Clear Creek Cooperative Association [RG1400.AM]

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RG1400.AM:  Clear Creek Cooperative Association (Pawnee County, Nebraska)

Records:  1883-1888
Clear Creek, Pawnee County, Nebraska
Size:  One volume

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Clear Creek Cooperative Association of Pawnee County, Nebraska, was organized on March 8, 1883, with seven charter members.  It endeavored to invest capital in farm products in an effort to yield the largest income possible for its members.  It disbanded in 1888 with each shareholder receiving the value of his full share of common stock plus a share of the $32 in the treasury and accrued interest.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one volume containing the constitution, 1883, and minutes, 1883-1888, of the Clear Creek Cooperative Association.  The minutes document the financial activities of the association in its efforts to earn profits on investments.  A typescript of the constitution and minutes is included.  Additionally, most pages of the volume record the financial accounts of O.W. Griffing, one of the association’s charter members, who retained the volume after the association’s demise.  In it, Griffing recorded his chicken ranch financial transactions of the late 1930s.

INVENTORY

Volume

1. Clear Creek Cooperative Association Constitution, 1883, and Minutes, 1883-1888

Subject headings:

Cooperative associations — Pawnee County (Nebraska)
Griffing, Olin Wilberforce, 1856-1940
Pawnee County (Nebraska) — History

AIF         08-21-2018