MS 381
Food and Household Product Advertising Guides and Publications
Collection, ca. 1880s-1978, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary

creator:

 

title:

Food and Household Product Advertising Guides and Publications Collection

dates:

ca. 1880s-1978, n.d.

extent:

1.26 linear ft.  (3 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 381

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Food and Household Product Advertising Guides and Publications Collection, MS 381, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

   

Collection description
 

The collection contains guides and publications produced by commercial food companies for consumers.  Many of the publications were packaged as part of the product at the time of purchase.  The materials are colorful, may be distinctively shaped, and are artistic in composition.  The collection is arranged alphabetically by company, and by date within each company grouping. 

The original collection was received from Robert F. Smith of What Cheer, Iowa.  Mr Smith is a retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and author of a cookbook titled The Old and New World of Cooking.  Additional materials received from various sources have been added to the collection from time to time.

Related materials may be found in MS 237 Food Pamphlet Collection and MS 380 Wartime Household Guides and Recipe Collection.

 

Organization

The collection is listed alphabetically.

 

 Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
2 35 A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company n.d.
2 47 A.E. Wright Company 1914
3 1 Amana (Guides to Food Freezing) n.d.
1 1 Arm and Hammer Company ("A Friend in Need") 1924-1933
1 2 Arm and Hammer Company ("Good Things to Eat") 1924-1939
1 4 Arm and Hammer Company (Miscellaneous) 1909-1949, n.d.
1 3 Arm and Hammer Company ("Successful Baking") 1934-1936
1 5 Armour Company 1905, n.d.
1 6 Ball Brothers Company n.d.
1 7 Battle Creek Food Company n.d.
3 2 Betty Crocker (General Mills, Inc.) 1935, n.d.
1 8 Borch and Stevens Company 1927
1 9 Borden Condensed Milk Company n.d.
1 10 Bunte Brothers 1918
1 11 Burnham and Morrill Company 1923
1 12 Burt Olney Canning Company n.d.
2 12 C. A. Murdock and Company 1880s
2 31 C.F. Sauer Company n.d.
1 13 Calumet Baking Powder Company 1909-1934, n.d.
1 14 Carnation Company 1931
3 3 Certo (Surejell) (Pectin Sales Co.) 1921
2 2 Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company 1927-1957, n.d.
2 6 Chas. E. Meyer Company 1923
1 15 Clinton Company 1934
1 16 Corn Products Refining Company n.d.
1 18 Cream Top Corporation n.d.
1 19 Crescent Macaroni and Cracker Company 1925
3 4 Curtice Brothers Co. ("A Pictorial History of Hospitality") 1916
1 20 Del Maiz (Minnesota Valley Canning Company) n.d.
1 34 Dr. D. Jayne and Son 1917
1 21 Durkee Famous Foods, Inc. 1934
2 48 E.H. Wright Company LTD. n.d.
1 22 Elastic Starch (J. C. Hubinger Brothers Company) 1919
1 23 Fleischmann Company 1919-1924
3 5 Frigidaire 1958, n.d.
1 24 General Baking Company 1934
1 25 Godchaux Sugars, Inc. 1933
1 26 Grand Union Company 1943
3 18 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. n.d.
1 27 Habicht, Braun and Company (Ricena) in German n.d.
3 6 Hawaiian Pineapple Packers' Association ("How We Serve Hawaiian Canned Pineapple") 1914
1 29 Hirsch Brothers and Company n.d.
1 30 Hulman and Company (Clabber Girl) 1934
1 17 J. & G. Cox, LTD. 1909
3 15 J.R. Watkins Co. 1982, n.d.
1 33 Jaques Manufacturing Company 1909-1933
1 32 Jaques Manufacturing Company 1920, n.d.
1 31 Jaques Manufacturing Company n.d.
3 7 Jell-O (Gennessee Pure Food Company) 1927, n.d.
1 35 John Cook and Sons, Inc. 1922
2 10 John Morrell and Company 1922-1950
1 36 Junket (J. W. Clement Company) 1935, n.d.
3 8 Kelvinator n.d.
2 1 Kerr Glass/Kerr Jars Company 1910-1965, n.d.
2 3 Kraft Company 1938, n.d.
2 4 Larabee Flour Mills Company 1929
2 5 Mentholatum Company 1924
2 7 Midland Flour Milling Company n.d.
2 8 Minnesota Macaroni Company n.d.
2 9 Minute Tapioca Company 1928
3 9 Monarch Cake and Pastry Flour 1924
3 10 Monarch Range Company n.d.
2 13 Nash Coffee Company n.d.
2 14 National Coffee Roasters Association 1913
2 15 North Brothers Manufacturing Companies 1912
2 16 Northwest Yeast Company n.d.
2 17 Nyal Company n.d.
2 19 Oeleich and Berry Company 1926
2 18 Old Home Creameries n.d.
2 20 Pacific Coast Borax Company 1915
2 21 Parke Davis and Company 1935
3 11 Pepsin Syrup Company ("Dr. Caldwell's Guide to Health, Home Cook Book") n.d.
2 22 Pet Milk Company 1924-1934, n.d.
2 23 Pompeian Corporation 1929
2 24 Poph-itt Cereal Company 1938
3 13 Post Toasties n.d.
2 25 Premier Malt Products 1928
3 12 Presto Chick n Fryer Low Pressure Fryer 1978
2 26 Price Baking Powder Company 1909-1921
2 27 Price Flavoring Extract Company 1923, n.d.
3 14 Redel's Marshmallows n.d.
3 20 Rexall Stores ("The Family Year Book") n.d.
1 28 Richard Hellmann, Inc. n.d.
2 28 Rumford Chemical Works 1920, n.d.
2 29 Russell-Miller Milling Company n.d.
2 30 Sanico (American Range Corporation) 1925
3 17 Shellane Gas Service n.d.
2 32 Shredded Wheat Company 1924
2 33 Sof Products Company n.d.
2 34 Sprague Warner and Company (Richelieu) n.d.
2 36 Standard Brands Inc. (Royal Baking Powder) 1939-1940
2 37 Swans Down Cake Flour and Sterilized Bran (Igleheart Brothers) 1929, n.d.
2 38 Swift and Company (Jewel) 1911-ca. 1934
2 39 Tones Company n.d.
2 40 Towle Maple Products Company (Log Cabin) 1915
2 41 Triscuit Company n.d.
2 42 Troco Nut Butter Company 1918
2 43 Vitamin Food Company (Vegex) n.d.
2 44 Washburn Crosby Company (Gold Medal Flour) n.d.
3 16 Wear-Ever ("Canning, Preserving & Jelly Making") n.d.
3 19 Westinghouse 1944, n.d.
2 45 Wheatena Company n.d.
2 46 White House Biscuit Company n.d.
2 11 William J. Moxley Company n.d.

 
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