00699.xml Richard L. Ferrell: An Inventory of His Flour Milling Industry History Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Jane Wong. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Jane Wong and Jennifer Huebscher, February and May 2009. Finding aid written in English September 2010 Boxes 1-3, 7, 9-10, 13, and 20 relocatored by David B. Peterson. January 2010 Updated by Christopher G. Welter because of addition to collection. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Ferrell, Richard L., collector. The Richard Ferrell flour milling industry history collection. ca. 1860-2005. Materials in English. Collected by Richard Ferrell who once managed the Pillsbury's historic A Mill. Includes flour milling advertisements, marketing materials, promotional items, cookbooks, newsletters, periodicals, architectural drawings, moving images, sound recordings and photographs. 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. 27.0 cu. ft. (20 boxes, 5 tubes, and 7 folders). See Detailed Description 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 Mr. Ferrell, who once managed Pillsbury’s historic A Mill on Minneapolis’s east bank, collected flour milling objects, photos, 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. Mr. 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 Mr. Ferrell to collect milling material.

Items produced by Minnesota-based millers form the core of the collection at MHS, but it also includes material from companies in neighboring states, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. The collection is comprised of documents and records housed with the Manuscripts collections (described in this document), including company premiums, trade journals, photos, and postcards showing mills throughout the region, and three-dimensional artifacts housed with the Artifacts Collection (see MHS Curator for further information) including flour bags, barrels, and advertising broadsides. Given Mr. 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 Mezeppa 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 Waistburg, 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 Lectures and Demonstrations Legal Agreements Manuals Maps Marketing Material Moving Images Prints Printed Material 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 Available Formats:

Part of this collection has been digitized. View these digital images in Collections Online.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ferrell, Richard L., The 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.

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. Any items without an identification number came in as part of 2007.64.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Jane Wong, February 2009; Christopher G. Welter, January 2010.

Catalog ID number: 006844682

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

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these 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. Cookbooks. Photographs. Radio advertising. Television commercial films. 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–ca. 1970. 1 volume.

Primarily Pillsbury advertisements.

142.H.8.3B-1 3 Advertisements, 1891–1957 (bulk 1905–1913). Advertisements, 1902–1986. 2 folders. Cream of Wheat, 1901–1924, 1985. Gold Medal Flour, undated and 1905–1916. Gold Medal Flour and other prepared foods, December 1957.

Flour advertisements from Ladies Home Journal.

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.

Voigt Milling Company, ca. 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. 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 Pillsbury Flour Mills Company handcart, ca. 1940. 1 sheet. 142.D.15.2 5 Pillsbury Flour Mills Company mural drawings, ca. 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.

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).

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.

141.G.18.5B 6 Fireproof grain elevator specifications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 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, ca. 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, ca. 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, ca. 1975. Pillsbury Products and Promotions, ca. 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, ca. 1980.

Consumer response.

Coupons and coupon booklets, undated and 1935–1997. Postcards – illustrated, undated and 1905–1910. Postcards – non-illustrated, 1888-1951. Premium catalogs, ca. 1930–1970. Price lists, 1906–1918, 1986. Product displays, ca. 1940. Product labels, ca. 1930–1950. 142.H.8.3B-2 7 Product licensing program brochures, 1993. 141.G.18.5B 6 Promotional booklets, undated. 5 folders. Promotional booklets, 1920s-1940s. 141.G.18.6F 8 Promotional booklets, ca. 1970–1985. Promotional booklets: Bay State Milling Company, 1910–1913. Promotional booklets: Ben-Hur DoughBoys, undated and 1903. Promotional booklets: Manufacturing equipment, 1916. 142.D.15.2 5 Promotional brochures, ca. 1920–1932, 1938, 1949. Moving Images

Contents include advertising commercials, and films about baking and the importance of wheat in feeding the world.

142.H.8.4F-1 9 Magic of mixes, Pillsbury Company, Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc., undated. 1 film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. New horizons in baking, Pillsbury Mills, Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc., undated. 1 film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. New horizons in baking (print 9), Pillsbury Mills, Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc., undated. 1 film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. Pillsbury “Not Just Better, Best,” undated. 1 film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. 142.H.8.4F-2 10 Target commercial with Doughboy, undated. 1 videocassette. VHS. Wheat food for the world, Pillsbury Company, Audio Productions, Inc., New York, undated. 1 film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. Prints

Promotional items used to advertise flour milling products.

A2/ov4 4 Prints, undated and 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, ca. 1910. Peavey prints, Peavey Company, ca. 1900. 3 folders (12 prints).

Turn-of-the-century farm life exhibition prints by unknown creator.

Prints, undated. Engraving: John Sargent Pillsbury, ca. 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 and 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.

141.G.18.6F 8 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 and 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 14 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, ca. 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., ca. 1991. America's 30th Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company, 1982. America's Bake-Off Cookbook: 100 Winning Recipes From Bake-Off 27, Pillsbury Company, ca. 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, ca. 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, ca. 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, ca. 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, ca. 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. 141.G.18.10F 15 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., ca. 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., ca. 1950. Cake & Frosting Mixes, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1970. Cake Secrets, General Foods Corporation, 1941. Cakes for the teen hostess, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1970. Calendar of Thrifty Recipes, Compiled From Recipes by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Crown Mills, 1918. Calorie Slim Recipes, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1960. Celia Lee's Centennial Baking Book, Centennial Flouring Mills Company, 1947. Ceresota Cook Book, Consolidated Milling Company, ca. 1897. Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, ca. 1910. Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, ca. 1915. Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, ca. 1917. Ceresota Cook Book, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, ca. 1920. Choice Recipes, Crown Mills, ca. 1925. 3 copies Christmas Edition: Gold Medal Flour Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company, ca. 1900. Classics of the Month, Pillsbury Company, 1986. Collection of Military Wives' Favorite Recipes, General Mills, Inc., 1977. Colonial Cook Book, Diamond Mills, ca. 1910. Cookbook, Ladies' Aid of Emanuel Swedish Lutheran Church, 1916. Cool Ideas Cook Book, Pillsbury Company, ca. 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., ca. 1955. Fairies Cook Book, Fisher Flouring Mills Company, 1915. Favorite Recipes for Better Baking… Morning, Noon, and Night by Rita Martin, International Milling Company, ca. 1957. Favorite Recipes of King Midas Baking Queens, King Midas Flour Mills, ca. 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. 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-Filled Butter Cookie Cookbook, Pillsbury Mills Inc., ca. 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, ca. 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., ca. 1940. Gooch's Best Flour compiled by State Presidents of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Gooch Milling and Elevator Company, ca. 1940. Good Eating: Morning, Noon, and Night, International Milling Company, 1950. Good Things to Eat From the Coarser Cereals, Eagle Roller Mill Company, ca. 1930. Goodhue and Dakota Practical Cook Book, unknown publisher, ca. 1890. 141.G.19.1B 16 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, ca. 1940. Home Baking with Robin Hood Flour, International Multifoods Corporation, 1980. Hot Roll Mix Baking Book, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1960. Household Hints: 205 Other Tricks and Tips, Northwestern Consolidated Milling Division of Standard Milling Company, ca. 1930. How to Bake the Sapphire Way, Montana Flour Mills Company, ca. 1945. How to Have the Most Fun with Cake Mixes by Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc., ca. 1955. Hungry Jack Great Potato Recipe Collection, Pillsbury Company, 1987. Incredible Crescents, Pillsbury Company, 1985. Jolly Miller Pastel Cakes, Maple Leaf Mills Limited, ca. 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, ca. 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, ca. 1932. Martha Meade's Failure-Proof Recipes, Sperry Flour (Division of General Mills, Inc.), ca. 1940. Mary Jane's Cookie Recipes, Pikes Peak All Purpose Flour, unknown publisher, ca. 1940. Mary Jane's Summertime Recipes For High Altitude Baking, Pikes Peak All Purpose Flour, unknown publisher, ca. 1940. Military Family Favorite Recipes, General Mills, Inc., 1984. Million Dollar Bake-Off, 37th Contest, Pillsbury Company, 1996. 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 [?], ca. 1960. New Party Cakes for All Occasions, General Mills, Inc., 1931. New Photo-Method for Bread Making by Virginia Roberts, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1940. New Way to Bake, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1965. New! Pillsbury's Best Gravy Cookbook, Pillsbury Mills Inc., ca. 1955. Occident Cake Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1920. Occident Dessert Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1920. Occident Family Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1930. Occident Flour Tested Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, 1936. Occident Flour Tested Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1939. Occident Flour Tested Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1940. Occident Pastry Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 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, ca. 1950. Occident Quick Bread Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1920. Occident Sandwich Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1920. Occident Whole Wheat Bread Recipes, Russell-Miller Milling Company, ca. 1920. Occident/King Midas 117 Bar Cookie Recipes, Peavey Company, ca. 1975. Occident/King Midas All-Occasion Recipes, Peavey Company, ca. 1975. Occident/King Midas Bake Book, Peavey Company, ca. 1950. Occident/King Midas Mix and Press Pastry, Peavey Company, ca. 1975. Occident/King Midas Pie & Dessert Recipes, Peavey Company, ca. 1975. Occident/King Midas Quick-as-a-Mix, Peavey Company, ca. 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, ca. 1930. 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 CD-ROM.

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 Refrigerated Cookie Dough, Pillsbury Company, 1994. Pillsbury Sugarless Cook Book, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1970. Pillsbury's 40 Wartime Recipes, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, ca. 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, ca. 1958. Pillsbury's Best Butter Cookie Cookbook - Vol. III, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1959. Pillsbury's Cook Book, undated and 1921, 1923. 141.G.18.8F 17 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, ca. 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., ca. 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, ca. 1930. Recipes, Clarx Milling Company, ca. 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., ca. 1940. Robin Hood Cook Book Recipes by Mrs. Rorer, Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd., ca. 1920. Rushmore Recipes, Rapid River Milling Company, ca. 1920. Scandinavian Recipes, Appleton Flour Mills, 1940. Short Cut Cookbook, Burrus Mills, Inc., 1968. Short-Cut Breads, Pillsbury Mills Inc., ca. 1959. Silver Anniversary Bake-Off Cookbook, Pillsbury Company, 1974. Specialty Breads, General Mills, Inc., 1936. Splendid Flour National Cook Book, Martens Bros. Milling Company, ca. 1920. Stars of Western Cookery Present Round-up of Wartime Recipes, Sperry Flour (Division of General Mills, Inc.), 1944. 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, ca. 1920. Treasury of Bake Off Favorites, Pillsbury Company, 1969. Twenty-One Successful Little Dinners, Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, ca. 1940. Unknown name, Howard Mills Company, undated. Velvet Touch by Rita Martin, Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd., ca. 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, ca. 1917. Washburn, Crosby Co's New Cook Book, Washburn-Crosby Company, 1894. Wertz Flour, Lebanon Valley Roller Mills, ca. 1910. Young Mother Hubbard's Baking Day, Hubbard Milling Company, ca. 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), ca. 1900–1991. 9 folders. Recipe cards (assorted), undated. Phone Directories and Handbooks 141.G.18.6F 8 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

3 items in 1 folder.

141.G.18.6F 8 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. Envelopes

Often contain logos, slogans, and images of products and mills. Arranged alphabetically by corporate headquarters or mill location.

141.G.18.6F 8 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 and 1884–1939. Histories

Brochures, reports, and articles clipped from journals regarding the histories of companies, product development, collections, and advertising.

141.G.18.6F 8 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, ca. 1980. Highlights of Creamettes, Creamette Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 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 volumes (duplicates).

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, ca. 1950. Story of Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 1980. General Mills, 2001. 1 CD-ROM.

Designed for a Windows operating system; primer about General Mills' corporate structure upon acquiring Pillsbury.

Articles, indexes, and lists, 1955–1986. Ferrell mill timelines, ca. 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, ca. 1960s. Letterhead, Stationery, and Office Products

Often contain logos, slogans, and images of products and mills.

151.H.14.2F 18 Letterhead, 1896–1943.

Primarily Duluth, Minnesota – Winona, Minnesota mills.

Letterhead, stationary, and office products, 1899–ca. 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 151.H.14.2F 18 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, ca. 1950. Greeting cards, undated. How to carve, ca. 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, ca. 1955–1985. Name cards, Pillsbury Company, ca. 1980. News releases, Pillsbury Doughboy Twenty-five Years 1990. 142.D.15.2 5 Newspaper and book clippings, undated and ca. 1880–1900, 1903, 1930. 151.H.14.2F 18 One hundred view’s of Minneapolis: a collection representative of the city’s architecture, natural and artificial beauties, commercial interests, educational institutions, residences and places of resort and amusement, 1909. 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. 142.D.15.2 5 Printer's proofs, undated, 1940, 1971, 1985, 1989-1993.

A print made from a plate to check the latter's accuracy. Some contain illustrations.

151.H.14.2F 18 Profit tables, ca. 1931.

Compliments of the Sperry Flour Company.

Receipt books, undated. 142.H.8.3B-2 7 Sheet music, undated. 151.H.14.2F 18 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, ca. 1930. Songbooks, ca. 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. Newsletters

Contains milling company newsletters for employees.

151.H.14.3B 19 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. 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.

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.

Periodicals

Includes milling industry trade journals, consumer focused periodicals, and employee communications.

142.H.8.3B-2 7 American elevator and grain trade, 1900–1901. 151.H.14.3B 19 Ardee kernel, June 1916.

Hubbard Milling Company trade journal.

Best: the magazine of Pillsbury, Pillsbury Company, Summer 1986–Winter 1988. Incomplete. 142.H.8.3B-2 7 Farmer’s wife, 1933–1939. Incomplete. 151.H.14.3B 19 Grist, Hubbard Milling Company, October 1917, February 1918. Milling and baking news, November 2, 1976–November 30, 1976. 142.H.8.3B-2 7 Northwestern miller 1884, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1893.

5 folders.

151.H.14.3B 19 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.

Programs

Company and industry events, funeral programs, souvenir programs, and programs containing flour advertisements. 1 folder.

151.H.14.3B 19 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.

151.H.14.3B 19 Tickets, 1876–1950. Republican National Convention, 1892.

Includes ticket to the Republican National Convention and invitation to Washburn Crosby Mills.

Tour Guides

Flour mill company tours. 3 items in 1 folder

151.H.14.3B 19 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. Scrapbooks

Includes advertisements, brochures, comic books, contracts, coupons, invoices, promotional materials, receipts, and reports.

142.H.8.2F-2 1 Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1884–1985. 142.H.8.2F-1 2 Pillsbury Doughboy, 1965–1995. Sound Recordings

Contents contain advertising commercials and promotional items.

142.H.8.4F-2 10 Betty Crocker’s talking recipes, General Mills, Inc., 1962. 6 sound discs: 33 1/3 rpm. Cake ‘n coffee time, General Mills, Inc., ca. 1960–1970. 1 sound disc: 45 rpm. Danger high voltage, K-tel International, Inc., 1981. 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm. Disc jockey jamboree, Pillsbury Mills, Inc., 1948. 1 sound disc: 78 rpm. Gold Medal commercial, General Mills, Inc., undated. 1 sound disc (60 sec.): 33 1/3 rpm.

Brad Wheelwright, Spot #3, Guru Recording, Inc.

Gold Medal commercial, General Mills, Inc., undated. 1 sound disc (30 sec.): 33 1/3 rpm.

Brad Wheelwright, Spot #3, Guru Recording, Inc. Marked “Do Not Use."

Gold Medal Biscuits commercial, General Mills, Inc., 1955. 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm.

1:00 Radio Jingle Spots, Butter Them While They Are Hot, Both Bands Identical. Coastal Recording Company, Inc.

Light crust doughboys; Religious memories, Limited edition, Burrus Mills, Inc., Saginaw Texas, ca 1960. 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm. 2 copies. Peace in the valley, International Milling Company, ca. 1950-1955. 1 sound disc: 78 rpm. 2 copies.

George Morgon and the Robin Hood Ramblers and Whippoorwills.

Pillsbury Baking Song commercial: Nothing says lovin’ like something from the oven, Pillsbury Mills, Inc., 1957. 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm. 2 copies. PurAsnow Flour, PurAsnow Flour Company, ca. 1950. 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm.

Spots numbered 810–813.

Tennessee Ernie Ford, favorite songs of Christmas, Martha White Foods. 1985. 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm.

Capitol Records, Inc.

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

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121.J.1.5 12 I.1 - I.11, ca. 1900-1930. Pillsbury A Mill and surrounding buildings,

Includes a copy of list from inside the cover of original wooden box container.

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I.12 - I.54, ca. 1900-1930. Negatives and Transparencies

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141.G.18.7B 11 II.1 - II.7, ca. 1940-1965. Photoprints

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141.G.18.7B 11 III.1 - III.278, undated, 1883-ca. 1962. 142.H.8.5B-1 13 III.279 - III.307, ca. 1880-1967. Pillsbury Company and predecessor companies.

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141.G.18.7B 11 III.308 - III.636, ca. 1876-1990. 142.H.8.5B-1 13 III.637 - III.652, 1889-ca. 1950. A2/ov4 5 III.653, ca. 1885. 141.G.18.7B 11 III.654-III.670, undated and 1871, 1940s. Panorama A2/ov4 5 Pillsbury Company and predecessor companies.

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IV.1 - IV.3, 1925-1937. Stereographs

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141.G.18.7B 11 V.1 - V.64, ca. 1860-1910. Postcards

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121.J.1.5 12 VI.1 - VI.436, ca. 1860-1981. 142.D.15.2 5 VI.437 - VI.440, ca. 1905-1910.