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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.

There is no following volume 5 in the collection.

There is no preceding Volume 5 of the Complaints Committee in the collection.

See SN-32 for the following volume 26.

See SN-39 for the following volume 34.

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.

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.

This volume has relatively few and brief entries.

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.

See SN-189 for volume 1 (1861-1872).

The volume's spine incorrectly identifies this as volume 7.

The volume's spine incorrectly indicates this as volume 19.

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.

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.

There are no volumes marked as volumes 1-11 for the Committee on Admissions in the collection.

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.

See SN-182 for the next volume, ranging from 1947-1950.

The volume cover is embossed to indicate the contents are "quotations," but the sheets themselves are labelled as "daily trades."

The volume cover is embossed to indicate the contents are "quotations," but the sheets themselves are labelled as "daily trades."

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.

These are printed, not handwritten, sheets of data.

Unlike volume SN-179, these are handwritten records. In addition to CSO, the records have data for pork, beef, and other goods.

See SN-315 to SN-319 and SN-322 to SN-330 for what appear to be earlier records of trades in these commodities.

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.

Data includes name, occupation, start/end date, and pay rate. Women employees identified with prefix "Miss."

Includes the General Fund, Flour Inspection Fund, Chemists Fund, and Grain Inspection Fund.

There is no volume SN-247.

Includes only a few entries. See also volume SN-274.

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.

Includes only a few entries. See also volume SN-257.

The volume includes both the special committee minutes for March-May 1879 and a variety of special notices from 1880-82.

Includes minutes for at least four committees: Business Conduct, Arrangements, Securities, and Commissions.

Also includes minutes of joint meetings with the Committee on Grain.

Also includes minutes of joint meetings with the Committee on Grain.

Also includes minutes of joint meetings with the Committee on Custodian & Weighing.

There is relatively little content in this volume, most of it from 1933.

Includes minutes, correspondence, trade group registration and insurance records.

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.

The index appears to relate to an accounting ledger.

The index appears to relate to an accounting ledger.

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.

Scrapbook-like compilation of printed rules on grading, published accounts of meetings, some news articles, etc.

Includes many types of goods, including: pork, beef, tallow, bellies, hams, dressed hogs, lard, petro, cotton oil, and others.

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).

Includes agendas and related correspondence and other supporting documents for the meetings of December 20, 1934, August 1, 1935, and January 2, 1936.

This is Volume 3 of the proceedings (pages 1019-1077). For Volumes 1 and 2, see SN-80 to SN-89.

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.

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.

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.

8 copies of the report, dated November 25, 1914, as reprinted from the January 1915 issue of "Flour, Hay, Grain & Feed"