Alaska Packers Association Records, 1900-1990.

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Alaska Packers Association Records, 1900-1990.

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The Alaska Packers Association operated seafood canneries and fishing stations on all major rivers in Bristol Bay, and on the Alaska Penisula, Kodiak Island and numerous other locations. A major subsidiary represented in the records is the Del Monte Corporation. The records were compiled by John McFarlane Cuthill, a land agent and attorney for APA. The records include minutes, correspondence, land surveys and other property records, maps, blueprints of canneries, financial and business records and the office files of company executives. Also included are microfilm reels of APA records created by the company that includes an extensive company history, legal documents, operation reports, union contracts and files on fishery and wildlife regulations.

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Cuthill, John McFarlane.

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Alaska Packers Association

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An association of Alaska salmon canneries chartered in 1892 from 11 independent canneries, canneries, with headquarters in San Francisco. In the 1960's central offices moved to the Blaine, Wash. area and the association was sold to Del Monte Corp. along with their parent company, California Packing Corp. The Alaska Packers Associations was still operational, as of 1982, as a subsidiary of Del Monte Corp. The APA operated an extensive fleet of ships, maintained files on v...

Del Monte Corporation

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Del Monte Corp., a packer of fruits and vegetables and a marketer of fresh fruits, merged into a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds, a diversified tobacco concern on Feb. 2, 1979. From the description of Del Monte Corporation letters : San Francisco, Calif., to shareholders : TLS, 1978-1979. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 55026574 ...