Date Span: 1943-1985

Biographical Sketch: The Association formed in 1944 with the goal of promoting the general welfare of the retail farm equipment dealers in Alabama and Florida and was incorporated in 1958. Affiliated with the National Farm & Power Equipment Dealers Association.

Scope / Content: Processed records: articles of confederation (1958), list of charter members, audits (1953-1954), minutes of board meetings (1943-1973), and Alabama Dealer Alert, the Association newsletter (Aug. 1984-Jan.1985). Unprocessed records: monthly financial statements, correspondence, minutes, convention and workshop materials, and membership listings, 1963-1982.

SERIES 1: GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES, 1943-1973

Accession 79-003, Box 1

1. Articles of Incorporation (1958)
2. Charter Members
3. Minutes – Board, August 13, 1943 – September 1, 1949
4. Minutes – Board, September 1, 1949 – November 14, 1951
5. Audits – November 18, 1953 and November 13, 1951
6. Minutes – Board – February 3, 1955 – November 6, 1958
7. Minutes – Board, November 20, 1958 – June 8, 1961
8. Minutes – Board, August 10, 1961 – September 1963
9. Minutes – Board, November 30, 1963 – November 4, 1965
10. Minutes – Board, October 31, 1965 – December 4, 1968
11. Minutes – Board, January 16, 1969 – September 10, 1973

SERIES 2: SUBJECT FILES. Arranged alphabetically by year until Accession 85-063, Box 6, when the arrangement changes to mixed years.

1963
Accession 85-063, Box 1

1. Misc. A
2. Board of Directors: Questionnaire
3. Board of Directors: Meeting, November 13
4. Board of Directors: Meeting, September 10
5. Board of Directors: Meeting, June 20
6. Board of Directors: Meeting, April 10
7. Misc. B.
8. Convention: Letters
9. Convention: Hat Club Award Correspondence
10. Convention: 1963 Hat Club Prizes
11. Convention: 1963 Luncheon Contributions
12. Convention: 1963 General Correspondence
13. Convention: 1963 Misc.
14. Convention: Advance Registration
15. Convention: Reservation Requests
16. Convention: Hotel Reservation Confirmation
17. Convention: National
18. Convention: National
19. Convention: 1963 News Release
20. Convention: Program
21. Convention: Speaker Correspondence
22. Misc. C
23. Inactive Member File
24. Misc. D
25. Misc. E
26. Misc. F
27. Misc. G
28. Misc. H
29. Hanna & Hanna
30. Misc. I
31. Misc. J
32. Misc. K
33. Misc. L
34. To Be Filed, 1963
35. Membership: Promotion Schedule & Convention Material
36. Membership: List Requests
37. Membership: New Dealers
38. Membership: Promotion Letters
39. Membership: Renewal Notices
40. Membership: Fee Payment Vouchers
41. Misc. M
42. National Farm & Power Equipment Dealers Assn.
43. National Retail Farm Equipment Assoc. Dealer (Regular) Membership Report
44. National Retail Farm Equipment Assoc. Associate Membership Report
45. Misc. P
46. Misc. Q
47. Regular Members –List
48. Misc. R
49. Summer Meeting: Agenda and Luncheon Program
50. Summer Meeting: [Various Papers]
51. Summer Meeting: Program
52. Summer Meeting: Pre-Registration Questionnaire
53. Summer Meeting: Will Not Attend
54. Summer Meeting: Secretaries Workshop
55. Misc. S
56. Territory Managers
57. Tractor Guide Subscriptions
58. Misc. T
59. Vocational Agriculture
60. Misc. V
61. Washington Reports
62. Misc. W
63. Financial Statements: January
64. Financial Statements: February
65. Financial Statements: March
66. Financial Statements: April
67. Financial Statements: May
68. Financial Statements: June
69. Financial Statements: July
70. Financial Statements: August
71. Financial Statements: September
72. Financial Statements: October
73. Financial Statements: November
74. Financial Statements: December

1. Territory Managers
2. Tractor Guide Subscriptions
3. Financial Statements: January
4. Financial Statements: February
5. Financial Statements: March
6. Financial Statements: April
7. Financial Statements: May
8. Financial Statements: June
9. Financial Statements: July
10. Financial Statements: August
11. Financial Statements: September
12. Financial Statements: October
13. Financial Statements: November
14. Financial Statements: December
15. Correspondence
16. Advertising
17. Advertising Contracts
18. Associate Members
19. Correspondence
20. Board of Directors Meeting, January 3
21. Board of Directors Meeting and Insurance Advisory Meeting, February 12 & 13
22. Board of Directors Meeting Questionnaire
23. Commercial Credit Equipment Corporation
24. Convention: Financial Report
25. Convention: Contribution Questionnaire
26. Convention: General Correspondence
27. Convention: Hat Club Award Correspondence
28. National Convention, Miami
29. Convention: Hat Club Prizes
30. Convention: News Releases
31. Convention: Photographs
32. Convention: Program
33. Convention: Program Inserts and Door Prizes
34. Convention: Promotional Material Mailed
35. Convention: Luncheon Contribution Questionnaire
36. Convention: Hotel Reservation Confirmations
37. Convention: Reservation Request Forms
38. Convention: Advance Registration
39. Convention: Reservations
40. Convention: Working Papers, Program
41. Correspondence
42. Dealer Membership Report
43. Correspondence
44. Hanna & Hanna
45. Correspondence
46. Membership – Dealers Insured – A&H and Executive Life – Unpaid Members
47. Membership List Requests
48. Membership Renewal Notices
49. Membership Roster
50. Macon Traffic Bureau
51. National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers Assn.
52. NFPEDA Dealer (Regular) Membership Reports
53. NFPEDA Associate Membership Reports
54. Proven Profit Patterns
55. Secretaries Workshop
56. Small Business Tax Control
57. Summer Meeting: Program
58. Summer Meeting: Pre-Registration Questionnaire
59. Summer Meeting: Bills
60. Summer Meeting: Will Not Attend
61. Summer Meeting: (Misc.) Washington Report

1. Associate Members
2. Misc. A
3. Board of Directors Questionnaire
4. Board of Directors Meeting, September 9
5. Board of Directors Meeting, May 14
6. Board of Directors Meeting, March 25
7. Board of Directors Meeting, January 6
8. Committees: Constitution and By-Laws
9. Committees: Legislative
10. Committees: Legislative
11. Committees: Resolutions
12. Committees: Commercial Credit Equipment Association
13. Committees: CCEC Partnership for Progress Award
14. Convention: Directors’ Dinner
15. Convention: Contribution Questionnaire
16. Convention: Program Inserts and Door Prizes
17. Convention: Financial Report
18. Convention: Program
19. Convention: Pre-Registration Checks Returned to Those Who Were Unable to Attend
20. Convention: Promotional Material Mailed
21. Convention: Correspondence [general]
22. Convention: Correspondence – Display of Literature and Products

1. Convention: Ladies Convention Promotion
2. Cost of Doing Business Returns
3. Misc. C
4. Delinquent Account Correspondence
5. Eastern Advertising Company (Long Manf. Co. Ad)
6. FAA Tractor Driving Contest Winners
7. Misc. F
8. Hanna & Hanna
9. Misc. I
10. Misc. L
11. Mailings – Copies of Everything Mailed During 1965
12. Membership: Dealers Insured—A&H and Executive Life – Unpaid Members
13. Membership: NFPEDA – Dealer (Regular) Membership Reports
14. Membership: List Requests
15. Membership: New Dealers
16. Membership: Promotion Letter
17. Membership: Roster
18. Misc. M
19. National Farm & Power Equipment Dealers Assn.
20. NFPEDA – Associate Membership Reports
21. Noble, William – Washington
22. Misc. N
23. Misc. O
24. Membership Promotion Letters to Branch Managers
25. Proven Profit Patterns
26. Misc. P
27. Misc. R
28. Secretaries Workshop
29. Small Business Tax Controls
30. Summer Meeting: Program
31. Summer Meeting: Pre-Registration Questionnaire
32. Summer Meeting: Motel Reservation List and Luncheon & Earth Roast
33. Misc. S
34. Territory Managers – Records for 100% Time
35. Monthly Financial Statement

1. National Convention
2. National Convention, Washington, DC
3. Monthly Financial Statements
4. Membership – New Dealers
5. Honorary Life Members
6. Correspondence – Regular Members
7. Summer Meeting Speakers
8. Summer Meeting Program Schedule
9. Territory Managers – Records for 100% Time

1. Misc. A
2. Advertising Schedule
3. Correspondence
4. Misc. C
5. Directors Meeting, Spring
6. Directors Meetings
7. Misc. D
8. Misc. E
9. Federated Mutual Insurance Correspondence
10. Monthly Financial Statements
11. Misc. G-L
12. NFPEDA – Dealer (Regular) Membership Reports

63. NFPEDA – Associate Membership Reports
64. Misc. M
65. National Secretary File
66. Noble, William – Washington
67. Misc. N-R
68. Territory Managers

1. Misc. S-W
2. Convention Speakers, 1965-1967
3. 1966 News Releases
4. 1966 Introductions of Convention Speakers
5. 1966 Annual Convention Secretary’s Report
6. 1966 National Convention

1. Addressograph – Multigraph
2. Advertising Schedule
3. Associate Member List
4. Associate Members – Correspondence
5. Misc. A-D
6. Board of Directors Meetings
7. Misc. E, G-H
8. Monthly Financial Statements
9. Federated Mutual Insurance Correspondence
10. Misc. F, I, L-M
11. Membership List Requests
12. Membership – New Dealers (Letter)
13. National Secretary File
14. Misc., N-P, S-T
15. Territory Managers

1. Associate Members List
2. Board of Directors Meetings and Questionnaire
3. Monthly Financial Statements
4. Federated Mutual Insurance
5. Federated Mutual Insurance Correspondence
6. Misc. M
7. NFPEDA – Dealer (Regular) Membership Reports
8. Membership List
9. Tyden Steel
10. Territory Managers File
11. Territory Managers
12. Misc. T
13. 1970 Territory Managers
14. 1967-68 Misc. W

1. NFPEDA – Dealer (Regular) Membership Reports
2. Insurance Participant
3. Monthly Financial Statements
4. Misc. L
5. Directors & Officers Roster
6. Delinquent Account Correspondence
7. Misc. B-D
8. Associate Membership List
9. Newsletter, February 1970
10. Advertising Schedule
11. Advertising Contracts
12. Advertising
13. Athens Plow Company Ad.

1. Various Ads. For Newsletter
2. Misc. A
3. Addressograph – Multigraph

 

1. Territory Managers
2. Membership – New Dealers (Letter)
3. Membership List Requests
4. NFPEDA – Dealer (Regular) Membership Reports
5. National Farm & Power Equipment Dealers Assn. Sales Tick Reference
6. Misc. L
7. Hanna & Hanna
8. Misc. G-H
9. Monthly Financial Statements
10. Insurance Participants
11. Workman’s Compensation Pool
12. Legislative Committee
13. Officers
14. Associate Member Mailing List
15. Advertising [including individual contracts]
16. Addressograph – Multigraph
17. 1972 Financial Statements

1. Memorandum to all Directors and Councilors
2. Board of Directors Meetings
3. Legislative Committee
4. Schedule of Summer Meeting

1. Nominating Committee
2. Materials for Agenda – Board Meeting, 1/28/71
3. Summer Meeting Program
4. Spring Meeting, New Orleans
5. Annual Convention

1. Reservations, Spring Meeting, Gulf Shores
2. Summer Meeting
3. Spring Directors Meeting
4. Committees, Annual Convention
5. Annual Convention, Governor’s House, Montgomery
6. Executive Board Meeting, 3/27/72
7. Executive Committee Meeting, 6/22/72

1. Implement Sales Co., Memphis, Ads
2. Financial Statements

1. Misc. L
2. District Meeting, February 26 – March 1
3. Associate Members Mailing List
4. Annual Convention: Governor’s House, Montgomery
5. Annual Convention: Biographies
6. Annual Convention: Speakers’ Gifts & Hat Club Prizes
7. Annual Convention: Speaker Prospects
8. Annual Convention: Luncheons
9. Annual Convention: Mail
10. Annual Convention: Speakers (w/photographs)
11. Annual Convention: Speakers
12. Annual Convention: Directors Spring Meeting
13. Annual Convention: Summer Meeting Complementary Tickets
14. Annual Convention: Summer Meeting
15. Annual Convention: Computer Accounting Workshop
16. Annual Convention: General Correspondence, Annual Meeting

1. 1972 Directors & Councilors Meeting, October 5
2. 1972 Nominating Committee Meeting, September 28
3. 1972 Annual Convention Program

1. 1974 Summer Meeting Schedule
2. 1974 District Meeting, February 25-28
3. 1974 National Convention
4. 1973 Pre-Convention Tour
5. 1974 Spring Directors Meeting
6. 1974 District Meetings
7. 1973 Directors Spring Meeting
8. 1973 Summer Meeting
9. 1974 Expenses, National Convention
10. 1974 Board of Directors Meeting, January
11. 1973 Fall Board of Directors Meeting

1. 1955 State Convention (mislabeled as Cooperative Student Training)
2. 1955 State Convention, Program
3. 1956 Correspondence
4. Annual Convention: 1956 Yearbook Ad Requests
5. Annual Convention: Luncheons Contributions, Displays, Ads
6. Annual Convention: Speakers
7. Annual Convention: Door Prizes, Luncheon Sponsors
8. Annual Convention: General Correspondence
9. 1956 October Board Meeting
10. 1955 General Correspondence

1. 1956 Fred Kummer, Alabama Association
2. 1956 Membership
3. 1956 Max E. Jones, Dothan [correspondence]
4. 1956 Deep South F.E. Assn. Alexandria, LA
5. 1956 Financial Statements
6. n.d. Membership List, Office Copy
7. 1976 General Ledger Copy
8. 1961 Shop Management Clinic
9. 1960 Newsletter Advertising
10. 1958 Annual Convention
11. 1961 Convention Program
12. 1960 Annual Convention, Mobile
13. 1960 Convention, Misc.
14. 1956 Financial Statement, December
15. 1955 Paid Invoices, March-May
16. 1955 Paid Invoices, August
17. 1953-1954 Financial Statement
18. [1956] Dealer List
19. 1956 Dealer District Program
20. 1955 Summer Meeting
21. 1961 Correspondence, October-December
22. 1961 Correspondence, July-September
23. 1961 Correspondence, April-June
24. 1961 Correspondence, January-March
25. 1961 Financial Statements
26. 1955-1957 Misc. Correspondence

1. 1956 Membership Promotion
2. 1980 General Ledger

1. Advertising
2. Association Services
3. Misc. A
4. Addressograph – Multigraph Corp.
5. Balance Sheet
6. Board of Directors Meeting, January 4, Mobile
7. "Insurance Advisory Mtg." 10/29; Board of Directors Mtg., 10/30
8. Board of Directors Meeting, June 7
9. Board of Directors Meeting (Letters)
10. Convention
11. Convention
12. Misc. B-E
13. FFA Tractor Driving Contest Winners
14. Financial Statements
15. Misc. F
16. Misc. G
17. Hanna & Hanna
18. Hendrix, Jack – President, Ala. Farm Equipment Assn.
19. Misc. H-M
20. National Retail Farm Equipment Ass. [inc. membership]
21. News Releases
22. Misc. N-R
23. Jack Hendrix
24. Summer Meeting (Bills, etc.)
25. Pre-Registration Questionnaire
26. Southern Secretaries Conference, August
27. Summer Meeting Program
28. Misc. S-Y
29. Monthly Financial Statements
30. Newsletter; January 1967, February 1964

1. Misc. Correspondence, 1958-1960
2. 1956 Addressograph
3. 1955 Secretary Affidavits
4. 1956 Past Due Accounts Receivable
5. 1957 Atlanta Farm Equipment Club
6. 1957 Farm Machinery Auctions
7. 1959 Letters to Congressmen & Senators; Cotton Acreage Transfer
8. 1959 Federal Welfare and Pension Plan Disclosure Act
9. 1955 Atlanta Farm Equipment Club
10. 1959 Advertising Copy – Subscriptions

1. 1956-1960 Territory Traders’ Addresses
2. 1956 Secretaries’ Conference, April 9-11
3. 1957 Turner Tractor Co., Boaz
4. 1957 Boaz Implement Co., Boaz
5. 1955 Paul Chism
6. 1956-1960 "To Be Filed"
7. 1958 Materials for Board of Directors’ Meetings
8. 1959 General Correspondence, September-October
9. 1959 General Correspondence, May-September
10. 1955-1959 L.R. Hanna
11. 1960 [Howell Letter]
12. 1957 I.C. Collection System
13. 1957 NRFEA Membership Reports
14. 1957 NRFEA Membership Reports
15. 1955-1958 I&T Shop Service
16. 1957 Minnesota Credit Policy Plan
17. 1957-1958 Membership Application Forms
18. 1957-1958 Canceled Memberships
19. 1958 Membership List
20. 1959 Membership Correspondence
21. 1959 Membership Correspondence, July-September
22. 1959-1960 General Correspondence
23. 1960 Membership Correspondence & Legislative Committee
24. 1957 Bankers’ Clinic
25. 1956 Board of Directors Meeting
26. 1955-1957 Minutes, Board of Directors Meetings
27. 1955-1958 Board of Directors
28. Financial Statements: 1976
29. Financial Statements: 1978
30. Financial Statements: 1979
31. Financial Statements: 1980
32. Financial Statements: 1980
33. Financial Statements: 1980
34. Financial Statements: 1980
35. Financial Statements: 1980
36. Financial Statements: 1981
37. Financial Statements: 1981
38. Financial Statements: 1981
39. Financial Statements: 1980 Letters

1. Financial Statements: 1982
2. Financial Statements: 1982
3. Financial Statements: 1982
4. Financial Statements: 1982
5. Financial Statements: 1982
6. Financial Statements: 1982
7. Financial Statements: 1982
8. Financial Statements: 1960, Monthly
9. Financial Statements: 1959, Monthly
10. Financial Statements: 1958, Monthly
11. Financial Statements: 1957, Monthly
12. Financial Statements: 1957 Freight Bills
13. Financial Statements: 19174 Monthly Financial Statements & Purchase Orders
14. Financial Statements: 1974 Territorial Managers
15. Financial Statements: 1980 Monthly Financial Statements
16. 1980-1981 Misc. Correspondence
17. 1980-1982 Board of Directors Minutes and Reports
18. 1978-1981 Board of Directors Minutes and Reports (including Annual Convention Financial Data)
19. 1961-1982 Circulars

1. 1978 Membership List
2. 1979 Membership List
3. 1979 Illinois Farm Correspondence
4. 1979 Oversized & Overweight Vehicles
5. 1979-1980 Max E. Jones Correspondence
6. 1978 Financial Statements, October & December
7. 1978 Advertising
8. 1977 NFPDA Membership Renewal List
9. Financial Records: 1976 Year End
10. Financial Records: 1977 Year End
11. Financial Records: 1977 Year End
12. Financial Records: 1977 Misc.
13. Financial Records: 1978 Year End
14. Financial Records: 1978 Year End
15. Financial Records: 1979 Monthly
16. Financial Records: 1979 Monthly
17. Financial Records: 1979 Year End
18. Financial Records: 1979 Year End
19. Financial Records: 1979 Year End
20. Federated Insurance – Group Insurance
21. 1982 NFPDA Guide to Tractors and Farm Equipment
22. Federated Insurance
23. Federated Mutual Insurance
24. 1985-1988 AFPEDA Alabama Dealer Alert

SERIES 3: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS BOOKS

Accession 85- 063, Box 12

1. 1959
2. 1960
3. 1961
4. 1962
5. 1963
6. 1964
7. 1965
8. 1966
9. 1967
10. 1968
11. 1969
12. 1970
13. 1971
14. 1972
15. 1975
16. 1976
17. 1977
18. 1978
19. 1979
Oversized Folder: NFPEDA Accounting System Bookkeeping Practice Set

SERIES 4: PUBLICATIONS

Accession 86-005

Two magazines (monthly)

Accession 93-066

Copies of newsletter entitled Dealer Alert

Accession 93-1008

The Newsletter of AFPEDA

Box 1
February 1961 – December 1966

Box 2
January 1967 – December 1976

Box 3
January 1977 – December 1980

SERIES 5: MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION CARDS
 

Accession 95-070, Box 1

Registration Cards for Dealer members – placed inside Box #2

Accession 95-070, Box 2

Membership cards
Associate members
Dealer members

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