Bowman Dairy Company records

  • Creator Names Bowman Dairy Company.
  • Title Bowman Dairy Company records [manuscript], 1870-1972.
  • Physical description
    • 141 linear ft. (270 boxes)
    • 6 sound recordings.
    • 182 positive microflm reels and 202 negative microfilm reels.
  • Access and usage restrictions For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary Financial, administrative, legal and personnel records, and advertising of Bowman Dairy Company and of some of its subsidiaries in the Chicago (Ill.) area, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, 1870-1966, and of Bowfund Corporation, an investment firm, 1966-1972. Topics include fluid milk processing, powdered milk, advertising, the teamsters union, marketing strategies, litigation in the milk industry, and milk home delivery.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Bowman Dairy Company collection of visual materials (1986.0049) and publications cataloged separately.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available online; does not include later additions to the collection.
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Baldwin Piano and Organ Company in 1981.
  • Names
    • Bowman Dairy Company Archives.
    • Bowman, Robert A., d. 1935
    • Badger Ice Cream Company.
    • Baldwin Piano and Organ Company
    • Bowfund Corporation
    • Bowman Dairy Sales Company
    • Carroll Company
    • Charles Creamery Company
    • Cleveland Ice Cream Company
    • Cremix Company
    • Dean Foods Company.
    • Deerfield Creamery Company
  • Subjects
    • Dairy processing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.
    • Dairy products Middle West.
    • Egg products industry Illinois.
    • Dried milk.
    • Family corporations Illinois Chicago.
    • Milk trade United States.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Commerce.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions.
  • Genre
    • Accounts. aat
    • Advertisements. aat
    • Audiotapes. aat
    • Personnel records. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-B/BowmanDairy-inv.htm