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The MidAmerica Commodity Exchange was founded as “Pudd’s Exchange” in a field on the corner of LaSalle and Washington streets in 1868. In 1880, it was incorporated as the Chicago Open Board of Trade. The exchange became known as the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange in 1973, and kept the name after it became affiliated with the Chicago Board of Trade in 1986. The exchange closed in 2003.
The exchange offered smaller versions of contracts offered by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), thus allowing individuals with smaller resources to trade and gain experience before attempting to trade larger amounts. Membership prices were also lower. The contracts offered by MACE ranged from 1/2 to 1/5 of the regular CBOT contracts and consisted of many of the same futures and options contracts: grains, livestock, metals, foreign currencies, t-bills/bonds, etc. In 1977, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined MACE’s rule structure and forced a restructuring of most of the exchange, including the implementation of an effective rule enforcement program, and a $50,000 penalty.
MACE acquired the Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange (CRCE) in December 1985. Previously CRCE had been the New Orleans Commodity Exchange (NOCE), which was established in 1981 and moved to Chicago in 1983. The CRCE was dissolved in 1991. In 1986, MACE became an affiliate of CBOT, who elected a MidAm Board to replace the exchange’s original board. A MidAm Advisory Committee was elected from the MACE membership. Members retained access to MidAm original contracts, or contracts that originated from a MidAm contract. Equity interest and voting rights were handed to CBOT.
Though MACE was smaller than the prominent Chicago commodity exchanges, it was the first to institute many policies and contracts that were emulated by the larger exchanges. It was the first exchange to introduce a third party clearing house (1882) and customer margin requirements (1920).
The exchange moved periodically around Chicago since its founding. In 1926, it moved to 328-334 Sherman. In 1947, the exchange moved to 231 South Wells street. It remained in that location until 1958, when it moved to the Fisher building at 343 South Dearborn. After its rebranding as MACE, the exchange moved to 175 West Jackson on May 5, 1974. In 1982, MACE purchased the building at 444 West Jackson where it stayed until its affiliation with CBOT, whereupon it moved into the CBOT building at 141 West Jackson.
The records of the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange document the history and activities of the exchange past its affiliation until its eventual complete absorption into CBOT. The bulk of the materials range from 1960-1990 and include pamphlets; reports; press releases; newsletters; multimedia, etc.
Where possible, the original order of the collection has been maintained. Generally, it is in chronological order, but some series overlap. The exchange is referred to as MACE and MidAm throughout the materials, including the folder titles added when the collection was processed. (These various names are repeated throughout CBOT records as well.) NOCE and CRCE have overlapping materials since they are the same exchange. Materials relating to the beginnings of the exchange can be found in the Chicago Open Board of Trade series. Some documents are present from after the CBOT affiliation, but the bulk of the collection diminishes at that point.
Materials from the Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange (CRCE)/New Orleans Commodity Exchange (NOCE) were removed where they mingled with the MACE materials and arranged alphabetically (chronologically within the folder if necessary) due to the small amount of materials present.
Rule revisions were often submitted to the CFTC in groups, or included more than one chapter. In this case, original order was kept or documents were placed with the rules they were mainly related to. Rules were also originally arranged both in chapters and by individual rules, an arrangement that has largely been preserved, though condensed.
There is a small amount of oversize materials in the collection. These are generally listed at or near the end of the container lists.
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MidAmerica Commodity Exchange records [MSMCE001], Box #, Folder #, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Illinois Chicago.
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The organizational records contain records pertaining to the overall structure and functions of MACE. The series includes two subseries: Rules and regulations; and Annual reports. The rules series includes rulebooks, chapters drafts and revisions, individual rule drafts and revisions, and miscellaneous. The records generally consist of correspondence between MACE and the CFTC, who approved all rule and regulation creation and edits, but assorted rulebooks are also included.
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Departments were central to MACE’s structure. The Economic Analysis department makes up the bulk of the series, and includes materials related to many contracts offered by MACE. The Miscellaneous department subseries contains the records of some departments with a small amount of materials.
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The series contains two subseries: the records of the Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange (CRCE) and its prior history as the New Orleans Commodity Exchange (NOCE). The bulk of the series is primarily CRCE materials.
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This series contains the records of the Chicago Open Board of Trade (COBT), an early version of MACE. Almost the entirety of the series is devoted to COBT operations, but a small amount of memorabilia is included.
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This series primarily contains a variety of photos, slides, and microforms. A small amount of memorabilia is also included. Photos have been arranged roughly by date and depict primarily trading floor events and employees.
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