Utah Cooperative Association Photograph Collection, 1950-1978.
P0385

Scope and Content:

The Utah Cooperative Association (UCA) collection consists of 331 color slides, forty-four color photographs, and ten black and white photographs. This collection documents the Utah Cooperative Association’s various enterprises including service stations, petroleum refineries, grain mills, cooperative grocery stores, employees, and social events between the 1950s and late 1970s.

Historical NoteNote:

A cooperative is a business owned and controlled by the people who use its services. The UCA was a wholesale cooperative owned and controlled by local cooperatives throughout the state. The local co-ops organized with the assistance of the State Self-Help Board on August 17, 1936 with six employees and six local co-ops. By 1941, UCA became independent of the Self-Help Board and began operating as a wholesale supply co-op for farmers. By 1945 UCA had become financially strong enough to enable the organization to purchase its own warehouse and bulk plant. Their affiliation with the Cooperative League of the United States of America in the same year increased their buying power. By the early 1950s UCA had expanded its operation through the purchase of an oil refinery in the Uintah Basin and by becoming sole owner of the PAX trademark for agricultural chemicals through its acquisition of Kelly-Western Seed Company. UCA ceased to exist when it merged with the Farmer’s Union Central Exchange (CENEX) in 1976. CENEX is now one of the largest retail/wholesale propane networks in the nation.

Provenance:

These slides and photos were donated by W.B. Robins in 1986 as part of the Utah Cooperative Association manuscript collection (MSS COLL 129).

Register completed by Emily Gurr, March 2010.

Inventory:

Box 1.
Folder 1.
1:01:01-03. Enterprise, Utah Co-op station gas tanks.
1:01:04. Huntington, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:05. Huntington, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:06. Moroni, Utah Farmers Co-op station.
1:01:07-10. Orem, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:11. Corinne, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:12. Corinne, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:13. Vernal, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:14. Vernal, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:15. Richfield, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:16. Delta, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:17. Salt Lake City, Utah Co-op station.
1:01:18. Salt Lake City, Utah Co-op station.

Folder 2.
1:02:01. Bear River Valley Co-op.
1:02:02. Laurel Montana Petroleum refinery, Pre EPA.
1:02:03. Cache Valley Cheese.
1:02:04. Laurel Montana Petroleum refinery.
1:02:05. Laurel Montana Petroleum refinery.
1:02:06. Trenton Co-op.
1:02:07. Home office.
1:02:08. Moroni Cold Storage.
1:02:09. Board Room and directors.
1:02:10. Bear River Co-op, main store.
1:02:11. D.C. Oil Floor.
1:02:12. Kamas Co-op station.
1:02:13. Tire Shop.
1:02:14. UCA headquarters, 1963.
1:02:15. Moroni Feed Co-op, original headquarters.
1:02:16. Co-op Service.
1:02:17. Man in shop.
1:02:18. Moroni Farmer Co-op service.
1:02:19. Moroni Feed Plant.
1:02:20. Moroni Feed Plant.
1:02:21. Pipeline Refinery Fuel.
1:02:22. Andersen’s Fertilizer Center, Spanish Fork.
1:02:23. Moroni Co-op Turkey Farm, 1975.

Folder 3.
1:03:01-06. Co-op Supermarket board.
1:03:07-09. Interior view of supermarket.
1:03:10-12. Exterior view of supermarket.
1:03:13-17. Interior view of supermarket with patrons.
1:03:18-20. Interior view of supermarket.
1:03:21. Sales Growth Chart.
1:03:22-24. Interior view of supermarket.
1:03:25-29. Exterior view of Co-op store.
1:03:30. Interior view of Co-op store.
1:03:31. Birdseye view of Co-op store.

Folder 4.
1:04:01. Front view of Co-op store.
1:04:02. Interior view of Co-op store.
1:04:03. Patrons walking into Co-op store.
1:04:04-06. Exterior side view of Co-op store.
1:04:07-09. Exterior front view of Smith Food King.
1:04:10. Exterior side view of Co-op Store.

Folder 5.
1:05:01. Ashley Co-op, Vernal.
1:05:02. Ashley Co-op, Vernal, 1970.
1:05:03. Bear River Co-op, Corinne.
1:05:04. Bountiful Co-op Service, 1970.
1:05:05. Castle Valley Co-op, Huntington, 1970.
1:05:06. Orem Co-op Service.
1:05:07. Co-op Service, Salt Lake City, 1970.
1:05:08. Kaysville Co-op Service.
1:05:09. Kamas Co-op Service.
1:05:10. UCA Corn dry, Brigham, 1971.
1:05:11. South Dairy Co-op, Parowan, 1965.
1:05:12. UCA Co-op, dry, Brigham City, 1971.

Folder 6.
1:06:01. UCA meeting.
1:06:02. Co-op Oil refinery.
1:06:03. UCA/PAX sign, 580 West 1300 South, Salt Lake City.
1:06:04. UCA transport.
1:06:05. Ence Brothers, St. George, 1967.
1:06:06. Unknown refinery.
1:06:07. UCA dinner meeting.
1:06:08. Andersen’s Spanish Fork Co-op, 1970.
1:06:09. Co-op Batteries.
1:06:10. UCA board of directors, abt 1971.
1:06:11. A UCA dealer agent.
1:06:12. Utah Co-op main office warehouse, 1960.
1:06:13. UCA tour, 1966.
1:06:14. FFA tour of UCA, 1970.
1:06:15. Utah Co-op warehouse, Salt Lake City.
1:06:16. Moroni membership meeting.

Folder 7.
1:07:01. National Co-op, Albert LEA.
1:07:02. Station Uinta Oil, A hyperbolic parabaloid, 3500 South 18 West, Salt Lake City.
1:07:03. Uinta Oil station, Salt Lake City, 3500 South, 18 West, Salt Lake City.
1:07:04. Dry Hole Uinta, UCA, Rangeley, Co.
1:07:05. UCA Co-op trademark, 1956.
1:07:06. Utah Map, Co-op’s and DA’s.
1:07:07. UCA building, 1960-1965.
1:07:08. Montage Utah Co-op.
1:07:09. Andersen’s Farm Supply, Spanish Fork.
1:07:10. Andersen’s Farm Supply, Spanish Fork.
1:07:11. Thayne, Wellington.
1:07:12. Andersen’s DA., Spanish Fork.
1:07:13. Co-op literature.
1:07:14. Universal Co-op office building.
1:07:15. W. B. Robins, 1964.

Folder 8.
1:08:01. PAX, Crabgrass Control.
1:08:02. PAX, Lawn Care.
1:08:03. PAX, Crabgrass Control.
1:08:04. PAX products, 1970.
1:08:05. UCA plant, PAX product, 1963.

Folder 9.
1:09:01-05. Gro Best, Orem, Utah.
1:09:06-10. Sevier Valley Co-op, Richfield.
1:09:11-16. Farmer’s Co-op of Southern Utah, Enterprise.
1:09:17-21. Ashley Farmer’s Union, Vernal.
1:09:22-24. Moroni Feed Company, Moroni.
1:09:25-27. Farmer’s Co-op Service, Moroni.
1:09:28-33. Co-op Service, Salt Lake City.
1:09:34-36. Bear River Valley Co-op, Corinne.
1:09:37-42. Castle Valley Co-op, Huntington.
1:09:43-44. Uintah Farmer’s Co-op.

Folder 10.
1:10:01-1:10:25. Co-op employees.

Folder 11.
1:11:01-1:11:22. Uinta Oil refinery, Rangeley, CO.

Folder 12.
1:12:01-1:12:15. Galaxy Station.

Folder 13.
1:13:01-1:13:78. Unidentified Utah Co-op stations.

Folder 14.
1:14:01. Color 8x10, "1978 - Former Utah Coop Property - 580 West 1300 South - SLC, UT - Two years after Cenex/UCA Merger."
1:14:02. 8x10, Front entrance, Utah Co-op property, 1953.

Folder 15.
1:15:01-1:15:54. Slides for Utah Young Couples conference, 1978.

Folder 16.
1:16:01-1:16:17. Slides from UCA group tour, 1977.