Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36807
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 9, Page 4 of APA periodical, "Farm Conditions,", Report of survey findings by Michigan State College among 1,351 farmers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36849
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 12, Special Bulletin No. 18. 2 pages., Shows comparative lineage for 21 classes of advertising in all farm papers that appear in the National Advertising Records..
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36895
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 23, Page 7, Minutes of APA membership meeting, San Francisco, California, November 11, 1987., Members note reports from editors about increasing pressure from advertisers to influence editorial material. Suggested that publishers exchange information when this happens.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36842
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 12, Page 2, Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois, October 18, 1933., A director, W.G. Campbell, calls attention to conflicting statements about the age of APA. Cites an unbroken succession from the Corn Belt Association and the Farm Press Club, an existence of about 30 years.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36847
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 12, 4 pages., Discussion copy for a plan to revise the Association's system of agency relations.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36813
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 9, Printed on back side of APA stationery. 1 page., Lists 38 member publications with a combined audited circulation of more than 7,000,000 per issue.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36825
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 10, Printed on back side of APA letterhead. 1 page., Reports 31 member periodicals with combined audited circulation of more than 7,500,000 per issue.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36870
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 14, Special Bulletin No. 20. 2 pages., Reports from five APA publishers that carry beer advertising.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36836
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 11, Special Bulletin No. 34. 2 pages., Association member urges farm publishers to survey subscribers about their intentions for buying autos.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36965
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, 6 pages., APA emphasizes need for gathering current agricultural statistics and reporting them promptly.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36871
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 14, Special Bulletin No. 24. 2 pages., Reports from six APA publishers that oppose carrying the advertising of alcoholic beverages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36967
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, Presented at the annual APA meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 18-19, 1949. 4 pages., Identifies average cost per 100 readers, by subject classification (e.g., agricultural chemicals and fertilizers, automotive industry, building materials and equipment, seeds).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36888
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 22, Page 6 of Minutes of the annual APA membership meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 16, 1973., Discussion emphasizes that the strength of farm publications comes from freedom of the press, "but this story has not been told very well."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36827
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 11, Special Bulletin No. 82. 2 pages., Shows combined circulation, line rates and millini rates of 35 farm papers, 1921-1930. Circulation grew from 7,189,905 in 1921 to 11,931,921 in 1930. Line rate rose from $48.34 in 1921 to $66.01 in 1930. Milline rate is line rate divided by circulation and multiplied by one million.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36876
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 14, 18 pages., Submitted by N.W. Ayer and Son, Inc., as continuation of a campaign begun in 1940.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36874
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 14, 4 pages., Summarizes spring offensive launched by APA to promote increased use of space in farm publications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36816
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 10, Special Bulletin No. 17. 2 pages., Cites a bulletin by the National Better Business Bureau, Inc. Includes samples of objectionable claims in advertising food and drug preparations for animals.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36968
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, Presented at the annual APA meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 18-19, 1949. 1 page., Lists 30 members with a total paid circulation of 9,568,843.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36881
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, Page 1 of Minutes of the APA meeting, Chicago, Illinois, January 26, 1944., President Charles E. Sweet reports that the 25 members when 1943 began represented a total circulation of 7,700,000. The present 34 members represent a total combined circulation of more than 11,750,000. APA now has within its membership all but four of the total number of publications eligible for membership.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36966
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, Presented at the annual APA meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 18-19, 1949. 2 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36873
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 14, 31 pages, including transmittal memo from Promotion Committee., APA promotion plans and recommendations prepared by N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36855
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 13, Pages 12-15 in "Farm Conditions," published by APA., Lineage compilation by National Advertising Records.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24898
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Adopted by APA members, 1924 annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2 pages., Describes obligations to subscribers, fellow publishers, and the advertiser and advertising agent.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36817
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 10, Special Bulletin No. 19. 4 pages., Report from the agricultural press committee of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (A.A.A.A.).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36892
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 23, Page 2 in Minutes, annual APA membership meeting, New York City, New York, November 15, 1989., Brief report highlighting opportunities that call for a broader base of membership and funding.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36890
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 22, Page 11 in Minutes, APA Board of Directors Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, April 10-12, 1978., Brief discussion identifies questions that APA needs to ask itself, such as whether it sees itself as a spokesman for agriculture, whether it is satisified with what it is doing, whether it is structured properly and whether it needs to differentiate between self-serving interests and those of agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36861
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 13, Pages 4-7, minutes of the annual meeting, APA, Chicago, Illinois, October 18, 1938., Discussion about needs and methods. Led to an approved motion to plan a presentation to be used for united action.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28829
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, UI Archives., Bulletin 11., Proceedings of the Farm-Electrical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 12-13, 1926. Theme: "What about rural electrification?" Includes an article by Mrs. Harry M. Reifsteck, rural Urbana, Illinois. Her farm home is on the Illinois experimental line and she explains how she uses electrical appliances (range, refrigerator, washing machine, others). "It seems to me that God meant for all of us to live in the country and with modern conveniences it is certainly ideal."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28828
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, UI Archives., Bulletin 13, p. 1., "The coming of radio brings a new problem to publishers." Signs of shift.
