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

MS 381
Food and Household Product Advertising Guides

and Publications Collection, circa 1880s-1978, undated

Descriptive summary

creator:  
title: Food and Household Product Advertising Guides and Publications Collection
dates: circa 1880s-1978, undated
extent: 1.26 linear feet (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

Related materials in Spceial Collections and University Archives include:

 

Organization

The collection is listed alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

35

A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company

undated

2

47

A.E. Wright Company

1914

3

1

Amana (Guides to Food Freezing)

undated

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, undated

1

3

Arm and Hammer Company ("Successful Baking")

1934-1936

1

5

Armour Company

1905, undated

1

6

Ball Brothers Company

undated

1

7

Battle Creek Food Company

undated

3

2

Betty Crocker (General Mills, Inc.)

1935, undated

1

8

Borch and Stevens Company

1927

1

9

Borden Condensed Milk Company

undated

1

10

Bunte Brothers

1918

1

11

Burnham and Morrill Company

1923

1

12

Burt Olney Canning Company

undated

2

12

C. A. Murdock and Company

1880s

2

31

C.F. Sauer Company

undated

1

13

Calumet Baking Powder Company

1909-1934, undated

1

14

Carnation Company

1931

3

3

Certo (Surejell) (Pectin Sales Co.)

1921

2

2

Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company

1927-1957, undated

2

6

Chas. E. Meyer Company

1923

1

15

Clinton Company

1934

1

16

Corn Products Refining Company

undated

1

18

Cream Top Corporation

undated

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)

undated

1

34

Dr. D. Jayne and Son

1917

1

21

Durkee Famous Foods, Inc.

1934

2

48

E.H. Wright Company LTD.

undated

1

22

Elastic Starch (J. C. Hubinger Brothers Company)

1919

1

23

Fleischmann Company

1919-1924

3

5

Frigidaire

1958, undated

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.

undated

1

27

Habicht, Braun and Company (Ricena) in German

undated

3

6

Hawaiian Pineapple Packers' Association ("How We Serve Hawaiian Canned Pineapple")

1914

1

29

Hirsch Brothers and Company

undated

1

30

Hulman and Company (Clabber Girl)

1934

1

17

J. & G. Cox, LTD.

1909

3

15

J.R. Watkins Co.

1982, undated

1

33

Jaques Manufacturing Company

1909-1933

1

32

Jaques Manufacturing Company

1920, undated

1

31

Jaques Manufacturing Company

undated

3

7

Jell-O (Gennessee Pure Food Company)

1927, undated

1

35

John Cook and Sons, Inc.

1922

2

10

John Morrell and Company

1922-1950

1

36

Junket (J. W. Clement Company)

1935, undated

3

8

Kelvinator

undated

2

1

Kerr Glass/Kerr Jars Company

1910-1965, undated

2

3

Kraft Company

1938, undated

2

4

Larabee Flour Mills Company

1929

2

5

Mentholatum Company

1924

2

7

Midland Flour Milling Company

undated

2

8

Minnesota Macaroni Company

undated

2

9

Minute Tapioca Company

1928

3

9

Monarch Cake and Pastry Flour

1924

3

10

Monarch Range Company

undated

2

13

Nash Coffee Company

undated

2

14

National Coffee Roasters Association

1913

2

15

North Brothers Manufacturing Companies

1912

2

16

Northwest Yeast Company

undated

2

17

Nyal Company

undated

2

19

Oeleich and Berry Company

1926

2

18

Old Home Creameries

undated

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")

undated

2

22

Pet Milk Company

1924-1934, undated

2

23

Pompeian Corporation

1929

2

24

Poph-itt Cereal Company

1938

3

13

Post Toasties

undated

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, undated

3

14

Redel's Marshmallows

undated

3

20

Rexall Stores ("The Family Year Book")

undated

1

28

Richard Hellmann, Inc.

undated

2

28

Rumford Chemical Works

1920, undated

2

29

Russell-Miller Milling Company

undated

2

30

Sanico (American Range Corporation)

1925

3

17

Shellane Gas Service

undated

2

32

Shredded Wheat Company

1924

2

33

Sof Products Company

undated

2

34

Sprague Warner and Company (Richelieu)

undated

2

36

Standard Brands Inc. (Royal Baking Powder)

1939-1940

2

37

Swans Down Cake Flour and Sterilized Bran (Igleheart Brothers)

1929, undated

2

38

Swift and Company (Jewel)

1911-ca. 1934

2

39

Tones Company

undated

2

40

Towle Maple Products Company (Log Cabin)

1915

2

41

Triscuit Company

undated

2

42

Troco Nut Butter Company

1918

2

43

Vitamin Food Company (Vegex)

undated

2

44

Washburn Crosby Company (Gold Medal Flour)

undated

3

16

Wear-Ever ("Canning, Preserving & Jelly Making")

undated

3

19

Westinghouse

1944, undated

2

45

Wheatena Company

undated

2

46

White House Biscuit Company

undated

2

11

William J. Moxley Company

undated