Title: West Bend Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1989

Creator:

• West Bend Company

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 121; Milwaukee Micro 64; Micro 1156; PH 3780; PH 3853

Quantity: 46.0 cubic feet (91 archives boxes, 19 flat boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 49 reels of film, and 1 videorecording; plus additions of 476 photographs, 0.2 cubic feet of photographs, 2 drawings, and 3 pieces of ephemera

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of a West Bend, Wisconsin, manufacturing firm best known for its production of aluminum cookware. Included are minutes; annual and other reports; financial records; union agreements; property, patent, and other legal records; materials on government production contracts; promotional materials; extensive product literature; other company publications; files on the Aluminum Wares Association; and photographs and films showing production processes, physical plant development, employees, sales techniques, and products. The records provide information on West Bend development of cookware, small appliances, outboard motors, military supplies, and other products; sex roles in advertising; marketing strategies; wartime conversion of industry; an employee home ownership program; and other topics. Also present is a scrapbook on the West Bend Country Club and home movies from 1948 trips to Cuba and Guatemala.

Language: English

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The West Bend Aluminum Co. was incorporated on September 27, 1911 by Bernhard C. Ziegler, Stephen F. Mayer, Martin Walter, and Andrew and Edwin Pick of West Bend, Wisconsin; and Carl and Robert Wentorf, previously of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The company rented an old button factory located on the west bank of the Milwaukee River in West Bend, Wisconsin. Robert and Carl Wentorf, who had been foremen at an aluminum plant in Two Rivers, managed production for the new company, and began production of the tools and dies on October 17, 1911. The company's first products were a frying pan, a pie pan, a water dipper, and sauce pans. In April 1912 Ziegler and Andrew Pick participated in a hardware association show in Milwaukee where they obtained the first large orders for the new products.

During 1912 and 1913 sales representatives established the company's products with Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Wanamakers; Gimbel Brothers; and other large department stores and mail order firms. At the third annual Board of Directors meeting in 1914, the directors convinced Ziegler of the need for a general manager of the growing company. Ziegler had previously been reluctant to accept this position due to his involvement in his investment and insurance business. Ziegler, as general manager, instituted a perpetual inventory and cost system, and began construction of a 14,000 square foot building across the river from the company's original location.

After briefly experiencing a slight recession at the onset of World War I, the West Bend Aluminum Co. began preparations for limited war production of mess equipment in addition to its civilian operations. About the time West Bend began producing the equipment, the war ended.

West Bend introduced its famous “Waterless Cooker,” a large aluminum pot with inset pans designed to cook an entire meal over one burner, in 1920. The lid of the cooker was fitted with clamps that prevented the escape of steam during cooking, enabling meals to be cooked without the addition of water. Advertising for the cooker illustrated the convenience, healthfulness and economy of waterless cooking. The new product was marketed coast-to-coast and world-wide. The “Waterless Cooker” evolved into Flavo-Seal ware, which adapted the cooking method to roasters, skillets and sauce pans. During the 1920s, West Bend Aluminum Co. won lawsuits that granted West Bend exclusive right to the trade name “Waterless Cooker,” and upheld patents for its detachable cover. The success of the product allowed the company to continue expansion. Company histories state that the success of the “Waterless Cooker” allowed the company to remain open during the depression while still making a profit; and permitted the introduction of a successful new line of copper giftware in the fall of 1932 which included beverage sets, ashtrays, serving trays, lamps and mugs.

A new drip coffee maker, which did not require filter paper, was developed by West Bend in 1922. The popularity of the “Flavo-Drip” led to the development of the “Flavo-Perk,” a range top percolator. In 1949 this design became electric; and in 1950, when it was converted to fully automatic operation, it was renamed the “Flavo-matic.” In addition to percolators, West Bend Aluminum Co. introduced various sizes of portable coffee urns to its coffee maker line.

In 1941 aluminum was placed on the mandatory priority list which prohibited its use for civilian goods. But, in June, the West Bend Aluminum Co. was awarded a U.S. Navy contract to produce 20 mm brass anti-aircraft cartridge cases. In recognition of the company's fast conversion to war production and exceptional productivity, the Navy presented the company with six Navy “E” Awards from May 1942 to March 1945. Throughout the war, West Bend Aluminum Co. produced over 300 different items under defense contracts, including powder tanks and rocket containers.

Before the end of the war, West Bend executives purchased the Kissel automobile plant in nearby Hartford, Wisconsin. Although the new plant was immediately used for war production, plans were made to use the plant to east the transition from war to peace-time production. Under an agreement with Sears, Roebuck and Co., West Bend Aluminum Co. developed the 1 1/4 horsepower “Elgin,” the first air-cooled outboard motor. The “Elgin” name was sold exclusively through Sears; “West Bend” motors were sold by West Bend Aluminum Co. beginning in 1947.

The West Bend plant finished its conversion to peace-time production, with added facilities, in 1946. From 1946 to 1950, the company developed a line of small appliances including coffeepots, popcorn poppers, and skillets; and a color finishing process for aluminum. But in December 1950, due to the Korean conflict, aluminum, copper, and steel became controlled procurement materials. The company partially converted to war production while continuing limited manufacture for public consumption. Among the defense items produced by West Bend were cartridge cases, powder tanks, rocket containers, kitchenware and gas-mask canisters.

In 1957 West Bend Aluminum Co. began producing outboard motors in Barrie, Ontario for Canadian distribution. The Barrie plant operated as a division of the company until 1961 when it became West Bend of Canada. Simultaneously, West Bend Aluminum Co. changed its name to West Bend Company to reflect its use of materials such as plastics, copper, steel and brass in addition to aluminum. The company continued its expansion and its defense production, notably with an Army classified ammunition contract. In January 1965 the West Bend Company sold its outboard motor and industrial engine division including the Hartford plant, West Bend Company engine product line, and the machines and equipment located at Barrie, Ontario, to Chrysler Corporation. West Bend of Canada converted from a production facility to a distribution center for West Bend Company's Canadian sales.

During the 1960s West Bend Company expanded both its product lines and physical plant capacity. The company introduced Gem Coat and Teflon finished cookware products; buffet appliances, including the Kabob 'n Grill, Automatic Buffet Chef, and Smokeless Broiler-Rotisserie; and a new line of decorative pantryware and insulated serveware. In 1965 the West Bend Company began a million dollar expansion program at the West Bend plant as well as construction of a new plant in Sheridan, Arkansas; and also acquired NFC Engineering Co. of Anoka, Minnesota, manufacturer of Thermo-Serv insulated plastic dishes.

In the 1970s the West Bend Company introduced a new line called “specialty electrics” which consisted of products like the electric pizza baker and grill, electric yogurt maker, automatic egg cooker, and the “Fryette” electric deep fryer. Additional products introduced at this time included drip coffee makers, an electric wok, microwave oven cookware, and vertical wheel humidifiers. In the 1980s West Bend Company divested its aluminum cookware and humidifier lines; and pioneered the home electronics industry. New products such as the “Kitchen Controller” electronic timer and calculator, stopwatches and distance calculators for athletes were developed and marketed. Also in the 1980s West Bend Company acquired Total Gym (exercise equipment), Borg (electronic scales), Precor, and Ekco Home Products.

The West Bend Company remained privately held until it merged with Rexall Drug and Chemical Company on July 23, 1968. Rexall Drug and Chemical Company later changed its name to Dart Industries. In 1980 Dart Industries merged with Kraft Inc. In 1986 West Bend Company became part of Premark International Inc. a corporation which split off from Kraft Inc.

The records of the West Bend Company are organized into thirteen series: HISTORICAL MATERIALS, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, LEGAL RECORDS, PRODUCTION RECORDS, SALES AND MARKETING RECORDS, PRODUCT LITERATURE, PUBLICATIONS, FINANCIAL RECORDS, ASSOCIATIONS, EMPLOYEE RECORDS, MISCELLANEOUS, FILMS, and VISUAL MATERIALS.

The collection of West Bend Company records provides thorough documentation of an aluminum cookware manufacturer in Wisconsin, from its inception in 1911 to 1987. Of particular strength are the PRODUCT LITERATURE and SALES AND MARKETING RECORDS series which provide information on product development and advertising. The effects of World War I, World War II, and the Korean Conflict on the aluminum cookware industry are documented by government contracts in the series of PRODUCTION RECORDS. Images of war production are in the series FILMS and PRODUCT LITERATURE.

The records in the series ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, LEGAL RECORDS, and FINANCIAL RECORDS are less complete than the other series. ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS does include a complete run of stockholders and directors meeting minutes. Although the FINANCIAL RECORDS span the entire time of the company's existence, the runs of specific types of financial records (e.g., accounts receivable ledgers) are incomplete. Most of the EMPLOYEE RECORDS are printed materials such as union agreements and 25 Year Club programs.

The HISTORICAL MATERIALS (1927-1968, 1986) series contains materials on company anniversaries, the Navy “E” Awards, and company open houses, as well as a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and journal articles documenting the company. Particularly summary are the anniversary publications and programs produced by the company. Although the historical materials span a large portion of the company's history, the bulk of the materials are from the 1940s and 1950s.

The series ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS (1911-1971, 1984-1987) is comprised of not only the administrative records of the West Bend Company but also those of its subsidiaries and its eventual parent companies. The bulk of the materials document the period from 1920 to 1970. The materials include articles of incorporation and by-laws; stockholders and directors meeting minutes and materials; annual and quarterly reports; a complete documentation of the Rexall merger; stock records; and miscellaneous statistical reports. Also in this series are the administrative subject files which include information on acquisitions and divestments as well as documentation of individuals in upper management. The personnel documented in the subject files are James R. Brown, Arnold R. Finch, Robert H. Wentorf, Bernhard C. Ziegler, Bernard C. Ziegler, and R. Douglas Ziegler; materials include press releases and clippings, biographical sketches, and some correspondence and speeches.

The series LEGAL RECORDS (1909-1963) contains the following sub-series: patents, agreements, legal cases, property records, and miscellaneous. The bulk of the materials document the years 1921-1945. The patent materials especially document the outboard motors and “Waterless Cooker” developed by the West Bend Company. The sub-series legal cases includes materials on litigation between West Bend Company and other national aluminum companies concerning the waterless cooker design, patent, and name. Also included in this sub-series are a Federal Trade Commission complaint case, 1941-1945; and Aluminum Wares Association activities regarding the establishment of tariffs on foreign aluminum ware in 1921. Materials in the property records sub-series include land purchases and sales agreements as well as building leases and construction contracts. Of special note in the miscellaneous legal records are the employees' mortgage and insurance papers, 1915-1952, which document the involvement of West Bend Company and B.C. Ziegler Insurance Company in home ownership by West Bend Company employees.

The PRODUCTION RECORDS series (1916-1922, 1941-1971) is almost exclusively composed of government contracts (1941-1956) detailing production of 20 mm cartridge cases, cartridge tanks, gas mask canisters, and other defense contract products. The sub-series government contracts is arranged by the alphanumeric identifiers assigned by the United States government. Material includes diagrams, correspondence, and cost information as well as the contracts themselves. The sub-series cost summaries provide a description of a product and its estimated total factory cost. The itemized costs include those for material, labor and factory overhead. The cost summaries are arranged by estimate number and span the years 1960 to 1970 with gaps for 1960 to 1970 with gaps for 1961-1962.

The series SALES AND MARKETING RECORDS (1920-1988) contains materials documenting sales and marketing techniques, promotional materials, and analyses. The bulk of the series documents the years from 1922 to 1941 and 1970 to 1988. The earlier materials include sales talks, brochures and pamphlets, and sales summaries. The later materials are comprised of consumer tests, advertising schedules and scripts, press releases, and other promotional material. The individual items in the folders labeled “Sales Talks, 1922-1924” and “Background Sales Materials, 1923-1927” were removed from a scrapbook for conservation reasons and stored in appropriate-size boxes. The original order is reflected by the consecutive numbers assigned to the items.

PRODUCT LITERATURE, the largest series in the collection, consists of dated materials including scrapbooks, product catalogs, materials on specific products and lines, and cookbooks and instruction booklets. The scrapbooks, which provide documentation of the period 1924-1938, have been disassembled for conservation reasons, but the individual items have been consecutively numbered to reflect original order. These materials include advertisements, circulars, and pamphlets. The sub-series product catalogs is arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. Specific product line as well as general merchandise catalogs are included. The bulk of the series consists of product literature for individual products and lines. These materials have been arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder, and are almost exclusively advertisements and carton labels. The oversized materials in this category are stored separately and are only arranged alphabetically. The sub-series distributor sales pertains to West Bend's home party sales operations. The sub-series of cookbooks and instruction booklets is comprised of the printed information packaged with the products.

Included in the series PUBLICATIONS (1941-1988) are company magazines, newsletters and booklets. The company publications provide information on new products, the manufacturing process, and employees. Of particular note is Contact, formatted like a news bulletin, which provided information to former employees who were in the service during World War II.

The series FINANCIAL RECORDS (1911-1970) contains the sub-series accounting reports, payroll, cashbook, journal, general ledgers, accounts receivable ledgers, factory ledgers, and correspondence. Although the records are bulky and span a large part of the history of the company; there is little continuity in individual sub-series, and little summary documentation. The accounting reports document the period from 1913 to 1960 and include financial statements, balance sheets and audit reports. The bulk of the sub-series payroll contains materials from 1953 to 1970. Various ledgers document the years 1911 to 1964.

The ASSOCIATIONS series (1922-1965) contains records of the Aluminum Wares Association, an aluminum wares manufacturers association, and documentation of the Metal Cookware Manufacturers Association. The bulk of the materials pertains to the Aluminum Wares Association for the periods 1926-1928 and 1936-1938. The Aluminum Wares Association materials consist of constitutions and by-laws, membership lists, minutes, correspondence, financial data, and subject files. Topics documented by the materials include standardization of aluminum ware, fair and unfair competition and selling techniques, the discrediting of anti-aluminum propaganda, and effects of federal legislation on the aluminum ware industry. Prominent correspondents include A.C. Kieckhafer, a West Bend Company executive and president of the association from 1936-1938, and Stuart J. Swenson, vice-president of the association in 1936.

The series EMPLOYEE RECORDS (1928, 1946-1982) includes union agreements, employee handbooks, accident reports, and publications. Documented in the publications are West Bend Company's industrial pension plan, idea award plan, and 25 Year Club. The bulk of the materials are from the 1960s and 1970s.

The series MISCELLANEOUS (1918-1941) consists of scattered property records, including insurance appraisals and inventories as well as a few maps of company property dated 1925-1926.

The series FILMS contains photocopies of the descriptive worksheets completed by the Visual Materials Archive of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin during processing of the films. These worksheets summarize the content and provide the call numbers of the films. Topics treated by the films include outboard motor production, war conversion for World War II, the Navy “E” Award and a gun demonstration, and housewares manufacture. In addition there are films demonstrating proper selling techniques for door-to-door sales of the “Waterless Cooker,” and home movies of Guatemala and Cuba.

The series VISUAL MATERIALS primarily consists of photographs, as well as some drawings, ephemera, and news clippings. PH 3780 contains photographs, drawings, and ephemera related to the products, operations, manufacturing plant, advertising methods, and personnel of the West Bend Company. PH 3853 contains photographs and news clippings, 1945, of rockets and other weapons used by the U.S. Navy and the Japanese in World War II as displayed to the public at an exhibit at the West Bend Aluminum Company in West Bend, Wisconsin in June 1945. Photographs primarily feature speakers and spectators; a studio view of a 20 mm antiaircraft gun is also included.

Bernhard Carl Ziegler and Edna Eickelberg Ziegler Papers (Mss 501). Artifacts relating to the West Bend Company are housed in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum.

Acquisition Information

Presented by The West Bend Company, via Don F. Parlow, West Bend, Wisconsin, 1979 and 1988. Accession Number: M79-547, M88-265, M88-335, M89-394

Processing Information

Processed by Debra Anderson and Ann Hokanson, 1988-1989.

Milwaukee Mss 121	Series: Historical Materials
	Anniversary observations
Box   1 Folder   1	25th Anniversary, 1936
Box   1 Folder   2	40th Anniversary, 1951
Box   1 Folder   3	45th Anniversary, 1956
Box   1 Folder   4	50th Anniversary, 1961
	Scrapbooks
Box   1 Folder   5-6	1927 October-1968 July, 1986 October
Milwaukee Micro 64/Micro 1156 Reel   1 Frame   001-040	1942-1946
Milwaukee Mss 121 Box   1 Folder   7	Navy E Awards, 1942 May-1945 May (scattered)
Box   1 Folder   8	Open houses, scrapbook, 1953, 1958, 1967
	Series: Administrative Records	⇧
	Articles of incorporation and by-laws
Box   1 Folder   9-12	1911-1918, 1935, 1943, 1950
Box   2 Folder   1-3	1953, 1959-1961
Box   2 Folder   4	West Bend of Canada, letters of patent (articles of incorporation), circa 1952
	Certificate of Foreign Corporation
Box   2 Folder   5	Minnesota, 1929
Box   2 Folder   6	Rhode Island, 1930
	Stockholders and Directors meeting minutes
Box   2 Folder   7-8	1911 October-1933 July
Box   3 Folder   1-2	1934 February-1948 December
Box   4 Folder   1-3	1949 January-1959 December
Box   5 Folder   1	1960 January-1968 October
Box   5 Folder   2	Sovereign Housewares Ltd., minutes, 1971 February
	West Bend of Canada, stockholders and directors minutes
Box   5 Folder   3	Index, 1956-1966
Box   5 Folder   4-5	Minutes, 1956-1971
	Stockholders and directors meeting materials
Box   5 Folder   6-7	1912-1929
Box   6 Folder   1-9	1930-1948
Box   7 Folder   1-8	1949-1955
Box   8 Folder   1-5	1956-1968
Box   8 Folder   6-12	West Bend of Canada, annual stockholders meeting materials, 1960-1968
	Rexall merger
Box   9 Folder   1	Notice to shareholders, 1968 September 11
Box   9 Folder   2	Merger documents, 1968 October 4
Box   9 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1967 December-1970 April
Box   9 Folder   4-6	Individual shareholder summary sheets, A-Z, 1966 February 28
Box   10 Folder   1	List of stockholders, 1968 August-1969 January
Box   10 Folder   2	Stock options, 1966-1968
Box   10 Folder   3	Distribution in partial liquidation, 1966 January-February
Box   10 Folder   4	Dart Company, directors meeting materials, 1969 July 22
Box   10 Folder   5	Dart and Kraft, annual reports, 1984-1985
Box   10 Folder   6	Premark International, annual reports, 1986-1987
Box   10 Folder   7	Premark International, quarterly reports, 1987
	Stocks
Box   10 Folder   8	History, 1919-1922, 1940-1968
	Stock record
Box   10 Folder   9	1914-1921
	1920-1933
Box   10 Folder   10	A-H
Box   11 Folder   1-3	J-Z
Box   11 Folder   4	Capital stock record, 1959-1968
Box   11 Folder   5-6	Correspondence and notations, 1958-1960, 1964-1967
Box   11 Folder   7	Application to sell shares of capital stock, circa 1919-1920
Box   11 Folder   8	Application for registration of securities, 1943 February-December, 1945-1948 (scattered)
	Stock changes
Box   11 Folder   9	Stock issuance and transfers, 1943
Box   11 Folder   10	Sale of Class B common stock, 1950
Box   11 Folder   11	Department of Securities, 1958 February-1968 December (scattered)
	Distribution in partial liquidation
Box   11 Folder   12	Correspondence, 1965 May-1967 February
Box   11 Folder   13	Bank holdings, 1966 February
Box   12 Folder   1	Employees' qualified stock option agreement, cancelled options, 1966 February
Box   12 Folder   2	Recapitalization, stock split, stock sale, 1959
Box   12 Folder   3	Repurchase agreements with employees, 1966
Box   12 Folder   4	Repurchase of common stock by company, 1948 August-September
Box   12 Folder   5	Sales to employees, 1962
Box   12 Folder   6	Sales to salesmen, 1960
Box   12 Folder   7	Stock option and sale of stock, 1959-1966
Box   12 Folder   8	Stock option plan and sale of stocks, 1962
Box   12 Folder   9-10	Stock transfers, correspondence, 1965-1969, 1971
Box   12 Folder   11	Stock valuation, correspondence, 1947, 1962-1969
Box   12 Folder   12	Trust for A.J. Pick children, correspondence, 1962 March
Box   12 Folder   13	West Bend of Canada, recapitalization, 1959 November-1960 November
Box   12 Folder   14	President's correspondence, 1942 March-1945 May
	Subject files
Box   12 Folder   15	Aluminum Company of America, 1945-1948
Box   12 Folder   16	Armor and Bronze Silver Co. Inc. (Taunton, Massachusetts), acquisition, 1968 January-February
Box   12 Folder   17	J.R. Brown (president), 1959, 1963-1964, 1967, 1970-1971
Box   12 Folder   18	Chrysler Corporation sale, 1965 January, April
Box   12 Folder   19	Department of State (Other than Wisconsin), 1956 March-1957 October
Box   12 Folder   20	A.R. Finch, 1966, 1968
Box   13 Folder   1	Sovereign Housewares Ltd. (Toronto), acquisition, 1968 January, April
Box   13 Folder   2	Robert H. Wentorf, 1954 December-1967 April
Box   13 Folder   3	Robert H. Wentorf Jr., trusts, 1961 December-1963 February
Box   13 Folder   4	West Bend of Canada, 1955 April-1968 June
Box   13 Folder   5	West Bend Plant, Sheridan, Arkansas, dedication, 1965 March-1967 November
Box   13 Folder   6	West Bend Thermo-Serv Inc. (Anoka, Minnesota), acquisition, 1965 July-November
Box   13 Folder   7	Bernhard C. Ziegler, 1946, 1968
Box   13 Folder   8	Bernie (Bernard) C. Ziegler, 1959-circa 1976 (scattered)
Box   13 Folder   9	R.D. Ziegler, 1959-1972 (scattered)
Box   13 Folder   10	Zoning, 1959 September-1960 June
Box   13 Folder   11	Miscellaneous, 1966, 1968
Box   13 Folder   12	Gonring Marine Inc., Secretary of State, annual reports, 1960-1965
Box   13 Folder   13	Hartford Division, correspondence, 1944 February-December, 1945 May
	Miscellaneous
Box   13 Folder   14	Organizational outline, 1967 August
	Reports
Box   13 Folder   15	Department of Commerce, standardization, 1925-1926
Box   13 Folder   16	Federal Trade Commission, 1922-1925
Box   13 Folder   17	Questionnaire for the Naval Affairs Investigation Committee, 1942
Box   13 Folder   18	Secretary of State, 1939-1966
Box   13 Folder   19	Miscellaneous, 1916, 1923, 1926-1927
	Series: Legal Records	⇧
	Patents
Box   14 Folder   1	Cookers and heat distribution plates, Stanley Sauvage, patents and assignments, 1914-1936, 1948
Box   14 Folder   2	Cooking or heating utensil, acquisition of Maurice Stransky patent, agreement and correspondence, 1909-1910, 1923 December-1924 May, 1925 November
	Outboard motors
Box   14 Folder   3	Kissel Industries Inc., patents and correspondence, 1938-1945
Box   14 Folder   4-7	B.M. Kissel patent and assignments, 1937-1944
Box   14 Folder   8	William L. Kissel patent, 1938 March-April
Box   14 Folder   9	Blu-Morgan-Dempsey patent, 1941 April
Box   14 Folder   10	Gear case unit (Kieckhafer), correspondence, 1952 April-May
Box   14 Folder   11	Governors for internal combustion engine, B.M. Kissel patent and assignments, 1940-1944
Box   14 Folder   12	Landrum patent and agreement, 1941, 1944
Box   14 Folder   13-14	Starting device, B.M. Kissel patent and assignment, 1941-1944
Box   14 Folder   15	Stern bracket construction, B.M. Kissel patent and assignment, 1939, 1944
Box   14 Folder   16	Pressure cookers, Jerome L. Murray, patents and patent data, 1945
	Pressure cookers and agitators
Box   14 Folder   17	Jerome L. Murray, correspondence, 1945 June-1948 October, 1949-1951 (scattered)
Box   14 Folder   18	Jerome L. Murray, agreements, 1945
Box   14 Folder   19	Roaster rack, patents and correspondence, 1923-1927
	Waterless cookers
Box   14 Folder   20	Ray Morgan and Robert H. Wentorf patent, 1921 July-1924 October
Box   14 Folder   21	Covers, Ralph N. Kircher patent, 1890-1925 (scattered), , 1925 December-1927 September
Box   14 Folder   22	Detachable covers, Robert H. Wentorf and Ernest A. Kerler patent and assignment to West Bend, 1923 August-1925 December
	Agreements
Box   15 Folder   1	Broiler and toaster, agreement with Buckeye Aluminum Company, 1934 April, 1936 April
Box   15 Folder   2	Drip coffeemaker, Phylax Company, agreements and correspondence, 1915, 1921-1929
	Kissel Industries
Box   15 Folder   3	Agreements and correspondence, 1915, 1921-1929
	Acquisition of Kissel Industries (Hartford plant)
Box   15 Folder   4	Agreements and correspondence, 1937 February-1944 August
Box   15 Folder   5	Inventories, 1943-1944
Box   15 Folder   6	Kitchen Craft Products Co. Inc., agreements and correspondence, 1950-1951
Box   15 Folder   7	Outboard motors, agreement with Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1944 May-1955 (scattered)
Box   15 Folder   8	Sales territory, agreement and authorization, 1931 March
Box   15 Folder   9	Supreme Aluminum Industries Inc., 1959 March-1960 December, 1963 July
Box   15 Folder   10	Miscellaneous agreements, 1919-1930 (scattered)
	Legal cases
	Aluminum Wares Association, tariff question, aluminum cooking utensils
Box   15 Folder   11	Correspondence, 1921 February-August
Box   15 Folder   12	Questionnaires, 1921
Box   15 Folder   13	Exhibits, 1921
Box   15 Folder   14	Briefs, 1921
Box   15 Folder   15	Bausch Machine Tool Company Case, correspondence, 1929 May-1935 February
Box   16 Folder   1	H.C. Dowds vs. West Bend Aluminum Co., correspondence, 1921 May-June
	Federal Trade Commission complaint case
Box   16 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1941 February-1943 May, 1945 April
Box   16 Folder   3	Commission exhibits, 1-77, 1940-1943
Box   16 Folder   4	Respondent's exhibits, 1-27, 47, 1941-1943
Box   16 Folder   5	Miscellaneous, 1941-1943
	Stephen F. Mayer vs. West Bend Aluminum Company, et al.
Box   16 Folder   6	Summons and complaint, 1922 June, October
Box   16 Folder   7	Defendant's deposition, 1922 August
Box   16 Folder   8	Defendant's response, 1922 December
Box   16 Folder   9	Mayer's deposition, 1922 December 20
Box   16 Folder   10	Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1922-1923
Box   16 Folder   11	United States of America vs. Aluminum Company of America, data compiled for court case, 1926, 1933-1940
Box   16 Folder   12	Waterless cooker, Kewaskum Aluminum Company case, correspondence and evidence, 1921 July, 1927 September-November
Box   16 Folder   13	Waterless cooker, Polar Ware Company (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) case, correspondence, evidence, and agreement, 1923-1926
	Waterless cooker, West Bend Aluminum Co. vs. Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co.
Box   16 Folder   14	Order to show cause, bill of complaint, 1927 October
Box   16 Folder   15	Plaintiff's reply affidavits, 1927 November
Box   16 Folder   16	Hearing transcript, 1927 November 12
Box   16 Folder   17	Appeal transcript, 1927 November 19
Box   16 Folder   18	Final decree, 1928 February
Box   17 Folder   1	Plaintiff's exhibits 1-55, 1927 November
Box   17 Folder   2	Miscellaneous court documents, 1927
Box   17 Folder   3	Patents, 1909-1910, 1923-1926
Box   17 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1926 May, 1927 August-November
Box   17 Folder   5	Certificates of approval, 1921-1927
Box   17 Folder   6	Miscellaneous plaintiff's exhibit materials, 1923-1927
Box   17 Folder   7	West Bend information compiled for attorney, 1923-1927
Box   17 Folder   8	Materials regarding Lifetime Cooker by Aluminum Products Co., 1925-1928
Box   17 Folder   9	American Goods Manufacturing Co., miscellaneous, 1927 May-October
Box   17 Folder   10	Letters of inquiry, 1923-1927
Box   17 Folder   11	Miscellaneous, 1927
Box   17 Folder   12	West Bend Aluminum Co. vs. West Bend Heating and Lighting Co., correspondence, 1919-1923
	Property records
	Leases for buildings and property
Box   17 Folder   13-14	1923 May, 1926-1929
Box   18 Folder   1-2	1930-1942
Box   18 Folder   3	Mortgage agreements between West Bend and B.C. Ziegler and Company, 1923 November
Box   18 Folder   4	Building addition, contract, 1926 August
Box   18 Folder   5	Warehouse building construction, contract and correspondence, 1945 August-1946 December (scattered)
Box   18 Folder   6	Land purchases and agreements, “Fair Park” addition of West Bend, 1942-1946 (scattered)
Box   18 Folder   7	Land sales, “Decorah Lawns,” correspondence, 1946-1952
Box   18 Folder   8	Land sales and agreements, “Parkview” Subdivision of West Bend, 1946, 1949-1950 (scattered)
	Miscellaneous
Box   18 Folder   9-11	Gehl Bros. Manufacturing Co., loan agreement (West Bend to Gehl), correspondence, 1935 June-September, 1936 May-September, 1937 February-September
	Employees' mortgage and insurance papers, 1915-1952
Box   18 Folder   12-18	A-L
Box   19 Folder   1-6	M-Z
Box   19 Folder   7	Garnishment case, W.R. Waltner vs. Carl H. Jensen (West Bend employee), correspondence, 1938 July-September
Box   19 Folder   8	Eric Gruetzmacher (employee) case, correspondence, 1927 September-October, 1928 October-November
Box   19 Folder   9	Automobile sales to employees, correspondence, 1947 November-1949 July (scattered)
	Series: Production Records	⇧
Box   20 Folder   1	Contracts for raw materials, 1916 April-1920 February, 1922
Box   20 Folder   2	Machine shop calculations, 1941-1943
Box   20 Folder   3	Cost studies, 1947
Box   20 Folder   4	Metal weights per item, 1952-1953
Box   20 Folder   5	Hartford Division, statistics on outboard motor production for Western Auto, 1956 May-June
	Government contracts
	Invitations to bid
Box   20 Folder   6	No. R-6811-0-B, 1952 November
Box   20 Folder   7	No. ORD-36-038-53-A-334, 1952 December
Box   20 Folder   8	Miscellaneous, Bid No. R-6726-0-B, 1952 October
Box   20 Folder   9	License, International Traffic in Arms, 1941 September-1946 September
Box   20 Folder   10	Priority Assistance applications, 1951 March-April
Box   20 Folder   11	Preparations for extended storage of tools and accessories owned by the Navy Department, 1946 July-December
Box   20 Folder   12	Reports to U.S. War Department, 1939 October-1943 July
	20 mm cartridge cases
Box   20 Folder   13	General, 1951 March
Box   20 Folder   14	Summaries of credit memos for brass disks, 1943 January-1944 February
Box   20 Folder   15	Stand-by equipment, 1954 February
Box   20 Folder   16	Navy E award, 1941 December-1944 March
Box   21 Folder   1	DA-11-022-ORD-227, 1951 March-1956 September
Box   21 Folder   2-3	NOd-2088 (facilities), 1941 June-1942 October, 1943 March-1946 June
Box   21 Folder   4	NOrd-3037, 1943 January-1944 February
Box   21 Folder   5	NOrd-3749, 1943 June-1945 January
Box   21 Folder   6	NOrd-5913, 1944 March-1945 February
Box   21 Folder   7	NOrd-7365, 1944 November-1945 July
Box   21 Folder   8	NOrd-7960, 1945 February-July
Box   21 Folder   9	NOrd-8834, 1945 March-April
Box   22 Folder   1	NXso-14520, 1942 September-1943 December
Box   22 Folder   2	NOs-90254, 1941 July-1942 September
Box   22 Folder   3	NXs-5565, 1942 April-October
	Cartridge tanks
Box   22 Folder   4	Invitation to Bid No. IFB-600-1131-55-0, 1955 April
Box   22 Folder   5	NOrd-11398, additions, 1953 March
Box   22 Folder   6	NOrd-11709, 1951 May-1952 April
Box   22 Folder   7	NOrd-15132, supports, 1954 March-1957 November
Box   22 Folder   8	NOrd-15604, 1954 November-1955 April
	Cavity liners
Box   22 Folder   9	Invitation to Bid No. IFB-600-1140-55-0, 1955 April
Box   22 Folder   10	NOrd-11144, 1951 March-July
Box   22 Folder   11	NOrd-17708, 1957 March-July
	Gas mask canisters, DA-19-025-CML
Box   22 Folder   12	Correspondence, 1951 March-1953 March
Box   22 Folder   13	Purchase orders, 1951 March-1952 December
	Kitchenware
Box   23 Folder   1	Household appliances, No. NSSO 8468, 1953 March
Box   23 Folder   2	Aluminum eating plate, DA-11-009-QM-25303, 1956 January
Box   23 Folder   2	Baking sheet, DA-11-009-QM-11911, 1951 July-1952 April
	Stainless steel water pitcher
Box   23 Folder   4	DA-11-009-QM-6389, 1951 January-1952 January
Box   23 Folder   5	DA-11-009-QM-7854, 1951 February-1953 April
Box   23 Folder   6	Tea kettles, DA-11-000-QM-7799-01 9975-GS-51, 1951 February-April
Box   23 Folder   7	Materials disposal, contract numbers N-60472s-1081 through N-6047s-1084, 1945 October-1946 July
Box   23 Folder   8	Outboard motors, NOm-69721, 1950 December-1956 December
Box   23 Folder   9	Powder containers, NOrd-16-746, 1955 December-1956 July
	Powder tanks
Box   23 Folder   10	Invitation to Bid request no. Ma-3a-7-30/54, 1954 April
Box   23 Folder   11	NOrd-6045, 1944 April-1946 April
Box   23 Folder   12	NOrd-7651, 1944 November-1946 March
Box   23 Folder   13	NOrd-8321, and adaptors for tanks, 1945 January-1946 March
	Rocket containers
Box   23 Folder   14	Proposal, 1952 March
Box   23 Folder   15	NOrd-7983, 1944 December-1946 June
Box   23 Folder   16	NOrd-8547, 1945 March-1946 February
	NOrd-11513
Box   23 Folder   17	1951 March-1956 July
Box   23 Folder   18	Price redetermination, 1952 August-November
Box   23 Folder   19	Calresin Corporation, 1953 May-1955 June
Box   24 Folder   1	NOrd-11960, 1951 May-1953 May
	NOrd-12511
Box   25 Folder   2	1952 October-1954 December
Box   24 Folder   3-4	Purchase orders, 1953 April-May
Box   24 Folder   5	Settlement proposals, 1953 June
Box   24 Folder   6	Calresin Corporation, 1952 October-1953 December
Box   24 Folder   7	NOrd-12910, 1952 June-1954 November
Box   24 Folder   8	NOrd-14486, 1953 September-1954 October
Box   24 Folder   9	Termination, costs of contracts, 1953 April-December
Box   24 Folder   10	Rocket tanks, NOrd-6617, 1944 June-1946 May
	Cost summaries
Box   25 Folder   1-3	Numbers 58214-60253, 1960
Box   25 Folder   4-5	Numbers 6320-63202, 1963
Box   26 Folder   1	Numbers 6411-6459; 6466, 1964 January-April
Box   26 Folder   2-3	Numbers 6476-64228, 1964 April-December
Box   26 Folder   4	Numbers 6517-65146, 1965
Box   26 Folder   5	Numbers 663-66109, 1966
Box   26 Folder   6	Numbers 673-6784, 1967
Box   26 Folder   7	Numbers 681-6896, 1968
Box   27 Folder   1	Numbers 691-6974, 1969
Box   27 Folder   2-3	Numbers 701-7072, 1970
Box   27 Folder   4	Numbers 7073-70117, 1970 February-1971 January
	Cost summaries (development estimates)
Box   27 Folder   5	Numbers DA 85-DP 60010, 1960
Box   28 Folder   1	Numbers DA399-521; DP 602-603, 1963
Box   28 Folder   2-3	Numbers DA 456-515; 525-551, 1964
Box   28 Folder   4	Numbers DA 542-585, 1965
Box   28 Folder   5	Numbers DA 451-585, 1966
Box   28 Folder   6	Numbers DA 100,018-100,092, 1967
	Series: Sales and Marketing Records	⇧
	Sales talks, 1922-1924
Box   29 Folder   1	Items 1-80
Box   107 Folder   1	Items 12; 17; 40; 48; 66; 74-75
	Background sales materials, 1923-1927
Box   29 Folder   2-3	Items 81-171
Box   107 Folder   2	Item 121
Box   29 Folder   4	Background sales materials, 1937-1938
	Sales clinics
Box   29 Folder   5	1952
Box   29 Folder   6	Speeches, 1955, 1957-1962
Box   29 Folder   7	Competitive spending history, 1971-1978
Box   29 Folder   8	Five year marketing plan, 1967
Box   29 Folder   9	Bridal market, 1981-1983
	Consumer tests
Box   30 Folder   1	Appliance product commercials report, 1976
Box   30 Folder   2	“Big Dripper” print ads, study of, 1975
Box   30 Folder   3	Broiler oven and toaster oven owners, study of, 1974
Box   30 Folder   4	Cookware set, study of preferences, 1973
Box   30 Folder   5	Drip coffeemakers, advertising tests, 1979
Box   30 Folder   6	“Generation” cookware test, market media plan, 1979
Box   30 Folder   7	Humidifiers, reaction to commercial, 1976
Box   30 Folder   8	“Slo-Cooker Plus,” commercial report, 1979
	Sales summaries
Box   30 Folder   9-10	1920 January-1921 December
Box   30 Folder   11	1933 November-1935 October
Box   30 Folder   12	West Bend Department, 1927 December-1928 December, 1929 December, 1931
Box   30 Folder   13	Sales analysis summaries (net sales and shipments), 1933-1941
	Sales analyses
Box   31 Folder   1-3	1936-1941, 1951-1952
Box   32 Folder   1-3	1953 January-1954 June
Box   33 Folder   1-3	1954 July-1955 December
Box   34 Folder   1-3	1956 August
Box   25 Folder   1	Sales planner, 1957
Box   35 Folder   2	“Multi-Core Song Book,” circa 1970s
Box   35 Folder   3	“Sales Tips,” 1983
	Sales manuals
Box   35 Folder   4	1985-1986
Box   35 Folder   5	Total Gym, 1984
Box   35 Folder   6	Total Gym, miscellaneous testimonials, 1975-1983
Box   35 Folder   7	Ad schedules, 1945-1965
Box   35 Folder   8	Advertising and promotion schedules, 1977-1988
Box   35 Folder   9	Radio commercials, scripts, circa 1970s
Box   35 Folder   10	Print and television commercials, 1984 May-1985 January
Box   35 Folder   11	“Full Service Premium Program” (publication), 1960s
Box   35 Folder   12	Premium sales kits, 1981-1984, 1988
	Promotional materials
Box   35 Folder   13-14	1977-1987
Box   35 Folder   15	Bridal registry, 1970
Box   35 Folder   16	Press luncheon, coffeemaker, 1972-1973
Box   36 Folder   1	Press luncheon, “Slo-Cooker Plus,” 1976 March-June
Box   36 Folder   2	Andy Williams, correspondence, 1962 December-1963 January
Box   36 Folder   3	Employee exercise equipment offer, 1985
Box   36 Folder   4	Employee new products contest, 1985 April-May
Box   36 Folder   5	Public relations, Total Gym, 1980-1983
	Press releases
Box   36 Folder   6	Major dailies, 1979
Box   36 Folder   7	Miscellaneous, 1973, 1978-1979, 1981
Box   36 Folder   8	Miscellaneous publicity releases, 1958 December-1969 June
Box   36 Folder   9	Newspaper clippings, 1979-1980
Box   36 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1946-1947
	Series: Product Literature	⇧
Box   37 Folder   1	“West Bend Aluminum Cooking Utensils: They Last a Lifetime,” circa 1920s-1930s
	Scrapbooks
Box   37 Folder   2	1924-1926, Items 1-140
	1927, 1928 June-1929 September
Box   37 Folder   3-4	Items 1-156
Box   107 Folder   3	Items 1; 37; 51; 61; 65; 83; 90; 97; 102; 104; 156
	1929 September-1930 October
Box   37 Folder   5	Items 1-86
Box   107 Folder   4	Items 7; 58; 84-85
Box   38 Folder   1	Items 87-156
Box   107 Folder   4	Items 101; 118-119
	1930 October-1932 January
Box   38 Folder   2-3	Items 1-163
Box   107 Folder   5	Items 8; 15; 52; 55-56; 71-72; 83; 85; 92
Box   38 Folder   4	1931-1939
	1932 March-December
Box   38 Folder   5	Items 1-76
Box   107 Folder   6	Items 1-2
	1934 January-1938 July
Box   38 Folder   6-7	Items 1-155
Box   107 Folder   7	Items 37; 77; 89; 93-96; 121; 129-136; 150-152
	1938 April-1941 March
Box   39 Folder   1	Items 1-85
Box   107 Folder   8	Items 6; 13-14, 19; 49; 53; 61; 125-126; 138
Box   39 Folder   2	Items 86-158
	Foreign materials
Milwaukee Micro 64/Micro 1156 Reel   1 Frame   319-388	1926-1936
Milwaukee Mss 121 Box   39 Folder   3	1928-1936
	Kitchen Craft, 1924-1928
Box   39 Folder   4-5	Items 1-189
Box   107 Folder   9	Items 24-25; 31
	Waterless cooker
	1926-1928
Box   39 Folder   6-7	Items 1-90
Box   40 Folder   1	Items 91-155
Box   40 Folder   2	1927-1928
Milwaukee Micro 64/Micro 1156	Advertising
Reel   1 Frame   041-112	1931-1936
Reel   1 Frame   113-229	1937-1940
Reel   1 Frame   230-296	1939-1941
Reel   1 Frame   297-318	Competitors' advertising, 1938-1940
Milwaukee Mss 121 Box   40 Folder   3	“Air Care” electronic air cleaner, 1970, 1978
Box   40 Folder   4	“Aluminum Specialties,” undated
Box   40 Folder   5	Automatic Buffet Chef/Griddle, 1965-1966
Box   40 Folder   6	Baby bottle warmer, circa 1960s
Box   40 Folder   7	Bag maker/sealer, 1976-1977
Box   40 Folder   8	“Bake 'n Broiler” pan, 1971-1983
Box   40 Folder   9	Baker and grill, 1977-1979
	Bakeware
Box   40 Folder   10	“Country Oven” line, 1977
Box   40 Folder   11	“Craftsman Bakery Collection,” 1979-1982
Box   40 Folder   12	“Shape-Cake” pan, 1972-1974
Box   40 Folder   13	Miscellaneous, 1971-1978
Box   40 Folder   14	Bathroom scales, 1985-1987
Box   40 Folder   15	Bean pot, 1952, 1976-1977
Box   40 Folder   16	Bottle sterilizer, circa 1950s
Box   40 Folder   17	Broiler toaster, circa 1970s
Box   40 Folder   18	Broilers, circa 1950s-1960s
Box   40 Folder   19	Bun warmers, 1970, 1974-1975
Box   40 Folder   20	Canister sets, circa 1950s, 1966-1967, 1971-1974, 1977
Box   40 Folder   21	Catalog inserts, circa 1960s-1980
Box   40 Folder   22	“Chalet Chef” chafing dish, 1972
Box   40 Folder   23	“ChefWare” line, 1970
Box   40 Folder   24	Cleaner for Teflon cookware, circa 1960s-1970s
Box   40 Folder   25	Coast-to-Coast, humidifiers, 1972
	Coffeemakers and percolators
Box   40 Folder   26	circa 1950s-1960s
Box   40 Folder   28	1930, 1953, 1968-1988
Box   40 Folder   28	“Color Fair” line, 1970-1983
Box   40 Folder   29	“Color-Glo” line, circa 1950s-1960s
Box   40 Folder   30	“Connect 3 Cordless Appliance System,” 1986
Box   40 Folder   31	“Continental” line, 1970-1973
Box   40 Folder   32	“Cook 'n Serve Range,” 1967
Box   40 Folder   33	Cookers, 1973-1976
	Cookware
Box   41 Folder   1	“Contemporary Stainless Steel” line, 1975
Box   41 Folder   2	“Country Forge” line, 1972, 1982
Box   41 Folder   3	“Craftsman Cookery” Collection, 1978-1981
Box   41 Folder   4	“Futura” line, 1974
Box   41 Folder   5	“Future Craft” line, 1981, 1986
Box   41 Folder   6	“Generation” line, 1978-1979
Box   41 Folder   7	“Hawthorn” line, 1974-1975
Box   41 Folder   8	“Kitchen Craft” line, 1983
Box   41 Folder   9	“Kitchen Queen” line, 1982
Box   41 Folder   10	“Laureleaf” line, 1972
Box   41 Folder   11	“Lustre Craft” line, 1971-1988
Box   41 Folder   12	“Master Guard” line, 1985
Box   41 Folder   13	“Pantry Arts” line, 1973-1974
Box   41 Folder   14	“Permanent” line, 1982-1983, 1987
Box   41 Folder   15	“Rockote” finish, 1982
Box   41 Folder   16	“Royal Queen” line, 1982, 1984, 1987
Box   41 Folder   17	“Scandia” line, 1972-1978
Box   41 Folder   18	“Silver Steel” line, 1980
Box   41 Folder   19	“Silverstone” line, 1976-1983
Box   41 Folder   20	“Stow-aways” line, 1972
Box   41 Folder   21	“Town House” line, 1969-1974
Box   41 Folder   22	“Townecraft” line, 1980-1988
Box   41 Folder   23	“Tuf White” line, 1974
Box   41 Folder   24	“Village Chef” line, 1972-1973, 1978-1980
Box   41 Folder   25	Miscellaneous, 1971-1982
Box   41 Folder   26	“Country Inn” line, 1968, 1970-1974, 1979
Box   41 Folder   27	Country kettle, 1967-1968, 1974, 1978
Box   41 Folder   28	Crepe pan kit, 1976
Box   41 Folder   29	“Cross-Reference Pieces,” 1979, 1982, 1984
Box   41 Folder   30	“Deli-Dog” hot dog cooker, 1978
Box   41 Folder   31	DeLuxe Aluminum Ware, circa 1940s-1950s
Box   41 Folder   32	Direct sales, 1979-1981
Box   41 Folder   33	“Displays,” 1980
Box   41 Folder   34	Egg cooker, automatic, 1977-1978
Box   41 Folder   35	“Ekco” Home Products, 1987
Box   41 Folder   36	Electric griddles, 1970-1982
Box   41 Folder   37	Electric heater and fan, 1980-1981
Box   41 Folder   38	Electric juicer, 1987
Box   41 Folder   39	Electric “Snackeeper/Warmer,” 1971
	Exercise equipment
Box   41 Folder   40	1985
Box   41 Folder   41	Exercise bicycle, 1984-1986
Box   41 Folder   42	Multi-Gym, 1985-1987
Box   41 Folder   43	Rowing machines, 1984-1987
Box   41 Folder   44	Treadmills, 1984-1986
Box   41 Folder   45	Weight trainer, 1986
Box   41 Folder   46	Export literature, 1978-1981, 1986
Box   41 Folder   47	Exports, electric skillet, 1980-1982
Box   42 Folder   1	Fondue pot, 1970
Box   42 Folder   2	Food chopper, 1987
Box   42 Folder   3	Food processor, 1986-1987
Box   42 Folder   4	Fryette, 1976-1977
Box   42 Folder   5	Giftware line, undated
Box   42 Folder   6	Griddles, circa 1970s, 1977-1978
Box   42 Folder   7	Hot pot, 1970-1972, 1975-1983
Box   42 Folder   8	Housewares, 1987
Box   42 Folder   9	Humidifiers, 1969-1983
Box   42 Folder   10	Iced tea dispenser, circa 1950s-1960s
Box   42 Folder   11	Irons, cordless, 1984-1987
Box   42 Folder   12	K-Mart electric skillet, 1982
Box   42 Folder   13	K-Mart housewares line, 1983
Box   42 Folder   14	“Lifetime” line, 1979, 1981, 1986-1987
Box   42 Folder   15	Manufacturing Communication System, 1985
Box   42 Folder   16	Microwave ovenware open stock, 1978-1979
Box   42 Folder   17	Military sales literature, 1979
Box   42 Folder   18	“Miracle Maid” line, 1970-1971
Box   42 Folder   19	Mixing bowls, 1970-1978
Box   42 Folder   20	Montgomery Ward, 1981
Box   42 Folder   21	No-stick interior finish literature, 1974
Box   42 Folder   22	“Odds 'n Eggs” omelet/poacher pan, 1974-1975
Box   42 Folder   23	Penguin Hot and Cold Server, 1968-1975
Box   42 Folder   24	Popcorn poppers, 1970-1987
Box   42 Folder   25	Shish kabob appliances, circa 1960s-1970s
	Skillets
Box   42 Folder   26	circa 1960s-1980s
Box   42 Folder   27	1958, 1967-1985
Box   42 Folder   28	“Slo-Cooker Plus,” 1976-1980
Box   42 Folder   29	Slow cookers, 1972-1977
Box   42 Folder   30	Smokeless broiler-rotisserie, 1970-1974
Box   42 Folder   31	“Solid Copperware,” circa 1930s
Box   42 Folder   32	“Star-Brite” stainless steel line, circa 1960s
Box   42 Folder   33	Teakettles, 1929-1930, 1971-1978
Box   42 Folder   34	Toaster-oven broiler, 1979
Box   42 Folder   35	Toasters, circa 1960s
Box   42 Folder   36	“Trig” whistling teakettles, circa 1950s, 1970-1972, 1978-1982
Box   42 Folder   37	“Tuf-White,” 1974
Box   42 Folder   38	Twin burger cooker and sandwich grill, 1977
Box   42 Folder   39	United surgical steel line, 1982-1987
Box   42 Folder   40	Walmart, electric skillet, circa 1974-1976
Box   42 Folder   41	Water washer, 1980
Box   42 Folder   42	Waterless cooker, circa 1927-1930
Box   42 Folder   43	“West Call,” 1988
Box   42 Folder   44	“Westmark” line, 1970-1982
Box   42 Folder   45	Woks, 1971, 1974-1988
Box   42 Folder   46	“Wrinkles Away” electric hand steamer, 1970-1971
Box   42 Folder   47	Yogurt maker, 1978
Box   42 Folder   48	Miscellaneous, circa 1940s-1960s, 1975, 1981-1983
Box   107 Folder   10-13	Oversized materials, A-W
	Product catalogs
Box   43 Folder   1-6	Nos. 14-21; 23-43, 1921-circa 1973
Box   44 Folder   1-2	Nos. 44-69, 1973-1986
	Arrow Aluminum Ware
Box   44 Folder   3	Nos. 21; 24-25, circa 1926, 1929-1932
Box   44 Folder   4	No. 34, 1934
Box   44 Folder   5	No. 36, 1936
Box   44 Folder   6	No. 39, 1938
Box   44 Folder   5	No. 39, 1938
Box   44 Folder   7	No. 42, 1941
Box   44 Folder   8	“Badger” aluminum ware, circa 1925-1935
Box   44 Folder   9	Bathroom scales, 1986
Box   44 Folder   10-11	Copper giftware, circa 1930s-1940s, 1933
Box   44 Folder   12	DeLuxe Aluminum Ware, Nos. 30; 32; 40-41, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1940
Box   44 Folder   13	DeLuxe Arrow Aluminum Ware, No. 29, undated
Box   44 Folder   14	“Futura” aluminum-clad stainless steel, No. 57, 1957
Box   44 Folder   15	Giftware line, Nos. G35; 37-38, 1934, 1936-1937
Box   44 Folder   16	Home environment products, 1978, 1981-1983
Box   44 Folder   17	Outboard motors, 1964
Box   44 Folder   18	“Riverside” aluminum ware, catalog No. 31S, circa 1930s-1940s
Box   44 Folder   19	“Thorobred” aluminum ware, circa 1930s-1940s
Box   44 Folder   20	“West Bend Aluminum Utensils for the Drug Store, Fountain, and Lunch Counter, circa 1940s-1950s
	Distributor sales
Box   45 Folder   1	1970-1988
Box   45 Folder   2	“Aristocraft” line, 1974
Box   45 Folder   3	”Homemakers Guild of America Corporation,” 1971-1972, 1977-1978
Box   45 Folder   4	“InKor” line, 1972-1983
Box   45 Folder   5	“Kitchen Craft” line, 1972-1987
Box   45 Folder   6	“Kitchen Queen” line, 1972, 1976, 1980
Box   45 Folder   7	“Lifetime” line, 1958, 1968, 1972-1988
Box   45 Folder   8	“Liquid Core” skillet line, 1972-1978, 1985
Box   45 Folder   9	“Lustre Craft” line, 1972-1984
Box   45 Folder   10	“Multi-Core” line, 1971-1986
Box   46 Folder   1	“Perms-Queen” line, circa 1970s
Box   46 Folder   2	“Permanent” line, 1971-1982
Box   46 Folder   3	“Royal Prestige” line, 1978, 1983
Box   46 Folder   4	“Royal Queen” line, 1972-1986
Box   46 Folder   5	“Saladmaster” line, 1977
Box   46 Folder   6	“Therma-Queen” line, 1981
Box   46 Folder   7	“Townecraft” line, 1972-1977
	Cookbooks and instruction booklets
Box   46 Folder   8	All Purpose Steamer Cooker, 1974
Box   46 Folder   9	“Aristo Craft” line, circa 1950s
Box   46 Folder   10	Automatic Buffet Chef, 1962, 1964
Box   46 Folder   11	Automatic casserole/cooker, 1978-1979
Box   46 Folder   12	Automatic egg cooker, 1977
Box   46 Folder   13	“Bake 'n Broiler,” 1973
Box   46 Folder   14	Baker and grill, 1978-1979
	Bakeware
Box   46 Folder   15	“Craftsman Bakery” line, 1979-1980
Box   46 Folder   16	“Shape-Cake” pan, 1973
Box   46 Folder   17	Bean pots, 1964, 1972
Box   46 Folder   18	Brochette, 1961
Box   46 Folder   19	Broiler rotisserie, 1971, 1973-1974, 1980
Box   46 Folder   20	Broiler-toaster, circa 1960s
Box   46 Folder   21	“Buffet Chef,” 1962, 1964
Box   46 Folder   22	Canadian bi-lingual literature, 1977, 1979, 1982-1983
Box   46 Folder   23	“Chalet Chef” chafing dish, 1972
Box   46 Folder   24	Coffeemakers and percolators, 1970-1978
Box   46 Folder   25	“Connect 3” cordless appliance system, 1986
Box   46 Folder   26	“Cook 'n Serve Range,” 1965
Box   46 Folder   27	Cookers, 1974, 1976
	Cookware
Box   47 Folder   1	“Continental Cast” line, 1971
Box   47 Folder   2	“Country Craftsman” line, 1982
Box   47 Folder   3	“Country Forge” line, 1972, 1982
Box   47 Folder   4	“Country Inn” line, 1970, 1973
Box   47 Folder   5	“Craftsman Cookery Collection,” 1978
Box   47 Folder   6	Futura” stainless steel line, 1956
Box   47 Folder   7	“Future Craft” line, 1981
Box   47 Folder   8	“Generation” line, 1978
Box   47 Folder   9	“InKor” stainless steel line, circa 1950s-1960s, 1976
Box   47 Folder   10	“Kitchen Craft“ line, 1965
Box   47 Folder   11	“Kitchen Queen” line, 1982
Box   47 Folder   12	“Laurel Aluminum Ware” line, circa 1950s-1960s
Box   47 Folder   13	“Laureleaf” line, 1972
Box   47 Folder   14	“LaVerne” stainless steel line, circa 1950s-1960s
Box   47 Folder   15	“Lifetime” stainless steel line, circa 1950s, 1958, 1982
Box   47 Folder   16	“Lustre Craft” stainless steel line, 1959
Box   47 Folder   17	“Master Guard” line, 1985
Box   47 Folder   18	“Miracle Maid” line, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1968, 1975, 1978
Box   47 Folder   19	“Permanent” line, 1982
Box   47 Folder   20	“Rena-Ware” stainless steel line, circa 1950s, 1958
Box   47 Folder   21	“Saladmaster” stainless steel line, 1954, 1957
Box   47 Folder   22	“Scandia” line, 1972, 1975-1976
Box   47 Folder   23	“Silver Steel” line, 1980
Box   47 Folder   24	“Silverstone” line, 1977
Box   47 Folder   25	Stainless steel line, 1956
Box   47 Folder   26	“Star-Brite” stainless steel cookware, circa 1950s-1960s
Box   48 Folder   1	Teflon coated line, 1966
Box   48 Folder   2	“Town House” line, 1970
Box   48 Folder   3	“Townecraft” line, 1987
Box   48 Folder   4	“Village Chef” line, 1972
Box   47 Folder   5	Miscellaneous, 1968-1977
Box   48 Folder   6	“Counter Topper” line, 1975-1976
Box   48 Folder   7	Country kettle, 1974, 1978
Box   48 Folder   8	Crepe pan kit, 1977
Box   48 Folder   9	“Deli-Dog” automatic hot dog cooker, 1978
Box   48 Folder   10	“Ekco” skillet, circa 1970s-1980s
Box   48 Folder   11	Electric aluminum Snackeeper/Warmer, 1971
Box   48 Folder   12	Electric deep fryer, roaster, and server, 1956
Box   48 Folder   13	Electric griddles, 1976-1982
Box   48 Folder   14	Electric skillets, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1970-1988
Box   48 Folder   15	Export skillets, 1981
Box   48 Folder   16	Fondue pot, 1970
Box   48 Folder   17	Food processor, 1986-1987
Box   48 Folder   18	Humidifiers, 1980-1981
Box   48 Folder   19	Irons, cordless, 1984-1985
Box   48 Folder   20	J.C. Penney products, 1974-1984
Box   48 Folder   21	Kabob 'N' Grill, 1960
Box   48 Folder   22	Montgomery Ward products, 1982-1983
Box   48 Folder   23	Popcorn poppers, 1976-1977, 1987
Box   48 Folder   24	Sears products, 1972, 1976-1981, 1986
Box   49 Folder   1	Slo(w) cookers, 1972-1976
Box   49 Folder   2	“Steam Genie” hand steamer (Westmark), 1971
Box   49 Folder   3	“Susan Lowe Cooks” (West Bend Sponsor of Cooking School), circa 1960s-1970s
Box   49 Folder   4	Toaster oven-broiler, circa 1970s
Box   49 Folder   5	Walmart electric skillet, 1978
Box   49 Folder   6	Waterless cookware, circa 1920s, 1950s, 1956, 1959
Box   49 Folder   7	Westmark products, 1970-1977
Box   49 Folder   8	Woks, 1975-1987
Box   49 Folder   9	“Wrinkles Away” electric hand steamer, 1971
Box   49 Folder   10	Yogurt maker, 1978
	Press kits
Box   49 Folder   11-12	1981, 1987
Box   49 Folder   13	Electric Oriental woks, 1974
Box   49 Folder   14	Microwave oven cookware, 1978
	Advertisements (consumer and trade magazine reprints)
Box   49 Folder   15	Bathroom scales, 1985-1987
	Electronic timers
Box   108 Folder   1	1981
Box   49 Folder   16	1983-1984
	Exercise equipment
Box   108 Folder   2	circa 1982-1983
Box   49 Folder   17	1983-1986
	Housewares
Box   49 Folder   18	1977, 1980-1988
Box   108 Folder   3	1981-1982, 1984, 1987
Box   108 Folder   4	Reprints from USA Today, 1986-1988
Box   49 Folder   19	Tabloids, 1961-1966, 1980-1985
	Price lists
Box   49 Folder   20	1914-1922
Box   50 Folder   1-11	1923-1958
Box   51 Folder   1-17	1959-1969, 1973-1976
Box   52 Folder   1-10	1977-1984
Box   53 Folder   1-3	1985-1988
Box   53 Folder   4	Bathroom scales, 1984
Box   53 Folder   5	Replacement parts list, 1980
	Series: Publications	⇧
Box   54 Folder   1	Alco News, Volume 1-2, 1958 January-1959 February
	Contact
Box   54 Folder   2	Volume 1, 1941 August-1942 July
Box   54 Folder   3	Volume 2, 1942 August-1943 July
Box   110	1944 May
Box   54 Folder   4-5	Volume 6-7, 1951 March-1955 December
Box   54 Folder   6	1956 February-1957 October
Box   110	The Craftsman, 1974-1989
Box   5 Folder   10-13	The Craftsman II, 1976 June, 1985 January-1988 August
Box   56 Folder   1	“Growth By Design,” 1982
Box   56 Folder   2	“The Idea People: Innovators of New Ideas For Better Living,” 1972
Box   109	Kettle Klatter, 1966-1974
Box   56 Folder   4	The Plastic Press (West Bend Thermo-Serv Inc.), 1965
Box   56 Folder   5	“Progress: Fashioning Progress Through People, Ideas, Products,” 1966
Box   56 Folder   6	Prop Talk (Outboard Motor Division), 1961 May
Box   56 Folder   7	“The West Bend Company,” 1972 October
Box   56 Folder   8	“The West Bend Story,” circa 1956-1957
Box   56 Folder   9	“West Bend, Wisconsin,” Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, 1985
	Series: Financial Records	⇧
	Accounting reports
Box   57 Folder   1-2	Cumulative operating statements, 1918-1925
Box   57 Folder   3-22	Monthly operating statements, 1918 September, 1921 January-1942 June, 1946 January-February
Box   57 Folder   23	Revenue statements, 1918-1919
Box   57 Folder   24	Financial statements and balance sheets, 1913 June-1914 December
	Financial statements
Box   57 Folder   25	1915-1917
Box   58 Folder   1-6	1918-1920, 1921 February, 1944-1946, 1949, 1951-1953, 1956-1957, 1967
	Balance sheets
Box   58 Folder   7-15	1918 June-1929
Box   59 Folder   1-12	1930-1941, 1946, 1948-1950
	Trial balances
Box   59 Folder   13-18	1915-1924
Box   60 Folder   1-8	1925-1932
Box   61 Folder   1-5	1933-1935, 1940-1941, 1944
Box   61 Folder   6-7	Profit and loss statement, 1940-1941, 1946-1947
	Audit reports
Box   61 Folder   8-9	1920-1930
Box   62 Folder   1-4	1934-1941, 1943-1960
	State tax returns
Box   62 Folder   5	Massachusetts, 1927-1931
Box   62 Folder   6	Michigan, 1927-1932
Box   62 Folder   7	Missouri, 1926-1930
Box   63 Folder   1	Ohio, 1927-1932
Box   63 Folder   2	Oregon, 1924-1934
Box   63 Folder   3	Pennsylvania, 1929-1932
Box   63 Folder   4-10	Wisconsin, 1913-1923
Box   63 Folder   11-19	Federal tax returns, 1913-1922, 1926
Box   63 Folder   20	Capital stock tax returns, 1913-1926
Box   63 Folder   21	Enger-Kress, financial statements, 1950-1954
Box   63 Folder   23	Golden West Stainless Steel Cookware Division - Los Angeles, internal control report, 1960
Box   63 Folder   23	Gonring Marine Inc., balance sheet, 1963
	Hartford Division
Box   63 Folder   24	, 1951 year end
Box   64 Folder   1	1952-1953, 1955 year end
Box   64 Folder   4	Statement of operations, 1947-1948, 1962
Box   64 Folder   5	Cost control sheets, 1945 October
Box   64 Folder   6	Hartford Division and West Bend of Canada, statement of assets and liabilities, 1964
	Jobbing Department
Box   64 Folder   7	Operating statements, 1927-1934
Box   64 Folder   8	Sales, 1927-1934
Box   64 Folder   9	Expenses, 1927-1934
Box   64 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1931-1934
	Kitchen Craft Department
Box   64 Folder   11	Operating statements, 1928, 1939
Box   64 Folder   12	Profit-loss statement, 1928
Box   64 Folder   13	Sales, 1927 December-1928 December
Box   64 Folder   14	Expenses, 1928
Box   64 Folder   15	Kitchen Craft Products Co. Inc., reports on examination, 1950 October, December
Box   64 Folder   16	Kitchen Craft Co. Inc., reports of examination, 1951 January, March, May-July
	West Bend Department
Box   64 Folder   17-19	Operating statements, 1928-1933
	Expenses
Box   64 Folder   20	1928-1929
Box   65 Folder   1-2	1930-1933
	West Bend of Canada
Box   65 Folder   3	Financial statements and auditor's reports, 1959, 1961-1967
Box   65 Folder   4	Interim report on internal control, 1958
Box   65 Folder   5	Interim reports on internal control, 1941, 1957-1959, 1961
Box   65 Folder   6-13	Inventories, 1926-1930, 1932-1936
Box   65 Folder   14	Shipment summaries, 1941
	Miscellaneous
Box   65 Folder   15-23	1918-1921, 1925, 1927, 1930-1931, 1933, 1935, 1939-1943
Box   66 Folder   1	, 1945-1955 (scattered)
	Payroll
Box   66 Folder   2	Summaries, 1944 October, December
Box   66 Folder   3	Summaries (breakdown by male/female), 1928-1949
Box   66 Folder   4	Salesmen's salary and commission, 1931 April, 1933 February
Box   66 Folder   5-7	Payroll distribution, 1933 January-June, 1935, 1941
Box   66 Folder   8-9	Monthly, 1953-1954, 1956
	Office payroll analysis
Box   66 Folder   10-11	1953
Box   66 Folder   12	1954, monthly
Box   66 Folder   13	1954, semi-monthly
Box   66 Folder   14-16	1955, 1957-1958
Box   67 Folder   1-3	1960 January-June, 1961
Box   67 Folder   4	1963, demonstrators
	1964
Box   67 Folder   5	Demonstrators
Box   67 Folder   6	Semi-monthly
	1965
Box   67 Folder   7	Demonstrators
Box   67 Folder   8	Monthly, examples
Box   67 Folder   9-20	Monthly, January-December
Box   67 Folder   21	Semi-monthly, examples
Box   67 Folder   22-24	Semi-monthly, January-March
Box   68 Folder   1-9	Semi-monthly, April-December
Box   68 Folder   10-21	Salesmen's salary and commission, January-December
	1966
Box   68 Folder   22	Demonstrators
Box   68 Folder   23	Monthly, examples
Box   68 Folder   24-29	Monthly, January-June
Box   69 Folder   1-6	Monthly, July-December
Box   69 Folder   7	Semi-monthly, examples
Box   69 Folder   8-19	Semi-monthly, January-December
Box   69 Folder   20-31	Salesmen's salary and commission, January-December
	1967
Box   70 Folder   1	Payroll sheets
Box   70 Folder   2	Monthly, examples
Box   70 Folder   3-14	Monthly, January-December
Box   70 Folder   15	Semi-monthly, examples
Box   70 Folder   16-27	Semi-monthly, January-December
Box   70 Folder   28-30	Salesmen's salary and commission, January-March
Box   71 Folder   1-9	Salesmen's salary and commission, April-December
	1968
Box   71 Folder   10	Monthly, examples
Box   71 Folder   11-22	Monthly, January-December
Box   71 Folder   23	Semi-monthly, examples
Box   71 Folder   24-29	Semi-monthly, January-June
Box   72 Folder   1-6	Semi-monthly, July-December
Box   72 Folder   7-18	Salesmen's salary and commission, January-December
	1969
Box   73 Folder   1	Monthly, examples
Box   73 Folder   2-13	Monthly, January-December
Box   73 Folder   14	Semi-monthly, examples
Box   73 Folder   15-26	Semi-monthly, January-December
Box   73 Folder   27-32	Salesmen's salary and commission, January-June
Box   74 Folder   1-6	Salesmen's salary and commission, July-December
	1970
Box   74 Folder   7	Monthly, examples
Box   74 Folder   8-19	Monthly, January-December
Box   74 Folder   20	Semi-monthly, examples
Box   74 Folder   21-30	Semi-monthly, January-October
Box   74 Folder   31-34	Salesmen's salary and commission, January-April
Box   75 Folder   1-6	Salesmen's salary and commission, May-October
Box   75 Folder   7	Chrysler Outboard Corporation, Hartford, Semi-monthly, 1965
Box   75 Folder   8	West Bend of Canada, 1964
Box   76	Government contracts, payroll register, 1941 July-1943 December (reverse chronological order)
Box   77 Folder   1	Cashbook, 1911 October-1914 March
Box   77 Folder   2	Journal, 1911 October-1914 April
	General ledgers
Box   77 Folder   3	1911 September-1914 October
Box   77 Folder   4-5	1914 May-1918 July
Box   78 Folder   1	1914 May-1918 July
Box   78 Folder   2-3	1927 December-1942 February
Box   78 Folder   4	1929 January-1940 December
Box   79-80	1929 January-1940 December
Box   81-82	1942 January-1951 November
Box   83-85	1942 January-1964 October
Box   86-88	1946 April-1957 December
Box   89-91	1958 January-1964 December
	Transfer general ledgers
Box   92 Folder   1-4	1920 January-1926 December
Box   93 Folder   1-3	1920 January-1926 December
Box   93 Folder   4-7	1927 January-1932 December
Box   94 Folder   1-5	1927 January-1932 December
Box   95-96	1928 March-1940 December
	Accounts receivable ledgers
Box   97 Folder   1-3	1914 January-May
	1914 May-1919 September
Box   97 Folder   4-5	A-D
Box   98 Folder   1-5	E-N
Box   99 Folder   1-4	O-Z
	Accounts payable ledgers
	1914 May-1919 September
Box   99 Folder   5	A-H
Box   100 Folder   1-3	I-Z
Box   100 Folder   4	1929 February-1942 February
Box   100 Folder   5	1934 January-1940 December
Box   101 Folder   1-2	1934 January-1940 December
Box   102 Folder   1-3	Factory ledgers, 1933 January-1942 February
Box   102 Folder   4	Correspondence (Kenneth W. Goddard file), 1946 February-March
	Series: Associations	⇧
	Aluminum Wares Association
Box   103 Folder   1	Constitution and by-laws, 1922, 1934
Box   103 Folder   2	Code of ethics, 1940 July
Box   103 Folder   3	Officer and committee lists, 1935, 1948-1951
Box   103 Folder   4	Board of Directors minutes summaries, 1936-1938, 1941
Box   103 Folder   5-6	Minutes, 1926-1928, 1935-1941, 1944-1949
Box   103 Folder   7	Membership lists, 1935, 1942, 1946
Box   103 Folder   8-11	Meeting materials, 1937-1939
	Correspondence
Box   103 Folder   12	General, 1926-1928
Box   103 Folder   13	A.C. Kieckhafer, President, 1936
Box   104 Folder   1	Stuart J. Swenson, Vice-President, 1936
Box   104 Folder   2	West Bend Company, 1937-1938
Box   104 Folder   3	Composite statistical annual reports, 1923-1945
Box   104 Folder   4	Statistics, 1926-1928
Box   104 Folder   5	Cost work, 1926-1928
Box   104 Folder   6	Financial statements, May 1935-September 1940, May 1943-September 1949
Box   104 Folder   7	Audit report, June 1933-May 1938
	Advertising
Box   104 Folder   8	1926-1928, 1937
Box   108 Folder   5	Display cards, 1937
Box   104 Folder   9	Credit Department, 1926-1928
Box   104 Folder   10	Standardization Committee, 1930-1938, 1941-1949
Box   104 Folder   11	Tariff, 1925-1928, 1947
Box   104 Folder   12	Metal Cookware Manufacturers Association, 1963-1965 (original order retained)
	Series: Employee Records	⇧
Box   105 Folder   1	Job recruitment, correspondence, 1928 November
Box   105 Folder   2	Union agreements, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971
Box   105 Folder   3	International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, agreement, 1973
Box   105 Folder   4	Employee handbooks, 1966, 1976
Box   105 Folder   5	Ogden, Utah, employee handbook, circa 1973
	Publications
Box   105 Folder   6	“The Challenges are Many, the Rewards are Great!,” circa 1960s
Box   105 Folder   7	Industrial pension plan, “Dollars for the Days Ahead,” 1974
Box   105 Folder   8	West Bend Company Management Association, 1978 September
Box   105 Folder   9	Miscellaneous, 1972-1974
Box   105 Folder   10	Accident reports, 1941-1956
	25 Year Club
Box   105 Folder   11	Programs, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1960-1961, 1963, 1970-1971, 1980-1981
Box   105 Folder   12-17	Biographical sketches, 1950, 1979-1982, 1984
Box   105 Folder   18	West Bend Company Idea Award Plan, “Join the West Bend Idea People, Idea Award,” 1977, 1982 (publication)
	Series: Miscellaneous	⇧
	Property records
Box   106 Folder   1	Insurance appraisal, 1918 March
Box   106 Folder   2	Insurance figures for fire, 1923 March-April
Box   106 Folder   3	Insurance inventories, 1930 January-1936 January
Box   106 Folder   4	Summary, 1941 January Note: Contents missing.
Box   108 Folder   6	West Bend Aluminum Company, maps, 1925-1926
Milwaukee Micro 64/Micro 1156 Reel   1 Frame   389-515	West Bend Country Club scrapbook, 1930-1949
	Series: Films	⇧
Milwaukee Mss 121 Box   106 Folder   5	Film descriptive worksheets (photocopies)
CB 016	“Americans at Work: Outboard Motors,” circa 1958
DD 168	“Calvacade of Progress: The West Bend Story,” 1955
CA 696	Challenge, 1959
AB 975	Challenge, 1959, incomplete version
CA 702	“Choice in China,” 1957
AC 004-AC 007, AC 418-AC 426, CB 018, VBB 228	Conversion from Peace to War, 1943
CA 705	Elgin Motor Boats on Water, 1953
AC 059	The Flavo-Drip Server, 1939
CA 699	Hartford, Open House, 1953
AC 036	History: an aerial view of the West Bend Plant, circa 1950
DD 167	Home Movies, Guatemala and Cuba, 1948
AC 240	Homemakers Quiz, undated
AC 008	Laurel Cookware, 1955
CA 703	London Fire Raids, 29-30 December 1940, 1942
CA 701	“Low Pressure Eddie,” 1939
AC 060	“Low Pressure Elmer,” 1942
CA 704	“McCall's World,” 1970
AC 010	“Men in the Making,” circa 1955
AC 410	Navy “E” Award and Gun Demonstration, 1944
CA 706	Open House, circa 1958
AC 009	Rena Ware: Skillet Manufacturing, 1955
AC 411	Rena Ware: Skillet Production, 1955
CA 697	Retail Sales Clinics, 1937-1940
AC 003	“Rocket Can Production,” 1944
DD 179	Sales Techniques, 1959
AC 080	Star Brite Cookware, 1949
CA 700	“The Star-Brite Story,” 1955
AC 011	“U.S. Navy Rocket Display,” 1945
CB 017	War Material Production, 1942
DD 170	“West Bend,” 1977
AC 104, AC 409	West Bend Commercials I, 1968
CA 698	West Bend Open House, 1953
AC 408	West Bend Sales Clinic, 1960
DD 178	“Wonders of Stainless Steel Cookware,” undated
DD 169	“Your Chance of a Lifetime,” undated
	Series: Visual Materials	⇧
PH 3780	Products, operations, manufacturing plant, advertising methods, and personnel of the West Bend Company
PH 3853	Exhibit of weapons used in World War II, 1945