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Summary Information
Columbus Food Corporation Records
1901-1946
- Columbus Food Corporation (Wis.)
Mss 824; Micro 2017; PH Mss 824
22.2 cubic feet (12 archives boxes, 5 flat boxes, and 29 oversize volumes), 15 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 6 photographs
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of a canning company headquartered in Columbus, Wisconsin, that was founded in 1900 as the Columbus Canning Company and that packed peas and corn at various locations in the Midwest. In 1946 the company was purchased by Stokely-Van Camp Inc. Included are minutes, annual reports, and extensive financial records, as well as microfilmed correspondence of company officers William C. Leitsch and Fred A. Stare with the Canned Pea Marketing Cooperative, the Canned Pea Marketing Institute, the Canners Seed Corporation, the National Canners Association, the Wisconsin Canners Association, the Wisconsin Pea Packers Association, and other food processing companies and trade associations. Some correspondence concerns involvement with federal agencies that dealt with food production and distribution during World War I and World War II and the regulation of the industry during the 1930s. The related activities of Frank T. Stare and other Stare family members are also documented. Photographs are primarily of the Sun Prairie Canning Company.
English
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