Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 381
Food and Household Product Advertising Guides
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. |
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. |
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 in Spceial Collections and University Archives include: |
The collection is listed alphabetically. |
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 |