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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Howe Candy Company, possibly at a Christmas party. The photograph was taken Dec. 1949.

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

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1949 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

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.

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

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1950 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of one Dare's Jingle Cookies box which includes a playable 78 rpm record printed on the package.

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

File consists of one Jingle Cookies box which includes a playable 78 rpm record printed on the top of the package. Box contained 60 biscuits or more. The dimensions of the box, when assembled, are 18 x 22 x 6 cm.

Contains one Dare Foods Limited, Kitchener, Ontario clipboard.

File consists of one photograph of a Christmas party at the Howe Candy Company held December 13, 1950.

File consists of three Dare logos used in the 1950's.

A carton used to store and transport Dare's sweet cream sodas likely used around 1950. Two printed photographs are also included in the file to help date the box. The photographs show Dare trucks from 1950 with similar designs on the cargo trailer to the sweet cream soda box.

Contains two letters patent establishing The Almer Company Limited.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Howe Candy Co. Ltd. at the 1951 Christmas party.

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.”

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1951 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1951 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

File consists of material relating to a correspondence course on biscuits and crackers taken by W. J. Hopp from the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company. Includes lessons 1-9 and the tests for each lesson completed by Hopp and graded by institute staff.

File consists of material relating to a correspondence course on biscuits and crackers taken by W. J. Hopp from the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company. Includes lessons 19-27 and the tests for each lesson completed by Hopp and graded by institute staff.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Dare Foods plant in Kitchener. The employees are lined up outside for a group shot. Some identifications on verso:

Happ, Oscar
McFadzen, Ralph
Dare, Carl
Jantzi, John O.

File consists of a report on tempering and handling coatings for the biscuit and cracker, confectionery and baking insdustries, by D.E. Kinder of Durkee Famous Foods. Report was presented at an unidentified biscuit and cracker school.

File consists of two identical photographs of factory employees of Dare Co. Ltd. from 1951. The photograph was taken on the grounds outside of the factory and the employees are mostly women and are dressed in white baking outfits. Employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Included in the photo:

Atkinson, [?]
Beirs, Amanda
Burkhardt, Emmerson
Clendenrusig, Bill
Crooks, [?]
Crooks, Phoebe
Dare, Carl
Dargell, Carl
Dawe, Marg
de Uries, [?]
Dodge, George
Erb, Erma
Erb, Wilma
Fehreubach, [?]
Fischer, [?]
Forler, Inez
Gellner, Susan
Grishow, Doug
Hopp, Oscar
Headley, Lila
Heintz, Mary
Homuth, Howard
Hopf, Bill
Huntz, Martha
Jantzi, John
Kaufman, Lorraine
Kinzie, Orpha
Kwiakoski, Bill
Lotzke, Lorne
Lwandowski, Rose
Meinzinger, Dolores
Menyes, Maria
Mezer, Kay
Montag, Mari
Norton, Edith
Reist, Orval
Rouse, Vi
Ruhl, Joan
Russell, Jack
Schmidt, Reggie
Schmitt, Cully
Schuster, [?]
Shantz, [?]
Shantz, Abe
Shantz, Eileen
Shoemaker, Marybelle
Sider, Johnny
Stelmach, Joan
Street, Dorothy
Stuckerat, Helen
Trompke, Emdie
Wagner, Russell
Weber, Jeanette
Weiler, Alma
White, Jenny
Windsor, Marion
Wittie, Harold
Wright, Ruby
[?], Ann
[?], Anna
[?], Barb
[?], Bill
[?], Connie
[?], Evelyn
[?], George
[?], George
[?], Gladys
[?], Gwen
[?], Joan
[?], Johnny
[?], Margaret
[?], Margaret
[?], Olga
[?], Olga
[?], Rose
[?], Sally
[?], Steve
[?], Tom
[?], Winnie

A photograph of Dare Foods Limited's head office located at 2481 Kingsway Drive, Kitchener, Ontario likely taken soon after the building was constructed.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1952 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1952 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

File consists of one snapshot of C.M. Dare and an unidentified man. Verso reads "Howe Candy Christmas party Roberts Marine Room, Hamilton. Dec. 17/52. C.M. Dare (right)."

Contains articles on pH and The Candy Maker, Brix° and Baume°, To the New Berks Mixer Operators, and magazine clippings.

File consists of a manual on hard butters in chocolate-type coatings by E.F. Drew & Co. Inc. Also present are several other papers on the topic and on the production and handling of chocolate and the preparation of chocolate coating. Material was probably received at a training conference of the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers Company.

File consists of three photographs belonging to William J. Hopp. Includes two group photographs of Dare employees, one including C.M. Dare; and a photograph of six men at a training conference (one of whom is probably Hopp).

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1953 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods for the year 1953 featuring a cartoon illustration by Ken Gray.

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1953 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

File consists of bulletins and reports from the Biscuit Production Club and the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company (both of Chicago, IL). File also includes a letter addressed to "members" from J.C. Russell, production manager at The Dare Company Limited.

File consists of material relating to training conferences of the Technical Insitutte of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company. Includes conference programs and lists of attendees, judges' comments on cookies and crackers from different companies, and ms. notes and completed tests from conference sessions.

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.

File consists of a licence in mortmain to The Dare Company, Limited.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1954 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of four photographs showing the Dare factory and airplane.

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1954 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

Contains annual financial statements including balance sheets and auditor’s reports for The Howe Candy Company, Limited. The financial statements were prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company, Certified Public Accountants, Hamilton.

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

Contains excerpts from “Confectioners Journal,” February and May 1954.

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

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

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, 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 H 9 forms that include formulas and production notes for candies produced between 1952 and 1955.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1955 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1955 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

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

Contains Report of J.E. Worthington’s visit to Paul F. Beich in Bloomington, Illinois and the Marshmallow Plant of Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, paper by Justin J. Alikonis, pamphlets, article and technical drawings pertaining to automation for aerated confections with the Whizolator.

File consists of four photographs showing members of the Dare family and their friends at both the Dare family home at 221 Pandora Cres. and the Walper Terrace hotel. Identifications present on versos include:

• Russell, Jack
• Dare, Carl
• O'Hara, Kevin
• McFadzen, Ralph
• Lumby, Jim
• McFadzen, Gath
• Hopp, Oscar
• Wild, Les
• Russell, Em
• Dare, Ruth
• Lumby, Marie
• O'Hara, Marion
• Wild, Jean

A photograph of three bags of ju jubes made by Howe Candy Company of Hamilton, Ontario. Also includes four bag ties used to tie bags of ju jube candies by Howe Candy Company.

Contains material relating to pectin. File contains candy formulas, H 9 forms that include formulas and production notes; "The Uses and Advantages of De-Methoxlated Pectin in the Confectionery Industry," by Herbert F. Angermeier presented at the 7th Production Conference, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 1953; "Confectioner's Modified Pectin," by T.H. Angermeier & Co.; and correspondence.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1956 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

Contains accounts totalling the costs of goods manufactured between July 1955 and 1956.

File consists of material relating to a correspondence course on biscuits and crackers taken by W. J. Hopp from the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company. Includes lessons 10-18 and the tests for each lesson completed by Hopp and graded by institute staff. Also present are correspondence from the institute and from the Biscuit Production Club, certificates of achievement, and a brochure from the Bowes Company Limited about its products (nuts, seeds, spices and other baking ingredients).

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 a declaration in the matter of the Kingsdale Biscuit Comapny and the Partnerships Registration Act.

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.

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1956 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

Contains correspondence, a copy of a mortgage, land appraisals, an order in the Supreme Court of Ontario, trade name licence agreement, and the form “Questions to be answered by persons alleging a foreign substance in product.”

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

Contains Howe Candy Company monthly comparative statements originally in a binder that belonged to John R. Worthington. File contains statements from January to June.

Photograph of a display of Dare products at a promotional event, newspaper and magazine clippings, and correspondence announcing the formation of Major Foods Limited.

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 between Ronald L. Panton of The Spooner Machinery Company Limited and Jack Russell and C.M. Dare regarding the purchase of a Sandvik Steel Band Oven with Terminal Length for biscuit manufacturing. File includes price listing, specifications, tender, and 5 sheets of technical drawings of the biscuit plant, biscuit oven, and zone control cubicle.

Contains two black and white photographs of Dare's biscuit displays. File also includes a clipping of The Dare Company Limited, Dare's Biscuits letterhead, 1957.

Contains Howe Candy Company monthly comparative statements originally in a binder that belonged to John R. Worthington. File contains July to December.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1957 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

Contains three copies of By-Law No. 1 relating to Major Foods Limited dated 1957 and was used as Exhibit B to the affidavit of Carl M. Dare in 1961.

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

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).

File consists of financial statement, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1957 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

File consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods for the year 1957.

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

Contains The Dare Company, Limited, financial statements. Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants, Toronto.

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.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1958 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson. Manuscipt note on cover reads "including the assets of Howe Candy Company as of Nov. 1, 1958."

A journal recording sales made by Dare Foods Limited from 1955-1958.