INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION:
An Inventory of Its Corporate Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | International Multifoods Corporation, creator. | |
| Title: | Corporate records. | |
| Dates: | 1861-2000. | |
| Language: | Materials in English, , Hebrew, and Spanish. | |
| Abstract: | Materials within the collection provide historical, biographical, administative, aural, and pictorial information about the company's growth from the small New Prague Flouring Mill, founded in 1892, into a public conglomerate with international offices, operations, and markets. Information covers the corporation's executive officers; its manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution facilities; its subsidiaries and product lines; promotional programs; and advertising campaigns. | |
| Quantity: | 38.0 cubic feet (35 boxes, 5 microfilm reels, 1 oversize folder, unboxed, and 1 oversize folder in 1 partial box), 6 master audio files: WAV (459 MB), 1 submaster audio file: WAV (56 MB), 6 user audio files: MP3 (82.9 MB), 6 submaster video files: MOV (55.1 GB), and 6 user video files: MP4 (973 MB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf location. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The company that would become International Multifoods Corporation began as a small flour mill in 1892 on property leased in New Prague, Minnesota. The mill was operated by F. A. Bean, Sr., a man who, with his father, had previously owned the Polar Star Milling Company of Faribault which, in 1890 or 1891, had closed with an amassed debt of over $100,000. After four years of profitable operation at the New Prague site and at a site purchased in Wells, Minnesota, Bean lost the New Prague lease due to questionable circumstances surrounding the owner's redemption of mortgages held against the property. [F.A. Bean, "Interesting Events in the Early Days of the Company," The Grist (April 1942), p.9-10.] Forced to find new facilities, Bean built a mill complete with grain storage and railroad trackage and incorporated this business as The New Prague Flouring Mill.
In 1902, ten years after its initial start-up, the New Prague Flouring Mill expanded by acquiring a mill in Wells, Minnesota. Four years later the company acquired a third operation in Davenport, Iowa. In 1908 the company purchased the Moose Jaw Milling Company in Saskatchewan, Canada and began its international operations by marketing the Robin Hood brand of flours. The company was renamed International Milling Company in 1910 and, in 1912, Bean repaid the debts owed by the Polar Star Milling Company from some 20 years previous.
Throughout the remaining first half of the twentieth century, International Milling Company continued to expand operations within both the United States and Canada by acquiring or building additional mills in New York, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. To augment its manufacturing operations the company added docks, terminal elevators, and warehouses to its assets. Beginning in 1951, the company diversified its trade lines through the purchase of the Eagle Roller Mill Company of New Ulm, Minnesota, manufacturers of rye flours and the Supersweet animal formula feeds. By the early 1960s the company had mills manufacturing feed products in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s the company continued to expand its international operations and to diversify its product lines. Flour mills in Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo, Venezuela were opened under the subsidiary Robin Hood Flour Mills Limited of Molinos Nacionales C.A. (MONACA). A sales office was opened in Caracas in 1960 and mill facilities were purchased in Cumana and constructed in Valencia. An Ecuadorian feed mill was purchased in 1961 and was replaced by new facilities in 1966. In 1965, after acquiring several poultry and egg operations across the midwestern United States, the company "purchased a substantial (approximately 50%) interest in La Hacienda, an agricultural processing and manufacturing business in Mexico. Included in the business were three formula feed plants, an alfalfa dehydration plant, a feed equipment fabricating factory, three chicken hatcheries and seven poultry farms." [From the chronology in Harry's Bay Research Files found in the Historical Background series of the International Multifoods Corporation corporate records.] Throughout this period of international expansion, various proposals were investigated for operations in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Nicaragua.
The 1960s and 1970s were a period of self examination, reorganization, and movement toward an increased presence in consumer markets. In 1964 the corporation first offered common stock to the public. In 1970 the company renamed itself International Multifoods Corporation and, in August of 1971, began listing its stock on the New York Stock Exchange. During this time the public relations department undertook a number of studies regarding the corporation's identity, examining its name, symbol, and logo. Product diversification continued and the corporation entered the consumer foods market with prepared mixes, delicatessen items, and frozen foods. At the same time, the corporation also began restaurant franchising and marketing home interior accessories. Some of the companies acquired during this time included the Kretschmer Wheat Germ Company of Carrollton, Michigan (1964); Bick's of Canada, a pickle manufacturer, (1966); Mister Donut of Weston, Massachusetts (1970); Kaukauna Cheese of Kaukauna, Wisconsin (1972); Freeman-McFarlin of El Monte, California and Nadler Lighting of Cleveland, Ohio (1973); Smokecraft of Albany, Oregon (1976); Hickory Farms of Wichita, Kansas (1978); and Morey Fish Company of Motley, Minnesota (1979).
Following this period of expansion and diversification, the corporation underwent major restructuring in the 1980s and early 1990s in an effort to increase efficiency and to streamline its operations. During this time many of the companies acquired throughout the 1960s and 1970s were divested including its interior decorative lines, its consumer and pet food operations, its restaurant franchises, and its agricultural operations. As part of this streamlining the corporation even sold to General Mills, Inc. the operations which gave the company its start, the United States flour milling firms. By 1992, the year of the company's centennial, Multifoods enjoyed a major presence in the food industry with over $2 billion in annual sales.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Historical background files (1895-1992), office and plant facilities (1895-1992), general correspondence (1900-1990), reports (1938-1995), financial records (1876-1988), legal records (1885-1974), subject files (1920-1974), public relations files (1911-2000) including microfilmed files (1914-1987), corporate contribution files (1970-1991), ephemera (1920-1955), printed material (1891-1992), photographs (1861-1985), sound recordings (circa 1941-1976), and visual recordings (1933-1981) documenting one of Minnesota's largest agricultural and food processing firms. Also includes corporate records of Shellabarger's Inc. (1887-1952), a Kansas flour mill acquired by Multifoods in 1947.
Of particular note are the oral histories conducted between 1958 and 1965 with senior executives and office, mill, and laboratory personnel; the printed materials and the sound and visual recordings, which provide information about the company's history and advertising campaigns; and the extensive exterior and interior photographs of the corporation's office and plant facilities.
The collection contains historical, biographical, fiscal, legal, pictorial, and printed information on the evolution of the New Prague Flouring Mill into International Multifoods Corporation. The bulk of the collection covers the corporation's executive officers, its office and plant facilities, product lines, advertising, and packaging. Topics include the acquisition and divestment of company subsidiaries, the diversification or consolidation of product lines, and the packaging and marketing of products. Photographs and printed material are heavily represented, as well as sound and visual recordings.
The collection was initially compiled by the corporation's public relations department in 1957 to augment the publication of its internal newsletter and culminated in the 1992 publication of a centennial history at which time the collection was transferred to the Minnesota Historical Society. Record groups include various series from Shellabarger's Inc., a Kansas flour mill acquired by International Multifoods in 1947, and series from International Multifoods Corporation, itself.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| Shellabarger's Inc. Records | ||
| International Multifoods Corporation Records |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Restrictions:
Access to records less than 25 years old requires written permission. News releases, clippings, commonly available publications, photographs, and sound and visual productions are excluded from this restriction. Researchers wishing to see restricted materials must apply in writing for permission. Please consult the reference staff for more information.
Quotation or publication of anything based on records less than 25 years old requires written permission. News releases, clippings, commonly available publications, photographs, and sound and visual productions are excluded from this restriction.
Please consult the reference staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. International Multifoods Corporation Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Microfilm Production:
M592: St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, 1996.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 14,992; 15,544; 16,038; 17,467
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of audiovisual material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audio reel material was disposed after being digitally reformatted into WAV files.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Monica Manny, June 1996; Lynn Leitte, August 2001; Lora Bloom and Dennis Meissner, August 2004
Digital audio and video files transferred from the master audiovisual material by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (August 2022).
Catalog ID number: 990017330560104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
SHELLABARGER'S INC. RECORDS
Records from Shellabarger's Inc. (1887-1952) include an historical background file containing a souvenir booklet from 1926, a letterpress copybook for the period January 1 - April 9, 1887, and four volumes of minutes covering 1921-1928 and 1936-1952. The minutes record meetings of the board of directors, its executive committee, and stockholders, and covers the period when the company was purchased by International Multifoods Corporation.
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| 143.J.8.3B | 1 | Historical background, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||
| Letterpress copybook, January 1-April 9, 1887. | |||||||||||||
| Minute books (4 volumes, missing 1929-1935): | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. No. 161a, 1921-1928. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 2. No. 161c, 1936-1945. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 3. 1946-1947. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 4. 1947-1952. | |||||||||||||
INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION RECORDS
Series within the International Multifoods Corporation group include: historical background files (1895-1992, office and plant facilities (1895-1982), general correspondence (1900-1990), reports (1938-1995), financial records (1876-1988), legal records (1885-1974), subject files (1920-1974), public relations files (1911-2000), corporate contributions (1970-1991), ephemera (1920-1955), maps (1926-1935), blueprints (1928-1933), printed materials (1891-1992), photographs (1861-1985), sound recordings (circa 1941-1976), and visual recordings (1933-1981).
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| 143.J.8.3B | 1 | Historical background: | |||||||||||
| Materials relating to International Multifoods Corporation's organizational evolution, as well as biographical information on F. A. Bean, Sr., F. A. Bean, Jr., and other corporate executives. Subseries include biographical files (1911-1967), organizational files (1886-1990), literary works (1900-1965), office and plant facilities (1895-1982), and oral history project (1955-1965). Documents within these files include correspondence, memoranda, anecdotal narratives, chronologies, essays, meeting presentation speeches, F. A. Bean, Jr.'s college thesis on Minnesota warehouse law, and references to articles appearing in the corporation's internal newsletter. To supplement information contained within this series, researchers may wish to review the employee training publications, the filmstrips, or the documentary motion pictures for items that highlight the corporation's history, structure, mission, and products. | |||||||||||||
| Biographical: | |||||||||||||
| F. A. Bean, Sr., 1930-1945. | |||||||||||||
| F. A. Bean, Jr., 1922-1967. | |||||||||||||
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| 145.B.9.1B | 26 | Executive biographical files, [194-]-[198-]. 40 folders. | |||||||||||
| Files include biographical sketches and photographs of corporate executive officers. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.3B | 1 | Organizational: | |||||||||||
| Eugene V. Smalley, "The Flour Mills of Minneapolis," Century Magazine (clipping), May 1886. | |||||||||||||
| "The Story of International Milling," 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate history, undated and 1911-1991. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 145.B.9.1B | 26 | Corporate history, [198-]-[199-]. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| 100th anniversary files, 1992. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.3B | 1 | Harry Bay's research files, 1945-1984. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Particularly noteworthy are Harry Bay's research files, which were compiled as part of an effort to write a corporate history. The research files include an 1840-1983 chronology of the company detailing its acquisitions, divestitures, and personnel changes; biographical and genealogical notes on Charles Ritz (president, 1943-1955; chairman of the board, 1955-1965); and photocopies of bank ledgers from the Bank of New Prague for the New Prague Flouring Mill (1902-1909). | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz biographical (1839-1982), 1976-1978. | |||||||||||||
| Chronology (1840-1983), 1984. | |||||||||||||
| New Prague bank ledgers, 1902-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Literary works (alphabetical by form): | |||||||||||||
| Essays: | |||||||||||||
| F. A. Bean, Jr., undated and 1961, 1965 | |||||||||||||
| Oliver L. Steele, "Sales Lady or Clerk?" reprint, 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Grist article drafts: W. G. Draper; Mark Griffin, 1938-1939; 1964-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Presentations: | |||||||||||||
| New Prague Library Dedication, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Sales meetings, undated and 1906, 1911. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Stockholders meetings, 1955, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||||
| Thesis, F. A. Bean, Jr., The Country Warehouse Law of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Transcript, W. L. Harvey, "Letters from the Orient," 1928. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Oral history project: | |||||||||||
| Other highly informative materials are the oral history project interviews conducted between 1958 and 1965. A total of 19 individuals were interviewed for this project including high profile executives, such as Atherton Bean and Charles Ritz, as well as mill, office, and laboratory employees. These interviews provide rich detail on the policies and practices of the company, as well as intimate glimpses into the personalities of the company's founder and senior executives. The interviews are available both in their original audio format and as typewritten transcripts. See the sound recordings section of the Detailed Description for the audio format of these interviews. | |||||||||||||
| Project correspondence, 1955-1963. | |||||||||||||
| Interview transcripts (alphabetical by person interviewed): | |||||||||||||
| Transcript references to tapes (Tape 1, Tape 2, etc.) refer to the original master reel-to-reel audio tapes, not to the sound cassettes (the user copies) available in Box 13 of the collection. | |||||||||||||
| Atherton Bean (President, 1955-1965; CEO, 1965-1969), 1962, 1964. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Theodore P. Bjerke (bookkeeper and accountant, 1909-1952), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| A. C. Bredesen (stenographer to F. A. Bean, Sr., 1910-?), 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Cecka (miller, 1901-194?), 1958. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Lorne C. Coe (dock operations and traffic management, 1926-?), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Matthew A. Crinkley (accountant, 1915-1952), 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Frank Dobihal (office worker, 1902-?), 1958. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Evans (bookkeeper and production management (192?-?), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Fraser (daughter, F. A. Bean, Sr.), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Rose Holub (laboratory baker, 1911-1946?), 1958. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| John J. Kovarik (office worker, purchasing agent, and plant manager, 1894-1946), 1958. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| James Morris (office worker and accountant, 1914-?), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| J. W. Rezabek (office worker and miller, 1911-194?), 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz (president, >1943-1955; chairman, 1955-1965), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Steele (sales), 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Herman Steen (Millers Federation), 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Joseph W. Tyra (office worker and sales, 1906-?), 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Melvin F. Vaughn (bookkeeper and office systems, 1911-194?), 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Frank M. Wrabek (founder, Le Sueur County Leader), 1958. | |||||||||||||
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| 145.B.9.1B | 26 | Atherton Bean, 1986. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Atherton Bean, Andre Gillet, and Tony Luiso, 1991. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Office and plant facilities, 1895-1982: | |||||||||||
| The files on the company's office and plant facilities provide information about the company's mill, warehouse, and elevator sites, but are not all inclusive. These files are arranged alphabetically by state, thereunder by city. Sites outside the United States are filed by nation, province, and city. The files may include correspondence, historical narratives, reports, studies, site plans, newspaper clippings, photocopies from industrial and business reference sources, postcards, and other illustrative material. | |||||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Iowa: | |||||||||||||
| Davenport, 1930-1970. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Davenport: Mill explosion, 1975. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Davenport: Correspondence, 1947-1954. | |||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Des Moines; Estherville: Supersweet Feed Mills; Sioux City: Mystic Mills, 1920-1960. | |||||||||||
| Kansas: | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Greenville: Correspondence, 1946-1967. | |||||||||||
| Greenville: Out of pocket expenses, 1953. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Manhattan; Newton, 1923, 1973. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Newton: Correspondence, 1949-1953. | |||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Salina: Shellabarger; Clay Center; Junction City, 1945-1968. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Salina: Correspondence, 1949-1954. | |||||||||||
| Michigan: | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Detroit, 1955, 1974-1976. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Detroit: Correspondence, 1944-1960. | |||||||||||
| Detroit: Profitability study, 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Detroit: Report on proposed increase in capacity, 1947. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Duluth: Capitol Elevator; New Prague, 1895, 1942, 1960-1970. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Duluth: Correspondence, 1950-1952. | |||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | New Prague: Memorial Library, 1963. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| New Prague: IMCO 75th Anniversary Exhibit, 1967. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | New Prague: Correspondence, 1948-1955. | |||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | New Ulm: Eagle Roller Mill, undated and 1909, 1953, 1961, 1981-1982. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | New Ulm: Correspondence, 1951-1955. | |||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | St. Louis Park; Wabasha; Willmar; Worthington, undated and 1964-1969. | |||||||||||
| Missouri: | |||||||||||||
| North Kansas City: Midland Flour Milling Co., 1948. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | North Kansas City: Correspondence, 1949-1952. | |||||||||||
| Montana: Helena, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| New York: | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Baldwinsville; Buffalo; Lockport, 1958. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.6F | 22 | Baldwinsville, 1946-1954. | |||||||||||
| Buffalo: Correspondence, 1926-1960. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo: J. J. Kovarik correspondence, 1941-1944. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo: Grain merchandising department, 1945-1947. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo: Plant Committee, 1937-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo and Baldwinsville: Correspondence, 1944-1948. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo and Baldwinsville: G. H. Clark correspondence, 1943-1944. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo and Baldwinsville: Labor and union matters, 1944-1948. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Buffalo and Baldwinsville: Personnel, 1944-1948. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Grand Island: Warehouse, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Lockport: Correspondence, 1949-1955. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | North Dakota: Valley City, 1974-1975. | |||||||||||
| Ohio: | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Cleveland: Correspondence, 1945-1955. | |||||||||||
| Cleveland: Purchase of Montana Flour Mills plant, 1953-1954. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Cleveland: Montana Flour Mills Co., 1954, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||||||||
| Blackwell; Ponca City, 1914, 1945, 1976. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Blackwell: Correspondence, 1949-1950. | |||||||||||
| Ponca City: Correspondence, 1945-1959. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Texas: Greenville, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||||
| Alberta: | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Calgary: Correspondence, 1946-1959. | |||||||||||
| Calgary: Subway, 1911-1937. | |||||||||||||
| British Columbia: | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Vancouver: Water lot application, 1929. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Vancouver: Corresponence, 1945-1947. | |||||||||||
| Ontario: | |||||||||||||
| Port Colborne: Humberstone Flour Mills: Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company, 1939-1940. | |||||||||||||
| Port Colborne: Humberstone Flour Mills: Correspondence, 1945-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Port Colborne: Humberstone Flour Mills: United States wheat ground at site, 1948. | |||||||||||||
| Port Colborne: Humberstone Flour Mills: Milling experiments, 1948-1949. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Port Colborne: Humberstone Flour Mills, 1940, 1947-1948. | |||||||||||
| Quebec: | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Montreal: Correspondence, 1963-1966. | |||||||||||
| Montreal: St. Lawrence Flour Mills, 1952-1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Montreal: Warehouses, 1920. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Montreal: Mill strike violence, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | |||||||||||||
| Moose Jaw, 1909-1953, 1960-1966, 1970-1979. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Moose Jaw: Mill closing, 1966-1967. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Mose Jaw: Correspondence, 1946-1968. | |||||||||||
| Saskatoon: Correspondence, 1947-1968. | |||||||||||||
| Saskatoon: Ft. Gary Flour Mills, Ltd., 1940-1944. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Saskatoon: Ft. Garry Flour Mill rental, 1944-1945. | |||||||||||
| Saskatoon, 1977. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Ecuador: | |||||||||||
| Ecuador, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Navarro, Amador: House party, December 8, 1961. 8 photographs. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Philippines: Hondagua, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Venezuela: | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela, 1959. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Venezuela, 1959-1966. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Cumana, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| La Guaira, Distro Federal, 1958-1962. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Maracaibo: Castelli and Posenti pasta makers agreement, 1957-1960. | |||||||||||||
| Maracaibo: Pillsbury, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.4F | 2 | Puerto Cabello, 1958-[1960]. 3 folders. (English/Spanish) | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.7B | 23 | Puerto Cabello: Monaca Mill, 1957-1958. | |||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Puerto Cabello: Monaca Mill, 1959-1967. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Puerto Cabello: Monaca Mill report to the board of directors by Andre Gillet, April 17, 1964. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.J.8.5B | 3 | General correspondence, undated and 1900-1990. 34 folders. | |||||||||||
| The general correspondence files contain less than 0.5 cu. ft. of letters, memoranda, file notes, departmental reports, committee minutes, clippings, and internal announcements, which contain extremely scattered evidence of the company's management decisions. Materials within these files appear to have originated from the offices of F. A. Bean, Jr., Atherton Bean, and William G. Phillips. | |||||||||||||
| Reports (alphabetical by report type): | |||||||||||||
| Researchers should note that annual reports for International Multifoods Corporation are available within the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection. | |||||||||||||
| Annual reports, Robin Hood, 1942, 1974-1982, 1984-1985. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Annual review, Robin Hood, 1990. | |||||||||||||
| Employees, 1938, 1978. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Analyses: | |||||||||||||
| Stock analyses, 1948-1973, 1977-1979, 1982. | |||||||||||||
| Analyses, 1948-1973, 1977-1979, 1982. 3 folders, 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Analyses: E.F. Hutton, 1982. | |||||||||||||
| Analyses: First Boston Research, 1982. | |||||||||||||
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| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Board of Directors minutes and reports: | |||||||||||
| International Milling Company of Canada, Ltd: | |||||||||||||
| Mintues, June 5, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company: | |||||||||||||
| Minutes of the first meeting, April 3, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Minutes, 1943-1946. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Stockholders: | |||||||||||
| Annual, 1914-1945. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Quarterly, 1969-1978. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Notice of annual meetings, 1971-1977. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.3B | 27 | Meeting files, 1959-1963, 1967, 1979-1995. 27 folders. | |||||||||||
| Files include planning materials, photos, and speeches. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | International Milling Company of Canada, Ltd. shareholders letter, January 1912. | |||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. shareholders, 1941-1942. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company stockholder meetings and reports, 1941-1943, 1945, 1955. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Financial records: | |||||||||||||
| Materials represented within the financial records provide limited and incomplete information. The financial series are arranged alphabetically by document type. | |||||||||||||
| Appraisals, 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. Blue Earth plant (Blue Earth, Minn.), 1922. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 2. Wells plant (Wells, Minn.), 1922. | |||||||||||||
| Balance sheets, 1907-1945. | |||||||||||||
| Some are copies and transcripts of originals. | |||||||||||||
| Daybook, F. A. Bean, Sr., 1876. | |||||||||||||
| Land, buildings, and equipment, 1953, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Ledgers: | |||||||||||||
| Ledger sheets [New Prague], 1892-1894. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.F.13.2F | 16 | Property, plant, and equipment capital assets. 12 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Volume 1. Baldwinsville, New York, 1927-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 2. Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1926-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 3. Buffalo, New York, 1911-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 4. Buffalo, New York, 1951-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.F.13.3B | 17 | Volume 5. Columbus, Ohio, 1946-1972. | |||||||||||
| Volume 6. Kansas City, Missouri, 1914-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.F.13.4F | 18 | Volume 7. New Prague, Minnesota, 1910-1936. | |||||||||||
| Volume 8. New Prague, Minnesota, 1940-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 9. New Prague, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| Elevator, 1910-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous outside locations, 1944-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.F.13.5B | 19 | Volume 10. St. Paul, Minnesota, A Mill, 1914-1972. | |||||||||||
| Volume 11. St. Paul, Minnesota, B Mill, 1922-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 12. Wabasha, Minnesota, 1907-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Production inventory, New Ulm [Eagle Roller Mill], 1919, 1921. | |||||||||||
| Signature authorization, First National Bank (St. Paul), 1929. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Financial records, 1935, 1938-1943, 1946-1948, 1950-1953, 1955. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
| These records consist of balance sheets, income and loss statements, year end reports, and other compilations of financial data. They are not audits or formal publications on the company finances. | |||||||||||||
| Legal records: | |||||||||||||
| The legal records include a wide variety of documents that provide very limited evidence of the corporation's business activities. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company: | |||||||||||||
| Certificate of incorporation, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Bylaws, 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Bylaws as amended, January 7, 1944. | |||||||||||||
| Petition for dissolution, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company of Canada, Ltd.: Incorporation, merger, and stock trustee correspondence, 1910-1912. | |||||||||||||
| International Participation Corporation: Charter, bylaws, incorporation, and correspondence, 1933. | |||||||||||||
| This company was set up to oversee employee purchases of stock and buy back of said stock upon retirement or death of the employee. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Agreements: | |||||||||||
| Ice supply (New Prague Flouring Mill; George H. and John Mickus), 1922. | |||||||||||||
| Sale of Capitol Flour Mills and Capitol Elevator Co., 1946-1948. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. agreement, 1930. | |||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. Spofford correspondence, 1936-1937. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | License: Radio station, 1912. | |||||||||||
| Life insurance policies, Kaukauna Dairy Co., 1950. | |||||||||||||
| Mortgages and leases: | |||||||||||||
| Mortgages and leases, undated and 1885-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Prudential mortgage, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Patent assignment and application: Receptacle filling machines, 1943-1944. | |||||||||||
| Promissory notes, 1887-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Stock: | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | New Prague Flouring Mill Company: | |||||||||||
| Sale of stock, September 1, 1908. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company: | |||||||||||||
| Sale of stock, June 18, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| Stock payment receipts, March 1911. | |||||||||||||
| [Stock buy back?], April 22, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| [Settlments of stock buy back?], November 15, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Preferred offering, 1916. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Stock contract changes, 1923. | |||||||||||
| Calling preferred stock, 1935. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Options: Nutrena Mills, 1944-1945. | |||||||||||
| Certificate: Shellabarger's Inc., 1947-1952. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | International Milling Company of Canada, Ltd.: | |||||||||||
| Stock sales and merger agreements, 1911-1912. | |||||||||||||
| International Multifoods Corporation: | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Prospectus, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Stock market statistics/trading reports, 1977-1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Weekly stock summaries, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||||
| Common stock transactions, 1978-1979, 1985-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Price comparisons, 1985-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Terminal dock and Warehouse Co.: Articles of association, 1938. | |||||||||||||
| Title abstract, New Prague (1860-1928), 1974. | |||||||||||||
| Subject files (alphabetical by topic): | |||||||||||||
| The subject files, A-W (1920-1974), cover a wide variety of topics and include manuals, mill studies and proposals, sales circulars, and dock and site plans. Of particular note are the manuals, which cover such issues as flour milling and laboratory procedures, cable and telegraph codes, and sales methods. Other topics within the subject files include bulk flour handling, plant capacities, and wheat consumption. Keys to the corporation's personnel may be found in a 1945 roster for Robin Hood and in a 1948 telephone directory for the Minneapolis headquarters. Of note are two folders containing the reports and minutes of a business simplification analysis committee (1958-1959). The committee was charged with analyzing the cost-efficiency of the multiple flour brands and grades marketed by the corporation. | |||||||||||||
| American Royal Tail-Waggin' Dog Food, 1971-1974. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Bag dating, 1935-1940. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Bates packer proposition, 1929. | |||||||||||
| Bleaching processes: | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Correspondence, 1926-1931. | |||||||||||
| Bromate, 1931-1939. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Contract for Agene Process, 1927-1938. | |||||||||||
| Novadel Process Corp.: C. A. Weaver correspondence, 1926-1929. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Novadel Process Corp. agreement, 1927-1928. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Board of directors, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | British rationalization scheme, 1931. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Bulk flour handling, 1952-1956. | |||||||||||
| Business simplification analysis, 1958-1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Cooperative group insurance plan for employees, 1944. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Cost of living, February 1948. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Dock plans, British Columbia, 1924-1928. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Fort Erie elevator, 1936-1938. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.6F | 4 | Films: | |||||||||||
| International Milling Company, 1955-1956. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis Centennial, "This is Our Town," 1956-1957. | |||||||||||||
| No-Sift Baking filmstrip script, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Group insurance plan, 1914-1923. | |||||||||||
| Hudson Bay water route, 1928-1932. | |||||||||||||
| International wheat agreement, 1948-1949. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Man-hour labor schedule--all mills, 1925-1926. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7B | 5 | Manuals: | |||||||||||
| Association of Operative Millers, Correspondence Course in Flour Milling, Units 2-4, 1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Cable cipher manuals (English/Spanish), undated and 1927-1939. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Distribution manual: Moose Jaw Office, 1932. | |||||||||||||
| Laboratory: | |||||||||||||
| Leslie R. Olsen, Methods of Analysis, 1921-1952. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis laboratory formulas, [1960-1969]. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. Doughnuts, icings, miscellaneous flour formulas, pies and crusts, rolls, bulletin breads. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 2. Cake, cookies, miscellaneous bakery service bulletins, muffins. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Sales: | |||||||||||||
| New Prague Flouring Mill, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company, 1939. | |||||||||||||
| Instructions to salesmen, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Stenographer's instructions, [1939?]. | |||||||||||||
| Market reports: Bakery mix, fillings, and toppings, 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Mill production general schedule, circa 1950. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7B | 5 | Mill studies: | |||||||||||
| Canadian oats, 1953. | |||||||||||||
| Proposals: | |||||||||||||
| Montreal, 1951. | |||||||||||||
| Quebec City, 1951. | |||||||||||||
| Southeastern states, 1955. | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||||
| Rye flour, 1948-1953. | |||||||||||||
| National Food Bureau, 1932. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Peace River Territory (Canada), 1929-1936. | |||||||||||
| Pensions: Nick Furst and Nick Weid of New Ulm, 1921-1923. | |||||||||||||
| Personnel Records: | |||||||||||||
| Operations, 1945-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.5B | 28 | Personnel manual, 1957. | |||||||||||
| Policies and procedures manual, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Policies and procedures bulletins, 1970. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Employee handbooks, circa 1980. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Employee paycheck flyers, [197-]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7B | 5 | Plant capacities, 1966-1968. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Plant locations and assets, 1947-1950. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7B | 5 | Prepared mixes, 1946-1948. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Processing tax, 1935-1936, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7B | 5 | Publications (employee training), The Story of International revision, 1965-1967. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Resolution by the Employees (upon the death of William L. Harvey), January 5, 1939. | |||||||||||
| Reorganization plan, 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Roster: International Robin Hood, 1945. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Sale of Turret Cape vessel, 1939-1940. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7B | 5 | Sales circulars: Robin Hood flour, 1938-1939. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Site plans, 1971-1972. | |||||||||||
| Site plans, 1929, 1952, 1971, 1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| New Ulm, Minnesota, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Southwestern Division: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1949-1953. | |||||||||||||
| Man-hours per cwt. (100 lb) produced, 1950-1951. | |||||||||||||
| Number of employees, 1949-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Products control, 1952-1954. | |||||||||||||
| Run planning, 1949. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Steamer F. V. Massey statement of operations, 1930. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7b | 5 | Telephone directory, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Terminal Dock and Warehouse Company, Ltd., 1940-1956. | |||||||||||
| Water transportation: Great Lakes, 1928-1930. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.7b | 5 | Wheat flour consumption/wheat milling, 1951, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.8F | 24 | Wheat price ceiling in Canada, 1942. | |||||||||||
| Windfall tax, 1936-1937. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 147.J.14.9B | 25 | Windfall tax, 1936-1937. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.8F | 6 | Public relations files: | |||||||||||
| Public relations files include both subject files (1920-1992) and an extensive series of news clippings (1911-1987) kept by the corporation's public relations department. | |||||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||||
| The subject files are arranged alphabetically by topic and contain correspondence, committee minutes, design sketches, news clippings, and press releases documenting some of the corporation's promotional activities, as well as the evolution of its name and logo. These files are richest for the 1960-1980 period, providing greatest detail on the corporation's New York Stock Exchange listing in 1971 and the diversification of its product lines during the 1970s. Also included within this series are files containing memoranda documenting the transfer of material within the archives. The archives files can provide clues to the original source and purpose of items contained within the Multifoods collection. | |||||||||||||
| Archives, 1942-1986. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Centennial anniversary program, 1992. | |||||||||||||
| Consumer mix products introduction, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.5B | 28 | China visit press packet, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Corporate identity standards manual, 1992. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate logos, undated. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes logos for Durum Flour, International Milling Company, Mister Donut, and Robin Hood Flour. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.8F | 6 | Corporate identity and logo, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Corporate name change, 1966-1974. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate symbol: | |||||||||||||
| Development, 1957-1965. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Registration, 1963-1967. | |||||||||||||
| Introduction, 1967-1967. | |||||||||||||
| Usage, 1967-1970. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Name survey, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Council on Wage and Price Stability Regarding Family Flour Prices, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Graphic standards guidelines, [1990]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.5B | 28 | Graphics standards manuals, 1975, circa 1990. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.8F | 6 | Kaukauna Klub, 1972-1974. | |||||||||||
| Kretschmer Transcontinental Bike Trek, 1977. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mister Donut, 1969-1975, 1978, 1985. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, 1970-1971. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | New York Stock Exchange listing, Big Cheese promotion, 1971. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Press releases, 1972-1975, 1991. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.5B | 28 | Reorganization and Divestiture press files, 1986, 1988. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | Supersweet feeds, undated and 1955-1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Open house procedures | |||||||||||||
| Sveden House, 1970-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| T. Butcherblock, 1975-1976. | |||||||||||||
| Wagon Popcorn, 1970-1971. | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, 1968-1971. | |||||||||||||
| M592 | Clippings files: | ||||||||||||
| The public relations department kept a sizable file of press and industry trade clippings published between 1911 and 1987. The bulk of these clippings date from 1957 through 1987. The majority are general in content, covering every aspect of the corporation's life, and represent news coverage from across the United States, Canada, and Venezuela. The files were arranged on a chronological basis and can provide a quick, factual overview of market trends and issues, corporate developments, personnel changes, and local news regarding the corporation's products and its various office and plant facilities. Some of the clippings may not appear in chronological order or may appear in reverse chronological order. | |||||||||||||
| Microfilmed by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, the clippings were originally filed in various arrangements and formats. Some were pasted into scrapbooks, some were pasted onto backing sheets of paper, and some were loosely filed in envelopes and folders according to year or subject groupings. Clippings from October 1972 to September 1984 (with the exclusion of 1980) were filed as individual articles in chronological order by their publication source. | |||||||||||||
| Two subject-specific clipping files are arranged at the end of the general clippings series. The first of these pertains to an explosion at the Davenport, Iowa mill in 1975. The second file contains 1964-1971 clippings concerning William G. Phillips, president and chief executive officer of the corporation between 1969 and 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M592 | 1 | General clippings, 1911-1987: | |||||||||||
| Oversize clippings, 1911-1979. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. November-September 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 2. October 1957-February 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 3. February-May 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 4. May-August 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M592 | 2 | Volume 5. August-September 1958. | |||||||||||
| Volume 6. September-December 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 7. December 1956-July 1957: | |||||||||||||
| Publicity. | |||||||||||||
| Personnel announcements. | |||||||||||||
| Profit sharing publicity. | |||||||||||||
| Scholarship program announcement. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 8. January 1962-November 1965: | |||||||||||||
| Cargill. | |||||||||||||
| Peavy & Co. | |||||||||||||
| Bay State Milling. | |||||||||||||
| Russell Miller. | |||||||||||||
| Atkinson Milling. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling. | |||||||||||||
| Loose clippings, January 1964-August 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M592 | 3 | Loose clippings, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Volume 9. August 1968-December 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 10. January-June 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 11. July 1970-July 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Loose clippings: News articles, October 1972-March 29, 1976. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M592 | 4 | Loose clippings: News articles, March/April 1976-August 6, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| M592 | 5 | Loose clippings, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Loose clippings: New articles, February 2, 1982-September 25, 1984. | |||||||||||||
| Loose clippings, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Agricultural operations. | |||||||||||||
| Bakery ingredients. | |||||||||||||
| Board of directors. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate. | |||||||||||||
| Fred's Frozen Foods/Centre Brand. | |||||||||||||
| IM personnel. | |||||||||||||
| Individual flour. | |||||||||||||
| Mister Donut. | |||||||||||||
| Pueringer. | |||||||||||||
| Restructuring. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Multifoods. | |||||||||||||
| Rontanelli. | |||||||||||||
| Seafest. | |||||||||||||
| Stock Activity. | |||||||||||||
| VSA, Inc. | |||||||||||||
| Topical clippings, 1964-1971, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Loose clippings: Davenport Mill explosion, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 12. William G. Phillips, March 1964-June 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.5B | 28 | Press project summaries, 1971-1976. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.6F | 29 | Press project summaries, 1977-1986. 14 folders. | |||||||||||
| Press releases, 1960-1969. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.7B | 30 | Press releases, 1969-1979. 210 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.8F | 31 | Press releases, 1979-1985. 238 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.10F | 32 | Press releases, 1985-2000. 117 folders. RESTRICTED | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.11B | 33 | Corporate contributions files: | |||||||||||
| General files, 1970-1985. 24 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.12.F | 34 | General files, 1985-1991. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
| International Multifoods Charitable Foundation files, 1980-1990. 12 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes reports, memos, and budgets relating the foundation's charitable contributions. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | Ephemera, 1920-1955. | |||||||||||
| The ephemera consist of awards, dinner menus, a guest book, resolutions, and a tribute used in special events sponsored by the corporation to honor particular individuals on the occasion of their retirements, birthdays, or deaths. The ephemera also includes a few externally-generated items, most notably an award issued to F. A. Bean, Jr. by the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety for his wartime service (1920), and a menu from a dinner given by the publishers of The Northwestern Miller, an industry trade journal, honoring Herbert Hoover (1920). | |||||||||||||
| Awards: | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Keystone 2% contribution award, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Commission of Public Safety Certificate of Appreciation to F. A. Bean, Jr. for wartime services, December 31, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Dinner menus: | |||||||||||||
| The Northwestern Miller for Herbert Hoover, August 21, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Testimonial dinner to W. J. Gordon and L. E. Smith, September 13, 1937. | |||||||||||||
| Guest book, John J. Kovarik retirement, April 29, 1946. | |||||||||||||
| Resolutions: | |||||||||||||
| Memorial, Fred S. Chandler, January 7, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Retirement, F. A. Bean, Jr., January 14, 1955. | |||||||||||||
| Tribute, 90th birthday, F. A. Bean, Sr., 1930. | |||||||||||||
| +266 | Maps, undated and 1926-1935: | ||||||||||||
| Canada National Railways western lines, July 1930. | |||||||||||||
| United States West Coast Section and Western Canada (Great Falls, Montana, to Fairbanks, Alaska), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Annotated in red, orange, and green pencil with Robin Hood northern stocks, railroads, airports, and other transportation routes. | |||||||||||||
| Peace River block (Alberta, Canada) and part of British Columbia, Canada, undated. 2 maps. | |||||||||||||
| Annotated in red and orange pencil. | |||||||||||||
| Peace River block (Alberta, Canada) topographical survey, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Peace River District (Alberta, Canada) topographical survey, 1929. | |||||||||||||
| Protein survey of western Canada, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935. 6 maps. | |||||||||||||
| Western Canada grain acreage map, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| +266 | Blue prints, undated and 1928-1933: | ||||||||||||
| Fort Erie Terminals, Ltd., plan of 2,000,000 bushel grain elevator, August 1, 1933. | |||||||||||||
| Imperial Oil, Ltd., plan for proposed terminal facilities at Churchill, Manitoba, March 24, 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Lake Erie and Niagra River harbor, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Princess Louise Docks general plan, Harbour Commissioners of Quebec, November 22, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Wolfe's Cove Terminal proposed shed "A" track layout, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | Printed material: | |||||||||||
| Printed material includes the following subseries: advertising (1891-1992), cookbooks and recipes (1910-1988), newsletters (1975-1991), packaging (1912-1986), price lists (1916-1948), and publications (1930-1967). | |||||||||||||
| Advertising: | |||||||||||||
| Advertising materials are arranged alphabetically by product and include pamphlets, flyers, and posters directed to the wholesale and consumer retail markets. The advertising subseries also includes a set of advertising proofs and a set of three scrapbooks containing cards and newspaper clippings documenting the United States and Canadian advertisement of products manufactured by Brodie & Harvie, a Montreal milling company acquired by International Multifoods in 1952. The cards and clippings appear in English, French, and Hebrew. | |||||||||||||
| Bicks's, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Consumer products division, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Kaukauna Klub, 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Mister Donut, [1970-1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood flour, 1930-[1969]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood flour, Cool Rise Baking, 1966. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood flour, 1981-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.G.13.2F-2 | 36 | Robin Hood flour poster, undated. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | SeaFest, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Seal of Minnesota flour, undated. [English and Hebrew] | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Seal of Minnesota flour, Northwestern Miller clippings, 1922-1924, 1941, 1947. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | Supersweet, 1964-1965, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Team Multifoods, 1985-1991: | |||||||||||||
| Bakery products, [1980-1989]. | |||||||||||||
| Butcher Boy, 1991. | |||||||||||||
| Fantasia, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Fred's Frozen Foods, 1989-1992. | |||||||||||||
| Posada, 1988-1991. | |||||||||||||
| Pueringer, [1986-1989]. | |||||||||||||
| Reuben, [1971-1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Rotanelli, 1989-1991. | |||||||||||||
| Seafest/Captain Jac, 1990-1991. | |||||||||||||
| Town Crier Flour, [1917]. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising proofs (alphabetical by product): | |||||||||||||
| Aluminum Ware, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Cinderella Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Ft. Garry Milling Co., undated. | |||||||||||||
| Money Back Guarantee, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour, undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Seal of Minnesota Flour (English/Hebrew), undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising scrapbooks, Brodie & Harvie. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. Advertising cards (English/French), 1891-1910. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Volume 2. Packaging and advertising (English/French), 1899-[1949]. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | Volume 3. Newsprint advertising (English/French/Hebrew), 1909-1921. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.10F | 8 | Cookbooks and recipes: | |||||||||||
| The cookbooks and recipes section include general cookbooks for flour-based baking as well as recipes for specific product lines. The files are arranged alphabetically by publisher, milling company, or product and are further arranged in alphabetical order by title under each publishing source. Individual cookbook titles are indicated by italics in the container list. For folders where an individual title is not indicated, recipes in pamphlet, loose leaf, or card formats are evident. Some Robin Hood Flour titles are bilingual, being printed in both English and French; some are wholly French. One title, published by Monaca, is in Spanish. In some instances, a cookbook may have been published in both English and French editions. Subsequent and revised editions are filed in the same folder with earlier editions. | |||||||||||||
| Brodie & Harvie Ltd., Old Quebec Recipes, [1962]. | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Milling Co., Seal of Alberta "the Faultless Flour" Makes Perfect Bread (photocopy), 1910. | |||||||||||||
| Canada Food Board, Bread Recipes, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Canadian Government Travel Bureau, Canadian Cuisine, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Canadian Bakers' Association, 103 Ways to Serve Bread, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Commercial Milling Co., Good Things To Eat, 1939. | |||||||||||||
| International Multifoods Corp.: | |||||||||||||
| Merry Makings, [1971-1985]. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous brands (Adams Old Fashioned Peanut Butter, Bick's, Buddy Boy Popcorn, Morey's Fish House, Reuben Delicatessen Style, Smoke-Craft Meat Snacks), [1970]-1982. | |||||||||||||
| Naturally Good Baking (2 editions), [1971-1985]. | |||||||||||||
| Shop Tested Sugar Saving Cake Formulas, [1940-1949]. | |||||||||||||
| Kaukauna Klub, 1973, 1977, 1981. | |||||||||||||
| Kretschmer Sun Country Granola, 1975, 1979. | |||||||||||||
| Kretschmer Wheat Germ, 1968-1981. | |||||||||||||
| Lake of the Woods Milling Co., A Guide to Good Cooking, 1954. | |||||||||||||
| Maple Leaf Milling Co., Cooking Secrets for the Users of Monarch Flour, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| Midland Milling Co., Town Crier Recipe Book: 300 Prize Winning Recipes, 1938. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Flour Brands (Big Jo, Cinderella, Seal of Minnesota, Silver Mist, Town Crier), [1950-1969]. | |||||||||||||
| Monaca, Los Secretos del Buen Comer, [1970-1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour: | |||||||||||||
| Baking Festival; Festival de la Bonne Bouffe. 6 booklets, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Baking Made Easy, 1941 reprint; Cuissons Faciles (French edition reprint), 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Baking with Metric, [1977]. | |||||||||||||
| Bread Baking Made Easy (3 editions);Une Croute Doree en six heures (French edition), [1940-1960]. | |||||||||||||
| Breads, Breads, Breads from Robin Hood, [1971-1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Bundt Pan Recipes, [1975-1985]. | |||||||||||||
| The Canadian Flour Cook Book (6 booklets: Cakes, Frostings and Fillings; Cookies; Desserts and Sauces; Pastry and Pie Fillings; Quick Breads; Yeast Breads), [1967]. | |||||||||||||
| Danish Pastry = Patisserie Danoise (English/French), [1970-1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Favorite Recipes (3 editions), 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Good Baking with Whole Wheat Flour = La Bonne Cuisine Nutritive avec la Farine de Ble Entier (English/French), [1980-1985]. | |||||||||||||
| Good Eating Morning, Noon and Night!, 1950. | |||||||||||||
| Happy Holiday Baking with Robin Hood, [1964]. | |||||||||||||
| Holiday Menus from Robin Hood, [1960-1969]. | |||||||||||||
| Leaflet and pamphlet recipes, [1940]-1985, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Let's Bake (2 editions), 1964, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| No Need to Change Your Favourite Recipes with New Robin Hood Instant Blending Flour, [1965-1966]. | |||||||||||||
| The Perfect Pair, [1977]. | |||||||||||||
| Recipes from Rita Martin for the Whole Family, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Cook Book, [1912]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Great Recipes for the Holidays = Robin Hood Grandes Recettes pour les fetes (English/French), [1972-1973]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood No-sift Recipes (5 booklets: Breads & Rolls; Cakes & Icings; Cookies; Desserts & Sauces; Sweet Dough), [1964-1966]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Oats Recipe Book (English/French), [1980-1985]. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Prize Winning Recipes (2 editions), 1947, 1953. | |||||||||||||
| 77 Winning Recipes(2 editions), 1931, [1934]; 77 Recettes Mereveilleuses (French edition), 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Method for Making... Sweet Dough (2 editions), [1950-1969]. | |||||||||||||
| 12 New Recipes for the Modern Homemaker, [1930-1939]. | |||||||||||||
| Velvet Cake and Pastry Flour (5 booklets), 1954-1973. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.8.9B | 7 | Newsletters: | |||||||||||
| The newsletters consist of scattered runs of four internal publications aimed at corporation employees, retirees, and their families. These publications are arranged alphabetically by title and include: Briefly (1975-1982), a weekly newsletter giving announcements, news, and events from the Minneapolis headquarters; The Canadian Impact (1981-1985, 1990-1991), a bi-monthly newsletter produced by Robin Hood Multifoods; a single 1982 issue of Impactos Monaca, a Spanish language newsletter produced by the Venezuelan subsidiary; and, the Spring/Summer 1990 issue of Multifoods Today, a quarterly. | |||||||||||||
| The Minnesota Historical Society serials collection also includes a complete set of The Grist (1942-1969), and a set of Impact (1970-1971 in paper; 1972-1977 on microfilm). | |||||||||||||
| Briefly, December 5, 1975-May 28, 1982. 18 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 145.B.9.5B | 28 | Briefly, 1981-1988. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.1B | 9 | The Canadian Impact, 1981-1991. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Impactos Monaca (Spanish), December 1982. | |||||||||||||
| Multifoods Today, Spring/Summer 1990. | |||||||||||||
| Packaging, undated and 1912-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Packaging samples are arranged alphabetically by product name. Materials within this series include examples of jar labels, boxes, flour and bird seed bags, merchandise tags, menus, napkins, drinking cups, and other printed items associated with the retail packaging, marketing, or consumption of International Multifoods products. Information provided by the samples includes product symbols and brand logos, ingredients, packaging weights, and consumer directions. The samples attest to the wide diversification of International Multifoods product lines during the 1960s and 1970s. Included within these samples are evidence of the corporation's entry into livestock feed and veterinary products, restaurant franchises, and home interior decorative accessories. Evidence of the corporation's veterinary lines is included in the form of jar labels from AgriPharm and Osborne products, and its livestock feed products are demonstrated in the form of Supersweet packaging samples. Evidence of the corporation's home interiors product lines are included in the form of merchandise tags for Freeman-McFarlin potteries and Nadler Lighting. The corporation's entry into restaurant franchising is evidenced by items from Boston Sea Party and Mister Donut. | |||||||||||||
| Researchers should note that approximately 5.0 cu. ft. of flour bags, three-dimensional displays, and other packaging items were transferred to the Minnesota Historical Society museum collections. | |||||||||||||
| Adams Foods, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Agripharm, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Artcraft, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Bakemore Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Betsy Ross Flour, circa 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Bick's, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Big Jo Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Borghese, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Boston Sea Party, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Calla Lily Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Cinderella Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Como No. 1 Semolina, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Contest Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Freeman-McFarlin Potteries, [1971-1982]. | |||||||||||||
| Golden Temple Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Kaukauna Klub, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Kaukauna Klub Heat 'n Dip, 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Kretschmer, 1970-1983. | |||||||||||||
| Kretschmer Sun Country, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mister Donut, undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Nadler Lighting, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Osborn, 1976-1980. | |||||||||||||
| Radiance Rose Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Reuben, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood, undated and 1912. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Archer Design (modern), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Wheat Cereal; Pan Dried Oats, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Seal of Minnesota Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Sherwood Forest, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Silver Mist Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Smoke Craft, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Strong Hold Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Supersweet, undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Tevco, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Tweetie Pie, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Velvet Flour, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Price lists: | |||||||||||||
| Limited information about the wholesale cost of Multifood's mill products is provided in the price lists for commodities marketed by Brodie & Harvie (1939) and the Eagle Roller Mill of New Ulm (1916). More complete information is provided by the Robin Hood Mills wholesale price lists, which cover a thirty-one year period (1917-1948). The price lists also include a booklet (1931) detailing the costs charged by the Terminal Dock and Warehouse Co. (a Vancouver facility built by the International Milling Company between 1925 and 1928) for the wharfage, handling, loading, and storage of commodities. This booklet also describes the dock's services and facilities. | |||||||||||||
| Brodie & Harvie, 1939. | |||||||||||||
| Eagle Roller Mill, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood (English-French), 1917-1948. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Shipping Order, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Terminal Dock & Warehouse Co., Wharfage Tariff No. 2, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Publications (alphabetical by title): | |||||||||||||
| The publications include printed materials which were not specifically used for advertising purposes but which may have been used as promotional items or as educational literature aimed toward the household consumer. Included within this series are such promotional items as a 1941 booklet entitled 1003 Time Savers and Household Hints, a comic book entitled The Illustrated Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men, and a 1965 book of Newfoundland folk songs. Items aimed toward educating the consumer include two highly illustrated booklets. The first, entitled Bread, is aimed toward the baking industry and provides factual information about the flour milling process before focusing upon the corporation's mill facilities and baking laboratories. The second booklet, entitled The Staff of Life published around 1930, was directed toward the retail consumer and also details the flour milling process. | |||||||||||||
| Bread, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Cover design, Bread, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Illustrated Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (comic book), [1940-1959]. | |||||||||||||
| New Foundlanders Sing!, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| 1003 Time Savers and Household Hints, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| The Staff of Life, circa 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Employee training, undated and 1952-1967. | |||||||||||||
| Included within the publications are a set of booklets which were specifically aimed toward employee training. Some of these publications, such as The Organization of International (1952) or the various editions of The Story of International (1952-1967), are overviews of the corporation's structure, its mission, and its product lines. Other publications, such as The Resale Call Routine (1952) or You and Your Job (1952), were aimed specifically toward sales staff. | |||||||||||||
| Horizons Unlimited: The Story of Robin Hood Flour Mills Limited, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| The Organization of International, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| The Resale Call Routine, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| The Story of International Milling Company, 1952, 1960; The Story of International Milling, undated and 1967. (5 editions). | |||||||||||||
| Wheat From Field to Mill, 1952; Wheat into Flour, 1952; Flour From Mill to Market, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| You and Your Job, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Photographs: | |||||||||||
| Photographs are heavily represented within the collection, comprising 3.0 cu. ft. The majority of the photographs are black and white 8" x 10" prints, but a large number of smaller format and color prints are also included, as well as a small number of cyanotypes and oversize black and white prints. Many of the photographs were used in the corporation's newsletters and are accompanied by their newsletter captions. Many are unidentified. The photographs have been arranged as subseries in alphabetical order. | |||||||||||||
| Album, International Milling Company (captioned), [1928]. | |||||||||||||
| The photograph album carries captions for each photograph and may evidence an item which was produced for promotional purposes. The captions provide explanations of the milling process, the machinery used in milling, and the corporation's laboratory and baking proof tests. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.1B | 9 | Agriculture: | |||||||||||
| Wheat in fields, 1942-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Wheat harvesting, undated and 1928-1958. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis Grain Exchange, [1950-1952?], 1966. | |||||||||||||
| Office and plant facilities: | |||||||||||||
| Photographs depicting the corporation's office and plant facilities represent the greatest bulk of the series and are further arranged by facility type (i.e. elevators, feed mills, flour mills, headquarters, laboratories, pet food plant, poultry operations, research and development center, shipping, Supersweet research farm, and warehouses). Within each type of facility the photographs are further arranged by location. Views include exteriors, aerials, panoramas, and interiors. Interior views may include illustrations of plant machinery and laboratory amenities. Identified views of docks, Great Lakes carriers, railroad yards and cars, truck trailers, and bulk handling equipment are arranged by location under the heading Shipping. Depictions of shipping activities at unidentified locations are also included within the office and plant facilities series under the heading of Shipping. Photographs of employees at work are included within the office and plant facilities under the heading Employees. The office and plant photographs may also contain prints documenting the construction of facilities or their destruction by fire. Corporation-wide programs, such as the 1960s civil defense preparedness or a corporation-wide 1962 seat belt safety mandate may also be documented under specific plant locations. A number of prints showing unidentified employees and interiors are arranged at the end of the office and plant facilities subseries. | |||||||||||||
| Elevators: | |||||||||||||
| Kansas: Cooper; Newton, 1956, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| Duluth: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors: undated and 1951, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Fire (No. 4 House), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, undated and 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis (St. Louis Park), 1979. | |||||||||||||
| North Dakota: Arville; Kempton; Merrifield; Valley City, undated and 1979. | |||||||||||||
| Feed mills: | |||||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas: Beebe: Exterior, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Florida: Orlando: Exterior, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Illinois: | |||||||||||||
| Danville: Construction and exteriors, 1962-1963, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Danville: Interiors, machinery, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Monmouth: Exteriors, 1957-1963. | |||||||||||||
| Indiana: Nappanee: Exterior, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Iowa: | |||||||||||||
| Des Moines: Exteriors, 1957-1958. | |||||||||||||
| Estherville: Exteriors, 1956-1959. | |||||||||||||
| Estherville: Fire, 1960. | |||||||||||||
| LeMars: Exteriors, 1962, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 10 | New Hampton: | |||||||||||
| Construction, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, 1959, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Osakloon: Exterior, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Kansas: Girard; Hutchinson; Salina: Exteriors, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky: Henderson: Exterior, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| Brainerd; Mapleton; Redwood Falls: Exteriors, undated and 1962. | |||||||||||||
| New Ulm: Exteriors and Shipping, undated and 1951. | |||||||||||||
| Willmar: Exteriors, 1956-1964. | |||||||||||||
| Missouri: Higginsville: Exteriors, undated and 1974. | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska: | |||||||||||||
| Fremont; Ord; Wisner, undated and 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Grand Island, 1956-1967. | |||||||||||||
| Ohio: Columbus: Exteriors, 1963-1964, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin: Madison: Exteriors, 1960, [1975]. | |||||||||||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||||
| Ontario: Milton: Exteriors, 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Quebec: Quebec City (Duberger): Ground Breaking and Ribbon Cutting, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Flour Mills: | |||||||||||||
| Composite, [1948-1953]. | |||||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Iowa: | |||||||||||||
| Davenport: | |||||||||||||
| Civil defense, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Daylight packing plant interiors, 1951. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Employees, undated and 1932. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and 1929-1964. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Panorama, undated. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 10 | Fire extinguisher training, 1957. | |||||||||||
| Flood, 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Sioux City: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, 1919-1947. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Exteriors, undated. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 2 | Fire, 1947. | |||||||||||
| Interiors: | |||||||||||||
| Laboratory, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Machinery, undated. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 2 | Kansas: | |||||||||||
| Clay Center: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, 1951-1953. | |||||||||||||
| Fire, 1953. | |||||||||||||
| Newton: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, undated and 1951. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, 1957, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Salina: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and 1945-1962. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Panorama, [1940-1949]. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 2 | Michigan: | |||||||||||
| Detroit: | |||||||||||||
| Employees, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, 1942, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, laboratory, 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping and bulk loading, 1960. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Minnesota employees, circa 1910-1920. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 2 | Blue Earth: Exteriors, undated and 1895-1938. | |||||||||||
| Faribault: Exterior, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| New Prague: | |||||||||||||
| Civil defense, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Employees, 1896, [1900-1905], 1960-1963. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| +266 | New Prague Flouring Mill Company employees, 1905. 1 photograph. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 10 | Exteriors and aerials, undated, 1875-approximately 1955. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Signage, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Wheat deliveries, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Exteriors, 1880, 1892, 1946-1947. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 10 | Laboratory, 1918. | |||||||||||
| Machinery, undated and circa 1900-1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Office, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Stock room, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Photograph albums: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. Exteriors and interiors, circa 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 2. Exteriors, interiors, and packaging, [1918]. | |||||||||||||
| New Ulm: | |||||||||||||
| Civil defense, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Employees, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and 1945, 1952-1965. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Undated and 1861. | |||||||||||
| Composite, circa 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 10 | Fires: | |||||||||||
| Elevator, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mill, 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, laboratory, 1957. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul, A Mill: | |||||||||||||
| Employees and National Safety Council Award, 1934, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, undated and 1947. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul, B Mill: | |||||||||||||
| Employees, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and [1930]-1975. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, machinery, undated and circa 1930. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, bulk loading, 1959-1963. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Wabasha: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and interiors, 1943-1975. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Exterior aerials, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.2F | 10 | Missouri: | |||||||||||
| North Kansas City: | |||||||||||||
| Civil defense, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Employees, 1964, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, undated and 1961-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Laboratory, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Machinery, undated and 1964. | |||||||||||||
| New York: | |||||||||||||
| Baldwinsville: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and [1930]-1955. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, machinery, undated and 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, bulk loading, 1960-1961. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo: | |||||||||||||
| Employees, 1930-1969. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and 1927-1934, 1952-1957. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Laboratory, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Machinery, [1934], 1961-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Bulk loading, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| Train derailment, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Lockport: | |||||||||||||
| Employees, undated and 1960-1962, 1968. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, 1931-1964. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Laboratory, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Machinery, undated and 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Warehouse, undated and 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.3B | 11 | Ohio: | |||||||||||
| Cleveland, employees, exteriors, and interiors, 1874, 1954-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||||||||
| Blackwell, employees and exteriors, undated and 1948-1975. | |||||||||||||
| Ponca City: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, circa 1930-1959. | |||||||||||||
| Fire, 1947. | |||||||||||||
| Texas: | |||||||||||||
| Greenville: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, 1935-1964. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, undated and 1936, 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||||
| Alberta: Calgary: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, undated and 1939. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors and employees, undated and 1933-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Ontario: Port Colborne (Humberstone): | |||||||||||||
| Construction, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Photo album, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.3B | 11 | Warehouse, 1951. | |||||||||||
| Employees, 1940, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, undated and 1940-1957. | |||||||||||||
| Night, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Fire, 1976. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, circa 1940]. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, undated and 1940-1969. | |||||||||||||
| Quebec: Montreal | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, 1940-1956. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Exterior aerial, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.3B | 11 | Interiors, 1940-1956. | |||||||||||
| Shipping, undated and 1940-1956. | |||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | |||||||||||||
| Factoria: Exterior, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| Moose Jaw: | |||||||||||||
| Chimney reduction, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Electrification, 1929. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, undated and 1920-1962. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Fire, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, undated and 1931-1939. | |||||||||||||
| Seat belt safety, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Saskatoon: | |||||||||||||
| Explosion, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and 1928-1946. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, circa 1926-1957. | |||||||||||||
| Philippines, Hondaugua: | |||||||||||||
| Construction, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela, undated and 1957-1962: | |||||||||||||
| Caracas: Exteriors, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Cumana: Exterior and interior, undated and 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Maracaibo: Construction and Exterior, 1958, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Puerto Cabello: | |||||||||||||
| Construction, 1957-1958. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, undated and 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Interiors, machinery (roller mills and purifiers), 1958-1959, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| MONACA inauguration, 1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142..E.8.1 | 20 | Shipping: Truck trailers, undated. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.3B | 11 | Flour Mills: unidentified employees and interiors, undated and 1962. | |||||||||||
| Headquarters: | |||||||||||||
| Company vehicles (Minneapolis and Montreal), [1930]-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| McKnight building, 1938-[1956]. | |||||||||||||
| Investors building: | |||||||||||||
| Exterior, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Office interiors, 1956-1971. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Test and consumer kitchen, 1961-1972. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Multifoods Tower, Minneapolis City Center: Building opening, 1983. | |||||||||||||
| Montreal, Quebec, [1930]-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Sales offices (Atlanta, New York City, Great Neck, Toronto), 1955-1966. | |||||||||||||
| Laboratories: | |||||||||||||
| Flour Exchange building (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1923-1929. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Jackson School building (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1957-1958, 1962-1964. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Pet Food plant: Pennsylvania: Fogelsville, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Poultry operations, 1960-1969. | |||||||||||||
| Ohio: Delta; Deshler; Gilboa; Napoleon, undated and 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Turkey hatcheries: | |||||||||||||
| Iowa: Chariton, 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota: Worthington, [1960-1969?]. | |||||||||||||
| Turkey processing plant: Minnesota: Butterfield, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Research and Development Center: | |||||||||||||
| New Hope facility (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1963-1968. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping: | |||||||||||||
| Bulk flour distribution: | |||||||||||||
| Installation demonstration (Detroit, Michigan), undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Machinery and equipment, undated and 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad freight cars, undated and 1956-1963. | |||||||||||||
| Truck trailers, undated and 1959-1966. | |||||||||||||
| China: Tientsin (Wilson & Co.), 1927-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Ghana: Accra, 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Vessels: | |||||||||||||
| J. Burton Ayers loading (Duluth, Minnesota), 1964, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Saint Remi (French Freighter), 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Loading (Duluth, Minnesota), 1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Montreal and Welland Canal, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Unloading (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela), 1958. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified locations, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Supersweet research farm, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Warehouses: | |||||||||||||
| United States: Minnesota: Willmar, 1933, [1940-1949]. | |||||||||||||
| Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver: | |||||||||||||
| Exteriors and aerials, [1920-1929?]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Panorama, 1946. | |||||||||||
| Interiors, 1925-[1939]. | |||||||||||||
| Shipping: | |||||||||||||
| Dock and freighters, undated and 1924-1962. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Train yard, [1920-1929?]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.4.F | 12 | Portraits: | |||||||||||
| The portraits include both individual and group photographs illustrating the business and recreational faces of the corporation's senior executives. Portraits of individuals include each of the Bean family members who served as corporate executives as well as portraits of Charles Ritz, William G. Phillips, and several sales agents. Several candid photographs of F. A. Bean, Jr. as a young man with unidentified family members and friends are included under his name. One amusing cyanotype shows F. A. Bean, Jr., an amateur photographer, taking a self-portrait in front of a mirror. Group portraits depict various attendees at board of directors', management, sales, and stockholders' meetings. Other group portraits include prints of a football team sponsored by the Seal of Minnesota flour brand, in which F. A. Bean, Jr. is also depicted. | |||||||||||||
| Atherton Bean, [1955-1962]. | |||||||||||||
| with P. Norman Ness, 1866-1968. | |||||||||||||
| with Charles Ritz, 1960-1961. | |||||||||||||
| F. A. Bean, Sr., [1900-1919]. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| F. A. Bean, Jr., [1885-1950]. | |||||||||||||
| Family and friends (unidentified), [1885-1920?]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1. | 20 | Football team, 1896. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.4F | 12 | New Prague schoolroom, [1880-1889]. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Board of directors, [1955]-1972. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| [1952-1954]. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.4F | 12 | W. G. Draper (Vancouver salesman), [1937?]. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Management meeting, Joint Canadian-U.S., 1948. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.4F | 12 | W. G. Phillips (president), stockholders meeting, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Darrell M. Runke, stockholders meeting, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Sales agents: | |||||||||||||
| Cuba, undated and 1937-1944, 1957. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ghana, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Sales meetings, 1911, 1938-1948, 1957-1960. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Seal of Minnesota football team, 1905. | |||||||||||
| 1904. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.4F | 12 | Stockholders meetings, 1956, 1967-1969. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Product divisions, 1957-[1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Bakery mix, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Consumer products, [1970-1979]. | |||||||||||||
| Durum products, 1965-1966. | |||||||||||||
| Customers: | |||||||||||||
| Creamette Co., 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Paramount, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Industrial foods, undated. | |||||||||||||
| International, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||||
| Ecuador, [1965]. | |||||||||||||
| Mexico, 1965, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela, 1963-1973. | |||||||||||||
| Supersweet, 1957-1971. | |||||||||||||
| International (MOCHASA), undated and 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Products: | |||||||||||||
| Adams Penaut Butter, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Bick's, 1972, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Boston Sea Party, 1975, [198-]. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Butterfield Turkey, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Cinderella Flour, undated and 1938. | |||||||||||||
| Don-I-Burger, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Goldrim Flour (Venezuela), 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Hickory Farms, 1973, 1984-1985. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Holsum Bakery, undated. | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Baking with IMCo Flours, 1958-[1969?]. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate symbol, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Kaukauna Klub, 1961, 1981. | |||||||||||||
| Heat 'n Dip, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Packaging, undated and 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Plant, undated and 1974. | |||||||||||||
| King Foods, undated and 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Kretschmer Sun Country Granola (packaging), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Kretschmer Wheat Germ: | |||||||||||||
| Packaging, 1976, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Plant (Carrollton, Mich.), 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Promotions: | |||||||||||||
| American Dhaulagiri Expedition (Because It's There...), 1973. | |||||||||||||
| Barry Gibb, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Transcontinental Bike Trek, 1978. | |||||||||||||
| LaCrosta Pizza Crust, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Lynk's Hybrids, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mallquist Pearl Valley Eggs, [1978]. 22 35 mm. color transparencies. | |||||||||||||
| Milford (bird feeds), 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Mister Donut, undated and 1969-1971. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Japan, [1970-1979]. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Morey's Fish House, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Osborn Laboratories, Inc., undated and 1976. | |||||||||||||
| Poppin' Good Popcorn, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Reuben Meats, 1973. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood: | |||||||||||||
| Advertising: | |||||||||||||
| Filming of Sherwood Forest television commercial, 1969. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Outdoor signage, undated and 1913, 1946-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Truck signage, undated and 1912-1940. | |||||||||||||
| Northwest Territories, Canada, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Packaging, undated and 1942-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Harina Juana, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Promotions, undated and 1956-1958. | |||||||||||||
| Canada, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.8.1 | 20 | Calgary, Alberta exhibition, circa 1912. | |||||||||||
| Labor Day parade, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.J.9.4F | 12 | Pouch Pack introduction, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Southdale's birthday, 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Store displays and exhibits, undated and 1912-1950. | |||||||||||||
| Window displays, undated and 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Seal of Minnesota Flour, undated and [1930]-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Sherwood Forest (bird feeds), 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Smoke Craft, [1985]. | |||||||||||||
| Scanda House (Decatur, Illinois), undated and 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Supersweet, 1963-1969. | |||||||||||||
| Sveden House, 1970-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| Bloomington, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Richfield, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Ohio: Parma, undated and 1971. | |||||||||||||
| T. Butcherblock, 1973-1976. | |||||||||||||
| Tweetie Pie (bird feeds), 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Wagon Popcorn, undated and 1969-1970. | |||||||||||||
| Pup Unit, undated. | |||||||||||||
| White Pearl Flour, 1934. | |||||||||||||
| Promotions and programs: | |||||||||||||
| Day of Bread, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Dunwoody Baking scholarship, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Kaiser roll marathon, 1984. | |||||||||||||
| Kitchen Club program (Cleveland, Ohio), 1972. | |||||||||||||
| New York Stock Exchange Listing, Big Cheese promotion, 1971. | |||||||||||||
| Salvation Army Doughnut day, circa 1914-1919, 1950. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.7.8 | 13 | Sound recordings: | |||||||||||
| The sound recordings include advertising (radio commercials and product jingles, 1967-1976), filmstrip and motion picture soundtracks (1960-1965), interviews (1958-1964, 1970-1971), profit-sharing messages (1954), recordings of sales and stockholders' meeting presentations (undated, 1963), and a few broadcast programs (1941-1948). The recordings exist as 33-1/3 rpm sound discs and as cassettes and 1/4" reel-to-reel audio tape unless digitized. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising: | |||||||||||||
| Steve Cannon (WCCO-Radio), November 23, 1976. 1 sound cassette containing four spots. | |||||||||||||
| Fix a Broken Granola; Mister Donut vocal, undated. 1 sound cassette (two 60-second spots). | |||||||||||||
| Internet | Arthur Godfrey radio commercials: Kretschmer Wheat Germ; International Milling Co., undated. i master audio file (1 hour, 51 seconds): WAV (307 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (43.9 MB). | ||||||||||||
Digital audio
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| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.7.8 | 13 | Arthur Godfrey radio commercials: Robin Hood first dub, undated: 1 sound reel, 7 1/2 ips, 7 in. | |||||||||||
| 1. That's What I Like About Robin Hood, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| 2. Robin Hood Flour Gives You Better Baking Musical Spot, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| 3. You Get High Protein Richness When You Bake With Robin Hood Flour, 27 sec. | |||||||||||||
| 4. Robin Hood Flour, 7 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Internet | International Milling Company jingles, January 1967. 1 master audio file (6 minutes, 1 second): WAV (31.1 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (5.8 MB). | ||||||||||||
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Digital audio
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| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.7.8 | 13 | Kaukauna Klub Cheese, undated. 1 sound reel, 5 in. | |||||||||||
| Internet | Mister Donut, 1973. 1 master sound disc (10 minutes, 55 seconds): 33-1/3 rpm, 7 in., 1 submaster audio file: WAV (56.4 MB), and 1 user audio file: MP3 (10.7 MB). | ||||||||||||
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Digital audio
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| Mister Donut Corp., Kid's version radio spots, undated.: 1 master audio file (4 minutes, 13 seconds): WAV (21.8 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (4.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
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Digital audio
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| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.7.8 | 13 | MONACA jingles, [undated]. 1 sound reel, 7-1/2 ips, 7 in. | |||||||||||
| Internet | Radio commercials for WCCO, Fall 1971. 1 master audio file (7 minutes, 53 seconds): WAV (40.7 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (8.4 MB). | ||||||||||||
| 1. Robin Hood Flour, 2. Sherwood Forest Bird Food, 3. Sveden House, 4. Kretschmer Wheat Germ, 5. Kaukauna Klub Cheese, 6. Poppin' Popcorn, 7. Robin Hood mixes. | |||||||||||||
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Digital audio
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| Robin Hood jingles dub (English/French), undated. 1 master audio file (12 minutes, 17 seconds): WAV (63.5 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (11.6 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.E.7.8 | 13 | Robin Hood Flour; Mixes; Sherwood Forest; Poppin, undated. 1 sound reel, 5 in. | |||||||||||
| Broadcast programs: | |||||||||||||
| Breakfast in the Blue Ridge with Lulubelle and Scotty, Program No. AIB-22, undated. 1 sound disc, 33-1/3 rpm, 16 in. | |||||||||||||
| The Peabody's, circa 1941-1945. 1 sound disc, 33-1/3 rpm, 16 in., | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. Episode 19. | |||||||||||||
| Side 2. Episode 20. | |||||||||||||
| WRBC (Jackson, Mississippi). 1 sound disc, 33-1/3 rpm, 16 in. | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. The Shadow, February 8, 1948. | |||||||||||||
| Side 2. Queen for a Day, February 20, 1948. | |||||||||||||
| Employee slide presentation, one reel, 3-3/4 ips, 7 in., Revised March 4, 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Filmstrip sound tracks: | |||||||||||||
| It's Supersweet, [1960]. 1 sound reel, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Profile of Progress: | |||||||||||||
| French narration, April 14, 1960. 1 reel, 7 in., | |||||||||||||
| Revised, September 17, 1965. 1 reel (22 min., 35 sec.), 3-3/4 ips, 5 in. | |||||||||||||
| Progress on Parade (U.S. Grocery Products Division): | |||||||||||||
| Final track, Charlie Boone, undated. 1 sound reel (11 min., 30 sec.), 7-1/2 ips, 5 in. | |||||||||||||
| Revised, August 2, 1962. 1 sound reel, 7-1/2 ips, 5 in. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews: | |||||||||||||
| Oral History Project (36 sound cassettes; arranged chronologically by year, thereunder alphabetically by name of person interviewed): | |||||||||||||
| Corresponding transcripts of these recordings are available in Box 2. | |||||||||||||
| 1958: | |||||||||||||
| A. C. Bredeson interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| June 17, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 19, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Cecka interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| April 26, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| April 30, 1958. 1 sound cassette (90 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 3, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 7, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 21, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 5, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| Matthew A. Crinkley interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| June 26, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 30, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Frank A. Dobihal interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in New Prague, Minnesota: June 21, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| Rose Holub interviewed by Jay Edgerton at Holub's home in Edina, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| July 8, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| July 15, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| John J. Kovarik interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the Statler Hotel in Buffalo, New York: | |||||||||||||
| October 26, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| October 27, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| October 28, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| J. W. Rezabek interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the Statler Hotel in Buffalo, New York: October 27, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Joseph W. Tyra interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| June 9, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Melvin F. Vaughn interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| May 9, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 16, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Frank M. Wrabek interviewed by Jay Edgerton at Wrabek's home in Le Center, Minnesota: December 20, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| 1962: | |||||||||||||
| Theodore P. Bjerke interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. office in Calgary: June 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Lorne C. Coe interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. office in Calgary: June 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| William G. Evans interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. plant in Calgary: June 12, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Alice Fraser interviewed by Harold Chucker at Fraser's home, 510 Groveland, in Minneapolis: November 14, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| James Morris interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. office in Calgary: June 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz interviewed by Harold Chucker at Ritz's home in Orono, Minnesota: August 1, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Steele interviewed by Harold Chucker at Steele's home in Birmingham, Alabama: August 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| 1965: | |||||||||||||
| Herman Steen interviewed by Q. J. Hietpas at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: October 1, 1965. 2 sound cassettes (90 minutes, 60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| William G. Phillips by WHN (New York City) regarding New York Stock Exchange Listing, [1971]. 1 sound reel, 5 in. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Phillips, Final Beeped Re-edit for 1971, 1970-1971. 1 sound reel, 7-1/2 ips, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Motion Picture Sound Tracks: | |||||||||||||
| Period of Transition, Final Track, [1965]. 1 sound reel, 7-1/2 ips, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Profit Sharing messages, 1954. | |||||||||||||
| 1. Music. | |||||||||||||
| 2. Scottie Squirrel. | |||||||||||||
| 3. Atherton Bean. | |||||||||||||
| 4. Charles Ritz. | |||||||||||||
| Salesmen's meetings, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. 14 min., 30 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Side 2. 16 min., 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Stockholder's meetings, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Atherton Bean's concluding message to stockholders, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Why Go Public? (Minneapolis, Minn.), July 13, 1963: 4 sound reels, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 1: | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. Charles Ritz introductory; Atherton Bean. | |||||||||||||
| Side 2. Conclusion, Atherton Bean. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 2: | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. John Tobin; Harry Howlett; Atherton Bean. | |||||||||||||
| Side 2. Questions and answers (continuation from Minneapolis Reel 3, Side 1). | |||||||||||||
| Reel 3: | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. Introduction to Questions and answers; Panel session; Questions and answers (continued on Reel 2, side 2). | |||||||||||||
| Reel 4: | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. Questions and answers ([continuation from Kansas City Reel 2, side 1?]). | |||||||||||||
| Why Go Public? (Kansas City, Missouri), July 18, 1963. 2 sound reels, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 1: | |||||||||||||
| Side 2. Atherton Bean. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 2: | |||||||||||||
| Side 1. Atherton Bean, What Should You Do; Questions and answers (continued on Reel 4, [Minneapolis Stockholders Meeting?]). | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing and International Milling switchboard, undated. 1 sound reel, 3-1/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Visual recordings: | |||||||||||||
| Visual recordings include both 35mm color filmstrips and 35mm and 16mm motion pictures. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising: | |||||||||||||
| Venezuelan advertisements, undated. 1 videotape: sound, color, Beta 1/2-in., | |||||||||||||
| Amariya; Robin Hood; Monaca; La Comadre. | |||||||||||||
| Filmstrips: | |||||||||||||
| The filmstrips were primarily used as employee training tools between 1960 and 1969, providing background information on the corporation's history and organization. A number of filmstrips addressing workplace accident prevention are also included. Some of the filmstrips are accompanied by soundtracks on 33-1/3 rpm sound discs. Revisions or French editions of soundtracks for the filmstrips Profile of Progress and Progress on Parade can be found within the sound recordings. | |||||||||||||
| Challenge for the Future: A Report About International Milling Company and Robin Hood Flour, 1960. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. + 1 sound disc (25 min.), 33-1/3 rpm, 12 in. | |||||||||||||
| It Happened Like This--Falls, produced by the Loss Prevention Department of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., [1960-1969]. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| It Happened Like This--Handling Materials, produced by the Loss Prevention Department of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., [1960-1969]. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| It Happened Like This--Ladders, produced by the Loss Prevention Department of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., [1960-1969]. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| It Happened Like This--Machines, produced by the Loss Prevention Department of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., [1960-1969]. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| It's Supersweet: The Story of International Milling Company and Supersweet Feeds, 1960. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. + 1 sound disc, 33-1/3 rpm, 12 in. | |||||||||||||
| See Sound Recordings for audio tape soundtrack. | |||||||||||||
| More To You From Supersweet, 1967. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| The Nightmare of Sam MacGillicuddy, 1962. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. + narration script and 1 sound disc (18 min.), 33-1/3 rpm, 12 in. | |||||||||||||
| Profile of Progress: The Story of Our Company, September 1, 1962. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Profile of Progress: The Story of Our Company (Employee indoctrination, long version), March 1964. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. + 1 sound disc, 33-1/3 rpm, 12 in. | |||||||||||||
| See Sound Recordings for French narration audio tape. | |||||||||||||
| Profile of Progress: The Story of Our Company, September 1965. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| See Sound Recordings for revised audio tape. | |||||||||||||
| Progress on Parade: The Story of International Milling Co. and Robin Hood Flour (U.S. Grocery Products Division, IMCo.), 1962. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. + index kit, handouts, and 1 sound disc (12 min.), 33-1/3 rpm, 12 in., | |||||||||||||
| See Sound Recordings for Charlie Boone final track and revised audio tapes. | |||||||||||||
| The Story of Wheat, [1960-1969]. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| What is a Company? (employee filmstrip), 1962. 1 filmstrip: color; 35 mm. + narration script and 1 sound disc (22 min.), 33-1/3 rpm, 12 in. | |||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-G (Room B-105.7) | 14 | Motion pictures: | |||||||||||
| Motion pictures include both color and black and white films, some with accompanying soundtracks, which were used for both advertising and documentary purposes. Two television broadcasts of interviews with William G. Phillips (president, 1969-1974; chairman and CEO, 1970-1985) are also included. The films are arranged in the Detailed Description according to their purpose. Advertising films are further arranged by product line. One reel of advertising film contains Japanese commercials for Mister Donut. The documentary films are arranged by title. Included within the documentary films are a series illustrating the corporation's office and plant facilities in both the United States and Canada. Also included within the documentary films is one reel illustrating a tour of the Soviet Union taken by Charles Ritz (president, 1943-1955; chairman, 1955-1965) in 1956. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising: | |||||||||||||
| Annual meeting presentation, 1979: 2 film reels: sound, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 1: | |||||||||||||
| Bick's Pickles: | |||||||||||||
| Picnic | |||||||||||||
| Party | |||||||||||||
| Pep Talk | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour: | |||||||||||||
| French Pastries | |||||||||||||
| Strudel Dough | |||||||||||||
| Puff Pastry | |||||||||||||
| Bread Dough | |||||||||||||
| Pay's d'en Haut (French) | |||||||||||||
| Saguenay (French) | |||||||||||||
| Canton de L'est (French) | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Gusto: | |||||||||||||
| Conundrum | |||||||||||||
| Conundrum (French) | |||||||||||||
| Reel 2: | |||||||||||||
| Contents not indicated. | |||||||||||||
| Shelf Q-10-A (Room B-105.7) | Mister Donut: Japanese commercials, circa 1975. 1 master film reel (2 minutes, 18 seconds): sound, color; 16 mm., 1 submaster video file: MOV (8.7 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (167 MB). | ||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-G (Room B-105.7) | 14 | Mister Donut: Unidentified, undated. 2 film reels: sound, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||
| Shelf Q-10-A (Room B-105.7) | Mister Donut; Robin Hood, circa 1981. 1 master film reel (5 minutes, 53 seconds): sound, color; 16 mm., 1 submaster video file: MOV (30.7 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (438 MB). | ||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-G (Room B-105.7) | 14 | Films showing Robin Hood design discontinued in 1958, 1956. 1 film reel: sound, color; 35 mm. | |||||||||||
| Shelf Q-10-A (Room B-105.7) | Robin Hood Flour: Biscuits / Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. (St. Paul), [1960]. 1 master film reel (1 minute, 21 seconds): sound, b&w, 16 mm., 1 submaster video file: MOV (4.5 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (97.5 MB). | ||||||||||||
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| Robin Hood Flour: Bread / Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. (St. Paul), [1960]. 1 master film reel (1 miute, 20 seconds): sound, b&w; 16 mm., 1 submaster video file: MOV (4.5 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (96 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Robin Hood Flour: Cookies / Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. (St. Paul), [1960]. 1 master film reel (1 minute, 22 seconds): sound, b&w; 16 mm., 1 submaster video file: MOV (4.5 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (98.1 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-G (Room B-105.7) | 14 | Robin Hood Flour: New Coupon on the Bag; Save Up To 25 Cents, [1960]. 1 film reel (20 sec. and 60 sec.): sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||
| Shelf Q-10-A (Room B-105.7) | Robin Hood Flour: Pie / Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. (St. Paul), [1960]. 1 master film reel (1 minute, 22 seconds): sound, b&w; 16 mm., 1 submaster video file: MOV (4.4 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (99.1 MB). | ||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-G (Room B-105.7) | 14 | Robin Hood Flour: | |||||||||||
| Promotions, [1960-1969?]: 2 film reels: sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 1: | |||||||||||||
| Comic Book, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Save 25 Cents on Butter, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Sierra Ware, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Coffee Coupon, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Plastic Tumbler, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Save Up To 25 Cents, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Save 10 Cents and 25 Cents, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Save Up To 30 Cents, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Free Teaspoon, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Teaspoon S/L, 4 for 50 Cents, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Save Up To 20 Cents, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Cookie Cutter, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Recipe Box, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Knife in Bag, 60 sec.; 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 2: | |||||||||||||
| Steak Knife S/L, 4 for 65 Cents, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Steak Knife S/L, 4 for 75 Cents, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Kitchen Utensil, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Cup and Saucer, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Jell-O Pudding Roll, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Spice Shaker, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Grape-Nuts Southern Pie, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Grape-Nuts 7 Cents Coupon, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Recipe Book Promotion, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| M&M Promotion, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Fruit Cocktail Promotion, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour and Fleischmann's Yeast present the Cool Rise Method of Yeast Baking / Calvin Productions, [1970-1979?]. 1 film reel (9 min., 28 sec.): sound, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Saniflush; Robin Hood Flour (Spanish), [1960-1969]. 1 film reel: sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Sustaining TV Commercials, [1950-1970?]: 1 film reel: sound, b&w and color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Old Lady in Shoe, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Old King Cole, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Bread (old bag), 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Biscuits (old bag), 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Pies (old bag), 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Cookies (old bag), 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Homemaker's Club, 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| For Best Results, 8 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Man in Office (Biscuits), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Woman (Flour on List), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Kids Playing (cartoon), 60 sec. | |||||||||||||
| New Bag, 8 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Pop-Ons (Gal in Baked Goods), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Wheat/HPR, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| HPR/Letters Waving, 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Biscuits (Alarm Clock), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Biscuits (Harris), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Donuts (HPR), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Pre-Sift (Lee Phillips/Trumpets), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Pre-Sift (Lee Phillips/Women), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Pre-Sift (Lee Phillips/Man-Wife), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Pre-Sift (Lee Phillips), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Robin (Chocolate Cake), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Robin (Brownies), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Robin (Drawing), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Instant Intro (All-Purpose), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Instant Intro (Self-Rising), 60 sec.; 20 sec. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews: | |||||||||||||
| Col Robb on Freedom (WCCO-TV), January 15, 1960. 1 film reel: sound, b&w; 16 mmm. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Phillips interviewed by Bob Potter (WCCO-TV), undated. 1 film reel, sound (magnetic), b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Phillips. This Week on Wall Street, Program no. 38, recorded September 30, 1968; broadcast October 4, 1968. 1 film reel: sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-G (Room B-105.7) | 15 | Documentaries: | |||||||||||
| A Message from Industry to You. Industry on Parade, no. 283, [1950-1959]. 1 film reel, sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Crusade for Freedom, 1960. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz Trip to Russia, 1956. 1 film reel: sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Period of Transition, 1965. 1 film reel (18 min.): sound, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Used during 1965 Employee Meeting regarding IMCo.'s public ownership. See Public Relations, Subject Files, Archives, March 15, 1965. See Sound Recordings for audio tape of motion picture soundtrack. | |||||||||||||
| This Is Our Town, Minneapolis / Carson Co. Production: | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Segment, [1956]. 1 film reel (7 min.): sound, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Outtakes, [1956]. 1 film reel: silent, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Wagon Popcorn (WCCO-TV), undated. 1 film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Office and plant facilities: | |||||||||||||
| Original historic film, 1933-1934. 1 film reel: silent, b&w; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| New Prague Mill, Minneapolis Office, Davenport Mill, Buffalo Office and Plant, Sioux City Mystic Mills, Moose Jaw Mill, Calgary, Saskatoon Plant, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ft. William, Montreal, Greenville Plant. | |||||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| International Milling Company / Promotional Films, Inc., 1956-1957. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Minneapolis Office, St. Louis Park Interior Elevator, New Prague, Wabasha, New Ulm Rye, St. Paul A, St. Paul B, Duluth Elevator, Davenport, Salina Mill and Elevator, Newton, Blackwell, Ponca City, Greenville, Atlanta, New York City, Buffalo, Lockport, Baldwinsville, Cleveland, Detroit. | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo Car Unloader, 1960. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| New Prague Mill, June 7, 1960. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Bulk flour; automatic bag closer on Bemis Packer. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul: AFS B Mill Tour (KSTP-TV), 1963. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. (International Milling Company: Canadian Documentary Film / Promotional Films, Inc.), 1956-1957. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Montreal Office, Montreal Plant, Brodie & Harvie, Quebec Sales Office, Moncton, Humberstone, Toronto Sales Office, Winnipeg Sales Office, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Calgary, Ft. William Dock, Vancouver. | |||||||||||||
| Port Colborne: Humberstone Mill, 1960. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Exterior and interior; Packing Department assembly line. | |||||||||||||
| Montreal Exterior, 1960. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Conveyor bridge and new railroad siding alongside starch plant. | |||||||||||||
| Montreal Interior, 1960. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. | |||||||||||||
| Conveyor system and spiral chute for loading feed bags. | |||||||||||||
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| Shelf Q-12-F (Room B-105.7) | 35 | Miscellaneous films and audio tapes, undated. | |||||||||||
| Includes 16mm films and reel-to-reel audio recordings. Some are advertisements; the remainder are unidentified. | |||||||||||||
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| 142.F.13.8F | 21 | Oral History Project | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: Master Copies. | |||||||||||||
| Use copies of Project Correspondence and Transcripts are available in Box 2. | |||||||||||||
| Use copies of the recordings are available in Box 13. | |||||||||||||
| Project Correspondence, March 23, 1955-November 7, 1963. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews: | |||||||||||||
| Transcripts, 1958-1965: | |||||||||||||
| 1958: | |||||||||||||
| A. C. Bredesen (stenographer to F. A. Bean, Sr., 1910-?). | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Cecka (miller, 1901-194?). 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Matthew A. Crinkley (accountant, 1915-1952). | |||||||||||||
| Frank Dobihal (office worker, 1902-?). | |||||||||||||
| Rose Holub (laboratory baker, 1911-1946?). 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| John J. Kovarik (office worker, purchasing agent, and plant manager, 1894-1946). 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| J. W. Rezabek (office worker and miller, 1911-194?). | |||||||||||||
| Joseph W. Tyra (office worker and sales, 1906-?). | |||||||||||||
| Melvin F. Vaughn (bookkeeper and office systems, 1911-194?). | |||||||||||||
| Frank M. Wrabek (founder, Le Sueur County Leader). | |||||||||||||
| 1962: | |||||||||||||
| Atherton Bean (President, 1955-1965; CEO, 1965-1969). | |||||||||||||
| No corresponding sound recording is available. | |||||||||||||
| Theodore P. Bjerke (bookkeeper and accountant, 1909-1952). | |||||||||||||
| Lorne C. Coe (dock operations and traffic management, 1926-?). | |||||||||||||
| William G. Evans (bookkeeper and production management (192?-?). | |||||||||||||
| Alice Fraser (daughter, F. A. Bean, Sr.). | |||||||||||||
| James Morris (office worker and accountant, 1914-?). | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz (president, 1943-1955; chairman, 1955-1965). | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Steele (sales). | |||||||||||||
| 1964: | |||||||||||||
| Atherton Bean (President, 1955-1965; CEO, 1965-1969). | |||||||||||||
| No corresponding sound recording is available. | |||||||||||||
| 1965: | |||||||||||||
| Herman Steen (Millers Federation). | |||||||||||||
| Master recordings, (26 audio reels, 1/4 in.; arranged chronologically): | |||||||||||||
| Tom Cecka 4 audio reels: | |||||||||||||
| Reel 1: 1, April 26, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 2: 2-3, April 30, 1958, May 3, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 3: 4-5, >May 7, 1958, May 21, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 4: 6, June 5, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| M. F. Vaughan. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2. May 9, 1958, May 16, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| J. W. Tyra. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, June 9, 1958, June 11, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| A. C. Bredesen. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, June 17, 1958, June 19, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Frank Dobihal. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, June 21, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| M.A. Crinkley. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, June 26, 1958, June 30, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Rose Holub. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, July 8, 1958, July 15, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| John J. Kovarik. 3 audio reels: | |||||||||||||
| Reel 1: 1-2, October 26, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 2: 3-4, October 27, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Reel 3: 4, October 28, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| J. W. Rezabek. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1, October 27, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Frank M. Wrabek. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, December 20, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Theodore P. Bjerke. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, June 11, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Lorne Coe; James Morris. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| James Morris; William G. Evans. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Evans. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| June 12, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz. 3 audio reels: | |||||||||||||
| August 1, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Steele. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| August 11, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Mrs. Alice Fraser. 1 audio reel: | |||||||||||||
| November 14, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Herman Steen. 2 audio reels: | |||||||||||||
| October 1, 1965. | |||||||||||||
| MHS master duplicate recordings: | |||||||||||||
| 36 sound cassettes; arranged chronologically by year, thereunder alphabetically by name of person interviewed. Reproduced by Hal Johnson, MHS, September-October 1996: | |||||||||||||
| 1958: | |||||||||||||
| A. C. Bredeson interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| June 17, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 19, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Cecka interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| April 26, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| April 30, 1958. 1 sound cassette (90 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 3, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 7, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 21, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 5, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| Matthew A. Crinkley interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| June 26, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 30, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Frank A. Dobihal interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in New Prague, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| June 21, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| Rose Holub interviewed by Jay Edgerton at Holub's home in Edina, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| July 8, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| July 15, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| John J. Kovarik interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the Statler Hotel in Buffalo, New York: | |||||||||||||
| October 26, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| October 27, 1958. 2 sound cassettes (60 minutes each). | |||||||||||||
| October 28, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| J. W. Rezabek interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the Statler Hotel in Buffalo, New York: | |||||||||||||
| October 27, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Joseph W. Tyra interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| June 9, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Melvin F. Vaughn interviewed by Jay Edgerton at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| May 9, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| May 16, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Frank M. Wrabek interviewed by Jay Edgerton at Wrabek's home in Le Center, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| December 20, 1958. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| 1962: | |||||||||||||
| Theodore P. Bjerke interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. office in Calgary: | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Lorne C. Coe interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. office in Calgary: | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| William G. Evans interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. plant in Calgary: | |||||||||||||
| June 12, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Alice Fraser interviewed by Harold Chucker at Fraser's home, 510 Groveland, in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| November 14, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| James Morris interviewed by Harold Chucker at the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Ltd. office in Calgary: | |||||||||||||
| June 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Charles Ritz interviewed by Harold Chucker at Ritz's home in Orono, Minnesota: | |||||||||||||
| August 1, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Steele interviewed by Harold Chucker at Steele's home in Birmingham, Alabama: | |||||||||||||
| August 11, 1962. 1 sound cassette (60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
| 1965: | |||||||||||||
| Herman Steen interviewed by Q. J. Hietpas at the International Milling office in Minneapolis: | |||||||||||||
| October 1, 1965. 2 sound cassettes (90 minutes, 60 minutes). | |||||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Advertising.
- Agricultural processing plants.
- Cipher and telegraph codes -- Flour and feed trade.
- Flour and feed trade.
- Flour mills.
- Flour -- Marketing.
- Flour -- Packaging.
- Flour -- Transportation.
- Food industry and trade.
- Grain elevators.
- Grain handling machinery.
- Grain -- Milling.
- Industrial publicity.
- Wheat -- Processing.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Industries.
- Persons:
- Bean, Francis Atherton, 1840-1930.
- Bean, Francis Atherton, 1878-1955.
- Bean, Francis Atherton, 1910-1998.
- Organizations:
- International Milling Company, Inc.
- Robin Hood Flour Mills.
- Shellabarger's, Inc.
- Types of Documents:
- Blue prints.
- Cookbooks.
- Filmstrips.
- Interviews.
- Maps.
- Microforms.
- Motion pictures.
- Photographs.
- Price lists.
- Radio advertising.
- Recipes.
- Sound recordings.
- Television commercial films.
- Video recordings.
- Occupations:
- Executives.
- Millers -- Minnesota.
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