Historical Summary to be added

Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs, documents, minutes etc relating to the Ringwood Co-operative Coolstores Society Ltd. up to it's closure in 1960.

Used by the Coolstores Committee and given to Norwood High School by the Management Committee. R. Mullin persuaded the high school committee to give them to the Ringwood Historical Research Group.

Red covered book with suede spine and corners. Minute book from first to 80th committee meetings of the Ringwood Co-operative Coolstores Society Ltd - from 16-Dec-1915 to 10-Jan-1922.

Black and white photograph

"Written on back of photograph" Apple packing class - Mr Krone instructor. Marybell McAlpin on left. "Attached to back of photograph" Packing class at Ringwood Coolstores -children from Ringwood State School No2997 (Probably children of orchardists) Teacher provided by Agriculture Department.

Black and white photograph (2 copies)

Image taken from Town Hall roof and shows cleared site of coolstore on corner of Maroondah Highway and Wantirna Road.

A large brown Kalamazoo binder containing Minutes of the society from 1934 through to its winding up in 1960. The binder is opened with a key to insert or remove pages. The original key is lost, but RDHS Archivist Nevelle Burns made up two replacement keysm to allow the Pages to be removed for scanning. Once scanned the pages were reinsrted and the key used to close and lock the binder. The scanned minutes are in VC items 11221 to 11234 (2 years per item). VC Item 11235 is the Auction Catalogue associated with the closure of the Coolstores in 1960. This minute book was Item 24 at an Auction and was donated to RDHS (donor unknown). Key to VC Records of Scanned Minutes from Bound Kalamazoo Minute Book (VC 11220): VC ID Identification_Title 11221 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1934-1935 11222 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1936-1937 11223 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1938-1939 11224 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1940-1941 11225 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1942-1943 11226 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1944-1945 11227 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1946-1947 11228 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1948-1949 11229 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1950-1951 11230 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1952-1953 11231 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1954-1955 11232 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1956-1957 11233 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1958-1959 11234 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1960 including windup of the Society

Label on cover reading "Committee Meetings - 201 -374 1934-1960. Ringwood Co-operative Cool Stores Society Ltd"

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