One publication titled "The Dare Story" which outlines the history of Dare Foods.

A plastic bag featuring the Dare Foods Limited logo and spokesperson, Professor Bear of the Dare Bears. The labeling on the bag is written in English and French.

The Dare Bears, including Professor, Cookie and Fudge, were retired as spokespersons for Dare Foods Limited in winter 1998. The cartoon characters were first introduced in the mid-1980's by Dare Foods Limited.

File consists of one handbill advertising the opening of C.H. Doerr's new grocery store on Thursday October 15, 1889.

Photograph of employees standing outside of C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works looking at camera. They are seen standing on the front steps of the building and next to horse-drawn delivery buggies parked along the side.

Photograph of employees and a horse drawn delivery sleigh, stacked with boxes, outside of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works buildings.

Contains a day book that is handwritten and lists employees, amount paid for pay periods, and number of days worked.

Contains a day book that is handwritten and lists employees, amount paid for pay periods, and number of days worked.

File consists of a manual on the production of soda crackers.

File consists of a catalogue of cookie dies manufactured by the Werner Machinery Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Catalogue belonged to W.J. Hopp.

File consists of one envelope for The C.H. Doerr Co. Ltd.

File consists of two large reproductions, one of an early print of the C.H. Doerr factory and one of a label for C.H. Doerr's sweet cream sodas.

File consists of three clear and brown plastic bags for Dare Chocolate Mintos with Creamy Centres.

File consists of one clear cellophane bag with red and white stripes for Dare's Delicious Candy, manufactured by Howe Candy.

Photograph of the exterior of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Confectionery Works building. A man in a suit and hat is standing in the front doorway and a driver is visible standing on a horse drawn cart piled with boxes at the side of the building.

File consists of two tin tie packages of Dare Peanut Butter Chip Cookies.

File consists of cookie and cracker formulas, most arranged in alphabetical order. Most formulas are typewritten. Some are dated; some contain ms. annotations; and some are labelled "Perrins." File also contains some loose handwritten formulas as well as typewritten pages of other information such as the standard weight of coatings on biscuits, container lines, and a test for rancidity.

File consists of typewritten cookie and cracker formulas arranged in alphabetical order. Some forumlas contain ms. annotations. Also present are pages of other information such as dough weights, baking times, and cutting machines for different products; as well as loose handwritten formulas.

File consists of photocopies of photographs, postcards, and historical accounts of Dare Foods.

File consists of product pages showing various products produced by Dare.

File consists of one metal ruler with images of Dare cookies.

File consists of typewritten cookie and cracker formulas arranged in alphabetical order. Also present are two loose handwritten formulas.

File consists of a brochure advertising cookies and crackers produced by the Southern Biscuit Company/Fine Foods of Virginia (Richmond, VA).

File consists of three advertisements, one for Doerr's pure candy, one for Dare Foods Ltd. opening a factory in British Columbia and one for Dare sandwich biscuits as well as two order forms.

File consists of one invoice book for C.H. Doerr & Co.

File consists of labels for Doerr's British Kisses.

File consists of copy negatives of historical photographs of Bremner Biscuits. Includes interior and exterior views of factories, employees, and early advertising.

File consists of one photograph of the Dare Foods Ltd. candy division building in Hamilton. Identification from verso.

File consists of six photographs of the interior of an unnamed candy factory. Some photographs have identifications on the verso of machines or processes.

File consists of a photograph taken outside the Doerr factory of a group of people standing in front of a Doerr's Confectionery [parade float or delivery truck?], and a page taken from the souvenir book "Busy Berlin" (published by the News Record, Berlin, 1901) containing a photograph of the C.H. Doerr & Co.'s Biscuit and Confectionery Works.

Contains two black and white photographs. Copy prints of the recto and the verso of a postcard. The postcard was sent from Lawrence [Englert] to his sister, Rose Englert in Michigan [ca. 1905]. The text reads, "Dear Sister: Thank you for that beautiful neck-tie you sent me. This is a picture of a few at the shop, taken at Supper time, while we were at night work. Lawrence." The postcard image is of 13 men and women in the interior of the C.H. Doerr Company plant.

File consists of one real photograph postcard showing the C.H. Doerr Christmas samples. A description on an accompanying paper reads "Jo. Kerr in Elmira Oct. 16, 1907 xmas samples R.B. Doerr."

File consists of two photographs of Ralph Doerr and William Kittleborne with a C.H. Doerr horse-drawn sales wagon Wellesley, Ontario. One photograph shows the two in front of H.K. Forler's grocery and the other shows them in the wagon, along a dirt road.

Photograph of John Doerr sitting in the driver’s seat of a C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery delivery sleigh pulled by two horses. Two large houses are visible in the background.

Print copy photograph of three employees in the C.H. Doerr and Company shipping room. Two are seen standing behind a long counter and another is standing beside piles of boxes.

Photograph of John Doerr sitting in the driver's seat of the Doerr's Candies delivery car in front of The Gettas Restaurant on May 1, 1916.

File consists of one label for Cherry Dixie Chocolate bars, made by C.H. Doerr Co. Limited.

File consists of two casual snapshots of employees of Dare. The first is of three women standing together outside of the office (Ruth Wettlaufer, Violet Uregard, Louise Glebe) and the second is of four men outside sitting on the Dare delivery car (Edward Doerr, Oscar Hopp).

The photographs are accompanied by a note which reads "Louise Glebe (1891-1977) became Secretary-Treasurer of C.H. Doerr Co. Ltd. in 1919, upon the company's incorporation. She married C.H. Doerr in the 1930's, becoming his third wife and outlived him by 36 years. Edward Doerr (1865-1944) was a "shipper" and one of the founding shareholders of C.H. Doerr Co. Ltd. in 1919. He was a brother - three years older - of C.H. Doerr.

File consists of one label for Doerr's Gold Rush Bar.

Contains an account ledger that is handwritten and contains lists of employees and pay for pay periods.

Contains Certificate for Shares of the Capital Stock, The C.H. Doerr Company, Limited; correspondence; and the will of James Alexander Bain.

Contains booklets published by The Nulomine Company, New York. The booklets include formulas, candy manufacturing techniques and information pertaining to the use of nulomine in creating cast and rolled creams. File also includes correspondence between Nulomine Company staff and J.R. Worthington.

Contains three annual financial statements for C.H. Doerr Company, Limited. The financial statements between 1919 and 1921 were prepared by Scully & Scully, accountants, Kitchener.

File consists of a computer print out of the financial statements of the C.H. Doerr Co. Ltd. and the later Dare Co. Ltd. for the years 1919-1979 with typescipt annotations.

File consists of the by-laws no. 1-10 of the company.

Contains minutes of the shareholders and directors of the C.H. Doerr Company, Limited from 1919 to October 1943 and the minutes of the shareholders and directors of The Dare Company, Limited December 1943 to 1946. Also includes a memorandum stating that the original minutes 18th January 1919 were removed for delivery to Miller Thompson Toronto on March 8, 1977 as well as a photocopy of the certificate of the name changes from Carl Merner Doerr to Carl Merner Dare and Ruth Eleanor Doerr to Ruth Eleanor Dare, dated March 1946.

File consists of the letters patent incorporating The C.E. Doerr Company, Limited.

File consists of the first minutes of the C.H. Doerr company. Present were C.H. Doerr, Ralph B. Doerr, Edward Doerr and H. Williams. The first motion is to read the letters patent and organize the company for the commencement of business.

Contains two cookie cutters that were used by Dare Foods Limited. One cookie cutter is oval shaped and the other is in the shape of a star.

Contains one black and white photograph. The photograph is an image of men standing in a store room. In the foreground are wooden Doerr's Candies pails piled high. The pails were used to ship candy.

Contains 8 C.H. Doerr Company, Limited, financial statements. The report from 1922 was prepared by Gordon Draper & Co. chartered accountants, Toronto; the 1923-1924 reports were prepared by W. E. Johnson & Co., Kitchener; and the 1925-1927 reports were prepared by Oscar Hudson & Company, chartered accountants, Kitchener. These statements also include a balance sheet for the C.H. Doerr Sales Agency.

Photograph of C.H. Doerr sitting at his desk, legs crossed and a piece of paper in hand. Dressed in a suit and tie, he is posed looking off camera.

Photograph of men and women employees, some seen wearing white aprons, standing beside machinery inside the C.H. Doerr & Company building, likely the the biscuit manufacturing section of the plant.

Photograph of employees women standing beside machinery in the interior of the C.H. Doerr & Company building, likely the candy manufacturing section of the plant.

Photograph of employees posed for the camera with sweet cream sodas boxes and biscuits inside the C.H. Doerr & Company building.

Contains one black and white photograph mounted on board. The photograph is an image of two men with cars standing outside of the C.H. Doerr plant. File includes a slide that is a copy of the original.

Contains a small binder notebook of candy formulas. The formulas are typewritten, a few are handwritten and are organized chronologically.

Contains formulas, correspondence, and articles on: producing uniform nougat cream and marshmallow topping, improved fruit marshmallow, use of glycerine in confectionery, food colours permitted in Canada, influence of gelatine on sugar crystallization, starch gums and jellies, starch, tempering chocolate, chocolate cooling tunnels, obtaining gloss and lasted colour in chocolate coated goods, machinery advertisements.

Contains a day book that is handwritten and lists employees, amount paid for pay periods, and number of days worked.

Contains The Humberstone Shoe Company Limited letters patent, the letters patent for the change of name to Sunbeam Shoes Limited and terms and conditions pertaining to the letters patent.

File consists of typewritten and handwritten cookie and cracker formulas.

Contains 9 annual financial statements for C.H. Doerr Company, Limited, prepared by Oscar Hudson & Company, chartered accountants, Kitchener. The statements also include a balance sheet for the C.H. Doerr Sales Agency. The 1934 financial statement was prepared by C. Lorimer Rason, accountant and auditor, Kitchener.

Contains 9 annual financial statements for C.H. Doerr Company, Limited. The 1935-1942 statements were prepared by C. Lorimer Rason, accountant and auditor, Kitchener. The statements between 1935 and 1937 include balance sheets for C.H. Doerr Sales Agency.

Contains correspondence, notes and articles on sweetening agents, food colours, table syrups, glycerine, hydrometers, ingredients, memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the purchase of the Toronto plant, machinery advertisements, lists of ingredient costs, and formulas.

File consists of one notice sent to store owners regarding the death of territorial sales representative Harry Morrison. The back of the notice lists national grocers samples.

File consists of a book of typewritten cookie and cracker formulas Most formulas are dated; some are dated; and some are labelled "Perrins."

File consists of typewritten cookie and cracker formulas arranged in alphabetical order. Some formulas are dated; some are labelled "Perrins"; and some contain ms. annotations.

File consists of one contemporary print of a photograph of a Bremner Biscuit delivery truck from the 1930's. Accompanying identification reads "old truck - 1929 Chevrolt (bow tie) 3/4 or 1 ton * probably 1 1/2 ton."

Contains publications and pamphlets relating to ingredients and candy manufacturing. Publications include:

• “The nut that is not a nut,” The National Peanut Council, 1941;
• “Delft Gelatine,” Delf Gelatine Works, Delft Holland, [ca. 1930];
• “Proven formulas for the use of White-Stokes quality products,” White-Stokes Company Inc., Brooklyn;
• “Fresh egg whites for finer candies,” Armour and Company, 1938;
• “Notes on spices,” Canadian Spice Association, 1946;
• Brazil nut candy formula book by Brazil Nut Advertising Fund New York, [ca. 1940];
• “The candy maker’s guide for using Senneff's Big 3,” Senneff-Herr Co. Illinois;
• “A guide to colour ingredients for food processors,” Dye & Chemical Co. of Canada Ltd., [ca. 1960].

Contains handwritten candy formulas. Several formulas are written on cardboard.

Contains Yelkin The Standardized Lecithin formulas, and correspondence. Correspondence is addressed to J.R. Worthington at the Montreal Biscuit Co., Quebec from Ross & Rowe Inc. New York, sole distributors of Yelkin, Standardized Lecithin.

File consists of a bound, hardcover book about the ingredients and the manufacture of cookies and crackers, prepared for a baking and icing conference of the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company. Book belonged to J.B. Russell.

File consists of one screw bound volume of materials from Howe Candy Company Limited. The volume consists of five tabbed sections: 1. charter & by-laws, 2. directors, 3. shareholders, 4. transfers, 5. ledger.

Contains photocopies of cookie and cracker formulas.

Contains a day book that is handwritten and lists employees, amount paid for pay periods, and number of days worked.

Contains candy formulas. Includes typewritten formulas for soda fountain drinks and note on how other companies manufacture products.

Contains copies of the Dare Foods Limited, Budget Variance Statements, Candy Division Hamilton 1972; and includes the “Confectioner’s Handbook for the use of Exchange Citrus Pectin” California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1933; and handwritten and typewritten candy formulas.

Contains pamphlet Soy Beans, the wonder food by Sunsoy Products Limited, one page of notes from 1934, and Form H 9 for candy lines including formulas and production notes.

Contains formulas, including formulas and production information on the Lady Hamilton Chocolate Line.

Contains a formula binder that includes candy formulas organized alphabetically by title of formula.

Contains formulas, Form H 9 that include formulas and production notes, and a standard candy cost sheet from Howe Candy Company.

Contains candy formulas from 1936. The formulas are typewritten and most are dated. The formulas are organized alphabetically by title.

File consists of permit from the Government of Ontario allowing C.H. Doerr Candy Company to employ women and youths overtime.

Contains a formula binder that includes candy formulas and production notes.

Contains formulas, correspondence, and notes. Includes a handwritten notebook with notes on question regarding licorice allsorts “Wilkinson’s,” notes on questions regarding Joseph Bellamy and Sons, Castleford, Yorks., and notes on the history of “Confectionery.”

Contains licenses in mortmain issued to The Dare Company, Limited, receipts, applications and correspondence pertaining to biscuit manufacturing.

File consists of one tape bound volume of common stock certificates issued by the Howe Candy Company. The certificate that were issued have all been returned to the book and are attached to their stubs with tape. The book is stamped as having been inspected in 1956.

Contains a binder of photocopies of cookie and cracker formulas from 1938-1943.

Contains Candy Division documents pertaining to Candy Division buildings and property in both Hamilton and Toronto. File includes correspondence, memoranda, plans and copies of plans, the Agreement of Purchase and Sale for properties in Hamilton, an advertisement for an opportunity to sublet a building in Toronto, and maps.

Contains formulas for marshmallow products, correspondence, production notes, and packing information, Standard Cost Cards from the Pann Room listing costs of ingredients.

Four recipe or formula books dating from 1938 to 1942 that originally belonged to Dare Foods Limited's predecessor companies including the Paulin-Chambers Company Limited and McCormick's Limited.

The first book is identified on the spine with the word, 'Paulins.' This book contains formulas written between 1938-1939 for a few products which remain in Dare's product line, although the formulas used today are quite different, including those for Ruffles and Normandy (now spelled "Normandie").

The second book is identified on the spine with the word, 'Weston.' This book was likely used in the McCormick plant in London, Ontario, which was owned at the time by George Weston Limited. The recipes in this book were written in 1940.

The third book is identified on the spine with the words, 'English [&] Canada.' This book is likely a compilation of recipes from England and Canada written in and around 1942. Some of the recipes list a name in the top right (e.g. T. Jamieson for "Alsation" biscuits) or refer to their having been made in "King's England." Other recipes are ascribed to "McCormick," "CBF" (a reference to "Cracker Baker," possibly an industry handbook) and "McV & P" (McVitie & Price of Edinburgh, Scotland). At the end of the book there are seven pages of handwritten notes and recipes on the back of McCormick biscuit wrappers.

The fourth book is not identified on the spine however, it contains recipes for fillings, coatings and mixtures written in 1941. Fillings and coatings were applied to cookies after they were baked. Mixtures were packages of assorted biscuits, typically with a different cookie in each row.

This file also includes one memorandum written by Bryan Dare providing detailed historical information about Dare Foods Limited's predecessor companies, recipes, and manufacturing technologies referred to in the books.

Contains one pamphlet, The Story of Chocolate and Cocoa. Hershey, Pa.: Educational Department of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation, 1938.

File consists of typewritten cookie and cracker formulas, most arranged in alphabetical order. Most forumlas are dated.

Contains two sheets of share transfers.

File consists of typewritten cookie and cracker formulas arranged in alphabetical order. Most formulas are dated and some include ms. annotations. Also present is a forumla template, partially completed.

Contains one cardboard box with blue and red writing on it. On two sides it reads "Doerr's Quality Biscuits and Candies, Kitchener, Ont.," and on the other two sides it reads "Doerr's Quality Fancy Biscuits, Kitchener, Ont." A warning on the top of the box reads "Fragile Handle With Care." The box was made by Superior Box Company, Limited, Waterloo, Ontario.

Contains recipes for cookies and candies as well as price lists for companies in Hamilton, London, Toronto, Sault Ste. Marie, Parry Sound, Niagara Falls, Cobalt, Orillia, Sioux Lookout, Fort William, North Bay, Collingwood, St. Catherines, and Geraldton, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Montreal, Quebec; and Maritime Provinces including Sackville, New Brunswick. Recipes were originally stored in a binder.

Contains candy formulas handwritten in pencil on cardboard.

Contains a handwritten notebook with notes on pumps.

File consists of two identical photographs of the Dare Biscuits factory.

Contains one pamphlet entitled Biscuit Cooling, Conveying and Packing. London: Baker Perkins (Exports) Ltd. of Westwood House, [19--], explaining the functions of Baker Perkins (Exports) Ltd. machines.