbreviated in the records as "CSO") were major products for much or all of its history, but other commodities were also traded, including tallow, pork, petroleum, lard, and others. Initially a cash or spot market only (i.e., for immediate delivery of goods), the Exchange also participated in the futures market (i.e., contracts for future delivery of commodities on agreed terms).
Well beyond simply providing a setting for the trading of goods, the Produce Exchange, as with exchanges generally, was a fundamental element of free market capitalism and the effort to keep economic power, by shaping the market, within the hands of the merchants. Accordingly, the Produce Exchange maintained various committees for admitting members, arbitrating disputes, inspecting the quality of goods, setting rules for deliveries of commodities, and other self-regulating and self-disciplining devices that would serve the interests of the merchants as a class, while also serving as justifications for minimal or no interventions by the legislature or courts, and for the homogenization of products by farmers and other producers.
(Sources include: E.R. Carhart, "The New York Produce Exchange" in "The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science" of September 1911, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1011641.pdf; and various New York Times articles.)
Arrangement
The collection is comprised almost entirely of 330 volumes, which are presented first in the finding aid container list. These are followed by the content of one box of unbound documents.
The volumes are presented in the finding aid in the order of their "sequence number" (SN). The sequence numbers simply represent the order that the volumes were stored on the shelves at N-YHS. The numbers were assigned to the volumes in early 2020 in preparation for offsite storage. Generally, volumes of related content were together on the shelves, but there are inconsistencies. There are also inconsistencies in the sequence in terms of chronological order of the volumes.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the records of the New York Produce Exchange and the related New York Commercial Association, spanning the years 1860-1955, which includes all but the last couple of decades of the organization's history. The collection consists almost entirely of 330 volumes of records: minutes of meetings of the Board of Managers, members, and committees; records of complaints, arbitration proceedings, and dispute resolution agreements; membership registers and dues payment records; data on daily trades, calls, and quotations for a wide range of commodities including cotton seed oil (CSO), wheat and other grains, black pepper, and many more; accounting ledgers and journals for the Exchange's General Fund and special funds, such as the Chemists Fund; and some employee payroll records. Committee records include those of the Buildings Committee responsible for oversight of construction of the building that opened in 1884 on Broadway at Bowling Green. A set of boxed unbound papers document the Exchange's negotiations with the federal government's Arbitration Committee in 1928-1929 concerning delivery contracts for cotton seed oil.
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Access Restrictions
Open to qualified researchers.
Use Restrictions
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
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Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as: New York Produce Exchange records, MS 449, New-York Historical Society
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the New York Produce Exchange, 1974.
About this Guide
Processing Information
The collection was processed in 2020 to prepare it for off-site storage. Archivist Elise Winks flagged the bound volumes with sequence/control numbers and prepared a preliminary inventory. Archivist Larry Weimer expanded on Winks's inventory to list the volumes individually in the finding aid, processed the few loose documents, and added further notes to complete the finding aid.
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Complaint Committee records, Volume 1, 1866-1873, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The first two volumes of the Complaint Committee are labeled on the spine as "minutes," the next two are labeled as "proceedings," volumes 6-19 are labeled as "records of the complaint committee," and volumes after that are labeled "record of complaints," though many volumes have lost their spine/labeling. The word "record" is used in this container list to link these volumes together.
Complaint Committee records, Volume 2, 1873, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 3. February-November 1874, 1874, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 4. November 1874-November 1875, 1874-1875, inclusive
Scope and Contents
There is no following volume 5 in the collection.
Complaint Committee records, Volume 6. May 1876-February 1877, 1876-1877, inclusive
Scope and Contents
There is no preceding Volume 5 of the Complaints Committee in the collection.
Complaint Committee records, Volume 7. February-November 1877, 1877, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 8. November 1877-March 1878, 1877-1878, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 9. March-October 1878, 1878, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 10. October 1878-October 1879, 1878-1879, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 11. October 1879-October 1880, 1879-1880, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 12. October 1880-August 1881, 1880-1881, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 13. September 1881-August 1882, 1881-1882, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 14. August 1882-January 1883, 1882-1883, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 15. February-August 1883, 1883, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 16. August 1883-January 1884, 1883-1884, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 17. January-September 1884, 1884, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 18. September 1884-March 1885, 1884-1885, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 19. March-December 1885, 1885, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 20. December 1885-August 1886, 1885-1886, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 21. August 1886-June 1887, 1886-1887, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 22. June 1887-December 1888, 1887-1888, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 23. December 1888-April 1890, 1888-1890, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 24. May 1890-September 1891, 1890-1891, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 25. September 1891-November 1892, 1891-1892, inclusive
Scope and Contents
See SN-32 for the following volume 26.
Complaint Committee records, Volume 27. November 1893-January 1895, 1893-1895, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 28. February 1895-March 1897, 1895-1897, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 29. March 1897-November 1898, 1897-1898, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 30. November 1898-August 1900, 1898-1900, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 31. September 1900-October 1901, 1900-1901, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 32. November 1901-February 1903, 1901-1903, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 33. February 1903-September 1904, 1903-1904, inclusive
Scope and Contents
See SN-39 for the following volume 34.
Complaint Committee records, Volume 26. November 1892-October 1893, 1892-1893, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 35. July 1906-November 1907, 1906-1907, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 36. November 1907-May 1909, 1907-1909, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 37. June 1909-September 1912, 1909-1912, inclusive
Board and Complaint Committee notices. March 1923-August 1931, 1923-1931, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 38. September 1912-June 1915, 1912-1915, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 39. June 1915-June 1918, 1915-1918, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 34. November 1904-August 1906, 1904-1906, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 40. June 1918-November 1921, 1918-1921, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 42. July 1926-April 1936, 1926-1936, inclusive
Complaint Committee records, Volume 41. November 1921-July 1926, 1921-1926, inclusive
Arbitration Committee records. Bond book. July 1861-March 1867, 1861-1867
Scope and Contents
The Arbitration Committee volumes (SN-43 to SN-70 and SN-331) include minutes, agreements, bonds, awards, and other records, though it was not always clear to the archivist which specific types were in each volume. It is possible/likely that the Exchange used terms interchangeably over the decades. Accordingly the generic term "records" is used in this container list. Where it appears that a more specific document type is in the volume, that is noted. Otherwise, most of the volumes appear to include minutes and agreements.
Arbitration Committee records. Bond book. April 1867-June 1868, 1867-1868
Arbitration Committee records. July 1861-May 1868, 1861-1868
Arbitration Committee records. June 1872-October 1874, 1872-1874
Arbitration Committee records. Bond book. October 1874-October 1881, 1874-1881
Arbitration Committee records. September 1875-February 1877, 1875-1877
Arbitration Committee records. April-November 1883, 1883
Arbitration Committee records. March 1892-December 1900, 1892-1900
Arbitration Committee records. Submissions. November 1881-February 1892, 1881-1892
Arbitration Committee records. June 1891-June 1892, 1891-1892
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1892-1893
Scope and Contents
When volumes SN-53 to SN-66 and SN-331 were inventoried in 2020, they were already shrinkwrapped for offsite storage so their date ranges could not be specifically determined, but the approximate ranges could be ascertained.
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1894-1895
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1896-1897
Arbitration Committee records, 1898-1899
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1899-1900
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1900-1901
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1902-1903
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1904-1905
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1906-1907
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1908-1909
Arbitration Committee records. December 1909-October 1911, 1909-1911
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1911-1912
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1912-1914
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1914-1915
Arbitration Committee records, circa 1915-1917
Arbitration Committee records. June 1917-May 1945, 1917-1945
Scope and Contents
This volume has relatively few and brief entries.
Arbitration Committee records. Awards and agreements. September 1909-May 1916, 1909-1916
Arbitration Committee records. Awards and agreements, 1924-1934
Arbitration Committee records. Awards and agreements. March 1919-March 1924, 1919-1924
Private Arbitration Committee. Awards and agreements. May 1919-July 1920, 1919-1920
Private Arbitration Committee. Awards and agreements. July 1920-February 1921, 1920-1921
Private Arbitration Committee. Awards and agreements. December 1921-July 1923, 1921-1923
Private Arbitration Committee. Awards and agreements. July 1923-October 1925, 1923-1925
Private Arbitration Committee. Awards and agreements. October 1925-July 1931, 1925-1931
Private Arbitration Committee. Awards and agreements. October 1931-April 1941, 1931-1941
W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Libellant) vs. James Richardson & Sons Ltd., et al. (Respondents), 1938
W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Libellant) vs. James Richardson & Sons Ltd., et al. (Respondents), 1938
W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Libellant) vs. James Richardson & Sons Ltd., et al. (Respondents), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
Scope and Contents
Volumes SN-80 to SN-89 are the originals and copies of Volumes 1 and 2 of the litigation transcript. See Box 1 for Volume 3.
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1938
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 2. May 1872-June 1874, 1872-1874
Scope and Contents
See SN-189 for volume 1 (1861-1872).
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 3. June-December 1874, 1874
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 4. January-April 1875, 1875
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 5. May 1875-April 1876, 1875-1876
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 6. May 1876-February 1877, 1876-1877
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 7. March 1877-April 1878, 1877-1878
Board of Managers minutes, Volume [8]. April-October 1878, 1878
Scope and Contents
The volume's spine incorrectly identifies this as volume 7.
Board of Managers minutes, Volume [9]. October 1878-November 1879, 1878-1879
Board of Managers minutes, Volume [10]. December 1879-December 1880, 1879-1880
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 11. January-October 1881, 1881
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 12. November 1881-November 1882, 1881-1882
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 13. November 1882-October 1883, 1882-1883
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 14. October 1883-October 1884, 1883-1884
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 15. October 1884-June 1885, 1884-1885
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 16. June 1885-May 1886, 1885-1886
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 17. May 1886-June 1887, 1886-1887
Board of Managers minutes, Volume [18]. June 1887-June 1888, 1887-1888
Scope and Contents
The volume's spine incorrectly indicates this as volume 19.
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 19. July 1888-February 1890, 1888-1890
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 23a. October 1896-February 1897, 1896-1897
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 20. February 1890-March 1891, 1890-1891
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 21. July 1891-May 1893, 1891-1893
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 22. July 1893-June 1895, 1893-1895
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 23. June 1895-December 1896, 1895-1896
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 25. October 1898-October 1900, 1898-1900
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 24. December 1896-October 1898, 1896-1898
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 26. October 1900-October 1902, 1900-1902
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 27. October 1902-August 1904, 1902-1904
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 28. August 1904-August 1906, 1904-1906
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 29. August 1906-October 1908, 1906-1908
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 30. October 1908-March 1911, 1908-1911
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 31. April 1911-August 1914, 1911-1914
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 32. September 1914-June 1920, 1914-1920
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 33. June 1920-June 1924, 1920-1924
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 34. June 1924-August 1926, 1924-1926
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 35. September 1926-August 1929, 1926-1929
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 36. September 1929-August 1931, 1929-1931
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 37. August 1931-June 1934, 1931-1934
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 38. June 1934-December 1936, 1934-1936
Scope and Contents
See also Box 1 for the Board of Managers agendas and related correspondence and other supporting documents for the meetings of December 20, 1934, August 1, 1935, and January 2, 1936.
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 39. January 1937-June 1939, 1937-1939
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 40. June 1939-December 1941, 1939-1941
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. February 1871-April 1877, 1871-1877
Scope and Contents
Volumes SN-130 to SN-139 primarily hold minutes of the meetings of the exchange members. The volumes also hold the meeting minutes of various committees. The Grain Trade Committee appears most frequently. Others that appear, though not necessarily consistently through all the volumes, are the committees on provisions, butter, petroleum, flour, steamship trade, lard, and others.
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. December 1879-March 1883, 1879-1883
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. April 1877-December 1879, 1877-1879
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. April 1883-September 1884, 1883-1884
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. September 1884-January 1887, 1884-1887
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. January 1887-July 1891, 1887-1891
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. October 1891-December 1897, 1891-1897
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. January 1898-June 1902, 1898-1902
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. June 1902-June 1907, 1902-1907
Member meeting and committee meeting minutes. July 1914-May 1924, 1914-1924
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 12, 1916-1922
Scope and Contents
There are no volumes marked as volumes 1-11 for the Committee on Admissions in the collection.
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 13, 1922-1925
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 14, 1925-1929
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 15, 1929-1932
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 16, 1932-1936
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 17, 1936-1938
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 18, 1938-1941
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 19, 1941-1945
Committee on Admissions minutes, Volume 20, 1946-1949
Committee on Admissions minutes, 1882-1883
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. September 1913-November 1914, 1913-1914
Scope and Contents
Volumes SN-150 to SN-162 are labelled as "calls" and volumes SN-163 to SN-169 and SN-182 are labelled as "quotations," but the tables in the volumes appear to have identical data.
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. November 1914-February 1916, 1914-1916
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. June 1917-August 1919, 1917-1919
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. September 1919-January 1921, 1919-1921
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. January 1921-April 1922, 1921-1922
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. May 1922-August 1923, 1922-1923
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. August 1923-November 1924, 1923-1924
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. December 1924-March 1926, 1924-1926
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. July 1927-November 1928, 1927-1928
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. March 1926-July 1927, 1926-1927
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. November 1928-March 1930, 1928-1930
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. December 1930-December 1931, 1930-1931
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. December 1931-April 1933, 1931-1933
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. August 1934-September 1935, 1934-1935
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. August 1934-September 1935, 1934-1935
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. September 1935-February 1936, 1935-1936
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. October 1936-October 1937, 1936-1937
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. October 1937-November 1938, 1937-1938
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. November 1938-January 1941, 1938-1941
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. January 1941-March 1947, 1941-1947
Scope and Contents
See SN-182 for the next volume, ranging from 1947-1950.
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Daily trades. January 1941-December 1944, 1941-1944
Scope and Contents
The volume cover is embossed to indicate the contents are "quotations," but the sheets themselves are labelled as "daily trades."
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Daily trades. January 1945-February 1949, 1945-1949
Scope and Contents
The volume cover is embossed to indicate the contents are "quotations," but the sheets themselves are labelled as "daily trades."
Daily trades? November 1928-April 1940, 1928-1940
Scope and Contents
The volume is not labelled, but appears to be a record of sales of cotton seed oil (CSO), black pepper, pork, beef, and other goods. At the front of the volume is a recap of CSO sales for 1904-14 by month and an annual summary for 1904-31.
Cotton Seed Products Committee minutes and records. November 1933-January 1943, 1933-1943
Cotton Seed Products Committee and Soybean Oil Committee. Joint meeting minutes. November 1946-February 1951, 1946-1951
Cotton Seed Products Committee minutes and records. January 1943-January 1949, 1943-1949
Cotton Seed Products Committee minutes and records. January 1949-March 1951, 1949-1951
Cotton Seed Products Committee minutes. January-September 1907, 1907
Cotton Seed Products Committee minutes. March 1904-January 1907, 1904-1907
Closing prices of prime summer yellow cotton seed oil at New York. February 1904-December 1929, 1904-1929, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These are printed, not handwritten, sheets of data.
Cotton Seed Products Committee minutes and records. September 1907-May 1932, 1907-1932
Cotton Seed Oil. Daily trades. December 1951-August 1952, 1951-1952
Cotton Seed Oil (CSO). Calls/Quotations. March 1947-August 1950, 1947-1950
Daily prices of prime summer yellow cotton seed oil (CSO) at New York. April 1909-December 1915, 1909-1915
Scope and Contents
Unlike volume SN-179, these are handwritten records. In addition to CSO, the records have data for pork, beef, and other goods.
Cotton Seed Oil and Domestic Wheat. Daily trades. January 1926-January 1927, 1926-1927
Scope and Contents
See SN-315 to SN-319 and SN-322 to SN-330 for what appear to be earlier records of trades in these commodities.
Cotton Seed Oil and Domestic Wheat. Daily trades. January 1927-March 1928, 1927-1928
Cotton Seed Oil. Daily trades. March 1928-September 1929, 1928-1929
Cotton Seed Oil. Daily trades. September 1929-October 1931, 1929-1931
Board of Trustees meeting minutes. May 1860-July 1874, 1860-1874, inclusive
Board of Managers minutes, Volume 1. May 1861-April 1872, 1861-1872
Scope and Contents
Within this volume of minutes is a separate book with other summary records for the New York Commercial Association, including lists of appointments of standing and special committees, complaints, communications from similar organizations, communications from members, charter revisions, Cental system, donations, expulsions, suspensions, restorations, elections, and other data. The core of the data is from 1861-72, with some margin notations to 1880.
Alphabetical list/register of members/subscribers, as of circa 1868, circa 1868, inclusive
Subscribers/subscription book, 1864-1869, inclusive
Alphabetical list/register of members/subscribers, as of circa 1863, circa 1863, inclusive
Subscribers/subscription book, 1869-1872, inclusive
Alphabetical list/register of members/subscribers, as of circa 1872, circa 1872, inclusive
Subscribers/subscription book, 1861-1864, inclusive
Subscribers/subscription book, 1872-1881, inclusive
Alphabetical list/register of members/subscribers, as of circa 1873, circa 1873, inclusive
Alphabetical list/register of members/subscribers, as of circa 1881, circa 1881, inclusive
Ledger of accounts (assets, revenue, expenditures), 1872-1873, inclusive
Alphabetical list of visitors, 1864-1865, inclusive
Record of memberships transferred to new members, 1889-1902, inclusive
Annual dues, 1893-1901, inclusive
Annual dues, 1872-1879, inclusive
Annual dues, 1879-1886, inclusive
Annual dues, 1886-1894, inclusive
Annual dues, 1914-1922, inclusive
Annual dues, 1900-1908, inclusive
Annual dues, 1907-1914, inclusive
Annual dues, 1930-1934, inclusive
Annual dues, 1922-1930, inclusive
Annual dues, 1938-1939, inclusive
Annual dues, 1934-1938, inclusive
Employee salary receipt acknowledgements. November 1950-February 1953, 1950-1953, inclusive
Employee salary receipt acknowledgements. April 1945-November 1950, 1945-1950, inclusive
Employee salary receipt acknowledgements. October 1939-April 1945, 1939-1945, inclusive
Employee salary receipt acknowledgements. January 1934-November 1936, 1934-1936, inclusive
Employee salary receipt acknowledgements. November 1936-September 1939, 1936-1939, inclusive
Employee payroll ledger. May 1902-December 1928, 1902-1928, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Data includes name, occupation, start/end date, and pay rate. Women employees identified with prefix "Miss."
Employee payroll sheets, 1945-1952, inclusive
Payroll (Buildings Department?), 1951-1955, inclusive
Payroll (Buildings Department?), 1945-1950, inclusive
Payroll (Buildings Department), 1938-1944, inclusive
Securities ledger (investments), 1939-1947, inclusive
Grain inspection. Suspense account. September 1914-December 1917, 1914-1917, inclusive
Flour inspection department. Superintendent's accounts. March 1884-March 1917, 1884-1917, inclusive
Flour inspection department. Inspection Fund journal. August 1931-September 1938, 1931-1938, inclusive
Bills of lading, 1934-1938, inclusive
Chemists Fund(?) General journal. October 1947-April 1951, 1947-1951, inclusive
Cotton Seed Oil Chemists Fund. General journal. October 1908-April 1925, 1908-1925, inclusive
Chemists Fund. General journal. November 1938-September 1947, 1938-1947, inclusive
Chemists Fund. Daily cash receipts. June 1948-April 1951, 1948-1951, inclusive
Chemists Fund. General journal? May 1925-December 1932, 1925-1932, inclusive
Chemists Fund. General ledger, 1938-1950, inclusive
Payroll records. Chemistry Department, 1937-1951, inclusive
Expense journal. April 1920-October 1938, 1920-1938, inclusive
Bank register ("Check book covering funds"). November 1947-April 1951, 1947-1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes the General Fund, Flour Inspection Fund, Chemists Fund, and Grain Inspection Fund.
Abstract of office and general expenses. April 1930-October 1938, 1930-1938, inclusive
Record of payments and receipts. April 1931-October 1938, 1931-1938, inclusive
Abstract of office and general expenses. May 1906-April 1920, 1906-1920, inclusive
Securities ledger (investments), 1948-1949, inclusive
General ledger, 1930s-1940s, inclusive
Flour inspection fund. Journal and suspense accounts. April 1917-July 1931, 1917-1931, inclusive
Journal entries. April 1942-December 1946, 1942-1946, inclusive
Committee on Information & Statistics. Receipts & disbursements. 1921-May 1933, 1921-1933, inclusive
Journal (General?). April 1919-April 1940, 1919-1940, inclusive
Journal (General?). August 1904-March 1919, 1904-1919, inclusive
Not used
Scope and Contents
There is no volume SN-247.
General fund. Cash book (receipts & disbursements). November 1938-April 1946, 1938-1946, inclusive
General fund. Daily cash receipts. May 1948-May 1951, 1948-1951, inclusive
Ledger. July 1926-May 1932, 1926-1932, inclusive
Ledger, 1905-1907, inclusive
Grain inspection fund. Journal. May 1923-February 1937, 1923-1937, inclusive
Ledger, 1893-1905, inclusive
Ledger, 1907-1926, inclusive
Ledger, 1886-1893, inclusive
Ledger, 1878-1882, inclusive
Ledger, 1892, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes only a few entries. See also volume SN-274.
Cash book/journal. January 1893-January 1897, 1893-1897, inclusive
Cash receipts & disbursements. April 1905-April 1907, 1905-1907, inclusive
Grain inspection fund. Cash book/journal. April 1930-October 1938, 1930-1938, inclusive
Cash receipts & disbursements. May 1907-May 1911, 1907-1911, inclusive
Cash receipts. May 1916-November 1918, 1916-1918, inclusive
Cash receipts. December 1932-May 1937, 1932-1937, inclusive
Cash receipts. June 1937-October 1938, 1937-1938, inclusive
General fund. Voucher register. November 1938-October 1942, 1938-1942, inclusive
Cash receipts. November 1938-October 1942, 1938-1942, inclusive
Chemists Fund. General cash book. November 1938-April 1944, 1938-1944, inclusive
Chemists Fund. Cash receipts & disbursements. May 1944-April 1951, 1944-1951, inclusive
Cash receipts. November 1942-April 1946, 1942-1946, inclusive
General Fund. Cash receipts. May 1946-April 1948, 1946-1948, inclusive
Payroll records, 1947-1951, inclusive
Subcommittee on Buildings. Minutes and reports, Book 1. July-December 1881, 1881, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This primarily includes regular reports beginning with #1, likely related to the oversight of the construction of the new Exchange building at Bowling Green. The reports continue in volume SN-306.
Special Committee on the New Exchange Building. Minutes. November 1881-November 1882, 1881-1882, inclusive
Ledger, 1892, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes only a few entries. See also volume SN-257.
Special Committee on the New Exchange Building. March 1879-May 1879; Special notices, 1879-1882, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The volume includes both the special committee minutes for March-May 1879 and a variety of special notices from 1880-82.
Buildings Committee. Minutes. December 1883-May 1885, 1883-1885, inclusive
Buildings Committee. Minutes. September 1892-October 1893, 1892-1893, inclusive
Buildings Committee. Minutes. August 1879-October 1880, 1879-1880, inclusive
Buildings Committee. Minutes. October 1880-October 1881, 1880-1881, inclusive
Buildings Committee. Letterpress copybook. August-December 1879, 1879, inclusive
Various special committees. Minutes. January 1912-August 1925, 1912-1925
Various special committees. Minutes. January 1904-February 1912, 1904-1912
Various special committees. Minutes. July 1893-December 1903, 1893-1903
Various special committees. Minutes. January 1878-June 1884, 1878-1884
Special Committee on Soybean Oil. Minutes. July 1944-November 1949, 1944-1949
Special Committee on Soybean Oil. Minutes. November 1938-March 1942, 1938-1942
Various committees. Minutes, 1930-1935, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes for at least four committees: Business Conduct, Arrangements, Securities, and Commissions.
Business Conduct Committee. Minutes. March-December 1930, 1930, inclusive
Business Conduct Committee. Minutes. March 1927-September 1950, 1927-1950, inclusive
Committee on Custodian & Weighing. Minutes. May 1933-September 1937, 1933-1937, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Also includes minutes of joint meetings with the Committee on Grain.
Committee on Custodian & Weighing. Minutes. January 1935-December 1940, 1935-1940, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Also includes minutes of joint meetings with the Committee on Grain.
Committee on Grain. Minutes. July 1930-December 1934, 1930-1934, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Also includes minutes of joint meetings with the Committee on Custodian & Weighing.
Committee on Grain and related special committees, 1940-1950
Committee on Information & Statistics. Minutes. January 1901-May 1910, 1901-1910, inclusive
Committee on Information & Statistics. Minutes. June 1872-May 1883, 1872-1883, inclusive
Committee on Information & Statistics. Minutes. July 1930-June 1935, 1930-1935, inclusive
Committee on Information & Statistics. Minutes. January 1884-June 1988, 1884-1888, inclusive
Committee on Information & Statistics. Minutes. June 1888-May 1893, 1888-1893, inclusive
Committee on Provisions. Minutes. January 1873-July 1904, 1873-1904, inclusive
Committee on Provisions. Minutes, 1901-1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
There is relatively little content in this volume, most of it from 1933.
Special Committee on Popham Property, 1888-1892
Committee on Trade. Minutes. February 1872-May 1884, 1872-1884, inclusive
Committee on Steamships. Minutes and correspondence, 1897-1952, inclusive
Tallow Futures Committee. Minutes, 1935-1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, correspondence, trade group registration and insurance records.
Special Committee on Maritime Affairs. Minutes. January 1887-February 1892, 1887-1892, inclusive
Reports to the Buildings Committee, Book #2. December 1881-March 1883, 1881-1883, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These regular reports are likely related to the oversight of the construction of the new Exchange building at Bowling Green. See SN-272 for the earlier reports that precede these.
Buildings Committee. Minutes. November 28, 1882-November 27, 1883, 1882-1883, inclusive
Special Committee on Securities Trading. Minutes. November 2, 1927-October 31, 1928, 1927-1928, inclusive
Committee on Hay & Straw. Minutes. August 9, 1893-July 24, 1930, 1893-1930, inclusive
Index to unidentified record book, undated
Scope and Contents
The index appears to relate to an accounting ledger.
Index to unidentified record book, undated
Scope and Contents
The index appears to relate to an accounting ledger.
Black pepper quotations (daily trades?). September 1941-April 1951, 1941-1951, inclusive
Black pepper job lots. March 1950-January 1951, 1950-1951, inclusive
Daily trades. Prime crude soybean oil. December 1950-June 1954, 1950-1954, inclusive
Daily trades, 1900, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Volumes SN-315 to SN-319 and SN-322 to SN-330 include records of daily trades for various goods. The volumes all appear to include wheat as their principal focus. Other goods seem to appear more unevenly over the time period (1900-1913), sometimes written on to pages that were pre-printed with labeling for other goods. Goods other than wheat that appear in at least some of these volumes include, possibly among others: corn, oats, white oats, cotton seed oil (CSO), pig iron, and lard.
Daily trades, 1901, inclusive
Daily trades, 1902, inclusive
Daily trades, 1904, inclusive
Daily trades, 1903, inclusive
Committee on Grains, 1874-1875, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook-like compilation of printed rules on grading, published accounts of meetings, some news articles, etc.
Quotations/prices. January 1916-October 1928, 1916-1928, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes many types of goods, including: pork, beef, tallow, bellies, hams, dressed hogs, lard, petro, cotton oil, and others.
Daily trades, 1905, inclusive
Daily trades, 1906, inclusive
Daily trades, 1907, inclusive
Daily trades, 1908, inclusive
Daily trades, 1909, inclusive
Daily trades, 1910, inclusive
Daily trades, 1911, inclusive
Daily trades, 1912, inclusive
Daily trades, 1913, inclusive
Special Committee on Cotton Seed Oil Legislation (later, on CSO Rules or Contracts) (6 folders), 1924-1931, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes extensive correspondence, committee minutes, draft rules, and other documents related to the Produce Exchange's negotiations with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover's Arbitration Committee to enact new rules for delivery on cotton seed oil contracts. Correspondence includes some letters to and from U.S. senators and congressmen as the matter related to federal legislation (S. 1414 of 1928).
Board of Managers meeting documents (3 folders), 1934-1936, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes agendas and related correspondence and other supporting documents for the meetings of December 20, 1934, August 1, 1935, and January 2, 1936.
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. (Cross-libellant) vs. W.E. Hedger Transportation Corp (Cross-Respondent), 1937
Scope and Contents
This is Volume 3 of the proceedings (pages 1019-1077). For Volumes 1 and 2, see SN-80 to SN-89.
Joint circular re: grading and delivery of grain in New York Harbor, 1875
Scope and Contents
Issued by the General Freight Agents of the Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, and Erie Railway, the circular communicates to their Western Agents and Connections the rules agreed with the Produce Exchange for the grading and delivery of grain.
Bonded Grain Futures Market documents, 1926-1937, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Documents include: application to and approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to become a Contract Market under the Grain Futures Act; subsequent related correspondence from 1927-1937; statement of Produce Exchange president H.L. Bodman at the opening of the Bonded Grain Futures Market; a publicity booklet about the market (7 copies); rules regulating the grain futures trade for delivery in Buffalo among the Produce Exchange members (as amended to 1931); and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the New York Grain Clearing Corporation.
Historical notes, undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes by W.G. Black, a historian of the Produce Exchange. The specific topic is unclear but appears to relate to a John Williams. The document is fragmenting; a photocopy is included in the folder.
Report of delegation of the Produce Exchange to inspect the new barge canal, 1914-1915, inclusive
Scope and Contents
8 copies of the report, dated November 25, 1914, as reprinted from the January 1915 issue of "Flour, Hay, Grain & Feed"