Charles C. Miller oral history, 1968.

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Charles C. Miller oral history, 1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934456

In this interview, Charles C. Miller shares his observations of the New York State sugar beet industry. Topics include: his impressions and expectations of grower interest in sugar beets; the procurement of a sugar beet acreage allotment from the USDA, including the contributions of the Redevelopment Area Organization of Cayuga County, N.Y. and of Charles Brannan, former Secretary of Agriculture; the positive and negative factors influencing PepsiCo's decision to build a refinery in Montezuma, N.Y.; the selection of the management of the Empire State Sugar Company and the division of authority between the subsidiary and the parent company; the use of GLF (later Agway) employees to encourage farmers to sign contracts with the refinery; his impressions of PepsiCo's machinery lease program; the procurement by Empire State Sugar of migrant labor; hiring fieldmen; the relationship between the management of Empire State Sugar and the directors of the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association; and problems encountered during the first year of commercial sugar beet production (1965). Also included are Mr. Miller's impressions of Charles Lavis, John Klett, and Mark Barrett.

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Cornell University Library

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Lavis, Charles.

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PepsiCo, inc.

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Brannon, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1903-

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Miller, Charles C.

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Charles C. Miller was the general manager of the Empire State Sugar Company, a sugar beet refinery located in Montezuma, N.Y. which was a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. From the description of Charles C. Miller oral history, 1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934456 ...

Redevelopment Area Organization of Cayuga County (N.Y.)

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Barrett, Mark E.

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Empire State Sugar Company.

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Klett, John.

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Colman, Gould P. (Gould Patchin), 1926-

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Archivist, historian. Cornell University Class of 1951, Ph.D., 1962. From the description of Gould Colman papers, 1954-1996. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072786 ...

Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association.

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