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

Contains pamphlet on how to make English toffees, formulas, correspondence, memoranda, and minutes of a candy product meeting.

Contains formulas, an excerpt from “The Manufacturing Confectioner,” June 1953, and memoranda.

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 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)."

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

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

Contains handwritten candy formulas and H 9 forms that include formulas and production notes.

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, balance sheet and auditors reports for the Howe Candy Company for the year ended January 31, 1953 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 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 correspondence, a copy of the survey of the Jackson Street property which was adjacent to the Howe Candy Company factory building, and deeds of land.

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

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

File consists of bulletins and correspondence from the Biscuit Production Club and the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company, which in 1957 became the Biscuit Bakers Institute, Inc. (both of Chicago, IL). Also present is a list of Biscuit Production Club members.

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

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.

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 a folder labelled A.L. Wild, Private! containing payroll journal sheets for 1956-1957. Folder includes Employee's Tax Deduction Declaration TD1 forms 1954-1957 and a payroll breakdown for the 13th period, 1958.

Contains seven annual financial statements for Saratoga Products Limited.

• The June 1954 to June 1955 statements include both Hamilton and Toronto plants and were prepared by John S. Entwistle & Company, certified public accountants, Toronto.
• The June 1955 to June 1956 statement is addressed to the shareholders and was prepared by Strickland, Gower & Hogg, chartered accountants, Toronto.
• The June 1956 to June 1957 statement is addressed to the directors and was prepared by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., chartered accountants, Toronto.
• The June 1957 to January 1960 statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants, Toronto.

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

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.

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

Contains 3 financial statements for The Howe Candy Company, Limited. The financial statements were prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company, Certified Public Accountants, Hamilton. The 1957-1958 statement was prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants, Toronto.

Contains standard cost cards, formulas, cost sheets, and H 9 forms including formulas and production notes.

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

Consists of promotions aimed at rewarding sales personnel. File contains memoranda and announcements advertising sales promotions for sales personnel. The most outstanding sales person was awarded an all expenses paid vacation. File also includes a program for the Dare Christmas Party at Leisure Lodge in 1960.

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

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

Contains correspondence, common share certificates and share certificate receipts for shares pertaining to the ownership of the shares of Mother Dell’s Bakeries Limited.

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.

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

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

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.

File consists of handwritten and typewritten cookie and cracker formulas. Also present are a marshmallow production guide, operating instructions for rotary molding machine, and ms. notes.

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

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

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 28-36 and the tests for each lesson completed by Hopp and graded by institute staff.

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 one Saratoga Chip bag [ca.1957-1959] and one Dare Saratoga potato chip twin pack bag 10 ounce [ca. 1960-1964?]. The labelling on the packages are written in both English and French.

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

Contains correspondence and copies of options to purchase shares of Major Foods Limited and the St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited.

Contains correspondence, valuation of shares, copies of The Canada Tax Service Letter on mergers, assignment of promissory notes, bills of sale, and a conveyance.

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 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 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 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.

File consists of financial statement for The Dare Company Ltd. for the year 1957 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, 1957 prepared by Wright, Erickson, Lee & Company.

Contains correspondence; lease; bill of sale; agreement pertaining to the Candy Division in Hamilton; sale of trucks and automobiles by The Dare Company, Limited to Major Foods Limited; lease of property by The Dare Company, Limited to Major Foods Limited; and an agreement pertaining to the rental on a Lawseal Automatic Box Forming and Sealing Machine by the Candy Division in Hamilton.

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

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

Contains payroll journal sheets from January 1958 to January 1959.

Contains two annual financial statements for Major Foods Limited prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants, Toronto.

Contains financial statements for Dare Foods (Potato Chip Division) Limited prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants, Kitchener.

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."

Contains black and white and colour photographs of biscuit products. File includes photographs of biscuits that were used on packaging, photographs of store displays, and product photographs.

File consists of supplementary letters patent to The Dare Company, Limited.

File consists of two identical photographs of unidentified employees of Dare Co. Ltd. at Carl Dargell's 50th anniversary at the Blue Moon Hotel in Petersburg, October 3, 1958.

Contains deferred accounts payable, client ledger cards, correspondence. Both accounts payable are both to and by Saratoga/Dare Foods.

File consists of financial statement for Major Foods Limited for the year 1958 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson. Manuscipt note on cover reads "Major Foods started business Dec. 29 1958 as a vehicle for sales and distribution only, not manufacturing. Its charted was surrendered and name changed to Dare Foods Limited, April 1960."

File consists of one unbound payroll journal from the Howe Candy Company for the year 1958. Also includes accompanying documentation such as void cheques, notes and a handbill posted to employees regarding health insurance.

File consists of a handbook relating to plant equipment, raw materials, production problems, and formulas for the manufacture of biscuits and crackers, produced by the Technical Institute of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company. Includes a Spanish-English and English-Spanish glossary of terms used in the biscuit industry. Handbook probably belonged to W.J. Hopp.

Contains lists of gross goods, and notes on food colours, product information sheets, product names, candy glossary, and a copy of an article, “Useful statistics for candy makers.” The manual was prepared by Douglas Grischow.

Contains lease extracts, list of items for sale, pamphlet advertising auction, copy of Saratoga Products Limited financial statement, and a copy of the offer to purchase Saratoga Products Limited by Carl M. Dare and correspondence.

Contains 74 colour photographs of biscuit products. The file includes 19 photographs from a picture book, product photographs, a sign for and a clipping advertising the reusable Dare Lunch Box biscuit packaging.

Contains one Major Foods Limited, Kitchener, Ontario picture book of product photographs. File includes 28 spare colour photographs of biscuit products, one photograph of the biscuit plant, and one photograph of candy products.

Contains accounts, correspondence, and the release pertaining to the purchase of Mother Dell’s Bakeries Limited by Dare Foods Limited.

Contains financial statements prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants, Kitchener. Between 1959 and 1960 the financial statements are for the St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited and thereafter for Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited.

Contains correspondence regarding the purchase of St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited by Major Foods in 1959, including the agreement, distribution of shares, accounts and cheques.

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.

File consists of financial statement for Major Foods Limited for the year 1959 prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson.

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 credit notes, distribution, bills of lading, invoices, and statements of accounts for various buyers.

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

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

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

Contains one audio disc recording of The Magic Name is Dare jingle. The commercial promoted cookies, potato chips and candy. One-sided.

Contains one unlabelled audio reel recording.

File consists of two photographs of the exterior of the Dare Foods plant in Hamilton, Ontario.

A Saratoga potato chip twin pack bag, 10 ounce. The labeling on the package is written in both English and French.

Contains correspondence, an application, petitions, declarations, and extracts from the general by-laws of The Dare Company, Limited. Records pertain to company name changes.

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

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

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

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.

Consists of one audio reel. A business card is enclosed in the reel box for Norm Taylor, Local Sales Manager of 1280 CHIQ Radio, Hamilton, Ontario.