Charles Collins Teague Papers, 1901-1950

Summary

Creators:

Teague, Charles Collins, 1873-1950

Abstract:

Letters, memoranda, reports, speeches, bulletins, accounts, photographs and printed material relating primarily to his career as president of various companies and associations connected with the citrus industry in California. Papers pertaining to his service on the U.S. Federal Farm Board and as regent of the University of California also included.
Register to the collection Verifax copy of typescript, compiled by James V. Mink, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 8, 1954.

Extent:

Number of containers: 100 boxes

Language:

English

Background

Biographical / historical:

Date	Event
1908-1927	President, Teague-McKevett Co., Santa Paula, Calif.
1912-1942	President, California Walnut Growers Association.
1917-1950	President, Limoneria Co., Santa Paula.
1917-1950	President, Santa Paula Water Works, Ltd.
1917-1950	President, Farmers Irrigation Co., Santa Paula.
1917-1950	President, Thermal Belt Water Co., Santa Paula.
1919-1950	President, California Orchard Co., King City, Calif.
1919-1945	President, Agricultural Council of California (Honorary President and Life Member of the Executive Committee)
1920-1950	President, California Fruit Growers Exchange.
1920-1950	President, Fruit Growers Supply Co., Los Angeles.
1923-1950	V. President, Salinas Land Co., King City, Calif.
1927-1950	Chief, Santa Clara Water Conservation District.
1927-1934	V. President, McKevett Corporation, Santa Paula.
1928-1950	President, Security First National Bank, Los Angeles.
1929-1931	Member, U.S. Federal Farm Board.
1930-1950	President, Rancho La Cuesta, Ltd., Santa Paula.
1930-1950	Regent, University of California.
1932-1934	President, California State Chamber of Commerce.
1933-1934	V. President, American Institute of Co-operation.
1934-1950	President, Teague-McKevett Association, Santa Paula.
1935-1940	Professor, Co-operative Marketing. Graduate School of Business Administration, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. (Consulting Professor).
1936-1946	President, Soledad Ranch Co., Soledad, Calif.
1942-1943	President, National Council of Farmer Co-operatives.

Acquisition information:

The Teague Papers are the gift of Harriet (McKevett) and Milton Teague, and were presented to the Library, September 30, 1954.

Physical location:

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Other descriptive data:

Charles Collins Teague was born in Caribou, Maine, June 11, 1873. He was married to Harriet McKevett in 1897, and until his death in 1950 was associated mainly with the development of agriculture in southern California. His connections with this work were numerous and diverse (see Biography). Material relating to Charles C. Teague's activities in most of those organizations will be found in his papers.

The papers contain correspondence, memorandums, reports, bulletins, clippings, and other printed material relating to the activities in which Teague was engaged. In scope, they cover the period from 1901 to 1950, although it was the policy of Mr. Teague's office to destroy papers over fifteen years of age. There are no complete files for the period before 1939. Exceptions were made for certain materials considered too important for destruction. These papers, retained include: letter books, 1901-1905; speeches and addresses, 1914-1938; the failure of the St. Francis Water Supply Dam, 1928-1929; and papers relating to the United States Federal Farm Board, 1929-1931; and a general file relating to Mr. Teague's regular business activities, 1929-1931. It should also be noted that Mr. Teague was appointed consultant to the United States Government on the matter of the importation of Mexican labor into California. A special file of papers relating to this position will be found at the end of the alphabetical file for 1943. There is also a group of photographs and printed items included with the papers.

The papers remain in their original arrangement, which is chronological by year and alphabetical by person, organization, and subject thereunder. Within folders, correspondence and other materials are filed chronologically. Readers are therefore requested to use one folder at a time and to return each piece to its original position. As the papers were transferred from large filing eases to document boxes, a key is supplied below to indicate the box numbers containing the units of each alphabetical file.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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