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Collection Title CL 56 Hygeia Refrigerating Co. Collection Creator Booth Library
Processed By Rachel Dworkin, Debra Maloney
Date Completed: January 2009
Provenance: The items in this collection were donated to the Booth Library in 1982 by Garth Shoemaker.
Terms:
Elmira (N.Y.); Business enterprises; Corporate meetings - Stockholder's meetings; Corporate meetings - Corporate minutes; Flood control; Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery - cold-storage lockers.
Historical: Hygeia Refrigerating Company- The Hygeia Refrigerating Company was created on September 1, 1896 to provide refrigeration services to grocers, shippers and citizens. On March 5, 1921, an off-shoot, Hygeia Ice Cream Company, was created. Corning-Hygeia, Inc. was then founded on February 21, 1930. The company provided cold storage for produce, furs, and wholesale distribution of ice and ice cream until 1976. Major officers were Clayton S. Shoemaker, Floyd M. Shoemaker, Guy S. Shoemaker, J. Raymond Shoemaker, David Shoemaker and Garth Shoemaker, who was the last president. The company was heavily involved in making improvements to the south dike of the Chemung River. David Shoemaker's wife, Eleanor, founded the Eleanor Shoemaker Real Estate Company in 1962.
Scope: The collection includes stock ledgers and certificates books from 1896-1904; stock certificates from 1921 and 1924-1927; by-laws of Corning-Hygeia, Inc. from 1930; diagrams of at-grade crossing elimination projects from 1932; architectural drawings, blueprints and correspondence regarding flood control projects from 1936-1946; promotional photographs of the company taken by Fred Loomis and Steiner Studios, from 1924-1954; and the 1954 summary appraisal.
Extent 1 linear foot
Date Span 1896-1954
Abstract This collection contains material relating to the Hygeia Refrigerating Company of Elmira, N.Y. and its subsidiaries.

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Title Document Box Number Folder Number Location
Hygeia Refrigerating Company stockholder ledger, January 1897 to December 1903. Ledger 01 00 01
Hygeia Refrigerating Company stockholder ledger, 1904. Ledger 01 00 02
Hygeia Refrigerating Company stock certificate book, September 1896 to December 1903. Ledger 01 00 03
Pierce & Bickford, architects, price estimate for Hygeia Refrigerating Co. cold storage building, 1909. Document 01 01 01
Architectural concept drawing for the Clifton Springs Sanitarium designed by Pierce & Bickford. Drawing 01 01 02
Pierce & Bickford, architects, advertisment and fee schedule, circa 1909. Document 01 01 03
Letter to Hygeia Refrigerating Co. from Pierce & Bickford Architects regarding consuting fees, May 11, 1909. Letter 01 01 04
Letter to Floyd Shoemaker of Hygeia Refrigerating Co. from Pierce & Bickford Architects, April 26, 1909. Letter 01 01 05
Letter to Mr. Bickford of Pierce & Bickford from Floyd Shoemaker of Hygeia Refrigeration Co., April 23, 1909. Letter 01 01 06
Letter to Floyd Shoemaker of Hygeia Refrigerating Co. from Pierce & Bickford Architects, April 24, 1909. Letter 01 01 07
Hygeia Ice Cream Co. stock certificate ledger, 1921. Ledger 01 02 01
Hygeia Refrigerating Co. stockbook, 1924 to 1930. Ledger 01 03 01
Hygeia Ice Cream Co. stock holders meeting minutes, 1921 to 1928. Ledger 01 04 01
A xerox copy titled "USS Chemung engaged in high speed fueling operation". Photo Copy 01 56 02
Elmira Consolidated Ice Co. stock certificate book, 1924-1930. Ledger 02 01 01
Articles of incorporation and by-laws of Corning-Hygeia Inc., February 21, 1930. Document 02 02 01
Minutes for the meeting of incorporators of Corning-Hygeia Inc., February 21, 1930. Document 02 02 02
Minutes of stockholders meeting for Corning-Hygeia Co., January 20, 1931. Document 02 02 03
New York State Department of Public Works easement of lands owned by Floyd Shoemaker for the elimination of highway-railroad crossings at grade, August 19, 1932. Case number 3199-4014, maps number 56, 60, 65 and 71-R. Document 02 03 01
Memo with Letterhead of "From the Desk of- W.C. Wolgast" Manuscript 02 04 01
Measurements and drawings Manuscript 02 04 02
Building Permit, June 17, 1924 Document 02 04 03
Precautions taken during flood dangers, March 1934 Memo 02 04 04
Letter from Hygeia Refrigerating president J.R. Shoemaker to C.C. Hunter, City Manager of Elmira, March 17, 1936 Letter 02 04 05
Handwritten notation "Blueprint taken by Mr. George" Manuscript 02 04 06
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Collection Title	CL 56 Hygeia Refrigerating Co. Collection	Creator	Booth Library
Processed By	Rachel Dworkin, Debra Maloney
Date Completed:	January 2009
Provenance:	The items in this collection were donated to the Booth Library in 1982 by Garth Shoemaker.
Terms:	Elmira (N.Y.); Business enterprises; Corporate meetings - Stockholder's meetings; Corporate meetings - Corporate minutes; Flood control; Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery - cold-storage lockers.
Historical:	Hygeia Refrigerating Company- The Hygeia Refrigerating Company was created on September 1, 1896 to provide refrigeration services to grocers, shippers and citizens. On March 5, 1921, an off-shoot, Hygeia Ice Cream Company, was created. Corning-Hygeia, Inc. was then founded on February 21, 1930. The company provided cold storage for produce, furs, and wholesale distribution of ice and ice cream until 1976. Major officers were Clayton S. Shoemaker, Floyd M. Shoemaker, Guy S. Shoemaker, J. Raymond Shoemaker, David Shoemaker and Garth Shoemaker, who was the last president. The company was heavily involved in making improvements to the south dike of the Chemung River. David Shoemaker's wife, Eleanor, founded the Eleanor Shoemaker Real Estate Company in 1962.
Scope:	The collection includes stock ledgers and certificates books from 1896-1904; stock certificates from 1921 and 1924-1927; by-laws of Corning-Hygeia, Inc. from 1930; diagrams of at-grade crossing elimination projects from 1932; architectural drawings, blueprints and correspondence regarding flood control projects from 1936-1946; promotional photographs of the company taken by Fred Loomis and Steiner Studios, from 1924-1954; and the 1954 summary appraisal.
Extent	1 linear foot
Date Span	1896-1954
Abstract	This collection contains material relating to the Hygeia Refrigerating Company of Elmira, N.Y. and its subsidiaries.

Title	Document	Box Number	Folder Number	Location

Hygeia Refrigerating Company stockholder ledger, January 1897 to December 1903.	Ledger	01	00	01
Hygeia Refrigerating Company stockholder ledger, 1904.	Ledger	01	00	02
Hygeia Refrigerating Company stock certificate book, September 1896 to December 1903.	Ledger	01	00	03
Pierce & Bickford, architects, price estimate for Hygeia Refrigerating Co. cold storage building, 1909.	Document	01	01	01
Architectural concept drawing for the Clifton Springs Sanitarium designed by Pierce & Bickford.	Drawing	01	01	02
Pierce & Bickford, architects, advertisment and fee schedule, circa 1909.	Document	01	01	03
Letter to Hygeia Refrigerating Co. from Pierce & Bickford Architects regarding consuting fees, May 11, 1909.	Letter	01	01	04
Letter to Floyd Shoemaker of Hygeia Refrigerating Co. from Pierce & Bickford Architects, April 26, 1909.	Letter	01	01	05
Letter to Mr. Bickford of Pierce & Bickford from Floyd Shoemaker of Hygeia Refrigeration Co., April 23, 1909.	Letter	01	01	06
Letter to Floyd Shoemaker of Hygeia Refrigerating Co. from Pierce & Bickford Architects, April 24, 1909.	Letter	01	01	07
Hygeia Ice Cream Co. stock certificate ledger, 1921.	Ledger	01	02	01
Hygeia Refrigerating Co. stockbook, 1924 to 1930.	Ledger	01	03	01
Hygeia Ice Cream Co. stock holders meeting minutes, 1921 to 1928.	Ledger	01	04	01
A xerox copy titled "USS Chemung engaged in high speed fueling operation".	Photo Copy	01	56	02
Elmira Consolidated Ice Co. stock certificate book, 1924-1930.	Ledger	02	01	01
Articles of incorporation and by-laws of Corning-Hygeia Inc., February 21, 1930.	Document	02	02	01
Minutes for the meeting of incorporators of Corning-Hygeia Inc., February 21, 1930.	Document	02	02	02
Minutes of stockholders meeting for Corning-Hygeia Co., January 20, 1931.	Document	02	02	03
New York State Department of Public Works easement of lands owned by Floyd Shoemaker for the elimination of highway-railroad crossings at grade, August 19, 1932. Case number 3199-4014, maps number 56, 60, 65 and 71-R.	Document	02	03	01
Memo with Letterhead of "From the Desk of- W.C. Wolgast"	Manuscript	02	04	01
Measurements and drawings	Manuscript	02	04	02
Building Permit, June 17, 1924	Document	02	04	03
Precautions taken during flood dangers, March 1934	Memo	02	04	04
Letter from Hygeia Refrigerating president J.R. Shoemaker to C.C. Hunter, City Manager of Elmira, March 17, 1936	Letter	02	04	05
Handwritten notation "Blueprint taken by Mr. George"	Manuscript	02	04	06
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