Contains one architectural drawing of the Southland plant. The drawing was done by The Haskell Company and is a watercolour, pen and pencil crayon drawing of the exterior of the Southland 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 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, an application, petitions, declarations, and extracts from the general by-laws of The Dare Company, Limited. Records pertain to company name changes.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Series consists of material relating to J.R. Worthington's employment in the candy manufacturing industry. Series contains files pertaining to candy manufacturing including machinery, production, suppliers, ingredients, publications and different lines of candies. Series includes formulas, correspondence, and machinery, equipment and ingredient advertisements and pamphlets. Includes correspondence and records relating to J.R. Worthington was employment at McCormick’s Limited, London, Ontario.

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.

Contains publications and pamphlets relating to ingredients and candy manufacturing. Publications include:

• “The nut that is not a nut,” The National Peanut Council, 1941;
• “Delft Gelatine,” Delf Gelatine Works, Delft Holland, [ca. 1930];
• “Proven formulas for the use of White-Stokes quality products,” White-Stokes Company Inc., Brooklyn;
• “Fresh egg whites for finer candies,” Armour and Company, 1938;
• “Notes on spices,” Canadian Spice Association, 1946;
• Brazil nut candy formula book by Brazil Nut Advertising Fund New York, [ca. 1940];
• “The candy maker’s guide for using Senneff's Big 3,” Senneff-Herr Co. Illinois;
• “A guide to colour ingredients for food processors,” Dye & Chemical Co. of Canada Ltd., [ca. 1960].

Contains a small binder notebook of candy formulas. The formulas are typewritten, a few are handwritten and are organized chronologically.

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 correspondence, notes and articles on sweetening agents, food colours, table syrups, glycerine, hydrometers, ingredients, memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the purchase of the Toronto plant, machinery advertisements, lists of ingredient costs, and formulas.

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

Contains candy formulas handwritten in pencil on cardboard.

Contains handwritten candy formulas. Several formulas are written on cardboard.

Contains Yelkin The Standardized Lecithin formulas, and correspondence. Correspondence is addressed to J.R. Worthington at the Montreal Biscuit Co., Quebec from Ross & Rowe Inc. New York, sole distributors of Yelkin, Standardized Lecithin.

Contains formulas, including formulas and production information on the Lady Hamilton Chocolate Line.

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

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 a formula binder that includes candy formulas and production notes.

Contains formulas for marshmallow products, correspondence, production notes, and packing information, Standard Cost Cards from the Pann Room listing costs of ingredients.

Contains a handwritten notebook with notes on pumps.

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

Contains correspondence, formulas and pamphlets pertaining to pectin jellies.

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.

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.

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

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

Contains Standard Cost cards forms for different departments including the Cream Gum, Hard Candy, for 1961-1963.

Contains formulas, Form H 9 that include formulas and production notes, and a standard candy cost sheet from Howe Candy Company.

Contains Candy Industry and Confectioners Journal 128, no. 9 (May 2, 1967).

Contains copies of the Dare Foods Limited, Budget Variance Statements, Candy Division Hamilton 1972; and includes the “Confectioner’s Handbook for the use of Exchange Citrus Pectin” California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1933; and handwritten and typewritten candy formulas.

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.

Contains machinery information, correspondence, and notes explaining decision to purchase machinery, machinery promotional pamphlets and technical drawings. Records pertain to the movement of a used mogul from Smiles n’ Chuckles to the mogul operation in Hamilton.

Contains formulas and standard cost cards listing ingredient and packaging costs from the Hard Candy, Cream and Gum and Pann Room Departments.

Contains taste test forms for Peanut Brittle 1964, proposal for Peanut Capri and Pecan Capri, formulas, correspondence, production notes.

Contains formulas for butter, almond and Dare Krunches, Hard Candy department cost card listing ingredient costs, memoranda and notes.

Contains copies and originals of handwritten formulas for soft and hard candies, and ingredient cost sheets.

Contains formulas dated 1969 and 1972 and copies of formulas from 1971.

Contains correspondence sent to John Worthington from Separator Engineering Ltd., Scarboro, regarding a candy moulding starch drying operation.

Contains copies of candy formulas from May 1972.

Contains material relating to Dairy Maid Chocolates plant, Toronto. Includes a short list of staff, notes on plant visit, production, and machinery and includes two floor plans.

Contains Halloween 1974 Production Schedule, 1974 Christmas Production forecast, Non production employees salaried February 28, 1975.

Contains production forms for ju-jubes approved January 1, 1975. Includes formula and procedure for mixing.

Contains notes including an index on regular lines made on the Mogul, and includes formulas.

Series consists of material relating to the St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited, St. Jacobs Cider Mill, and Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited. Series includes financial statements, statement of earnings, records relating to the purchase of the St. Jacobs Canning Company by Major Foods, minutes, accounts, correspondence, records relating to the purchase of St. Jacobs Canning Company by Dare Foods Limited and records relating to the purchase of Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited.

Contains financial statements for the St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited and includes statement of earnings of the St. Jacobs Cider Mill (1949-1952). The Canning Division of Dare Foods Limited financial statements for 1961-1963 are also included.

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.

Contains minutes of a special meeting of the Directors of Dare Foods Limited, Dare Foods Limited offer to purchase the outstanding shares of St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited, accounts and correspondence.

Contains correspondence regarding the sale of Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited, of St. Jacobs and includes accounts.

Series consists of letters patent, correspondence, financial statements, accounting records, and payroll journals for Major Foods Limited. The series is arranged in the order in which the files were received.

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.

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 correspondence and letters patent pertaining to the change of name from Major Foods Limited to Dare Foods Limited.

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

Accrual consists primarily of material accumulated by William J. Hopp, a baker and plant supervisor at the Dare Biscuit Company in Kitchener, Ontario, and other material relating to the incorporation and history of Dare Foods Limited, including two labour strikes.

Includes letters patent and by-laws, training and conference materials relating to the manufacture of cookies and crackers, recipe books containing cookie and cracker formulae, research reports, clippings, bulletins, correspondence and memoranda, photographs, catalogues and brochures, packaging, and other material.

Series consists of material relating to the incorporation of Dare Foods Limited, changes to the corporate name over the company's history, and other aspects of the company's legal existence. Includes letters patent, supplementary letters patent, by-laws, agreements, an insurance appraisal, and other legal documents.

File consists of the letters patent incorporating The C.E. Doerr Company, Limited.

File consists of supplementary letters patent to Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited confirming the alteration of capital provided by the corporation's by-law no. 11. File also includes by-law no. 11 and a copy of a letter to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in Ottawa from Thorne Riddell & Co., chartered accountants, regarding the by-law.

File consists of a certificate of continuance and the articles of continuance for Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited, under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

File consists of by-law no. 1 for Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited.

File consists of a certificate of amendment, the articles of amendment, and the articles of continuation for Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited, under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

File consists of the by-laws no. 1-10 of the company.

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 licence in mortmain to The Dare Company, Limited.

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

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

File consists of supplementary letters patent to The Dare Company, Limited, for changing the corporate name to Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited.

File consists of an insurance appraisal made at the request of Blackstone Mutual Insurance Company (Providence, RI).

File consists of an agreement of purchase and sale between Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited and Dare Fooods Limited.

Series consists of material accumulated by William J. Hopp in his role as a baker and plant supervisor at the Dare Company.

Includes material relating to correspondence courses, conferences, and research activities of the Independent Biscuit Manufacturers' Company of Chicago; recipe books containing cookie and cracker formulae used at Dare and possibly other companies (Perrin's Forest City Confectionery and Biscuit Works in London Ontario, Paulin-Chambers Company in Winnipeg, Manitoba); and material relating to the ingredients and manufacture of cookies and crackers.

Includes lessons and manuals, bulletins, correspondence, recipe books, research reports, article reprints, conference programs, catalogues and brochures, and other material.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 material relating to a search by W.J. Hopp for employment. Includes correspondence from several biscuit companies in the United States and Barbados, two copies of Hopp's resume, and a page of general humour.

File consists of cookie and cracker formulas, most arranged in alphabetical order. Most formulas are typewritten. Some are dated; some contain ms. annotations; and some are labelled "Perrins." File also contains some loose handwritten formulas as well as typewritten pages of other information such as the standard weight of coatings on biscuits, container lines, and a test for rancidity.

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

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 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.