Sonoma County Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures
Scope and Contents
Official records of the Agricultural Commission, including surveys and registers for direct marketing and organic operations in Sonoma County.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1998
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1962-1998
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at link to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at link
Extent
22.75 linear feet (21 record storage cartons; 16.25" x 13" x 10.5")
1.7 linear feet (2 ledger volumes; 9" x 2 " x 14.5)
Abstract
This collection contains the Agricultural Commission contains handmarked maps showing the location of various commodities; annual certified producer's certificates for both in-county and out-of-county growers, and documentation showing annual registration of organic producers, handlers, processors located in Sonoma County.
Arrangement of the collection
Organized into three series:
- Acreage Mapping survey (AGCM-0011), 1978-1995
- Direct marketing growers (AGCM-0180), 1990-1998
- Organic registration (AGCM-0310), 1992-1996
Arranged chronologically within each series.
Genre / Form
- Archival materials
- Certificates
- County government records
- maps (documents)
- Official reports
- Registers (lists)
Topical
- Title
- Sonoma County Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures records, 1978-1998
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Finding aid author: Geoffrey Skinner.
- Date
- Published April 16, 2024
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in:English
Repository Details
Part of the Sonoma County Archives Repository