The collection includes originals, typescript carbons, and photocopies of the correspondence and notes (1961-1965) of Peduto, Executive Manager of the Chamber of Commerce and Secretary of the Foundation, and of Paul Lattimore, Chairman, and Paul Aron, Economic Consultant, of the Redevelopment Area Organization. Also contains an application (1963) by the I.D.F. for financial assistance from the New York State Job Development Authority; a project proposal (1963) with supporting documents made by Finger Lakes Sugar, Inc. to the Area Redevelopment Authority of the United States Department of Commerce under Section 6 of Public Law 87-27; lists of sugar beet growers and potential growers in Cayuga County; a University of Maryland seminar paper, "The Area Redevelopment Administration in Cayuga County, N.Y.: A Model for Industrial Development" (1965) by James F. Hoobler, and multicopied memoranda, reports, testimony, and minutes (1962-1965), as well as pamphlets and newspaper and periodical clippings concerning the sugar beet industry. Also, A publication of the American Sugar Refining Company "Conditions in the Sugar MArket, January-October" (1917).