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

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 two colour photographs. The photographs are images of two men speaking in a convention room at the Commonwealth Holiday Inn. A poster behind the podium states "Success with Dare in '81".

Contains two colour photographs. One photograph is an image of Jean-Guy Maillet in his Moncton office, December 1986.

Contains two colour photograph. The photograph is an image of Dare employees standing in front of a Dare van.

Contains 32 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at meetings, at special events and playing baseball.

Contains 18 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at special events. A slide of the exterior of a building, and a slide of a Dare Bears Back to School promotional sign are also included. Several of the slides are labelled.

Contains 27 colour slides. The slides are images of the exterior of stores in Western Canada including Safeway, Food City Superstore, Co-op, save-easy, agnew, Co-op Centre, and Village. File also includes images of staff, biscuit products, and staff working at the Kitchener head office and plant.

Contains four colour slides. The slides are images of the exterior of Dare Foods Limited buildings. The buildings include the head office and plant in Kitchener, and the candy plant in Hamilton as well as two other buildings.

Contains one colour photograph of a woman and a man holding a Low Sodium Breton crackers box.

Contains 61 colour photographs of store and contest displays.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of Bryan and Graham Dare sitting in an office examining an architectural plan at the Dare Foods Limited head office in Kitchener.

File consists of one Harvest from the Rainforest premium cookies package. Bag contained 300g of cookies. The dimensions of the bag, when full, are 31 x 13 x 7 cm.

Three advertisements for special edition maple cookies made by Dare Foods Limited in celebration of the company's 125th anniversary in 2017. The advertisements are recorded in English and French. One advertisement has a running time of 53 seconds. The other two advertisements both have a running time of 1 min., 59 sec.

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

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.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1968 prepared by Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson.

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

Contains six colour photographs and eight negatives of a Breton cracker display.

Contains eight colour slides. The slides are images of staff, staff at the national sales meeting in Banff, a store display of Sun-Maid raisin cookies that was entered into a contest, and the exterior of a Sobeys store.

Contains 22 colour slides. The slides are images of the interior and exterior of a candy plant, probably the Milton plant.

Contains two colour photographs. The first photograph is an image of an employee holding an award. The second photograph is an image of a man holding a teddy bear at a baby shower in a staff room.

Contains four colour slides of staff portraits.

Contains one colour photograph of the Sales Rep of the Year award from 1989. The award was given to Steven Shuster in 1989.

Contains 20 colour slides. The slides are images of the exterior of stores in the Atlantic region. The stores include Sobeys, Capitol, the real atlantic Superstore, Food for Less, Village, and Dewares.

Contains 11 colour slides. The slides are images of Rick Harris and Dave Lippert playing baseball, the Dare Foods Limited logo, the interior of a candy plant, the exterior of a plant, and a man standing at a hotel reception desk.

Contains 64 colour slides. The slides are images of the new tin tie design, and slides of text explaining the new design. The slides were used in a show to explain the redesign of the tin tie packages.

Contains 24 colour slides. The slides are images of staff working in the Milton candy plant.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1969 prepared by Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson.

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

File consists of one Simple Pleasures Digestive boxboard package. Box contained 300g of cookies. The dimensions of the box, when assembled, are 7 x 27 x 7 cm.

File consists of sixteen slides showing Dare buildings in Kitchener, Moncton, and Surrey as well as Dare vehicles and operations.

Two copies of an advertisement for Cookie Chips made by Dare Foods Limited. One copy of the advertisement is recorded in English and the other copy is recorded in French. Both copies have a running time of 36 seconds.

Series consists of photographs and an architectural drawing of the Southland plant in South Carolina.

Contains two colour photographs. The images are of a Dare Foods Limited employee wearing a large cheese slice style hat and holding Bread Bites and Breton Minis boxes.

Contains one colour photograph and 35 mm slide. The photograph is an image of a woman sitting at a Christmas banquet table. The slide is a copy of the photograph.

Contains five colour photographs. The photographs are images of a staff Christmas party at the head office in Kitchener. The photographs depict employees giving and receiving gifts and employees with Santa Claus.

Contains six colour photographs. File includes three photographs of an employee sitting at a desk and three photographs of an employee holding a biscuit product.

Contains two colour photographs. The photographs are images of the exterior of London Drugs in St. Albert, Alberta.

Contains 14 colour negatives. The negatives are images of the exterior and back of a manufacturing plant. A Dare Foods Limited truck is parked at a loading dock. One negative is an image of a rock.

Contains 12 colour negatives. The negatives are images of children playing in snow, people holding a baby, an image of a grocery store shelf, and an image of a display of Dare products.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of the Professor Bear mascot shaking hands with a member of the hockey team outside a large building. The title of the photograph is also supplied in French: "Le professeur Ourson Dare félicite les gagnants de la célèbre 'Coupe Memorial' à Chicoutimi, au Québec."

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of the Western Regional Manager dressed as Dracula and Joane dressed as a clown. A note attached to the photograph states: "Marilyn, Not only does the Western Regional Manager work his employees hard, he tries to suck their blood too. Joane." On the reverse of the note it reads: "Aren't we handsome? Yuk!"

Contains three colour negatives. The photographs are images of the Flying Angels men's baseball team.

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

File consists of one Simple Pleasures Oatmeal & Dark Chocloate boxboard package. Box contained 300g of cookies. The dimensions of the box, when assembled, are 7 x 27 x 7 cm.

File consists of one photograph showing a display of Dare cookies at the Y.K. Foods in Yellowknife, North West Territories.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1970 prepared by Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson.

Two copies of an advertisement for Whippet cookies made by Dare Foods Limited. One copy of the advertisement is recorded in English and has a running time of 32 seconds. The other copy is recorded in French and has a running time of 17 seconds.

Contains three colour photographs. The photographs are images of staff, presumably managers, standing outside of Kitchener head office.

Contains seven colour photographs. The photographs are images of people presenting and accepting awards at a banquet.

Contains 12 colour photographs. The photographs are images of a group touring a plant. A note on the photographs reads: "From Jean Roy."

Contains three colour photographs. The photographs are images of two men receiving awards and a man receiving a cake.

Contains three colour photographs. The photographs are images of Katherine Somers and Annie Nickifarek receiving a prize of a computer, scanner and printer in their respective homes. The photographs are labelled on the verso.

Contains four colour photographs. The photographs are images of employees accepting a Safety Award, a cake with icing that reads: "Congratulations to all, 2 years accident free!", and a woman cutting a cake that reads: "Happy Retirement [G]ina."

Contains two colour photographs. The photographs are images of Graham Dare presenting gifts to plant employees at a staff party.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of six people on a golf course and includes Phil King, Kitchener Lab; Michael Thompson, Vice President, International Markets, Kitchener; Helen Szumigaj, Kitchener; Jonathon Taylor, Ontario Sales.

Contains 24 colour photographs and four negatives. The photographs are primarily images of Dare Foods Limited employees at special events. File includes images of products as well.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of Doug Reeve standing beside a sign on the front lawn of the Kitchener head office that reads: "Doug Reeve you're a young looking 65 Happy Birthday."

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 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.

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 financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1971 prepared by Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of Joyce Kluckman opening her gold watch at an awards ceremony. Graham Dare is looking on with a gift in his hands.

Contains one colour photograph of Darlene Deacon, a plant employee in the locker room.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of Brenda Korol and Fay Boyd shaking hands. Brenda Korol of Grand Prairie was the winner of the Backyard of Your Dreams Contest.

Contains one colour photograph of Alani Rossignol, Liette Desjardins and Pierre Sénécal. Pierre Sénécal is presenting Alani Rossignol and Liette Desjardins with a vacation prize.

Contains one colour photograph of a group of people standing in an ice rink with a sign that reads: "Welcome Team Dare."

Contains one colour slide. The slide is an image of Bob Wilson, Oliver Luckhart and Graham Dare.

Contains two colour slides. The slides are images of women working a biscuit line packaging cookies and folding boxes.

Contains one colour slide. The slide is an image of Sandy Hudson. The slide was made from a photograph of Sandy and his friends after a game of golf.

Contains 10 colour transparencies. The transparencies are images of Dare Foods Limited cookie and candy products, Dare Foods Limited custom products, and competitor's products.

Contains 10 colour Polaroid photographs. The photographs include images of staff at special events including awards presentations and a baby shower, and staff at work in the Kitchener biscuit plant.

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.

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 financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited for the year 1972 prepared by Thorne, Gunn & Co. Manuscipt note on cover reads "NB: Not the combined statements; therefore not complete. Use last year columns on the 1973 consolidated statement."

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

Contains 19 colour negatives. The negatives are images of a baseball game and a staff meeting.

Contains two colour photographs, 18 negatives of Dare logos and 9 slides. The file also consists of one slide of the Dare Centennial logo and two slides of the Pepperidge Farm logo.

Contains 20 colour slides. The slides are images of staff from the Kitchener head office and plant in offices, in the plant, at special events, playing baseball, and at meetings.

Contains eight colour photographs of staff at a meeting.

Contains three colour photographs and 13 negatives of staff in their offices at the Kitchener head office between May and June, 1990. Includes two negatives of a California Raisins character beside a package of Sun Maid raisin oatmeal cookies.

Contains 35 colour negatives of the Ontario Regional meeting and BBQ party.

Contains 26 colour negatives. The negatives are images of the Hamilton candy plant and a sensory panel at the Kitchener plant.

Contains 22 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at the national manager's meeting in September 1990. The slides include images of staff at meetings, staff eating, staff touring a plant, staff talking together, and the Class of '91 sign.

Contains 19 colour negatives. The negatives are images of the Ontario sales meeting and the launch of Rainforest cookies. Included are images of groups of people, a display of Rainforest cookies, a map illustrating Breton around the world, and images of the Party Starters product.

Contains three colour photographs and 14 negatives. The negatives and photographs are images of staff giving and receiving gifts, eating and talking at the Kitchener 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.

Series consists of photographs of the Dare factories in Kitchener (includes both interior and exterior shots) and photographs of Dare employees. Some photographs were accumulated by William J. Hopp.

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

Ephemeral items created or accumulated by Dare Foods Limited.

Documents created or accumulated by Dare Foods Limited related to the company's guidelines, organizational structure, sales and more. Includes parts of reports, drafts of reports, press clippings, historical timelines, and office memos.

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

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

File consists of materials relating to the 100th anniversary of Dare Foods. Includes an invitation to the 100th anniversary celebration as well as a plastic bag with the 100th anniversary logo.

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.

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

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1973 prepared by Thorne, Gunn & Co.

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.

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.