A Guide to the Southwestern Ice Manufacturers' Association Records, 1913-1964


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Southwestern Ice Manufacturers' Association
	Title	SOUTHWESTERN ICE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION RECORDS,
	Dates:	1913-1964.
	Abstract	Records relate to the management and operation of the association and contain technical information on the manufacture of ice and the building of ice plants, legislation concerning the regulation of the ice industry and labor relations, marketing and advertising plans, and proceedings of conventions and conferences.
	ID	AR 70-40
	Extent	16 ft., 1 in.; manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic.
	Language
	Repository	The University of Texas at AustinCenter for American History

Scope and Contents

Records relate to the management and operation of the association and contain technical information on the manufacture of ice and the building of ice plants, legislation concerning the regulation of the ice industry and labor relations, marketing and advertising plans, and proceedings of conventions and conferences. Included are correspondence, reports, ledgers, journals, contracts, regulations, financial records, surveys, legislation, programs, photographs, and circular letters. Photographs relate to conventions and awards ceremonies of the association.

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Restrictions

Use Restrictions

Stored off-site; 72 hours notice required for retrieval.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Alderdice, Frank B.
		Minnings, Burdette
		Borden, Richard D.
		Cole, Ben
		Cox, Shannon B.
		Irvine, Joseph M.
		Irvine, Ralph H.
		Morgan, Lucien
		Roddy, Hewitt
		Telford, Dallas G.
		Weatherred, Preston A.
		Wewerka, Frank A.
	Subjects (Persons) - Photographs
		Binnings, Burdette
		Irvine, Ralph H.
		Orth, L. A.
		Roundtree, J. C.
		Weatherred, Preston A.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Southwestern Ice Manufacturers' Association
	Subjects
		Advertising
		Business
		Engineering
		Labor relations

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Management:

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1. Anti-Trust Matters, 1952

2. "A. T. A. E. Award", 1952

3. Code Administration Tax, 1933

4. The Coolerator Company, Duluth, Minnesota, 1947-1948

5. East Texas Conference, 1953

6. Employment of Veterans, 1945

7. Federal Wages and Hours Law, 1947

8. G. C. P. R. Supplement, Adjustment of Ceiling Prices for Ice 1951-1952,

9. Houston Labor File, 1939

10. Houston Market, 1953

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1. Ice Code Authority Studies, 1934-1935

2. Going Wage Rate Brackets, 1944

3. Ice Price Schedules, 1953-1954

4. Ice Price Schedules, 1956

5. Insurance Bureau, 1937

6. Revision of Boiler and Machinery Insurance Rates, 1952

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1. Labor, 1937

2. Employment Stabilization in the Ice Industry, 1940

3. Labor-Management Relations in Texas, 1947

4. Legislation and Regulation Decisions-Denton Case

5. Legislation and Regulation, Ice as a Public Utility

6. Legislation-Strikes, 1946

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1. Railroad Retirement Bill, 1946-1947

2. Texas-Louisiana Freight Bureau, 1947

3. Taft-Hartley Repeal, 1949

4. Legislation-H. B. 682, General Correspondence

5. Management, 1926-1936

6. Management Conference, Mineral Wells, Texas 1933,

7. Management Conference, Houston, Texas 1949,

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1. Management Conference, Austin, Texas 1950,

2. Management Conference, Survey on Trends of Changes in Market for Ice 1950,

3. Management Conference, 1955

4. Management and NAII Conference, Austin, Texas, 1956

5. Management and NAII Conference, Waco, Texas, 1957

6. Management Committee, 1958 Consumer Survey

7. Management Miscellaneous, 1950

8. "Meeting the Challenge", Service Pointers, 1945

9. Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-1953

10. Peddler Contracts

11. Purity Ice Company, Inc., Lakeland, Florida

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1. Regional Meetings, 1950

2. Regional Meeting, Longview, Texas 1952,

3. Regional Meetings, 1952

4. Regulation-Consumer Installment Credit-Federal Reserve System, 1950

5. RFC Loans for Plants in Texas, 1951

6. Wage and Hour Booklets, 1961

7. Selective Service Regulations, 1950

8. Truck Icing Thievery

9. Wage and Hour Booklets, 1948

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Merchandising

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1. Advertising-Promotional, 1958

2. Advertising Order Forms, Texas No. 1

3. Advertising Order Forms, Texas No. 2

4. Advertising Order Forms, Out-of-State Nos. 1 and 2

5. Coin Vendors for Ice Refrigerated Bottled Beverages, 1952

6. "The Efficiency Line", 1932

7. Ice Route Service, Salesmanship and Sales Supervision

8. Ice Signs

9. Management-Merchandising Conference, Corsicana, Texas, 1958

10. Management-Merchandising Conference, Corsicana, Texas, 1959

11. Managers' Guide Orders for Shipment, 1945-1946

12. Marketing Plan Correspondence, 1931-1932

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1. Marketing Plan, 1932

2. Marketing, 1933

3. Merchandising, 1940, 1946-1948

4. Merchandising Conference, Waco, Texas 1949,

5. Merchandising Conference, Waco, Texas 1952,

6. Miscellaneous, 1953

7. Merchandising Activities Miscellaneous, 1956

8. National Food Preservation Program, 1929

9. Personnel Management and Merchandising for the Ice Industry

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1. Point-of-Use Ice Makers, 1952

2. Radio Broadcast File, 1935

3. Report Texoma Conference, 1960

4. Restaurant Magazine Advertising, 1958

5. Sales and Service Conference, Waco, Texas 1950,

6. Short Course Advance Reservations, 1950

7. Short Course Attendance Records, 1950

8. Ice Merchandising Short Course, Texas A & M College, 1950

9. Short Course Miscellaneous, 1950

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1. Spring Ice Sales Meeting, Waco, Texas, 1954

2. Spring Ice Sales Meeting, Waco, Texas, 1955

3. Spring Ice Sales Meeting, Waco, Texas, 1956

4. Spring Ice Sales Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, 1957

5. Storage Chest Development

6. Suggestions for Selling Aids, 1932

7. Texas Ice Advertising, 1950

8. Texas Ice Day, 1950

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1. Texas Ice Day, 1958

2. Texas Ice Day, 1958

3. Texas Restaurant Association Convention, Dallas, Texas, 1950

4. Texas Retail Grocers' Association Convention, Dallas, Texas, 1950

5. Truck Icing, 1952-1954

6. Truck Icing Booklets, Material and Orders, 1957

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Conference of Engineers

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1. Conference Bulletins, Dallas, Texas, 1937

2. Conference Bulletins, Austin, Texas, 1938

3. Engineers' Conference, 1939

4. Fall Engineers' Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1939

5. Spring Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1940

6. Fall Engineeres' Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 1940

7. Spring Engineers' Conference, Waco, Texas, 1941

8. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1941

9. Spring Engineers' Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

10. Fall Engineers' Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1942

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1. Spring Engineers' Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1943

2. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1943

3. Spring Engineers' Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 1944

4. Fall Engineers' Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1944

5. Spring Regional Conferences, Fort Worth-San Antonio, Texas, 1945

6. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1945

7. Spring Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1946

8. Fall Engineers' Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1946

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1. Spring Engineers' Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1947

2. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1947

3. Spring Engineers' Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 1948

4. Fall Engineers' Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1948

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1. Fall Engineers' Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1949

2. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1950

3. Fall Engineers' Conference, Waco, Texas, 1951

4. Fall Engineers' Conference, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1952

5. Fall Engineers' Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1953

6. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1954

7. Fall Engineers' Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1955

8. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1956

9. Fall Engineers' Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1957

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1. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1958

2. Fall Engineers' Conference, Houston, Texas, 1959

3. Fall Engineers' Conference, Austin, Texas, 1960

4. Engineers' Conference-Programs, Fall 1944-1960

5. "Air Conditioning with Ice" Research Project, University of Texas, 1948

6. Air Conditioning with Ice Prospective Installations

7. Fran-Kem, 1952

8. Miscellaneous

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1. Texas Employers' Insurance Company, 1949-1950

2. Shrimp Research, 1952-1953

3. Sno-Gel, 1952

4. Statistical Material

5. Technical Reports

6. Technical Reports

7. War Training Courses-Refrigeration Training, University of Texas Technical Committee-Fall, 1943

8. Texas A & M Research Program-Vitamins, 1944-1945

9. Texas A & M Short Course Circulars, 1949

10. Texas A & M Short Course, Lab Assignments and General Information 1949,

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1. Texas A & M Short Course, Miscellaneous, 1949

2. Texas A & M Short Course, Text Material and Correspondence, 1949

3. Engineers' Short Course, Advance Reservations, 1950

4. Texas A & M Short Course, Engineers, 1950

5. Texas A & M Short Course, Ice Plant Managers, 1950

6. Texas A & M Short Course, Orders for Texts, 1949-1951

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1. Texas A & M Short Course, Ice Plant Engineers, 1951

2. Texas A & M Short Course, Ice Plant Engineers and Managers, 1952

3. Texas A & M Short Course, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1954

4. Texas A & M Short Course, Engineers, 1955

5. Texas A & M Short Course, On the Job Training

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Conventions

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1. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Nine-Thirteen, 1926-1930

2. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Fourteen-Eighteen, 1931-1935

3. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Nineteen - Twenty-one, 1936-1938

4. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Twenty-two - Twenty-five, 1939-1942

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1. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Twenty-six - Thirty, 1943-1947

2. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Thirty-one - Thirty-three, 1948-1950

3. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Thirty-four - Thirty-six, 1951-1953

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1. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Thirty-seven - Thirty-nine, 1954-1956

2. National Convention Proceedings, Conventions Forty - Forty-five, 1957-1962

3. National Ice Industry Directory, 1960-1961

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1. California-Texas Convention, 1949

2. Convention Announcement, 1951

3. Convention News Notes (Third Series), 1951

4. Galveston Convention News Notes, 1951

5. 60th Annual Convention Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1951

6. 65th Annual Convention Miscellaneous, San Antonio, Texas, 1955

7. Convention Programs, 1935-1951

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1. Registration Lists, 1937-1955

2. Convention Materials, 1944-1958

3. Convention Financial Data, 1954

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1. Membership Register, 1913-1924

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Special Services

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1. Circular Letters, 1926

2. Circular Letters, 1927

3. Circular Letters, 1928

4. Circular Letters, 1930

5. Circular Letters, 1931

6. Circular Letters, 1933

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1. Circular Letters, 1934

2. Circular Letters, 1935

3. Circular Letters, 1936

4. Circular Letters, 1937

5. Circular Letters, 1938

6. Circular Letters, 1939

7. Circular Letters, 1940

8. Circular Letters, 1941

9. Circular Letters, 1942

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1. Circular Letters, 1943

2. Circular Letters, 1944

3. Circular Letters, 1945

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1. Circular Letters, 1946

2. Circular Letters, 1947

3. Circular Letters, 1948

4. Circular Letters, 1949

5. Circular Letters, 1950

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1. Circular Letters, 1951

2. Circular Letters, 1952

3. Circular Letters, 1953

4. Circular Letters, 1954

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1. Circular Letters, 1956

2. Circular Letters, 1957

3. Circular Letters, 1958

4. Circular Letters, 1959

5. Circular Letters, 1960

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1. Circular Letters, 1961

2. Circular Letters, 1962

3. Circular Letters, 1963

4. Circular Letters, 1964

5. Safety Releases, 1946

6. Orrison Sized Ice Patent Invalid, 1950

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Administration

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1. Journal, 1938-1960

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1. Ledger, 1913-1922

2. Ledger, 1927-1930

3. Ledger, 1935

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1. Ledger, 1930-1940

2. Ledger, 1933-1936

3. Ledger, 1935

4. Accounts, 1935-1936

5. Ledger, 1935-1941

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1. Ledger, 1938-1954

2. Ledger, 1958-1959

3. Journal, 1936-1939

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1. Journal, 1932-1937

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1. Journal, 1926-1931

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1. Journal, 1922-1932

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1. Journal, 1937-1958

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Miscellaneous

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1. Miscellaneous Notebook, 1955

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Photographs

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Photographs, of Southwestern Ice Manufacturer's Assn. [UNK] undated,

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Photograph of Ice Code Hearing, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC, Sept. 8, 1933

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