Czarnikow-Rionda Company. Selling Dept.
Records of Vice President
Reed Clark,1947-1958.
3.75 linear ft.
(9 boxes)
Series 61 contains files that originated in the office of Reed Clark. Reed Clark was listed in stockholders' reports as an assistant vice president in 1953 and vice president in 1955. An organizational chart from the same time period indicates that Clark was in the Selling Department. There is considerable information and correspondence in this series related to the sugar trade with Chile and Japan. The Puerto Rican sugar industry also receives attention. The confidential memoranda from the Cuban law firm of Gorrin, Mañas, Macía, y Alamilla regarding negotiations with the Cuban government and labor unions on issues affecting the sugar industry are especially significant. Box 1 includes photocopies of newspaper clippings from 1955-1958. Box 9 contains records of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange. Clark sat on the Exchange's Board of Managers in 1957 and 1958. The remainder of the series is an alphabetical file containing incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, sugar trade data, and other records.