Verne Allen (Misty) Fogg papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3068

Scope and content

Includes personal correspondence; correspondence, reports and other material concerning various organizations in Tompkins County such as the Cayuga Nature Center, the Chamber of Commerce, Ithaco, the Ithaca Savings Bank, the Rotary Club, Tompkins County Foundation, Inc., and the YMCA. Also, talks, reports, correspondence and other material concerning Agway, the Cooperative Grange League Federation, Great American Investors, Inc., Group Enterprises, Inc., the New York State Agricultural Society, Texas City Refining, Inc., and United Cooperatives.

Dates

1918-1982.

Creator

Fogg, Verne Allen, 1897- (Person)

Biographical / Historical

. Verne A. "Misty" Fogg was instrumental in the development of the Cooperative Grange League Federation (GLF), the predecessor of Agway. In the mid-thirties, he organized and developed GLF's farm supply services and lumber business; and set up the organization's first comprehensive budget system. He also joined and worked with the Farm Bureau Oil Co. of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, which later was renamed United Cooperatives; and the Texas City Refinery.