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 minutes of the directors, by-laws, correspondence, records pertaining to the changes of directors, agreements, lease, resolutions, records pertaining to the dissolution of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited, and accounts.

Contains minutes of the directors, by-laws, correspondence, records pertaining to the changes of directors, agreements, lease, resolutions, records pertaining to the dissolution of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited, and accounts.

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

Contains material relating to taxation, customs, accounts, employees and the destruction of records. File consists of correspondence from the Department of National Revenue customs and excise, and taxation divisions. Correspondence from Laventhol Krekstein Horwarth & Horwarth, chartered accountants is also included.

Contains balance sheets listing accounts receivable, accounts payable and general, manufacturing, selling, factory, wage, travelling and sales promotion expenses. Balance sheets list companies that had accounts with Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited.

Contains material relating to the joint purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited and Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited. File includes legal agreements, accounts, bill of sale, correspondence, memoranda, lists of equipment, copies of the joint offer by Dare Foods Limited and Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited to the shareholders of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited.

Contains material relating to the joint purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited and Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited. File includes a copy of bill of sale, correspondence, memoranda, lists of equipment, and a list of employees and addresses.

Contains correspondence relating to the purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited including the contract between Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited and St. Lawrence Sugar. File includes correspondence between William M. Thom, Executive Vice-President, Dare Foods Limited, and lawyers, accountants and St. Lawrence Sugar. File also includes two tax assessments as per company estimate and a remittance form and a list of equipment.

Contains correspondence relating to the purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited including the contract between Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited and St. Lawrence Sugar. File includes correspondence between William M. Thom, Executive Vice-President, Dare Foods Limited, and lawyers, accountants and St. Lawrence Sugar. Includes copies of contracts, accounts, and correspondence relating to employees.

File consists of one scrapbook that was used to record the history of The Dare Company Limited, Major Foods Limited, Dare Foods Limited and subsidiary, newspaper and magazine advertisements, new product announcements, appointment notices, and article clippings. The date and source of each clipping is noted. The scrapbook also includes samples of product packaging, articles on the opening of the biscuit plant in Surrey, B.C., and 3 black and white photographs. The scrapbook was most likely produced at the Kitchener head office and is organized chronologically.

Contains an 11 page document proposing to expand into British Columbia and includes discussion of the market potential, production possibilities, financial opportunity, personnel, and action taken.

Contains plan by B.C. Electric Co. Ltd., Railway Engineering Department, Proposed Spur to serve Dare Foods Ltd., Holt-Kennedy site, February 9, 1961. Includes revised plan March 22, 1961. Includes a copy of survey of Holt-Kennedy site and a Western Development and Power Limited pamphlet ca. 1960.

Contains one gold key. The gold key was presented to Carl M. Dare upon the occasion of the opening of the bakery in North Surrey, B.C. on January 10, 1962.

Contains a scrapbook that includes a map, signatures, facts and figures, seven black and white photographs, invitation, opening ceremonies programme, and newspaper clippings.

Contains a binder. The binder held the scrapbook/guestbook that documents the opening of the new bakery in Surrey, British Columbia.

Contains two black and white photographs, a program for the opening ceremonies, and an informational pamphlet on the plant.

Contains documents pertaining to the Plans Cancellation Act used to cancel the lines dividing lots so that they can become one parcel in New Westminster District. Includes plan of lot, of the South West 1/4 section 31, township 2, New Westminster District and copies of the Plans Cancellation Act Summary Petition under Section 11 and Application for Registration of Fee-simple under the Land Registry Act.

Contains correspondence, accounts, memoranda, and copies of mortgage documents relating to the disposition of Surrey, B.C. property.

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

Contains one copy of the Dare Foods Limited, Biscuit Division, and Production Control Procedures Manual. The manual was produced by T.O.P. Consulting Services Inc., Kitchener. The manual is divided into three tabs; Production Planning & Forecasting Procedure, Production Scheduling Procedure, and Production Forecast Summary Procedure.

Contains photocopies of cookie and cracker formulas.

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

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

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.

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 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 correspondence between F. Rose of Cantab Industries, Toronto and C.M. Dare pertaining to the quotation of a N.I.D. Automatic Starch Moulding Machine for the Howe Candy Company at Hamilton. Includes booklets on the N.I.D. Automatic Starch Moulding Machine, N.I.D. Mobile Candy Brushing Machine, N.I.D. Sugar-Sanding Machine, and Modern Methods of Baking compiled by the editors and contributors to Food Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York.

Contains four issues of Biscuit and Cracker Baker published monthly by the American Trade Publishing Co., New York. The file contains Biscuit and Cracker Baker 41, no. 7; 42, no. 2 and no. 12; and 51, no. 5. Contains advertising and articles pertaining to biscuit and cracker manufacturing and management. It was called The Biscuit and Cracker Baker between 1952 and 1953.

Contains seven issues of The Manufacturing Confectioner, published monthly by The Manufacturing Confectioner Publishing Company, Chicago. The file consists of The Manufacturing Confectioner 34, no. 1 (January 1954), no. 6 (June 1954), and no. 12 (November 1954); 35, no. 5 (May 1955), and no. 8 (August 1955). The file also contains The Manufacturing Confectioner jointly published with International Confectioner 36, no. 3 (March 1956) and 37, no. 4 (April 1957). Includes articles and advertisements on packaging, equipment, advertising techniques, formulas, retail, and products.

Contains correspondence inviting C.M. Dare on a European tour of biscuit factories, regarding chocolate mould, and regarding Spooner machinery. File also includes advertisements in English and German from Alex Groot of Alex Groot Reg’d, an importer of and manufacturers’ agent for machinery and equipment used in chocolate, confectionary, biscuit and bakery industries. A recipe for the manufacturing of milk and dark chocolates as per sample “Holsatia” from Alex Groot is also included.

Contains one issue of Packaging News 21, no. 3 (July, 1959). The magazine was published quarterly “to give ideas on packaging, merchandising and marketing, and ways in which ‘Cellophane’ and Du Pont Polyethylene film are being utilized in packaging,” by Du Pont Canada.

Contains one corporate planning manual outlining the activities of management.

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.

Contains material relating to the financial situation and sale of Sunbeam Shoes Limited. File consists of correspondence, shareholders' meeting agenda, accounts, and production forecast.

Contains annual financial statements for Sunbeam Shoes Limited. The statements were prepared by MacGillivray & Company, chartered accountants, Port Colbourne.

Contains documents pertaining to the sale of shares of The Almer Company Limited, owner of 99% of shares of Sunbeam, from Dare Foods Limited. File includes the agenda, agreements, Certificates of Status, Certificates of Incumbency, other certificates, resolutions, resignations, guarantees, correspondence, debenture, affidavit, financing statement, minutes, cheques, promissory notes, and share certificates.

Contains correspondence, copies of accounts, statement of affairs, notices of creditors of application, report to creditors, voting letters, proposals, and a copy of the bankruptcy act pertaining to the financial stability and the bankruptcy of Sunbeam Shoes.

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 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.

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 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.

Contains three Regal Mallows cellophane biscuit packages. Each package contained 20 biscuits.

Contains two Juliette cellophane packages. Each package contained 20 biscuits.

Contains one Dare's Cocoanut Cremes boxboard package. The box is yellow with red writing and contained seven ounces or more of biscuits.

Contains one Carolinas cellophane package. The package contained 40 biscuits.

Contains one Dare's Pecan Sandies Cookies one-pound tin tie package. Pecan Sandies were shortbread and pecan cookies.

Contains one Dare's Fruit Cookies one-pound tin tie package.

Contains one Dare's Double Chocolate Fudge Sandwich Biscuits one-pound package.

Contains Cookie Jar packages. The Cookie Jar was a 32 ounce or 17.6 ounce package containing 4, 6 or 8 varieties of assorted cookies.

Contains 14 Chocolate Chip Cookies tin tie packages. File includes 8 ounce, 14.1 ounce, 16 ounce, and 32 ounce packages.

Contains one Florida Cremes cellophane package. The package contained 35 lemon and orange flavoured biscuits. The writing on the package is in orange, yellow, white and bronze.

Contains one Swirls cellophane package. Swirls were lemon flavoured biscuits. The package contained one pound of biscuits.

Contains one Tea-time cellophane package. The package contained 35 biscuits.

Contains two Chocoroons cellophane packages. Chocoroons were coconut and chocolate chip biscuits. Each package contained 24 biscuits.

Contains one Caramel Crunch cellophane package. The package contained 50 biscuits.

Contains one Party Pack 9 ounce cellophane package. The package is red, pink, purple, white, and bronze in colour.

Contains one Peanut Butter Cremes cookies 9 1/2 ounce cellophane package. The package is red, orange, bronze, white, and black in colour.

Contains one Royal Mix 9 1/2 ounce cellophane cookie package. The package is purple, red, white, and bronze in colour.

Contains eight Sugar Cookies tin tie packages. The packages contained 8, 10, 15, and 15 1/4 ounce of cookies.

Contains three Caramel Chip Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained one pound of cookies and cost 49¢.

Contains one Butterscotch Cremes sandwich biscuits tin tie cookie package. The package contained one pound of cookies.

Contains Lemon Cremes sandwich biscuits [ca. 1960], Lemon Creme Cookies tin tie [1976] and Lemon Creme Cookies boxboard packages [ca. 1981]. The cookies were called Lemon Cremes [ca. 1960] and became Lemon Creme in [1976]. The tin tie packages contained 16 ounces and the boxboard contained 14.1 ounces.

Contains two Jelly Sponge cellophane packages. The [ca. 1960] package contained one pound of biscuits. The [ca. 197-] package contained 13 ounces of biscuits.

Contains two Lemon Chiffon cookie packages. The [ca. 1960] package is a cellophane package. The [ca. 1976] is a tin tie package that contained 15.9 ounces of cookies.

Contains seven French Cremes cookies tin tie packages. The packages contained 8, 13 and 16 ounces of cookies.

Contains one Chocolate Brownie Cookies tin tie package. Chocolate Brownie cookies contained chocolate chips and nut chips. The package contained three dozen or more cookies.

Contains three Marble Roma cellophane packages. Marble Romas were made with coconut. Each package contained 13 ounces of biscuits.

Contains two Canadian Teas cellophane packages. Each package includes an ingredient list and contained one pound or 48 biscuits.

Contains two Choco-Nut cellophane packages. Choco-Nut biscuits were made with walnuts. Each package contained 28 biscuits.

Contains one Shortbread Cookies tin tie package. The package contained 14 ounces of cookies.

Contains one Oatmeal Supreme cookies tin tie package. The package contained 14 ounces of cookies.

Contains one Country Assortment tin tie package. The Country Assortment package contained one pound of plain and sandwich cookies.

Contains one Brown Sugar cookies tin tie package. The package contained one pound of cookies.

Contains one Grannie Cookies tin tie package. Grannie cookies were made with currants. The package contained 15 ounces of cookies.

Contains two Choco-Bar 10 3/4 ounce cellophane packages. Each package has orange, white, brown, and bronze colouring.

Contains one Wagon Wheels 12 3/4 ounce cellophane package. The package has brown, red, white, and bronze colouring.

Contains two Belmont cellophane packages. Belmonts were mallows with a jam centre. Each package held 14 1/2 ounces or 20 biscuits and are blue, bronze, purple, and white in colour.

Contains one King Size 1 1/4 pound cellophane package. The package is purple, red, bronze, and white in colour.

Contains two Romper Room Cookies tin tie packages. The package is colourful and includes pink, green, blue, brown, yellow, and white. Each package contained one pound of cookies.

Contains one Pom-Pom Cremes tin tie package. The package held three dozen or more chocolate sandwich biscuits. The package is red, white, and black in colour.

Contains three Shortbread Twist cellophane packages. The [ca. 1961] package contained 11 1/2 ounces or 40 biscuits. The [ca. 1970] package contained 10 ounces.

Contains two Maple Leaf Cremes cellophane, one Maple Leaf Creme Cookies tin tie, and one Maple Sugar Creme tin tie packages. The [ca. 1961] package contained one pound or 28 biscuits and is orange, bronze and white in colour. The [1977] package contained eight-and-a-half ounces and is red, white, brown, and bronze in colour. File also contains a Maple Sugar Creme cookie tin tie package that contained one pound of cookies. The Maple Sugar Creme packages preceeded the Maple Leaf Creme packages and also contained one pound of cookies.

Contains Peanut Butter Chip Cookies packages. The Peanut Butter Chip Cookies were introduced in [ca. 1961] and contained both peanut butter and peanut butter chips. The package includes a photographic image of the cookies. File contains both tin tie and boxboard packages.

Contains two Party Pak two-pound tin tie packages. Party Paks contained a variety of sandwich creme cookies. The orange label packages were available in 1977.

Contains two Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained 13 ounces of cookies.

Contains three Maple Walnut Cookies packages. Each package contained 13 ounces of cookies.

Contains two Malted Milk Cremes Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained 13 ounces of cookies.

Contains two Best-o-bics cellophane packages. The packages contained 13 and 15 ounces of assorted cookies.

Contains two Coconut Cremes tin tie packages. Each package contained one pound of sandwich cookies.

Contains two Chalet Cremes tin tie packages. Each package contained 16 ounces of creme topped cookies.

Contains three Chocolate Nut Cookies tin tie packages. The package contained 15 1/4 ounces of cookies.

Contains one Cartwheels Cookies tin tie package. The package contained 16 ounces of cookies.

Contains three Choc-olé Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained 16 ounces of cookies.