The Oil Mill Gazetteer Digital Archive

 

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Oil Mill Gazetteer, a publication of the International Oil Mill Superintendents Association (IOMSA) with subscribers worldwide, has been around since 1894—one of the longest-lasting publications you will find in any field! The Gazetteer continues to be a great source of information for the world’s oilseed processors, and in particular, those with the superintendent’s area of responsibility. Regular content includes oilseed news pertinent to the worldwide processing industry, company and personnel news, industry meetings, and feature articles covering a broad variety of topics, including plant and equipment maintenance, safety, environmental concerns, government regulations, and crop projections.

Evolution of The Oil Mill Gazetteer

This magazine was born in 1894 when a group of Texan oilseed processors felt the need to have a source for industry information and news. It has been published monthly since that time.

The memoirs of Gus Baumgarten, a 12-year veteran oil miller from Schulenburg, Texas—the “daddy” of the Oil Mill Gazetteer—reveal the first copies of the magazine were mainly copies of the proceedings from the IOMSA meetings, which began in 1894. But in 1899 the paper took on the look of a genuine magazine covering not only the proceedings, but industry news, ideas from oil millers, and advertising.

Two things have been the foundation of the magazine - that it pay for itself and that it adhere to its original mandate to provide an informational tool for the superintendents’ association. Through the more than 100 years of publication this tool has grown and it has become a source of information for the world’s oilseed processors, always targeted to the superintendent’s area of responsibility.

The Oil Mill Gazetteer has had only seven editors: Gus Baumgarten, H. J. Thiessen, John Bannon, H. E. Wilson, Kris Smith, Paula Kolmar, and currently, AOCS Press. The editors have consequently served as a consistent source for the IOMSA (which uses a four-year board of director term) and the industry. Today, the Gazetteer is published every month with subscribers in several countries—just about anywhere there is a crushing or processing plant. It is a product of the International Oil Mill Superintendents Association, enjoying complete support of the officers and board of directors in matters of business and content.

Members of the IOMSA receive a complimentary subscription to the Gazetteer with their membership. Others can subscribe for $55 per year domestic, $140 airmail.

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