OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical Society
Ferrell, Richard L., collector.
Richard Ferrell flour milling industry history collection.
circa 1860-2005.
Materials in English.
Flour milling advertisements, marketing materials, promotional items, cookbooks, newsletters, periodicals, architectural drawings, moving images, sound recordings and photographs collected by flour milling executive Richard Ferrell, who once managed the historic Pillsbury A Mill in Minneapolis. Items produced by Minnesota-based millers form the core of the collection, but it also includes materials from companies in neighboring states, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada.
25.9 cubic feet (18 boxes, 5 tubes, and 7 oversize folders),
5 master film reels: 16mm., 4 master video files: MOV (12 GB), 9 user video files: MP4 (7.1 GB), 17 master audio files: WAV (1.3 GB), and 12 user audio files: MP3 (270 MB).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf locations.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Few industries are as closely associated with Minnesota as flour milling. From 1880 on, Minneapolis enjoyed a reputation as the “Flour Milling Capital of the World.” Countless mills crowded both banks of the city’s Mississippi River waterfront, drawing power from St. Anthony Falls. General Mills still maintains its corporate headquarters near the city.
In 2007, the Minnesota Historical Society acquired a significant portion of the Richard Ferrell Flour Milling Industry History Collection. For 40 years Ferrell, who once managed Pillsbury’s historic A Mill on Minneapolis’s east bank, collected flour milling objects, photographs, advertisements, and memorabilia from all parts of the United States and Canada. Today his collection represents the premier record of the industry’s development from the mid-1800s to the early 2000s.
Richard L. Ferrell spent much of his career as a milling engineer and plant manager with Pillsbury. Born in 1939, he grew up near Akron, Ohio. Ferrell was hired in 1967 as a plant engineer at Pillsbury’s facility in Springfield, Illinois. His career subsequently took him to West Virginia, Minnesota, and Kansas. Although he was a lifelong collector of various interests, his work with Pillsbury first prompted Ferrell to collect milling material.
Items produced by Minnesota-based millers form the core of the collection, but it also includes material from companies in neighboring states, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. The collection is comprised of documents and records, including company premiums, trade journals, photographs, and postcards showing mills throughout the region. Given Ferrell's association with Pillsbury, the collection also includes many items featuring that most celebrated advertising icon, the Pillsbury Doughboy.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection provides a century-long view of advertising from the late 19th century through the late 20th century. Materials range from black and white and color illustrated advertisements placed in newspapers and trade journals, to recorded commercials broadcast on radio and television. In addition, the collection includes a wide array of promotional materials used to disseminate product information and enhance brand awareness among consumers. Included in the collection are calendars, lectures and demonstrations, complimentary maps, marketing material, prints, and scrapbooks.
The collection also contains more specific information about milling companies including Annual Reports, architectural drawings, legal agreements, manuals, newsletters, and periodicals.
During the mid-20th century, milling companies constructed special test kitchens to develop recipes using their various products. These recipes were then published in cookbooks either sold or given free of charge to consumers. The Ferrell Collection includes a large selection of these cookbooks.
Lastly, the collection contains photographs and postcards showing views of milling facilities, milling processes, mills under construction, mills damaged by explosions and other disasters, promotional activities, and various special events.
Though items from Minnesota-based companies dominate the collection, it also includes material from companies in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, and Canada.
Company
Location
Ada Roller Mills
Ada, Minnesota
Albers Brothers Milling Company
Portland, Oregon
Albers Milling Company
Portland, Oregon
Albert Lea Milling Company
Albert Lea, Minnesota
Alderson Mill
Austin, Minnesota
Alex S. Campbell Roller Mills
Dodge Center, Minnesota
Ames Brothers Mill
Hutchinson, Minnesota
Anchor Mill Company
South Dakota
Appleton Flour Mills
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Atkinson Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Atlantic Mill & Elevator Company
Atlantic, Iowa
Atlas Flour Mills
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
B. Stern and Sons
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bagley Elevator and Roller Mills, (H. H. Ekeland Company)
Bagley, Minnesota
Barber Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bay State Milling Company
Winona, Minnesota
Beaver Valley Milling Company
Des Moines, Iowa
Beed's Mill
Hampton, Iowa
Belvidere Mill
Belvidere Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota
Benson Mill
Union, Iowa
Benson Roller Mills
Benson, Minnesota
Berry Brothers
Norwood, Minnesota
Big Diamond Mills Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Diamond Mills Company
New York
Bohart & Company
Clinton, Iowa
Boscobel Roller Mills
Boscobel, Wisconsin
Boscobel Roller Mills
Reedsburg, Wisconsin
Bozeman Milling Company
Bozeman, Montana
Buffalo Flour Mills
Buffalo, Minnesota
Burkhardt Milling Company & Electric Power Company
Burkhardt, Wisconsin
Burley Flour Mills
Burley, Idaho
Burrus Mills Inc.
Butte Milling Company
C. and C. Milling Company
Spokane, Washington
C. M. & E. Farmers' Elevator
Jerome, Idaho
C. S. Christensen Company
Madelia, Minnesota
Campbell Mill
Austin, Minnesota
Canby Roller Mills
Canby, Minnesota
Cannon Falls Mill
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Cannon Valley Mill
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Cascade Cereal Company
Tacoma, Washington
Cascade Mill
Rochester, Minnesota
Centennial Flouring Mills Company
Tacoma, Washington
Centennial Mill Company
Spokane, Washington
Chaffee-Miller Milling Company
Casselton, North Dakota
Champlin Mill
Anoka, Minnesota
Champlin Milling Company
Champlin, Minnesota
Charles A. Pillsbury & Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chaska Flouring Mill
Chaska, Minnesota
Chippewa Milling Company
Montevideo, Minnesota
Christian Brothers Mill Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Claro Flour Mills
Lakeville, Minnesota
Claro Milling Company
Lakeville, Minnesota
Clarx Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coles' Mill
Rochester, Minnesota
Cologne Mill Company
Cologne, Minnesota
Colorado Milling and Elevator Company
Columbia Mill Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commander Mill Company
Mapleton, Minnesota
Commander Milling Company
Montgomery, Minnesota
Commander Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Consolidated Milling Company
Cottonwood Roller Mills
New Ulm, Minnesota
Cream of Wheat Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Crescent Milling Company
Fairfax, Minnesota
Crescent Roller Mill
Fairfax, Minnesota
Crocker Milling Company
Crookston Milling Company
Crookston, Minnesota
Crown Mills
Portland, Oregon
Crown Roller Mill
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Currie Mill
Currie, Minnesota
Cusson's Mill
Stewartville, Minnesota
Daisy Roller Mill Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Diamond Mills
Duluth Imperial Mill Company
Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth-Superior Milling Company
Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Universal Milling Company
Duluth, Minnesota
E. Sanderson Milling Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Eagle Flouring Mills
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Eagle Roller Mill Company
New Ulm, Minnesota
Ebner Milling Company
Wadena, Minnesota
Elysian Milling Company
Elysian, Minnesota
Empire Milling Company
Janesville, Minnesota
Everett Flour Mill Company
Everett, Washington
Everett, Aughenbaugh
Waseca, Minnesota
Excelsior Flouring Mills
New London, Wisconsin
F. M. Martin Grain and Milling Company
Cheney, Washington
F. W. and F. A. Baarsch mill
Bird Island, Minnesota
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
Rush City, Minnesota
Fergus Falls Mill
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Fischer's Flouring Mills
Portland, Oregon
Fischer's Flouring Mills
Seattle, Washington
Foltz Hardware Company
Fosston Elevator and Flour Mills
Fosston, Minnesota
Fruen Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fugle's Mill
Stewartville, Minnesota
Fuller and Campbell's Mill
Alexandria, Minnesota
G. Cole Milling Company
Gallatin Valley Milling Company
Belgrade, Montana
Gardner Mill
Hastings, Minnesota
General Foods Corporation
General Mills
Minneapolis, Minnesota
General Mills Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
George C. Christian and Company
Chicago, Illinois
George C. Christian and Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
George Tileston Milling Company
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Globe Milling Company
Perham, Minnesota
Gooch Milling and Elevator Company
Goodhue Mill
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Goodhue Mills
Goodhue, Minnesota
Grand Metropolitan Food
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Green Lake Mill
Spicer, Minnesota
Greenwood Prairie Roller Mills
Plainview, Minnesota
H. H. Graham Mill
Hastings, Minnesota
Hamilton Cereal & Flour Mill Company
Hamilton, Montana
Hawk Eye Roller Mills
Red Wing, Minnesota
Hiawatha Elevator
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Howard Mills Company
Hubbard Milling Company
Le Roy, Minnesota
Hubbard Milling Company
Mankato, Minnesota
Humboldt Mill Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Imperial Mill Company
Duluth, Minnesota
International Mill and Elevator
Buffalo, New York
International Milling Company
Buffalo, New York
International Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Milling Company
Paducah, Kentucky
Island Warehouse Flour Mill (Pillsbury Flour Mills Company)
Buffalo, New York
J. Richardsons and Company
Bird Island, Minnesota
Jacob E. Decker and Sons mill
Mason City, Iowa
Jamestown Roller Mills
Jamestown, Dakota Territory
Jennison Brothers & Company
Janesville, Minnesota
Jenny Wren
Birmingham, Alabama
John P. Dousman Milling Company
De Pere, Wisconsin
Kalispell Flour Mill Company
Kalispell, Montana
Kalispell Flour Mill Company
Spokane, Washington
King Midas Flour Mills
Minneapolis, Minnesota
King Midas Mill Company
Hastings, Minnesota
King Midas Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kittson Company Roller Mills
Hallock, Minnesota
L. Christian & Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
L. G. Campbell Milling Company
Owatonna, Minnesota
La Grange Mills Elevator
Red Wing, Minnesota
Lamberton Milling Company
Lamberton, Minnesota
Lebanon Valley Roller Mills
Lee's Mill
Little Falls, Minnesota
Long Prairie Milling Company
Long Prairie, Minnesota
Liberty Mills
Nashville, Tennessee
Lowry Roller Mills
Lowry, Minnesota
Madison Milling Company
Madison, Minnesota
Maple Leaf Flour Mills
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Maple Leaf Milling Company Limited
Canada
Maple Leaf Mills Limited
Mapleton Milling Company
Mapleton, Iowa
Mapleton Roller Mill
Mapleton, Minnesota
Marshall Milling Company
Marshall, Minnesota
Martens Brothers Milling Company
McIntosh Roller Mills
McIntosh, Minnesota
Mazeppa Mill
Mazeppa, Minnesota
Midland Flour Milling Company
Minneapolis Cereal Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Flour Manufacturing Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minne-Paul Cereal and Milling Company
Carver, Minnesota
Minne-Paul Cereal Company
Carver, Minnesota
Missouri Valley Milling Company
Montana Flour Mills Company
Great Falls, Montana
Morton Merchant Milling Company
Morton, Minnesota
Mystic Milling Company
Sioux City, Iowa
National Biscuit Company - Cheney Mills
Cheney, Washington
National Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
New London Milling Company
Willmar, Minnesota
New Prague Flouring Mill
New Prague, Minnesota
New Ulm Roller Mill Company
New Ulm, Minnesota
North Branch Milling Company
North Branch, Minnesota
North Dakota Mill & Elevator
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northwestern Milling Company
Little Falls, Minnesota
Novelty Mill Company
Seattle, Washington
Occident Elevator Company
Ogilve Flour Mills Company Limited
Old-Fashioned Millers Inc.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Osakis Milling Company
Osakis, Minnesota
Pages Flouring Mill
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Parton-Preston Milling Company
Waitsburg, Washington
Paynesville Mill and Elevator
Paynesville, Minnesota
Peavey Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pettit
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pillsbury Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pillsbury Flour Mills (Island Warehouse Flour Mill)
Buffalo, New York
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company
Springfield, Illinois
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company
Atchison, Kansas
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company
Enid, Oklahoma
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Springfield, Illinois
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Atchison, Kansas
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
New York, New York
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Ogden, Utah
Pillsbury's Best Feeds
Eldorado, Illinois
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company Ltd.
Pine City Flour Mills
Pine City, Minnesota
Pine City Milling Company
Pine City, Minnesota
Pine Island Roller Mill
Pine Island, Minnesota
Pipestone Flour Mill
Pipestone, Minnesota
Plymouth Milling Company
Le Mars, Iowa
Port of Astoria
Astoria, Oregon
Portland Flouring Mills Company
Oregon City or Salem, Oregon
Portland Flouring Mills Company
Tacoma, Washington
Postum Company Inc.
Preston-Parton Milling Company
Waitsburg, Washington
Preston - The Stone Mill
Preston, Minnesota
Princeton Roller Mills
Princeton, Minnesota
Prudential Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Puget Sound Flouring Mills
Tacoma, Washington
PurAsnow Flour Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Puritan Millers
Harris, Iowa
Queen Bee Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Queen City Mills
Rochester, Minnesota
R. D. Hubbard & Company
Mankato, Minnesota
R. Gregg and Company's Mill
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
R. R. Howell & Company Roller Grinder
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Raddison Milling Company
Rush City, Minnesota
Ramsey County Flour Company
Rapid River Milling Company
Rapid City, South Dakota
Red Lake Falls Milling Company
Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Red River Milling Company
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Red Wing Elevator Company
Red Wing, Minnesota
Red Wing Milling Company
Red Wing, Minnesota
Redwood Roller Mills
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Renville Flour Mills
Renville, Minnesota
Ritzville Flouring Mills
Riverside Milling Company
Little Falls, Minnesota
Riverside Milling Company
Davenport, Iowa
Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.
Rock Creek Milling Company
Haines, Oregon
Royal Milling Company
Mayville, Michigan
Royal Milling Company
Prescott, Michigan
Royal Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Royal Milling Company
Northfield, Minnesota
Royal Milling Company
Apalachin, New York
Royal Milling Company
Palmyra, Wisconsin
Royal Milling Company - Kalispell Flour Mills Company
Kalispell, Montana
Rush City Milling Company
Rush City
Rushford Flour Mill
Rushford, Minnesota
Russell Miller Milling Company
Valley City, North Dakota
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Billings, Montana
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Buffalo, New York
Russell-Miller Milling Company
West Superior, Wisconsin
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Sheffield King Mill & Elevator
Faribault, Minnesota
Sheffield King Milling Company
Faribault, Minnesota
Sheffield King Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sheffield Milling Company
Faribault, Minnesota
Simmons Milling Company
Red Wing, Minnesota
Sims Cereal Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sioux Milling Company
Sioux City, Iowa
Slayton Roller Mills
Slayton, Minnesota
Sleepy Eye Milling Company
Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Sperry Flour (Division of General Mills Inc.)
Sperry Flour Company
Tacoma, Washington
Spokane Flour Mills
Spokane, Washington
Spring Valley Roller Mills
Spring Valley, Minnesota
Springfield Milling Company
Springfield, Minnesota
St. Paul Milling Company
St. Peter Roller Mills
St. Peter, Minnesota
Stafford Milling Company
Standard Milling Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stein Brother's Mill
Anoka, Minnesota
Stelzner Milling Company
Frazee, Minnesota
Stockton Roller Mill
Summit Mills
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Swanton Milling and Elevator Company
Swanton, Ohio
Swift Falls Roller Mills
Swift Falls, Minnesota
Tacoma Grain Company
Tacoma, Washington
Taylor's
Toledo, Ohio
Tennant and Hoyt Company
Lake City, Minnesota
Terminal Flour Mills Company
Portland, Oregon
Tileston Mill & New Elevator
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Twin Falls Flour Mills
Twin Falls, Idaho
Tyler Roller Mills
Tyler, Minnesota
Union Mill Company
Waterloo, Iowa
W. J. Jennison Company Mills
Appleton, Minnesota
W. J. Jennison Milling Company
Appleton, Minnesota
Wabasha Roller Mill Company
Wabasha, Minnesota
Warren Milling Company
Warren, Minnesota
Wasco Warehouse Milling Company
The Dalles, Oregon
Waseca Milling Company
Waseca, Minnesota
Washburn-Crosby Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Washburn-Crosby Flour Mills
Buffalo, New York
Wells Flour Milling Company
Wells, Minnesota
Wells Flour Mills
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wenatchee Milling Company
Wenatchee, Washington
Westbrook Milling Company
Westbrook, Minnesota
Western Flour Mills
Davenport, Iowa
Wheat Flour Institute
Wheaton Roller Mills
Wheaton, Minnesota
White Satin Mills Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wisconsin Central Mill
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Worthington Flour Mills
Worthington, Minnesota
Wright's Mills
Berlin, Wisconsin
Young America Roller Mills
Young America, Minnesota
Zumbro Flour Mill
Rochester, Minnesota
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is organized into the following sections:
Advertisements
Annual Reports
Calendars
Drawings
Lectures and Demonstrations
Legal Agreements
Manuals
Maps
Marketing Material
Moving Images
Prints
Printed Material
- A-Che Files
- Children’s Books
- Cookbooks and Recipe Booklets
- Phone Directories and Handbooks
- Employee and Fraternal Association Booklets
- Envelopes
- Histories
- Letterhead, Stationery, and Office Products
- Miscellaneous
- Newsletters
- Periodicals
- Programs
- Tickets
- Tour Guides
Scrapbooks
Sound Recordings
Photographs and Postcards
- Lantern Slides
- Negatives and Transparencies
- Photoprints
- Panorama
- Stereographs
- Postcards
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
The audiovisual recordings in copyright in this collection are not available online, but can be accessed upon request for use in the Gale Family Library
reading room. Please consult reference staff for more information.
Alternate Form Available:
Parts of this collection are also available in digital format.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Richard Ferrell Flour Milling Industry History Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 2007.64, AV2007.69; 2009.116; 2009.117; 16,873; 16,899; 17,227
The manuscript collection came to the Minnesota Historical Society along with a large 3-D object collection, and its accession numbers reflect this. Most items have an identification number written on them assigned by Ferrell.
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the 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 videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into mov files.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Jane Wong, February 2009; Christopher G. Welter, January 2010.
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, June 12, 2023.
Digital audiovisual transferred from the master films, videocassettes, and sound discs by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (June 2023).
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural
Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Boxes 142.H.8.4F-1 and 142.H.8.4F-2 were removed after audiovisual material was rehoused or disposed.
Catalog ID number: 990068446820104294
RELATED MATERIALS
Three-dimensional artifacts, including flour bags, barrels, advertising broadsides, and the Pillsbury Doughboy collectibles, are housed with the Artifacts Collection. See the Objects Curator for further information.
CATALOG HEADINGS
Topics:
Advertising.
Flour industry.
Flour mills.
Flour -- Marketing.
Flour -- Packaging.
Grain elevators.
Grain-handling machinery.
Grain trade.
Grain -- Milling.
Milling machinery.
Organizations:
General Mills, inc.
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company.
Washburn-Crosby Co.
Document Types:
Architectural drawings (visual works).
Braille.
CD-ROMs.
Cookbooks.
Digital moving image formats.
Lantern slides.
Motion pictures (visual works).
Photographs.
Radio advertising.
Sound recordings.
Television commercials.
Video recordings (physical artifacts).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Advertisements
Advertising from various milling companies, often color illustrated, clipped from books, programs, and journals. Advertisements are for flour, prepared foods, including cake mixes and breakfast cereals, and promotional products, including cookbooks, cookware, and recipes.
142.H.8.2F-2
1
Advertisements,
1883–1940.
1 volume.
142.H.8.2F-1
2
Advertisements,
1883–circa 1970.
1 volume.
Primarily Pillsbury advertisements.
142.H.8.3B-1
3
Advertisements,
1880-1996 (bulk 1905–1913).
Advertisements,
1895-1968.
Advertisements,
1902–1986.
2 folders.
141.G.18.4F4Advertising booklets, undated, circa 1935.
142.H.8.3B-1
3
Cream of Wheat,
1901–1924, 1985.
Gold Medal Flour,
undated, 1905–1916.
Gold Medal Flour and other prepared foods,
December 1957.
Flour advertisements from Ladies Home Journal.
Magazine advertisements, 1903-1944.
Montana Flour Mills Company,
1923–1948.
2 folders.
Centerfold advertisements with each featuring a Montana Flour Mills Company photograph or Montana related photograph. Montana Flour Mills Company flour advertisements also appear on preceding and subsequent pages.
Napoleon Flour,
1908–1910.
Pillsbury: My Heart to Yours,
2000.
1 compact disc.
Eight audio tracks totaling 6 minutes.
Pillsbury’s Best Flour and other prepared foods,
1892–1968 (bulk 1892–1945).
3 folders.
Pillsbury’s Best Flour and other prepared foods - Phoenix Flour,
1906–1923.
A2/ov4
6
Maple Leaf Milling Company Limited,
undated.
Diagram of a kernel of wheat.
Russell-Miller Milling Co. (Minneapolis): Occident flour,
July 14, 1910.
Sign: Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co. (Minneapolis): Ceresota flour,
undated.
Voigt Milling Company,
circa 1927.
Cross promotion with Charles Lindbergh's piloting career.
Washburn Crosby Company,
undated.
Chart showing how Gold Medal flour is processed.
Washburn Crosby Company,
undated.
Diagram of a kernel of wheat.
Annual Reports
141.G.18.4F
4
Pillsbury:
1927, 1931, 1935, 1942–1988.
6 folders.
Lacking 1952, 1953, 1960, 1971.
General Mills:
1951-1952.
International Milling Company:
1957.
Calendars
Illustrated wall mounted calendars and pocket calendars containing flour milling company advertising. Arranged chronologically.
141.G.18.4F
4
Calendars,
1891–1909, 1912–1918, 1922–1998.3 folders.
142.D.15.2
5
Calendars,
1900s-1930s, 2004.
3 folders.
A2/ov4
1
Calendars,
1911, 1936.
Drawings
Includes architectural drawings and land plats for mills, schematic drawings for milling equipment, and artist's mural drawings.
141.G.18.5B
6
Specifications for reinforced concrete mill building and grain tanks at The Dalles (Oregon),
August 20, 1911.
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company handcart,
circa 1940.
1 sheet.
142.D.15.2
5
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company mural drawings,
circa 1940.
2 sheets.
Drawings are for a mural at the Springfield, Illinois, location.
A2/ov4
2
Architectural plans:
Detailed drawings and specifications created for the construction of milling companies and residences. Arranged alphabetically by company name and project.
Great Northern Railway Company: Elevator movable marine leg tower drawings, unknown location,
undated.
1 sheet.
Designed by D. A. Robinson, Architect.
A2/ov4
1
Island Warehouse Flour Mill Corporation (Pillsbury Flour Mills Company): Flour mill drawings, Buffalo, New York.
1923.
17 sheets.
Designed and built by Strong Scott Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes 1st – 10th floor plans for conduit, floor openings, pull-box and panel details, automatic control panels, signals, and rope alarm.
A2/ov4
2
Island Warehouse Flour Mill Corporation (Pillsbury Flour Mills Company): Flour mill drawings, Buffalo, New York,
1923–1924.
12 sheets.
Designed and built by Strong Scott Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes machinery plans for 2nd – 10th floor.
A2/ov4
3
Mutual Marine: Tower floor plans, Buffalo, New York (possibly),
1922.
11 sheets (black line prints).
Designed by Monarch Engineering Company, Buffalo, New York.
A2/ov4
3
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company:
West side property land plat, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
February 16, 1922.
1 sheet.
Drawn by the American Appraisal Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mill "A" plat, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
October 14, 1922.
1 sheet.
Drawn by the American Appraisal Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Buffalo "A" mill in Buffalo, New York,
November 29, 1922.
1 sheet.
Drawn by W.R. Keller.
Proposed extension of Atchison, Kansas mill,
March 17, 1924.
141.G.18.5B
6
Fireproof grain elevator specifications, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
circa 1910.
Specifications for the construction of a fireproof grain elevator on property adjoining the A Mill created by Barnett and Record Company, Engineers and Contractors, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A2/ov4
4
South A Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1916.
6 sheets.
Blueprints created by Strong Scott Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A2/ov4
5
Pillsbury Mills, Incorporated plat, Enid, Oklahoma,
1958.
1 sheet.
142.H.8.3B-1
3
Pillsbury plans,
1886–1888.
Includes plans of the residence of Charles A. Pillsbury, Minneapolis, Minnesota (copy), and engravings for the Pillsbury "B" Mill.
A2/ov4
3
St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1880-1881.
1 sheet.
Blueprint includes the sections and elevations for the canal and entrance built in the winter of 1880-1881.
Lectures and Demonstrations
Lectures and demonstrations sponsored by milling companies. Arranged alphabetically by title.
141.G.18.5B
6
There is money in pies, International Milling Company,
circa 1950.
Materials from commercial baking lectures and demonstrations taught by Monroe Boston Strause, a leading commercial baker of pies.
There is profit in cakes, International Milling Company,
circa 1950.
Materials from commercial baking lectures and demonstrations taught by W. E. (Bill) Broeg, a leading commercial baker of cakes.
Legal Agreements
Comprised of Articles of incorporation, construction contracts, bill of sale, and marketing agreements.
141.G.18.5B
6
Articles of incorporation,
1891.
Sleepy Eye Milling Company. Photocopies.
Construction contracts and correspondence,
1911–1913.
Contracts and correspondence from Barnard and Leas Manufacturing Company for construction of the Wasco Warehouse Milling Company mill at Dalles, Oregon,
Legal agreements,
1913–1914.
Consists of a bill of sale for the Butte Milling Company and a marketing agreement for Cottage Breakfast Wheat cereal made by the Waseca Co-operative Milling Company.
Manuals
Memorabilia, marketing, and advertising manuals used in the creation of sales presentations. Materials include articles, color images, company trademark and logo items. Arranged alphabetically by title.
141.G.18.5B
6
Pillsbury Family of Foods,
circa 1975.
Pillsbury Products and Promotions,
circa 1975.
Maps
Complimentary official automobile foldout road maps containing advertising by milling companies. Arranged alphabetically by title and year.
141.G.18.5B
6
Maps,
1925–1932.
Marketing Materials
Includes wide range of promotional materials including redeemable and cash discount coupons distributed inside sacks of flour, postcards containing advertising and product pricing, catalogs, price lists, product displays, unused product labels, product licensing programs, and promotional booklets and brochures.
141.G.18.5B
6
Correspondence,
1884, 1908, 1927, circa 1980.
Consumer response.
Correspondence relating to marketing of Vitos wheat food,
1897-1898.
Correspondence between and among Charles A. Pillsbury, Alfred F. Pillsbury, Alfred von Cotzhausen, George A. Zabriskie, Henry L. Little, and John W. Heywood.
Coupons and coupon booklets,
undated, 1935–1997.
Postcards – illustrated,
undated, 1905–1910.
Postcards – non-illustrated,
1888-1951.
Postcards and trade cards,
undated, 1906-1945.
Premium catalogs,
circa 1930–1990.
Price lists,
1906–1918, 1986.
Product displays,
circa 1940.
Product labels,
circa 1930–1950.
142.H.8.3B-2
7
Product licensing program brochures,
1993.
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6
Promotional booklets,
undated.
5 folders.
Promotional booklets,
1920s-1940s.
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8
Promotional booklets,
circa 1970–1985.
Promotional booklets: Bay State Milling Company,
1910–1913.
Promotional booklets: Ben-Hur DoughBoys,
undated, 1903.
Promotional booklets: Manufacturing equipment,
1916.
142.D.15.2
5
Promotional brochures,
circa 1920–1932, 1938, 1949.
Moving Images
IN COPYRIGHT.
Contents include advertising commercials, and films about baking and the importance of wheat in feeding the world.
Shelf Q-10-E (Room B-105.7)
Magic of mixes, Pillsbury Company, Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc.,
undated.
1 master film reel (17 minutes, 4 seconds): opt sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.2 GB).
New horizons in baking, Pillsbury Mills, Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc.,
undated.
1 master film reel (17 minutes, 54 seconds): opt sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.2 GB).
New horizons in baking (print 9),
undated.
1 master film reel (17 minutes, 51 seconds): opt sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.2 GB).
Pillsbury “Not Just Better, Best,”
undated.
1 master film reel (12 minutes, 26 seconds): opt sound, color; 16mm. positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (904 MB).
Wheat, food for the world, Pillsbury Company, Audio Productions, Inc., New York,
1960s.
1 master film reel (27 minutes, 42 seconds): opt sound, color; 16mm. positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (2.1 GB).
Poor image quality as film has color fading issues and looks predominately magenta.
Internet
Pillsbury momentum:
Intermittent issues with the video quality that impacts the picture.
Edition one,
January 1990.
1 master video file (12 minutes, 21 seconds): MOV (2.8 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (121.6 MB).
Edition two,
July 1990.
1 master video file (15 minutes, 22 seconds): MOV (3.5 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (151.7 MB).
Publicity highlights of the 34th Pillsbury Bake Off contest,
1990.
1 master video file (24 minutes, 29 seconds): MOV (5.5 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (242.6 MB).
Target commercial with Doughboy,
2004.
1 master video file (1 minute, 5 seconds): MOV (10 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (248.4 MB).
Prints
Promotional items used to advertise flour milling products.
A2/ov4
4
Prints,
undated, 1912, 1943.
4 prints.
Includes these flour milling companies: Cream of Wheat, Montana, and Pillsbury.
A2/ov4
7
Prints,
undated.
2 prints.
Idealized renderings of Chief Sleepy Eye visiting President Monroe (1824) and overseeing tribal village.
142.H.8.3B-2
7
Cream of Wheat,
circa 1910.
Peavey prints, Peavey Company,
circa 1900.
3 folders (12 prints).
Turn-of-the-century farm life exhibition prints by unknown creator.
Prints,
undated.
Engraving: John Sargent Pillsbury,
circa 1895.
Originally appeared in book The History of Hennepin County (1895). Engraved by H.B. Hall's Sons, New York.
142.H.8.7B-2
20
Prints,
undated, 1884, 1892.
21 prints.
Mainly for Pillsbury but includes these milling companies: Cascade, Christina Brothers, Fisher, Galaxy, Marshall, New Prague, Plato, Russell-Miller, Washburn-Crosby, and Washington Grain.
Printed Material
Comprised of printed material for sale or distribution including certificates, children’s books, cookbooks and recipe booklets, directories and handbooks, employee and fraternal association booklets, greeting cards, instructions, mission and values statements, name cards, newsletters, newspaper clippings, periodicals, printer's proofs, programs, receipt books, sketchbooks, songbooks, and tickets. Arranged alphabetically by title.
A-Che Files
141.G.18.6F
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American hay, flour and feed journal,
September 1903, October 1905.
Army “E” Navy: for Producing Food for our Fighting Men award,
1942.
At Home, At Work, At Play, Prevent Accidents,
1946.
Certificates,
undated.
Bakery salesman’s diplomas.
Checks,
undated, 1898-1937.
Children’s Books
Children's books published by milling companies.
141.G.18.6F
8
“King Midas:” A story of the golden touch,
undated.
Little Red Hen and the wheat,
undated.
Mother Hubbard and the fairies, a story,
1927.
Red Riding Hood,
undated.
Story of Cinderella,
undated.
Cookbooks and Recipe Booklets
Cookbooks and recipe booklets produced by milling companies to promote their flour. The companies' "kitchen-tested” recipes were meant to ensure baking consistency and success.
141.G.18.9B
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Cookbooks:
2nd Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1951.
3rd Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1952.
4th Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1953.
5th Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1954.
6th Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1955.
7th Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1956.
8th Grand National, 100 Prize Winning Recipes adapted for Your Use by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1957.
9th Grand National Cookbook, 100 Prize Winning Recipes, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1958.
30 Ways of Serving Cream of Wheat, Cream of Wheat Company,
1922.
50 Cake Mix Ideas for Enjoying Occident Cake Mix, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1940.
50 Ways of Serving Cream of Wheat, Cream of Wheat Company,
1924.
60 Prize Winning Formulas From Pillsbury's U.S. Bakers Bake-Off, Pillsbury Company,
undated.
100 Bake-Off Recipes, from the 20th Annual Bake Off, Pillsbury Company,
1969.
100 Delicious Foods from 4 Basic Recipes, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1923.
100 Delicious Foods from 4 Basic Recipes, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1927.
100 New Bake-Off Recipes: From Pillsbury's 15th Grand National, Pillsbury Company,
1964.
100 New Bake-Off Recipes: From Pillsbury's 16th Grand National, Pillsbury Company,
1965.
121 Easy Ways to Cake Fame, Fisher's Fine-spun Cake Flour Recipes, Fisher Flouring Mills Company,
1938.
133-Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick, General Mills, Inc.,
1959.
ABC a Primer of Bread Baking, Wheat Flour Institute,
undated.
Adventures in Cake Craft by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1948.
Alpha-Bakery: Children's Cookbook, General Mills, Inc.,
circa 1991.
America's 30th Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1982.
America's Bake-Off Cookbook: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 27, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1977.
America's Bake-Off Cookbook: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 29, Pillsbury Company,
1980.
America's Bake-Off Cookbook: All New Winning Recipes From America's 31st Bake-Off Contest, Pillsbury Company,
1984.
America's Bake-Off: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 28, Pillsbury Company,
1978.
Ann Pillsbury's Baking Book, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1950.
2 copies.
Ann Pillsbury's New Cook Book, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1954.
Ann Pillsbury's New Cook Book: 100 Prize Winners From Pillsbury's 5th Grand National Recipe Contest, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1954.
Bake It Easy Bake-Off: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 24, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1973.
Bake the No-Knead Way: Ann Pillsbury's Amazing Discovery, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1945.
2 editions.
Bake-Off 34th Contest Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1990.
Bake-Off 35th Contest Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1992.
Bake-Off All New 33rd Contest Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1988.
Bake-Off Cook Book from Pillsbury: 100 Prize Winning Recipes From the 22nd Bake-Off, Pillsbury Company,
1971.
Bake-Off Cook Book: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 23, Pillsbury Company,
1972.
Bake-Off Cook Book: From the 18th Annual Bake-Off, Pillsbury Company,
1967.
Bake-Off Cook Book: From the 19th Annual Bake-Off, Pillsbury Company,
1968.
Bake-Off Cookbook: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 26, Pillsbury Company,
1975.
Bake-Off Cookbook: From America's 32nd Bake-Off Contest, Pillsbury Company,
1986.
Bakers' Aid, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1950.
Bakery Art, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1947.
Baking is Fun: the Ann Pillsbury Way, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1945.
Baking is Fun: the Ann Pillsbury Way, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1946.
Baking is Fun! By Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1948.
2 copies.
Baking Made Easy, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
1936.
Baking Secrets, General Foods Corporation,
1942.
Baking Secrets with Miss Minneapolis Flour, Minneapolis Milling Company,
1916.
Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1959.
Best of bon appetit: A Collection of Tested Recipes From the Magazine of Good Taste Vol. 1, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1970.
Best of the Bake-Off Collection, Pillsbury Company,
1959.
Best of the Classics Cookbook: Special Issue, Pillsbury Company,
1989.
Best One-Dish Meals Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1959.
Betty Crocker's $25,000 Recipe Set: Featuring Recipes From World Famous Chefs for Foods That Enchant Men, General Mills, Inc.,
1933.
Betty Crocker's 101 Delicious Bisquick Recipes: As Made and Served by Well-Know Gracious Hostesses; Famous Chefs; Distinguished Epicures and Smart Luminaries of Movieland, General Mills, Inc.,
1933.
Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cook Book 157 Recipes and Ideas, General Mills, Inc.,
1956.
Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cookbook, General Mills, Inc.,
1971.
Betty Crocker's Bisquick Party Book, General Mills, Inc.,
1957.
Betty Crocker's Cake Mix Magic, General Mills, Inc.,
1951.
Betty Crocker's Cakes Kids Love, General Mills, Inc.,
1969.
Betty Crocker's Chiffon Cake Recipes and Secrets, General Mills, Inc.,
1948.
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Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls, General Mills, Inc.,
1957.
Betty Crocker's Cook Book of All-Purpose Baking, General Mills, Inc.,
1942.
Betty Crocker's Cooky Book, General Mills, Inc.,
1963.
Betty Crocker's Cooky Book: A Complete Collection-for All Occasions, for Every Taste, General Mills, Inc.,
1972.
Betty Crocker's Cooky Carnival, General Mills, Inc.,
1957.
Betty Crocker's Dinner for Two Cook Book, General Mills, Inc.,
1958.
Betty Crocker's Frankly Fancy Foods Recipe Book, General Mills, Inc.,
1959.
Betty Crocker's Gold Medal Self-Rising Favorite Recipes, General Mills, Inc.,
1957.
Betty Crocker's Junior Baking Book, General Mills, Inc.,
1953.
Betty Crocker's Merry Makings, General Mills, Inc.,
circa 1960.
Betty Crocker's New Picture Cook Book, General Mills, Inc.,
1961.
Betty Crocker's Pie Parade, General Mills, Inc.,
1957.
Betty Crocker's Softasilk Special Occasion Cakes, General Mills, Inc.,
1957.
Book for a Cook, Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Ltd.,
1905.
Bread Flour Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1979.
Bread Winners, General Mills, Inc.,
1936.
Breads You Bake… with Yeast, General Mills, Inc.,
circa 1950.
Cake & Frosting Mixes, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1970.
Cake Secrets, General Foods Corporation,
1941.
Cakes for the teen hostess, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1970.
Calendar of Thrifty Recipes, Compiled From Recipes by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Crown Mills,
1918.
Calorie Slim Recipes, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1960.
Celia Lee's Centennial Baking Book, Centennial Flouring Mills Company,
1947.
Ceresota Cook Book, Consolidated Milling Company,
circa 1897.
Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company,
circa 1910.
Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company,
circa 1915.
Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company,
circa 1917.
Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Choice Recipes, Crown Mills,
circa 1925.
3 copies
Christmas Edition: Gold Medal Flour Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
circa 1900.
Classics of the Month, Pillsbury Company,
1986.
Collection of Military Wives' Favorite Recipes, General Mills, Inc.,
1977.
Colonial Cook Book, Diamond Mills,
circa 1910.
Cookbook, Ladies' Aid of Emanuel Swedish Lutheran Church,
1916.
Cooking for fifty by Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc.,
1948.
Cool Ideas Cook Book, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1957.
Crescent Collection, Pillsbury Company,
1987.
Daniel Webster Flour Cook Book, Eagle Roller Mill Company,
1907.
3 copies
Delicious Cakes - Proved Recipes, Colorado Milling and Elevator Company,
undated.
Diamond Cook Book: Compiled from Tested Recipes, Cream of Wheat Company,
undated.
Fabulous Pies From Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
circa 1955.
Fairies Cook Book, Fisher Flouring Mills Company,
1915.
Favorite Recipes for Better Baking… Morning, Noon, and Night by Rita Martin, International Milling Company,
circa 1957.
Favorite Recipes of King Midas Baking Queens, King Midas Flour Mills,
circa 1958.
2 copies
Favorite Recipes with Self-Rising Flour, Wheat Flour Institute,
1940.
Fightin' Food: How to Prepare Economical Wartime Meals to Keep Your Family Fit, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1942.
2 copies.
Fisher's blend brand "sour milk recipes," Fisher Flouring Mills Company,circa 1920.
Fisher's blend brand "sour milk recipes," Fisher Flouring Mills Company,circa 1920.
Fisher's blend cooky book, Fisher Flouring Mills Company,1937.
Fresh Favorites Kid's Recipe Book, Pillsbury Company,
1998.
2 copies.
From Pillsbury's $100,000 Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest, 100 Prize-Winning Recipes, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1950.
Fun and fancy family meals with Pillsbury instant blending flour, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1965.
Fun-Filled Butter Cookie Cookbook, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
circa 1957.
Globe "A1" Western Baking Book, Pillsbury Mills, Inc.,
1948.
Gold Medal Century of Success Cookbook; The Best Gold Medal Recipes of 100 Years, General Mills, Inc.,
1979.
Gold Medal Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
1904.
Gold Medal Flour Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
1910.
2 copies.
Gold Medal Flour Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
1917.
2 copies.
Gold Medal Foods Recipe Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
circa 1923.
Gold Medal Jubilee 1880-1955, General Mills, Inc.,
1955.
Gold Medal Rye Dictionary, General Mills, Inc.,
1936.
Gold Medal Rye Dictionary, General Mills, Inc.,
1948.
Golden Anniversary Bake Oven Cook Book, Old-Fashioned Millers Inc.,
circa 1940.
Gooch's Best Flour compiled by State Presidents of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Gooch Milling and Elevator Company,
circa 1940.
Good Eating: Morning, Noon, and Night, International Milling Company,
1950.
Good Things to Eat From the Coarser Cereals, Eagle Roller Mill Company,
circa 1930.
Goodhue and Dakota Practical Cook Book, unknown publisher,
circa 1890.
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Grand National Winners for Bakers by Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills, Inc.,
undated.
Great American Menus Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1984.
Handy Baking Recipes and Formulas, General Mills, Inc.,
1948.
Happy 'Bakeday' to You! For Pastry and Cakes, Maple Leaf Milling Company, Limited,
circa 1940.
Home Baking with Robin Hood Flour, International Multifoods Corporation,
1980.
Hot Roll Mix Baking Book, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1960.
Household Hints: 205 Other Tricks and Tips, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Division of Standard Milling Company,
circa 1930.
How to Bake the Sapphire Way, Montana Flour Mills Company,
circa 1945.
How to Have the Most Fun with Cake Mixes by Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc.,
circa 1955.
Hungry Jack Great Potato Recipe Collection, Pillsbury Company,
1987.
Incredible Crescents, Pillsbury Company,
1985.
Jolly Miller Pastel Cakes, Maple Leaf Mills Limited,
circa 1930.
Kate Smith Chooses Her 55 Favorite Ann Pillsbury Cake Recipes, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1952.
King Midas Baking Queens' Favorite Recipes - Number 2, King Midas Flour Mills,
circa 1958.
King Midas Home-Tested Recipes, King Midas Flour Mills,
undated.
3 copies.
Let the Stars Show You How to Take A Trick A Day with Bisquick, General Mills, Inc.,
1935.
Let's Bake The Robin Hood 'No-Sift' Way, International Milling Company, Inc.,
1964.
Let's Bake: A Handbook of Baking by Mary Ellis Ames, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1941.
Little Book for A Little Cook, Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Ltd.,
1905.
Lovin' from the Oven Generations of Baking Favorites, Pillsbury Company,
1987.
Margaret B. Baker, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1932.
Martha Meade's Failure-Proof Recipes, Sperry Flour (Division of General Mills, Inc.),
circa 1940.
Mary Jane's Cookie Recipes, Pikes Peak All Purpose Flour, unknown publisher,
circa 1940.
Mary Jane's Summertime Recipes For High Altitude Baking, Pikes Peak All Purpose Flour, unknown publisher,
circa 1940.
Military Family Favorite Recipes, General Mills, Inc.,
1984.
Million Dollar Bake-Off, 37th Contest, Pillsbury Company,
1996.
Miss Minneapolis: the distinctly better flour, Minneapolis Milling Co.,
circa 1920.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
1880.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book, General Mills, Inc.,
reprint 1974.
New Betty Crocker Method Recipes, General Mills, Inc.,
1946.
New Exciting Recipe Ideas by Robin Hood, International Milling Company [?],
circa 1960.
New Party Cakes for All Occasions, General Mills, Inc.,
1931.
New Photo-Method for Bread Making by Virginia Roberts, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1940.
New Way to Bake, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1965.
New! Pillsbury's Best Gravy Cookbook, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
circa 1955.
Newest bake-off recipes, Pillsbury Company,
1965.
Occident Cake Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Occident Dessert Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Occident Family Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1930.
Occident Flour Tested Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
1936.
Occident Flour Tested Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1939.
Occident Flour Tested Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1940.
Occident Pastry Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Occident Photo-Method for bread and rolls by Virginia Roberts, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
1952.
Occident Photo-Method for bread, rolls and fancy breads by Virginia Roberts, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1950.
Occident Quick Bread Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Occident Sandwich Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Occident Whole Wheat Bread Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Occident/King Midas 117 Bar Cookie Recipes, Peavey Company,
circa 1975.
Occident/King Midas All-Occasion Recipes, Peavey Company,
circa 1975.
Occident/King Midas Bake Book, Peavey Company,
circa 1950.
Occident/King Midas Mix and Press Pastry, Peavey Company,
circa 1975.
Occident/King Midas Pie & Dessert Recipes, Peavey Company,
circa 1975.
Occident/King Midas Quick-as-a-Mix, Peavey Company,
circa 1975.
Oglivie's Book for a Cook, Ogilve Flour Mills Company, Limited,
1905.
One Hundred Lucky Low-Cost Prize-Winning Recipes, Midland Flour Milling Company,
circa 1930.
Party cakes for red letter days, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1960.
Photo-Method for Bread Making by Virginia Roberts, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
1944.
3 copies.
Photo-Method for Rolls by Virginia Roberts, Russell-Miller Milling Company,
1943.
Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off, General Mills, Inc.,
2005.
1 computer disc.
Designed for Microsoft Windows operating system; contains more than 300 recipes.
Pillsbury Busy Lady Bake-Off Recipes; 17th Annual Bake-Off Contest, Pillsbury Company,
1966.
Pillsbury Cookbook: A Facsimile of the Classic 1914 Edition, Gramercy Books,
2001.
Pillsbury Cook Book: Illustrated, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1913, 1914.
Pillsbury Cook-Book, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1914.
2 copies
Pillsbury Doughboy's Kids Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1992.
Pillsbury Family Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1970.
Pillsbury party cookbook, Grand Metropolitan,
1991.
Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookie Dough, Pillsbury Company,
1994.
Pillsbury Sugarless Cook Book, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1970.
Pillsbury's 40 Wartime Recipes, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
circa 1918.
Pillsbury's Bake Off Breads Cook Book, Pillsbury Company,
1968.
Pillsbury's Bake Off Cake Cook Book, Pillsbury Company,
1969.
Pillsbury's Bake Off Cook Book prize winning recipes from the 21st Annual Bake Off, Pillsbury Company,
1970.
2 copies.
Pillsbury's Bake Off Cookie Book, Pillsbury Company,
1967.
Pillsbury's Bake Off Main Dish Cook Book, Pillsbury Company,
1968.
Pillsbury's Best 10th Grand National Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1959.
Pillsbury's Best 11th Grand National Bake-Off Cookbook; 11th Grand National, Pillsbury Company,
1960.
Pillsbury's Best 12th Grand National Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1961.
Pillsbury's Best 13th Grand National Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1962.
Pillsbury's Best 14th Grand National Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1963.
Pillsbury's Best Butter Cookie Cookbook - Vol. II, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1958.
Pillsbury's Best Butter Cookie Cookbook - Vol. III, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1959.
Pillsbury's Cook Book,
undated, 1921, 1923.
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Pillsbury's Cook Book,
1924, 1927.
Pillsbury's Cookery Club. Bulletins No. 1-18, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1934-1936.
Pillsbury's Diamond Anniversary Recipes, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1944.
Pillsbury's Household Manual by Mary Ellis Ames, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1925.
Pillsbury's Pancake Flour, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
circa 1920.
Pillsbury's Prize Winning Cook Book, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1955.
Pillsbury's Vitos Recipes and Household Expense Book, Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Ltd.,
circa 1900.
Poppin' Fresh Recipes, Pillsbury Company,
1990.
Proven Recipes by Louise Vaughn, Royal Milling Company,
1929.
Quick & Easy bake-off Contest 39, Pillsbury Company,
1996.
Quick and Easy Omega Recipes, G. Cole Milling Company,
circa 1930.
Recipes, Clarx Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Recipes of Tomorrow by Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc.,
1954.
Red, White and Blue Menus, Wheat Flour Institute,
1943.
Refrigerator Sweet Dough Recipe by Rita Martin, Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.,
circa 1940.
Robin Hood Cook Book Recipes by Mrs. Rorer, Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.,
circa 1920.
Rushmore Recipes, Rapid River Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Scandinavian Recipes, Appleton Flour Mills,
1940.
Short Cut Cookbook, Burrus Mills, Inc.,
1968.
Short-Cut Breads, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
circa 1959.
Silver Anniversary Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company,
1974.
Specialty Breads, General Mills, Inc.,
1936.
Splendid Flour National Cook Book, Martens Bros. Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Stars of Western Cookery Present Round-up of Wartime Recipes, Sperry Flour (Division of General Mills, Inc.),
1944.
Story and use of flour and bread, Crookston Milling Company, undated.
Successful Cooking, Missouri Valley Milling Company,
1908.
Swans Down Cake Manual: A Handbook of Cake Making, Postum Company, Inc.,
1929.
Tasty Talk by Ann Pillsbury, Pillsbury Mills Inc.,
1950.
Town Crier Recipe Book, Midland Flour Milling Company,
circa 1920.
Treasury of Bake Off Favorites, Pillsbury Company,
1969.
Twenty-One Successful Little Dinners, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
circa 1940.
Unknown name, Howard Mills Company,
undated.
Velvet Touch by Rita Martin, Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.,
circa 1957.
Victory Recipes, Dominion Flour Mills, Limited,
undated.
Vitality Demands Energy: 109 Smart New Ways to Serve Bread, General Mills, Inc.,
1934.
Walker's Method of Easy Bread Making, Empire Milling Company,
1916.
Walker's Method of Easy Bread Making, Ramsey County Flour Company,
1916.
War time recipes, St. Paul Milling Company,
circa 1917.
Washburn, Crosby Co's New Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company,
1894.
Wertz Flour, Lebanon Valley Roller Mills,
circa 1910.
Young Mother Hubbard's Baking Day, Hubbard Milling Company,
circa 1930.
Your Favorite High Altitude Recipes, Colorado Milling and Elevator Company,
1948.
Your Share, How to Prepare Appetizing, Healthful Meals With Foods Available Today, Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc.,
1943.
Recipe booklets (assorted),
circa 1900–1991.
9 folders.
Recipe cards (assorted),
undated.
[0.2 cubic feet empty, letter size]
Phone Directories and Handbooks
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Grand Metropolitan food sector telephone directory, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1992.
Information Security Handbook, Corporate Security, Pillsbury Company,
1985.
Pillsbury Company headquarters and field directory, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1985.
Supervisor's Handbook, General Mills, Inc.,
April 1, 1960-April 1, 1963.
Employee and Fraternal Association Booklets
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Booklets. 4 items in 1 folder:
Cereal Workers Union, American Federation of Labor, Organizational meeting for the employees of Pillsbury Mill flyer,
undated.
Pillsbury “A” Mill Employee Benefit Association booklet,
1912.
Pillsbury Mills Benefit Association booklet,
1920.
Pillsbury Company: Group benefit plan booklet,
1984.
Pillsbury Company: New employee training manual,
Summer 1972.
Envelopes
Often contain logos, slogans, and images of products and mills. Arranged alphabetically by corporate headquarters or mill location.
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Albert Lea, Minnesota – Minneapolis,
1891–1937.
Iowa – Wisconsin,
1893–1947 (bulk 1893–1922).
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1884–1921.
Morristown, Minnesota – Sleepy Eye, Minnesota,
1898–1930.
Springfield, Minnesota – Out-of-state,
1892–1937.
Pillsbury Company related,
undated, 1884–1939.
Histories
Brochures, reports, and articles clipped from journals regarding the histories of companies, product development, collections, and advertising.
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Articles (1902-1903):
"The World's Granary," Saturday Evening Post,
July 12, 1902.
"Milling and Grain," Minneapolis Journal,
November 26, 1903.
Articles (1886-1932, 1985):
"The Flour Mills of Minneapolis," The Century,
May 1886.
"Flours and Flour Milling," The Cosmopolitan,
April 1899.
"The World's Stupendous Granary," Wonders of Industrial Progress,
circa 1904.
"Flour Mills: Minneapolis: The Hub of the Northwest," The Federal Illustrator,
July/August 1920.
McDaniel, Ruel. "Fire Is No Peril Here," National Miller,
June 1930.
Morse, Albert Whipple. "The Success Formula Of a Small Minnesota Mill," National Miller and American Miller,
April 1931.
Regarding Waconia Flour Mills and the Maiser brothers.
Morse, Albert Whipple. "Running a 700-Barrell Mill at 100 Per Cent Capacity," National Miller and American Miller,
July 1931.
Regarding Northwestern Milling Company (Little Falls, Minnesota).
Morse, Albert Whipple. "Small Mills Must Modernize Too," National Miller and American Miller,
February 1932.
Regarding the Cologne (Minnesota) Mill.
"Foods of Tomorrow," Food Processing,
April 1985.
Regarding R& D Profile of Pillsbury.
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Articles (1894-1960):
"Washburn A's Engine: The Fine Schichau Engine Transplanted from the World's Fair to Washburn Crosby Co.'s A Mill," The Weekly Northwestern Miller,
December 14, 1894.
Tucker, Caroline. "The Gift of Bread," The Northwestern Miller: Anniversary Issue,
1923.
Bellows, Henry Adams. "A Short History of Flour Milling," The Northwestern Miller: Anniversary Issue,
1923.
Jeffries, H. W. "A Highway Tour to Flour Mills. No. 20. - Morton Milling Company, American Miller,
September 1, 1927.
"Name to Russell Miller - King Midas Mills," Southwestern Miller,
July 5, 1960.
Regarding the Milling Division of F.H. Peavey & Co.
"The Minneapolis that time Forgot," City Pages,
June 11, 1997.
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Clippings,
1898-1968.
Histories. 11 items in 1 folder:
Five Years of General Mills, Inc. 1928-1933,
1933.
2 copies.
General Mills: a collected history, General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
circa 1980.
Highlights of Creamettes, Creamette Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
circa 1950.
History of Pillsbury’s “A” Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
undated.
List of grain elevators at country stations on the Northern Pacific Railway in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana,
1942.
2 copies.
Compiled by W. H. Millard, Freight Traffic Manager, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Peavey-Hastings Flour Mill: a history,
1981.
Pillsbury’s cook book, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1921.
8 pages.
Pillsbury Mills, Inc. in Springfield, Illinois,
1954.
Pioneering Pillsburys,
1950.
Newcomen address delivered by Philip W. Pillsbury during the dinner of the Newcomen Society of England, held in Minneapolis Minnesota, May 16, 1950.
Reaching for perfection: a presentation by International Milling Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
circa 1950.
Story of Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota,
circa 1980.
General Mills,
2001.
1 computer disc.
Designed for a Windows operating system; primer about General Mills' corporate structure upon acquiring Pillsbury.
Articles, indexes, and lists,
1955–1986.
Ferrell mill timelines,
circa 1960-2000.
Research conducted by Richard Ferrell regarding Pillsbury A Mill, Pillsbury B Mill, Pillsbury B Elevator, Anchor Mill, Palisade Mill, Phoenix Mill, and Lincoln Mill. This research was originally located with the Pillsbury A Mill, elevator, and surrounding buildings photographs. The originals are now located in this folder with photocopies added to the photograph folders.
History of Pillsbury Property Expansion Land and Buildings,
circa 1960s.
Pillsbury family tree,
circa 1947.
Chart showing descendants of Captain John Pillsbury (1789-1856).
Letterhead, Stationery, and Office Products
Often contain logos, slogans, and images of products and mills.
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Letterhead,
1896–1943.
Primarily Duluth, Minnesota – Winona, Minnesota mills.
Letterhead, stationery, and office products,
1899–circa 1970.
Letterhead for Idaho – Wisconsin and Canada mills,
1889–1947.
Minneapolis, Minnesota mills,
1883-1960.
Letter and recipes from Betty Crocker regarding high altitude baking, Washburn-Crosby Company letter dated 1921 regarding supplying flour for the Russian Famine, and Washburn-Crosby Company reply dated 1923 to Miss Edna Schwanke regarding homework assignment about flour milling and the grading of flour.
Pillsbury Company,
1889–1992 (bulk 1989-1941).
Miscellaneous
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Calling cards,
undated.
Checks and receipts,
1877-1891.
Clatsop Milling Company (Astoria, Oregon): Stock certificate, March 18, 1904.
ConAgra quarterly reports and business communications,
1984–1987, undated.
Doings in grain at Milwaukee: New Milwaukee Grain and Stock Exchange, 86 Years of Progress 1849-1935,
1935.
Feed facts, Pillsbury’s Best Feeds,
circa 1950.
Greeting cards,
undated.
How to carve,
circa 1940.
Instructions for setting up equipment, Geo. T. Smith Middlings Purifier Co.,
undated.
Invoices,
1882–1937.
Consists of flour sales invoices for primarily Minneapolis, Minnesota mills. The invoices contain logos, slogans, and images of products and mills.
Machinery and supplies for grain elevators, flour mills, feed plants,
1944, 1946.
Miniature reproductions of bakery mix bags,
1955-1967.
2 folders.
Primarily Pillsbury Company related.
Mission and values statements, pledges for Peavey Company and Pillsbury Company,
circa 1955–1985.
Name cards, Pillsbury Company,
circa 1980.
News releases, Pillsbury Doughboy Twenty-five Years
1990.
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Newspaper and book clippings,
undated, circa 1880–1900, 1903, 1930.
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One hundred views of Minneapolis,
1909.
A collection representative of the city’s architecture, natural and artificial beauties, commercial interests, educational institutions, residences and places of resort and amusement.
Pillsbury Mills, Inc. sifter stacks data book, undated.
Port of Galveston: hand-book of information on the port, its past performances, wharfage and rail terminal facilities, coal and oil bunkering, dry docks and marine repair plants,
1925.
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Printer's proofs,
undated, 1940, 1971, 1985, 1989-1993.
A print made from a plate to check the latter's accuracy. Some contain illustrations.
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Profit tables,
circa 1931.
Compliments of the Sperry Flour Company.
Receipt books,
undated.
Seattle vacationing convention center invites operative millers in 1939,
1939.
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Sheet music, undated.
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Sinking of the Mohawk,
1935.
A letter written to Mr. And Mrs. Charles S. Pillsbury, by Oswald B. Lord, describing the experiences of their daughters, Mary Pillsbury Lord and Katherine Pillsbury McKee, during the sinking of the S.S. Mohawk, off the Jersey Coast on the night of January 24, 1935.
Sketchbooks,
circa 1930.
Songbooks,
circa 1920.
Story of “today’s children,” Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
1934.
2 copies.
Popular radio program sponsored by Pillsbury Flour Mills Company featuring “Mother Moran.” The album contains biographies of program characters, a synopsis of the story to date, and Mother Moran's Golden rules for parents.
“Today’s children” family album,
1935.
Popular radio program sponsored by Pillsbury Flour Mills Company featuring “Mother Moran.”
Trademark control, Pillsbury Company,
1979.
Valentine Theatre play bill,
1913.
Virginia Roberts guide to food value and nutrition,
1942.
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Newsletters
Contains milling company newsletters for employees.
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Because Pillsbury’s Best,
September 30, 1916.
Brandnews,
August 1989–May 1992.
A Pillsbury Company newsletter used to inform employees regarding business plans, objectives, directions, organizational structure, and management philosophy. Published semi-monthly. Beginning May 1990 published monthly. Missing October 1991.
Carry-on,
May 1919–July 1920, November 1920, March 1921-March 1923.
Monthly newsletter published by Pillsbury Flour Mills, Inc. for those serving in WWI. Not printed June 1919 or November 1922.
Focus on foodservice,
February/March 1990, November/December 1990.
Published by Grand Metropolitan Foodservice USA semi-monthly to inform employees of the challenges, successes, and the people.
General Mills Review,
First quarter 1990.
Newsline bulletin,
November 1982–December 1982.
Published by Pillsbury Company, Public Relations Department. Focus of newsletter is on employee participation in community events and improving the working environment.
Pillsbury’s communique,
April 1945, Fall 1947.
Pillsbury’s fightin’ food communique, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company,
October 1943–January 1944.
Pillsbury reporter,
June 1968 (partial issue), September 1969, July 1970–October 1970, September 1971, June 1972, April 1973, October 1974, June/July 1976–August 1976, October 1976, April 1977, June 1977, August 1977, November 1977, March 1978, July 1978, August 1978, October 1978–March 1979, Summer 1979, January 1981, June 1981, July 1984, November 1985, April 1986.
Incomplete.
Siftings from the “A” Mill,
June 1978–April 1981 (Complete) July 5, 1981 (Special Anniversary Edition), July/August 1981.
Bi-monthly newsletter to inform Pillsbury Company A Mill employees of Pillsbury, community, and employee news. Incomplete.
Sleepy Eye newsletter,
1976-1986.
Springfield communicator,
July 1968–April 1969.
Monthly newsletter for and about Pillsbury Company employees, Springfield, Illinois.
Visionmakers,
July 1986–October 1987.
Bi-monthly newsletter to inform Pillsbury Company employees of company issues, successes, problems, hopes, and plans.
White swan sales newsletter, February 1928.
Springfield Milling Company, Springfield, Minnesota.
Periodicals
Includes milling industry trade journals, consumer focused periodicals, and employee communications.
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American elevator and grain trade,
1900–1901.
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Ardee kernel,
June 1916.
Hubbard Milling Company trade journal.
Best: the magazine of Pillsbury, Pillsbury Company,
Summer 1986–Winter 1988.
Incomplete.
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Farmer’s wife,
1933–1939.
Incomplete.
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Grist, Hubbard Milling Company,
October 1917, February 1918.
Milling and baking news,
November 2, 1976–November 30, 1976.
142.H.8.3B-2
7Northwest magazine, 1932.
Northwestern miller,
1884, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1932.
5 folders.
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Pillsbury People, Pillsbury Mills, Inc.,
75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee (1869–1944), June 1944, June 1955, April 1959, July 1959, May 1960–November 1960 (Missing September 1960), January 1961–December 1961 (Missing November 1961), January 1962–July 1962, November 1962–December 1962, April 1963, July 1963.
Pillsbury Company Employee news magazine.
Pillsbury salesman, August 1, 1929.
World grain, January 1999.
Programs.
23 items in 1 folder.
Company and industry events, funeral programs, souvenir programs, and programs containing flour advertisements.
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First Annual Ball, Wells Flour Milling Company,
1903.
Fourth Annual Convention American Federation of Grain Processors,
April 12, 1925.
Fourth Concert, Duluth Symphony Orchestra, Duluth, Minnesota.
Funeral Program in Memory of Philip Winston Pillsbury,
1984.
Lake Harriet Pavilion Souvenir Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1906.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Fourteenth Season,
March 15, 1917.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Sixteenth Season,
February 13, 1919.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Seventeenth Season,
October 26, 1919.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Seventeenth Season,
December 14, 1919.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Seventeenth Season,
February 27, 1920.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Eighteenth Season,
December 12, 1920.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Eighteenth Season,
December 26, 1920.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Eighteenth Season,
January 16, 1921.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Nineteenth Season,
December 4, 1921.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Nineteenth Season,
January 15, 1922.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Nineteenth Season,
February 19, 1922.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Nineteenth Season,
March 12, 1922.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Nineteenth Season,
March 30, 1922.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Twentieth Season,
November 16, 1922.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Twentieth Season,
December 21, 1922.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Twentieth Season,
January 11, 1923.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul, Minnesota, Twentieth Season,
April 12, 1923.
Pillsbury Picnic Program of Events, Chisago City, Minnesota,
1928.
Seventy-Seventh Private Concert, The Apollo Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
April 12, 1921.
Tickets
Includes streetcar tickets, theater tickets, 1876 United States International Exhibition ticket issued to C. A. Pillsbury to attend exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and visitor passes.
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Tickets,
1876–1950.
Republican National Convention,
1892.
Includes ticket to the Republican National Convention and invitation to Washburn Crosby Mills.
Tour Guides.
3 items in 1 folder.
Flour mill company tours.
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It’s in the bag! Here’s how it got there,
undated.
A tour through the Pillsbury Feed Mill.
The long hard grind from wheat to flour,
undated.
A tour through the Pillsbury Mill.
The Pillsbury Company, Springfield, Illinois,
undated.
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Scrapbooks
Includes advertisements, brochures, comic books, contracts, coupons, invoices, promotional materials, receipts, and reports.
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Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1884–1985.
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Pillsbury Doughboy,
1965–1995.
Sound Recordings
IN COPYRIGHT.
Contents contain advertising commercials and promotional items.
Shelf Q-9-H (Room B-105.7)
Gold Medal Brad Wheelwright 30 seconds radio spot,
undated.
1 master sound disc (30 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (588 KB).
Container note: Produced By: Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc.
Gold Medal Brad Wheelwright 60 seconds radio spot,
undated.
1 master sound disc (58 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (1 MB).
Container note: Produced By: Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc.
PurAsnow Flour pearl necklace promotion,
circa 1950.
1 master sound disc (4 minutes, 20 seconds): 33 rpm 1/3; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (5.4 MB).
How to have a Disc Jockey Jamboree by Ann Pillsbury,
1948.
1 master sound disc (2 minutes, 19 seconds): 78 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (3.1 MB).
Note: Hiss and popping sounds throughout.
Peace in the valley and Molly Darling featuring George Morgan and the Robin Hood Ramblers,
circa 1950-1955.
1 master sound disc (4 minutes, 30 seconds): 78 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (4.4 MB).
Note: Hiss and popping sounds throughout.
Gold Medal Biscuits commercial, General Mills, Inc.,
August 17, 1955.
1 master sound disc (2 minutes, 1 second): 33 1/3 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (2.5 MB).
Pillsbury, Nothing says lovin like something from the oven,
1957.
1 master sound disc (5 minutes, 35 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (5.3 MB).
Note: Hiss and popping sounds throughout.
Betty Crocker Invites You to Enjoy Music For Cake N Coffee Time,
1958.
1 master sound disc (12 minutes, 49 seconds): 45 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (13.3 MB).
Note: hiss and popping sounds throughout.
Container note: Morton Gould and His Orchestra, "Mexican Hat Dance" and "Tropical." Both from the album Coffee Time. Reg Owen and His Orchestra, "Every Day" and "A Little Kiss Each Morning." Both from the
album Coffee Break.
Betty Crocker’s talking recipes, General Mills, Inc.,
1962.
6 sound discs: 33 1/3 rpm.
Note: Some physical damage that causes skipping of the audio when record is played back.
Includes braille on records.
Betty Crockers talking recipes, disc 1,
1962.
1 master sound disc (11 minutes, 37 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (12.1 MB).
Container note: Index and Kitchen Tips.
Betty Crockers talking recipes, disc 2,
1962.
1 master sound disc (10 minutes, 24 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (10.6 MB).
Side 1: Gold Medal Flour and Oil Pastry, Side 2: Gravy and Batter Bread.
Betty Crockers talking recipes, disc 3,
1962.
1 master sound disc (9 minutes, 25 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (9.7 MB).
Side 1: Bisquick, Rolled or Drop Biscuits, Shortcake, Side 2: Fruit Cobbler, Muffins, Coffee Cake, Dumplings.
Betty Crockers talking recipes, disc 4,
1962.
1 master sound disc (10 minutes, 38 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (11 MB).
Side 1: Cake Mixes, Side 2: Fluffy White, Cherry Fluff, Creamy White, Lemon Velvet, Chocolate Fudge.
Betty Crockers talking recipes, disc 5,
1962.
1 master sound disc (9 minutes, 53 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (10.1 MB).
Side 1: Lemon Chiffon Cake Mix, Side 2: Fudge Brownie Mix, Date Bar Mix, Instant Pie Crust Mix.
Betty Crockers talking recipes, disc 6,
1962.
1 master sound disc (10 minutes, 37 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 8 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (11.3 MB).
Side 1: Gingerbread Mix, Gingersnaps, Muffin Mixes, Wild Blueberry, Muffin Mix, Side 2: Instant Mashed Potatoes,
Noodles Romanoff, Buttermilk Pancakes, Pancake Variations.
The Light Crust Doughboys, Religious Memories,
1979.
1 master sound disc (30 minutes, 6 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (26.6 MB).
High Voltage music compilation,
1981.
1 master sound disc (55 minutes, 57 seconds): 33 1/3 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (108 MB).
Container note: Danger High Voltage, The Supercharged Hits Of Today. Distributed by K-tel International Inc.
Martha White presents: Tennessee Ernie Ford, favorite songs of Christmas,
1985.
1 master sound disc (39 minutes, 35 seconds): 33 rpm; 12 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (34.6 MB).
Photographs and Postcards
Includes images of explosions and other disasters, advertising, exterior and interior views of mills, milling processes, and special events. The original order was primarily geographical; MHS staff resorted them alphabetically by milling company name.
Lantern Slides
Digital images from this series are also available.
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I.1 - I.11,
circa 1900-1930.
I.12 - I.54: Pillsbury A Mill and surrounding buildings,
circa 1900-1930.
Includes a copy of list from inside the cover of original wooden box container.
Negatives and Transparencies
Digital images from this series are also available.
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II.1 - II.7,
circa 1940-1965.
Photoprints
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Photographs:
undated, 1892-circa 1980.
3 folders.
Includes images of mills in Minneapolis and in Wisconsin, Oregon, Idaho, and South Dakota.
Picture postcards, undated, circa 1918-1919.
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Pillsbury mill, Atchison, Kansas,
undated.
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Photographs with digital images:
Digital images from this subseries are also available.
III.1 - III.278,
undated, 1883-circa 1962.
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III.279 - III.307,
circa 1880-1967.
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Pillsbury Company and predecessor companies:
Digital images from this subseries are also available.
III.308 - III.636,
circa 1876-1990.
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III.637 - III.652,
1889-circa 1950.
A2/ov4
5
III.653,
circa 1885.
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III.654-III.670,
undated, 1871, 1940s.
Panorama
Digital images from this series are also available.
A2/ov4
5
IV.1 - IV.3: Pillsbury Company and predecessor companies,
1925-1937.
Stereographs
Digital images from this series are also available.
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V.1 - V.64,
circa 1860-1910.
Postcards
Digital images from this series are also available.
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VI.1 - VI.436,
circa 1860-1981.
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VI.437 - VI.440,
circa 1905-1910.