Czarnikow-Rionda Company. Office of the
Secretary.
Records, 1920-1960.
9.6 linear ft. (23
boxes and 1 volume)
This series includes
the files of Charles H. Johnson, who served as Secretary of the Czarnikow-Rionda
Company until 1950, and Henry George Atkinson, who succeeded Johnson in
1951. It also contains Atkinson's files when he was Assistant Secretary.
Both Johnson and Atkinson were also vice presidents in the company and
had duties that extended beyond their roles as secretaries.
Johnson's files are
contained in boxes 1-4 and are arranged according to subject. A letterbook
containing outgoing correspondence for 1922-1928 also exists.
Atkinson's files are
much more complete. Boxes 4-6 contain his copies of the minutes from
1920-1951. (The official minutes of the Czarnikow-Rionda Company
are not contained in the Braga Brothers Collection and this set is not
complete.) The remainder of Atkinson's files is separated into two
time periods. The first file starts in 1933 and continues to 1954,
while the second starts in the latter year and ends in 1960. Both
files are arranged alphabetically by subject and contain incoming and outgoing
correspondence, reports, published material and other record types.
All aspects of the company's business are documented.
Of special note are
the extensive files on the United States Cuban Sugar Council. These
include sets of council memoranda that are found in each subject file.
The council was a lobby for business interests associated with the Cuban
sugar industry. The council kept abreast of public, media and government
attitudes towards the importation of Cuban sugar.