Finding Aid : GA 282 Dare Foods Limited fonds : 2015 accrual. Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo Library GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 1
GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited Dare Foods Limited fonds : 2015 accrual. - 1908-2014. - 26 cm of textual records. - 74 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller. Contents: accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Dare Foods Ltd., including materials created or accumulated by previous names under which it was run and its subsidiaries. Materials include photographs, packaging, historical records, ephemera and more. Title from content of the accrual. Extent is measured in linear metres of shelf space as occupied by the accrual. Donated by Bryan Dare in 2015. Note that some materials are restricted. Detailed finding aid available. Related records can be found in GA 163, GA 201 and GA 257. Series 1 : Historical Historical. - 1919-2014. - 11 cm of textual records. Contents: series consists of materials documenting the history of Dare Foods Ltd. Includes meeting minutes, clippings, advertising, logos, ephemera and more. Also includes materials documenting the Dare strike of 1972, File 1 British Columbia factory advertisement. - 1962. Contents: file consists of one advertisement for the new Dare factory in Surrey, British Columbia. File 2 C.H. Doerr display shelf advertisement. - [200-?]. Contents: file consists of one advertisement printed from the web for an antique display shelf originally used by the C.H. Doerr company. File 3 Clippings. - 1949-2001. Contents: file consists of clippings from newspapers and magazines reporting on the history, production, and employees of Dare Foods. File 4 Clippings : Dare strike. - 1972-1992. Contents: file consists of clippings documenting the 1972 strike at Dare Foods. File 5 Dare 100th anniversary materials. - 1992. Contents: 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. File 6 Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Ltd. et al. v. Gill et al. - 1973. Contents: file consists of one photocopy from Ontario Reports 1973 Vol.1 of the case proceedings of Dare v. Gill et al. that followed the 1972 strike. File 7 Dare Foods strike. - 1972-1973. Contents: file consists of materials created and accumulated by Dare Foods during the course of the 1972 strike. Note that materials in this file are restricted. Materials in this file are restricted. File 8 Dare logos 1889-2014. - 2014. Contents: file consists of one document put together by Bryan Dare documenting the history of Dare logos from 1889-2014. File 9 Product pages. - [19--]. Contents: file consists of product pages showing various products produced by Dare. File 10 Provisional directors meeting minutes. - 1919. Contents: file consists of the first minutes of the C.H. Doerr company. Present were C.H. Doerr, Ralph B. Doerr, Edward Doerr and H. Williams. The first motion is to read the letters patent and organize the company for the commencement of business. GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 2
File 11 Swedish Dare Foods advertisement. - 1995. Contents: file consists of one advertisement for Dare Foods from Sweden. The ad shows a display of Dare cookies along with information on Canada that was set up for the 1995 men's world ice hockey championships that were held in Sweden. Series 2 : Ephemera and Artefacts Ephemera and artefacts. - 1944-2000. - 3 cm of textual records. - 1 ruler : metal. Contents: series consists of ephemera and artefacts created by Dare Foods Ltd. Includes programmes, cards, invitations, a ruler, and more. File 12 Annual dinner programme. - 1944. Contents: file consists of one programme and menu for the Dare Foods 1st annual dinner, held December 12, 1944 at the Grand River Golf & Country Club, Bridgeport. File 13 Annual dinner programme. - 1945. Contents: file consists of one programme and menu for the Dare Foods 2nd annual dinner, held December 27, 1945 at the Trails End Hotel, Conestoga. File 14 Annual dinner programme. - 1947. Contents: 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 15 Christmas card. - [195-]. Contents: file consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods. File 16 Christmas card. - 1953. Contents: file consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods for the year 1953. File 17 Christmas card. - 1957. Contents: file consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods for the year 1957. File 18 Dare cracker sales seminar and dinner menu. - 1983. Contents: file consists of one dinner menu from the Dare cracker sales seminar and dinner. File 19 Dare logos. - [ca. 1950]. Contents: file consists of three Dare logos used in the 1950's. File 20 Dare Milton's family day. - 2000. Contents: file consists of one fact sheet about the Dare Milton candy plant from the Dare Milton family day. File 21 Dare ruler. - [19--]. - 1 ruler : metal. Contents: file consists of one metal ruler with images of Dare cookies. File 22 Invitation to opening ceremonies of Dare North Surrey plant. - 1962. Contents: file consists of one invitation to the opening ceremonies of the new Dare Foods plant in North Surrey, British Columbia. Series 3 : Packaging Packaging. - [ca. 1943]-[198-]. - 5 cm of textual records. Contents: series consists of packaging from various Dare Foods Ltd. products. File 23 Dare Chocolate Mintos with Creamy Centres. - [19--]. Contents: file consists of three clear and brown plastic bags for Dare Chocolate Mintos with Creamy Centres. File 24 Dare's Biscuits. - [ca. 1944]. Contents: file consists of three clear and maroon cellophane bags for Dare's Biscuits. File 25 Dare's Delicious Biscuits. - [ca. 1943]. Contents: file consists of one teal and white Dare's Delicious Biscuits display box. GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 3
File 26 Dare's Delicious Candy. - [19--]. Contents: file consists of one clear cellophane bag with red and white stripes for Dare's Delicious Candy, manufactured by Howe Candy. File 27 Dare's Jingle Cookies. - [ca. 1950?]. Contents: file consists of one Dare's Jingle Cookies box which includes a playable 78 rpm record printed on the package. File 28 Dare's Lemon Creme Sandwiches. - [ca. 1944]. Contents: file consists of two yellow and red Dare's Lemon Creme Sandwiches display boxes. File 29 Dare's malted mallows. - [ca. 1944]. Contents: file consists of three green and yellow cardboard Dare's malted mallows display boxes. File 30 Dare's Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. - [19--]. Contents: file consists of two tin tie packages of Dare Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. File 31 Dare's Pineapple Cremes. - [ca. 1944]. Contents: file consists of two yellow and green Dare's Pineapple Cremes display boxes. File 32 Dare's Snack Pack. - [ca. 1943]. Contents: file consists of three clear and red cellophane packages for Dare's Snack Pack. File 33 Dare's Stax Snax : cheese flavour. - [198-]. Contents: file consists of one cardboard package for Dare's cheese flavoured Stax Snax. File 34 Dare's Stax Snax : onion flavour. - [198-]. Contents: file consists of one cardboard package for Dare's onion flavoured Stax Snax. File 35 Dare's Stax Snax : simulated bacon flavour. - [198-]. Contents: file consists of one cardboard package for Dare's simulated bacon flavoured Stax Snax. File 36 Dare Saratoga Potato Chips. - [ca. 1960]. Contents: file consists of three Dare Saratoga Potato Chips twin packs. Series 4 : Photographs Photographs. - 1908-1987. - 74 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller. Contents: series consists of photographs of Dare Foods Ltd. buildings, processes, and employees. File 37 200 case display at Steinburgs Montreal : photograph. - 1975. - 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 26 Contents: file consists of one photograph of a display of 200 cases of Dare cookies at Steinburgs in Montreal. File 38 Banquet for Rhea : photographs. - 1976. - 8 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 Contents: file consists of eight photographs of a banquet given in honour of Rhea [unknown last name]. File 39 Dare airplane : photographs. - 1947. - 7 photographs : b&w ; 7 x 9 Contents: file consists of seven photographs of an airplane owned by Carl Dare. TGM1 terms:airplanes GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 4
File 40 Dare, Carl and airplane : photograph. - 1947. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 20 Contents: 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. ; Dare, Carl; Jones, Ed; Ganci, Phil File 41 Dare, Carl : photographs, by Belair, Kitchener. - 1969. - 4 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 12 Contents: file consists of four upper body portrait photographs of Carl Dare. Photographer : Belair Subject: Dare, Carl Added Entries: Belair -- photographer File 42 Dare, Carl : photographs, by Belair, Kitchener. - 1979. - 6 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 10 Contents: file consists of six upper body portrait photographs of Carl Dare. Photographer : Belair Subject: Dare, Carl Added Entries: Belair -- photographer File 43 Dare cookie display at Fairview Plaza Zehrs : photograph. - 1968. - 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 Contents: file consists of one photograph of a display of Dare cookies at Zehrs in Fairview Plaza. File 44 Dare cookies at general store in Carcross, Yukon : photograph. - 1983. - 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 26 Contents: file consists of one photograph of a display of Dare cookies in a general store in Carcross, Yukon. File 45 Dare family and friends : photographs. - 1955. - 4 photographs : col. ; 9 x 13 Contents: 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. ; Walper Terrace Hotel; Russell, Jack; Dare, Carl; O'Hara, Kevin; McFadzen, Ralph; Lumsky, Jim; McFadzen, Gath; Hopp, Oscar; Wild, Les; Russell, Em; Dare, Ruth; Lumby, Marie; O'Hara, Marion; Wild, Jean File 46 Dare Foods buildings and operations : photographs. - 1951-1960. - 16 slides : col. ; 35 mm. Contents: file consists of sixteen slides showing Dare buildings in Kitchener, Moncton, and Surrey as well as Dare vehicles and operations. File 47 Dare Foods display in Yellowknife : photograph. - 1987. - 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 Contents: file consists of one photograph showing a display of Dare cookies at the Y.K. Foods in Yellowknife, North West Territories. File 48 Dare Foods employees : photograph. - 1951. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 20 Contents: 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. GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 5
File 49 Dare Foods employees : photographs. - 1916. - 2 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 12 Contents: 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. Subject: Dare, Edward; Hopp, Oscar; Wettlaufer, Ruth; Uregard, Violet; Glebe, Louise File 50 Dare Foods factory and airplane : photographs. - 1954. - 4 photographs : col. ; 6 x 8 Contents: file consists of four photographs showing the Dare factory and airplane. TGM1 terms:airplanes File 51 Dare Foods factory and processes : photographs. - 1961. - 9 photographs : col. ; 9 x 12 Contents: file consists of nine photographs showing the Dare factory in Kitchener as well as employees making cookies. File 52 Dare Foods factory : photographs. - 1944. - 4 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 16 Contents: file consists of four photographs of employees working on various stages of cookie production in the Dare factory. File 53 Dare Foods factory : photographs. - 1962. - 5 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 17 Contents: file consists of five photographs showing the interior and exterior of a Dare Foods factory. Includes photographs of cookie processing procedures and a group of employees gathered around packaged cookies. File 54 Dare Foods Hamilton : photographs, by Phil Aggus & Son, Hamilton. - [196-?]. - 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20 Contents: file consists of two photographs of the exterior of the Dare Foods plant in Hamilton, Ontario. Photographer : Phil Aggus & Son Added Entries: Phil Aggus & Son -- photographer File 55 Dare Foods potato chip factory : photograph. - [196-?]. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 20 Contents: file consists of one photograph of the Dare Foods potato chip factory in Toronto, Ontario. File 56 Dare Foods warehouse : photograph. - [ca. 1965]. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 26 Contents: file consists of one photograph of a Dare Foods warehouse in Moncton, New Brunswick. GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 6
File 57 Dare sales buggy : photographs. - 1908. - 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20 Contents: file consists of two photographs of Ralph Doerr and William Kittleborne with the Dare sales horse and buggy in Wellesley, Ontario. One photograph shows the two driving the buggy and the other shows them in front of H.K. Forler's grocery. Identifications from verso. ; Doerr, Ralph; Kettleborne, William File 58 Dargel, Carl. - 1970. - 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 Contents: file consists of one photograph of Carl Dargel outside with a dog. Subject: Dargel, Carl File 59 Delawna Inn : photographs. - 1960. - 3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 11 Contents: file consists of three photographs of Dare employees at the Delawana Inn in Muskoka. ; Delawana Inn; Dare, Carl; Sanders, Bob; Wild, Les File 60 Dietz, Larry and Bev Dean : photograph. - 1973. - 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 26 Contents: file consists of one photograph of Dare employees Larry Dietz and Bev Dean. ; Dietz, Larry; Dean, Bev File 61 Distinguished salesman award presentation : photograph. - 1979. - 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 18 Contents: file consists of one photograph of the distinguished salesman award presentation for Maurice Villemaire. Identifications from verso. ; Savage, R.; Reeve, D.V.; Dare, Carl; Villemaire, Maurice; Carpentre, K.; Willoubhy, T. File 62 National Sales Executive Club award night : photograph, by Roy Purkis. - 1961. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 Contents: file consists of one photograph of Bob Dew receiving an award from Carl Dare at the National Sales Executive Club award night. Photographer : Roy Purkis ; Dare, Carl Added Entries: Roy Purkis -- Photographer File 63 National Sales Executive Club award night : photographs, by Personal Studio and Arnold Studio, Kitchener. - 1963. - 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20 Contents: file consists of two photographs from the 1963 National Sales Executive Club award night. One photograph shows an unknown man receiving an award from Carl Dare and the other shows a group of award winners. Also includes a clipping on the event from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Photographer : Personal Studio Photographer : Arnold Studio ; Dare, Carl Added Entries: Personal Studio -- Photographer Arnold Studio -- Photographer GA 282 : Dare Foods Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 7