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Foods and Nutrition

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Nellie Bloomfield recipe book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1311
Abstract

Manuscript book by Nellie Bloomfield of recipes for domestic use.

Dates: circa 1850-1900

Candy and confection recipes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1182
Abstract

Bound manuscript book written by George Learned of Jacksonville, Oregon, 1905-1906, filled with recipes for toffees, ice cream, syrups, and other candies, with prices.

Dates: circa 1905-1906

Wholesale grocery ledger kept by Spencer M. Ehrman, Sr.

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1087
Abstract

A ledger owned by Spencer M. Ehrman, Sr. (1920-2004) detailing wholesale grocery purchases from 1948 to 1973. The purchases most likely relate to either Schuss Wholesale Grocery Company or Mason, Ehrman & Co., both of which were wholesale grocery firms based in Portland, Oregon, that Ehrman worked for.

Dates: 1948-1973

Richard H. Engeman collection on Oregon food history

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1069
Abstract

Collection of Oregon-related cookbooks, menus, postcards, and ephemera. The collection was compiled by historian Richard H. Engeman of Oregon, and also includes a printouts of blog entries that he wrote about Oregon food history.

Dates: 1889-2021

Kelly B. Janes collection of recipes and cookbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1094
Abstract

Loose recipe sheets and two cookbooks that belonged to Kelly B. Janes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, or to his family. The loose recipe sheets were produced by Mary Cullen's Cottage, the household arts service of the Oregon Journal newspaper in Portland. One of the cookbooks, for durum wheat main dishes, was distributed by the Portland-based Porter-Scarpelli Macaroni Company. The other cookbook is for recipes using the soda drink 7UP.

Dates: circa 1950-1969

Sarah Maria Kelty family recipe book and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 986
Abstract

Book of handwritten and clipped recipes kept by Sarah Maria Kelty (1847-1901), her daughter, Emily Q. Platts (1880-1950), and her granddaughter, Mary Riesland King (1913-2017), and photographs of all three. Sarah Maria Kelty was the sister of Harvey Scott and Abigail Scott Duniway, and lived in Lafayette, Oregon, and Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1869-circa 1940

Mason, Ehrman & Co. product labels

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1086
Abstract Product labels for Mason, Ehrman & Co.'s Royal Club brand products. Most labels are for canned fruit or vegetables, but also include other foodstuffs, such as ketchup, pumpkin pie mix, and fruit juices. Mason, Ehrman & Company was a wholesale grocery business based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1885 by William S. Mason (1832-1899) and Edward Ehrman (1854-1933). In the early and mid-20th century, the firm operated wholesale houses in Astoria, Oregon; Klamath Falls, Oregon;...
Dates: circa 1935-1955

Oregon Chai records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll553
Abstract

Financial and marketing records of the firm Oregon Chai, along with press material about the company. Oregon Chai was a tea company that was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1994, and sold to Kerry Foods in 2004.

Dates: 1994-2005

Oregon produce and seafood brand labels

 Collection
Identifier: Coll830
Abstract

Labels for canned fruits and vegetables, crated fruit, and canned seafood packed by Oregon companies. Labels are from the mid-20th century.

Dates: circa 1940-1955

Oregon Groceteria price list

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1343
Abstract

Disbound typescript price list, 1946, of grocery items sold by wholesale food retailers Oregon Groceteria, Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1946