Czarnikow-Rionda Company. Research
Dept.
Records, 1954-1962.
2.5 linear ft.
(6 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box).
Series 47 contains records of the Research Dept. of the Czarnikow-Rionda Co. The department was headed by Miklos Szabo-Pelsoczi, a vice president in the company. The series is an excellent source on the Cuban sugar industry on the eve of the revolution and includes extensive cable communication related to government controls, pooling ventures, and market conditions. World market conditions are also discussed and analyzed, especially in the correspondence with C. Czarnikow, Ltd. for the years 1954-1955 and 1959-1960. (Other years are unavailable.) Monthly domestic (U.S.) market appraisals are included for 1955-1958. The series also contains large files on revisions of the U.S. Sugar Act and sugar quotas.