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.

Series consists of Candy Division files. The first file contains candy formulas. The second file contains correspondence and maps of Candy Division property in Hamilton and Toronto.

Series consists of licences in mortmain, accounts, stock options, correspondence, real estate and equipment leases and bills of sale, estimate for a contract, taxation records, and a share certificate book. Records pertain to The Dare Company, Limited, The Howe Candy Company Limited and Major Foods Limited.

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.

Series consists of candy, biscuit and cracker manufacturing industry periodicals, pamphlets, advertisements, correspondence and machinery plans from supply and related companies. The publications were sent to The Dare Company Limited and pertain to candy and biscuit manufacturing.

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.

Material created and accumulated by Dare Foods Limited and its predecessor companies. Includes records related to the organization and operation of the company as well as historical records, photographs, and ephemera.

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.

Material related to the operation and history of Dare Foods Limited and its predecessors.

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.

Series consists of two sheets of share transfers. The sheets were probably removed from a share certificate book, however, the connection has been lost. One sheet refers to the Howe Candy Company.

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.

Series consists of C.H. Doerr Company Limited price lists for cookie and candy products. The price lists are organized by region with lists for individual stores. Series includes H.S. McCabe’s price lists, formulas for cookies and candies, and “Cookie Sheets.”

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.

Series consists of boxes, cellophane, and tin tie packages that were used by C.H. Doerr Company, The Dare Company Limited, and Dare Foods Limited for biscuits, crackers, potato chip and candy products. Series includes colour slides of redesigned packages and coupons. Tin tie packages were introduced with one line in 1957.

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.

Contains a small binder notebook of Mr. H.S. McCabe’s price lists for The C.H. Doerr Co. Ltd cookies and candies.

File consists of one screw bound minute book for the Howe Candy Company Limited. Includes minutes of meetings of directors from 1942-1958 as well as the surrender of the Charter of the Howe Candy Company.

Contains five copies of a black and white photograph. The photograph is an image of portrait of C.H. Doerr Company Limited staff outside of the plant.

Series consists of supplementary letters patent for The C.H. Doerr Company, Limited and The Dare Company, Limited. The records pertain to company name changes, and include correspondence, land appraisals, trade name licence agreement, petitions, declarations and extracts from the general by-laws of The Dare Company, Limited.

Contains the supplementary letters patent to The C.H. Doerr Company, Limited changing the corporate name of the company to that of The Dare Company, Limited dated 1943.

Contains four issues of the Canadian Grocer : 57, no. 11 (June 1, 1943) and no. 15 (August 1, 1943); 63, no. 7 (April 1, 1949); and 66, no. 16 (August 15, 1952).

Contains three copies of the Kitchener Daily Record, February 16, 1943, City Edition. The newspaper contains black and white photographs and articles describing the fire that destroyed the C.H. Doerr Co., Ltd. plant on the corner of Weber and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener. A caption on the front page of the newspaper reads, "$400,000 Blaze wipes out Kitchener plant; man dies." Below the caption there is a black and white photograph of the fire and an article with the title, "Candy factory is razed; four fire departments at scene; homes saved." The article is continued on page 2. The third page of the newspaper also includes 3 black and white photographs and 3 articles on the fire. The article, "Embers blew seven blocks," is continued on page 12.

File consists of supplementary letters patent to The C.H. Doerr Company, Limited, for changing the corporate name to The Dare Company, Limited.

File consists of a report on cracker sponge fermentation by G.F. Becker of E.F. Drew & Company Inc. (Boston, New York, Chicago).

File consists of seven photographs taken at the Dare factory on the corner of Weber and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener showing damage after a fire in February, 1943.

Contains 7 financial statements for The Dare Company, Limited. The 1943-1944 statements were prepared by C. Lorimer Rason, accountant and auditor, Kitchener. The 1945-1947 statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants, Toronto. A summary of finances completed in 2004 is also included.

Contains one Dare's Sweet Cream Sodas boxboard package. The box is yellow with black, orange and red colourings. The box contained a net weight of six ounces of sweet cream sodas, salted. The sodas were made by The Dare Company Limited. The box was used to hold cookie cutters.

Contains one Dare's Delicious boxboard package for biscuits. The box held 14 biscuits or more.

Series consists of clippings of newspaper articles on Dare Foods Limited from four different newspapers. Series includes clippings from the Tavistock Gazette, Toronto Star, Kitchener Daily Record, and Kitchener This Week.

File consists of ten photographs showing the aftermath of the fire at the Dare factory on Breithaupt street in March of 1943.

Series consists of packaging from various Dare Foods Ltd. products.

File consists of one teal and white Dare's Delicious Biscuits display box.

File consists of three clear and red cellophane packages for Dare's Snack Pack.

Contains one cellophane Dare's Snack Pack, 5¢ package. The writing on the package is red.

Contains one Dare's Orange Creme Sandwiches boxboard package. The box is yellow with orange writing and contained 16 biscuits or more.

Contains two black and white photographs. The photograph is a portrait of Dare Company staff seated outside the plant in Kitchener.

File consists of two yellow and green Dare's Pineapple Cremes display boxes.

Series consists of financial statements including auditor’s reports, a candy manual, monthly comparative statements, deeds of land, correspondence, valuation of shares, merger documents, bills of sale and photographs.

File consists of one programme and menu for the Dare Foods 1st annual dinner, held December 12, 1944 at the Grand River Golf & Country Club, Bridgeport.

Contains 2 black and white photographs of the Howe Candy Company Christmas party held at Knight Hall, Hamilton in 1944. The photograph is an image of a group of staff sitting and standing behind a banquet table.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Kitchener office of Dare Foods. Some employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Included in the photo:

Bloomin, Joan
Brubacher, Dorothy
Dargell, Carl
Dunbar, Les
Farenbach, [?]
Gaeler, Vela
Haas, Harry
Hanamel, [?]
Heffesin, [?]
Hopp, Oscar
Katush, Bernice
Miller, Belle
Ringwald, [?]
Scanin, Stella
Schlitt, Marg
Schmitt, Cully
Schultz, Bernice
Schuster, [?]
Smiley, Dorothy
Smiley, Marjorie
West, Frank
[?], George
[?], Jenny
[?], Scuster

File consists of three clear and maroon cellophane bags for Dare's Biscuits.

File consists of two yellow and red Dare's Lemon Creme Sandwiches display boxes.

Contains one Dare's Malted Mallows boxboard package. The box is green and yellow and contained 16 biscuits.

Contains one cellophane Dare's Biscuits package manufactured at The Dare Company Limited, Sunnyside, Kitchener, Ontario. The writing on the package is in red.

File consists of five photographs of employees at work in the Dare Company Limited biscuit plant in Sunnyside, Kitchener. Duplicates are present. Some photographs contain captions on verso: moving trays of cookies into/out of the reel oven; dough forming, near the entrance to the reel oven; filling tins of soda crackers; 1944 - production for Defense Dept.; behind the reel oven.

File consists of credit ratings from Dunn & Bradstreet for Dare Company Ltd. and Dare Foods Ltd. for the years 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1977. Also includes a credit report for Howe Candy Company Ltd. for the year 1950.

File consists of one photograph of the Howe Candy Company Christmas party at Knight Hall in Hamilton in 1944. Some employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Identified in the photo:

Bloomin, Joan
Brubacher, Dorothy
Dunbar, Les
Miller, Belle
Nolan, Mary
Peters, Ben
Schultz, Bernice
Smiley, Dorothy
Smiley, [?]
[?], Jenny

Series consists of ephemera and artefacts created by Dare Foods Ltd. Includes programmes, cards, invitations, a ruler, and more.

File consists of three green and yellow cardboard Dare's malted mallows display boxes.

File consists of four photographs of employees working on various stages of cookie production in the Dare factory.

Contains "Latest Developments in Confectionery", a report by J.J. Berliner & Staff, 1945. 54 [i.e. 60] p. ts. (report). The report includes formulas.

File consists of material relating to ingredients used in the biscuit manufacturing industry. Includes article reprints, research reports, product bulletins, pamphlets, etc. Subjects include: lecithin, flavours, corn sweetners, marshmallow, ammonium bicarbonate, confectionery coating, etc.

File consists of one programme and menu for the Dare Foods 2nd annual dinner, held December 27, 1945 at the Trails End Hotel, Conestoga.

Series consists of material relating to The Almer Company Limited and Sunbeam Shoes. Series contains letters patent, an agenda, correspondence, agreements, and financial statements.

Contains material relating to The Canada Starch Company Limited, Montreal and candy making. The file contains a quotation for the price of filter presses, notes, two pieces of correspondence between J.R. Worthington and The Canada Starch Company Limited, a report of analysis, a list of Howe candy samples, and the article:
Stroud, Jordan and Louis A. Wills. "How to solve problems in sirup[sic] making and use." Food Industries (April 1945): 100-102 (reprint).

Contains two letters patent establishing The Almer Company Limited.

Contains two black and white photographs. The photographs are a portrait of the Dare Company staff at a party.

File consists of one photograph a Christmas party at the Howe Candy Company held at the Rose Room, Knight Hall, December 1946.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1946 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of one photograph of the 1946 training conference for independent biscuit manufacturers held March 25th-29th 1946 in Chicago.

Series consists of financial records of Dare Foods Limited. Includes year end reports and credit statements.

File consists of seven photographs of an airplane owned by Carl Dare.

Series consists of financial statements, accounts payable, legal records, correspondence, property records, potato chip packages, and records pertaining to the Surrender of Potato Chip Division. Includes records of Saratoga Products, Toronto; Saratoga Products Toronto and Hamilton; Saratoga Products Limited and Dare Foods (Potato Chip Division) Limited. Series is arranged chronologically.

Contains one issue of Confectionery Production 13, no. 7 (July, 1947). Includes advertisements, editorials and articles pertaining to the machinery and factory equipment, materials, processing, production, packaging, marketing and distributing of confectionery and chocolate products.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1947 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of one programme and menu for the Dare Foods 4th annual dinner, held December 18, 1947 at the Trails End Hotel, Conestoga.

File consists of one photograph of Carl Dare, Ed Jones and Phil Ganci with Dare's airplane. Also includes two clippings about the airplane from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Howe Candy Company Ltd.

Contains financial statements for Saratoga Products (1947-1949), and Saratoga Products Limited (1949-1953) prepared by John S. Entwistle & Company, certified public accountants, Toronto. The statements between 1948 and 1953 include both the Toronto and Hamilton plants.

Contains one black and white aerial photograph. The photograph is an image of the Dare Company Limited biscuit plant in Sunnyside, Kitchener.

Contains The Candy Industry Catalog and Formula Book, 1948 ed. The book contains a directory of product suppliers, an abstract of food laws, candy formulas, an encyclopedia of candy production, information on plant maintenance, product packaging and lists of vendors, and advertisements.

Contains one issue of The Somerville Link 8, no. 6 (October 1948). On the cover is an image of Ed. Jones, Manager of Somerville’s Brantford sales office with Carl Dare, President of the Dare Company and Al Ganci, pilot. The Somerville Link was published in London monthly by and for Somerville employees in London, Windsor, Toronto and Montreal. Carl Dare is described as a “good customer” of Somerville. Somerville is a packaging manufacturer.

Contains biscuit price lists, information sheets for sales employees, and copies of the internal newsletter "Cookie Sheets.” File was originally stored in a binder.

Contains nine colour photographs, two colour slides, a list of the people and their positions in a photograph of the delegates to the first annual sales convention in 1948, a letter and story written by Orpha Kinzie, a copy of the song "King of the Shelf" written by Roy K. Downey and Tom Willoughby, a copy of the score for the song "Dare Cookies" written by Greg Adams and Peter Proudman and Eric Robertson. The photographs and negatives are images of the filming of a television commercial, biscuit products, store displays and the advertisement for the 1976 Pinto contest. The negatives are images of a staff convention.

File consists of three photographs of the Dare Biscuit display at the Kitchener Exhibition of Progress, held in October 1948.

File consists of three identical photographs of employees of Dare Foods Ltd. in December 1948.

File consists of three identical photographs of employees of Dare Foods Ltd. in December 1948. The men are standing outdoors in front of a building, possibly Dare.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1948 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Howe Candy Co. in 1948.

Contains material relating to Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited. File consists of copies of letters patent, incorporation, minutes of meeting of the directors, minutes of meeting of the shareholders, by-laws, resolutions, lease agreements, correspondence, records of shareholders, affidavits, and auditors’ report.

Contains the pamphlet Chocolate and Cocoa reprinted from Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Volume III, and published by the Interscience Encyclopedia, Inc., New York, compliments of Rockwood & Co., Brooklyn, New York, 1949.

Contains notes, correspondence, insurance policies, mortgages, two copies of "Plans Showing Parts of Lots 43 & 44, Registered Plan 965Y TWP of Etobicoke" including the building, balance sheets, financial statement, license in mortmain to Saratoga Products Limited, and the offer to purchase Saratoga Products Limited by C.M. Dare.

Series consists of Dairy Maid Chocolates minute books, letters patent, correspondence, accounts, property records, and legal records.

Contains letters patent, correspondence, certificate of dissolution, and certificate of common shares.