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Seafood Products Association records, 1909-2007
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seafood Products Association
- Title
- Seafood Products Association records
- Dates
- 1909-2007 (inclusive)19092007
- Quantity
- 13.01 cubic feet (15 boxes and 1 film reel)
- Collection Number
- 6150 (Accession No. 6150-001)
- Summary
- Records and other documents related to the Seafood Products Assocation
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
The Seafood Products Association is a technical trade organization which serves members in the areas of regulatory compliance, and conformance with customer requirements related to food safety, quality, and legality. The Seafood Products Association was originally established in 1919 as the Northwest Research Laboratory of the National Canners Association (NCA). The laboratory supported the national and regional seafood safety and processing concerns of member companies. The Northwest Laboratory’s primary function was creation and administration of the Plan of Better Salmon Control (now the Salmon Control Plan), a cooperative agreement between canned salmon processors, the FDA, and the NCA. Through the years the National Canners Association transformed into the National Food Processors Association (NFPA) in 1978, the Food Products Association (FPA) in 2005, and in 2007 merged with the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). In 2008 the seafood laboratory became a separate entity now known as the Seafood Products Association.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of materials related to the Seafood Products Association and its earlier iterations which comprises the National Canners Association, the National Food Processors Association (NFPA), and the Food Products Association (FPA). Records include annual salmon cutting records, correspondence, salmon production summaries, Salmon Control Plan documents, policies and procedures, Oscar E. Shostrom's field notebook, Special Training Course in Plant Sanitation manual, photographs, charts on salmon cutting, association reports, academic reports, government reports, World War II records, and five films on various formats. Also included are six scrapbooks of news clippings from the Alaska Packer's Association.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Annual salmon cutting scores
arranged alphabetically by company
|
1947, 1961 |
| 2-3 | Annual salmon cutting records | 1956-1973 |
| 3 | Annual salmon cutting programs | 1965-1978 |
| 3 | Correspondence (Laboratory reports of examination of canned salmon, labels) | 1932-1936 |
| 3 | Correspondence about food poisoning | 1926-1950 |
| 4 | General correspondence | 1934-1945 |
| 3 | Industry and government publications about food poisoning | circa 1910s-1960s |
| 4 | Fish nomenclature systems | 1979 |
| 4 | Salmon Control Plan | undated |
| 4 | Container integrity examination procedures | 1982 |
| 4 | National Canners Association- Report of Director of Investigations | 1919-1920 |
| 4 | National Canners Association notebook | 1920 |
| 5 | General background on salmon canning and canneries | 1920-1985 |
| 5 | Salmon production summaries | 1978-1991 |
| 5 | Salmon packing codes by company (arranged alphabetically) | 1936-1950 |
| 6 | Newspaper clippings scrapbook: Alaska Packers
Association
3 scrapbooks
|
1910-1914, 1938, 1942 |
| 7 | Newspaper clippings scrapbook: Alaska Packers
Association
1 scrapbook
|
circa 1917 |
| 8 | Newspaper clippings scrapbook: Alaska Packers
Association
2 scrapbooks
|
1940, 1941 |
| 9 | Identification cards, warning signs, permits (WWII) | 1942 |
| 9 | Selective Service Act- deferment of fishermen, etc. (WWII) | 1941-1945 |
| 9 | Labor regulations- Executive Orders 9240 and 9250 (WWII) | 1943 |
| 9 | Government contract forms- war effort (WWII) | 1941-1946 |
| 9 | Government specifications for canned salmon- PP-S-31a (WWII) | 1941 |
| 9 | Government specifications for tuna, pilchards, sardines, groundfish, etc. (WWII) | 1943 |
| 9 | Federal Surplus Commonditites Corporation- bids for canned salmon, etc. (WWII) | 1941-1942 |
| 9 | Quartermaster Association- Seattle Depot (WWII) | 1941-1942 |
| 9 | War Production Board- government set-aside canned salmon- Order M-86 (WWII) | 1942 |
| 9 | War Production Board- iron and steel restrictions- Order M-126 (WWII) | 1942 |
| 9 | War Production Board- orders on cordage M-36, M-84 (WWII) | 1942-1943 |
| 9 | Government purchases- standard form of bids, etc. (WWII) | 1940-1941 |
| 9 | Coffee cans for Alaska canners- tin and tinplate, etc.- Order M-81 (WWII) | 1940-1947 |
| 9 | War Production Board- conservation of tin and tinplate- Order M-81, M-104, M-115 (WWII) | 1943-1944 |
| 9 | Radio- Federal Communications Commission- regulations, correspondence, etc. (WWII) | 1940-1945 |
| 9 | Info given to salmon packers about cannery boats equipped with radio or not (WWII) | 1942 |
| 10 | War Production Board- industrial salvage- correspondence, etc. (WWII) | 1942 |
| 10 | Government requirements for canned salmon- correspondence, etc. (WWII) | 1941 |
| 11 | Oscar E. Shostrom's field notebook | 1920? |
| 13 | Oscar E. Shostrom's charts on salmon canning | undated |
| 11 | Salmon Control Plan and its background | circa 1909-2003 |
| 11 | Speeches on Canned Salmon Control Plan | 1954-1996 |
| 11 | Documents by Ray William Clough | 1923-1934 |
| 11 | National Food Processors Association Report | 1999-2000 |
| 11 | National Food Processors Association newsletter | April 1998 |
| 11 | Miscellaneous | 1919-2007 |
| 11 | Preliminary Draft of "A Sanitation Manual for Food Industries" | 1946 |
| 11 | Special Training Course in Plant Sanitation manual | 1945 |
| 12 | VHS: "The Days of Salmon Traps and Fish Pirates" | 1995 |
| 12 | DVD: "You are the Difference" | 2006 |
| 12 | DVD: "On the Line" | ? |
| 12 | DVD: "Salmon- Catch to Can" | 1964 |
| 12 | DVD: "Take a Can of Salmon" | 1960 |
| 12 | Slides
Approximately 1,344 slides
|
undated |
| 13 | 2 oversize photographs | undated |
| 13 | Salmon industry photograph album | undated |
| 14 | Photographs of National Canners Association personnel | circa 1960 |
| 14 | Photographs from the National Canners Association | 1957-1966, undated |
| 14 | Photographs: destruction of salmon at Cedar Hills Landfill | 1991 |
| 14 | Photographs: Fish trap at La Conner, Washington | 1938 |
| 14 | Photographs: Annual salmon cutting | 1957, 1960 |
| 14 | Photographs: Northwest Branch | circa 1955? |
| 14 | Photographs: Department of Agriculture | circa 1968 |
| 14 | Photographs: unsorted | undated |
| 14 | Photograph negatives | undated |
| 15 | "Take a Can of Salmon"
1 film reel
|
1960 |
| 15 | "Salmon- Catch to Can"
2 film reels
|
1964 |
| Reel | ||
| Reel 1 | "On the Line"
1 film reel
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Canned foods industry--United States
- Salmon industry--United States
- Seafood industry--Law and legislation--United States
- Seafood industry--United States
- World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States
Corporate Names
- Seafood Products Association--Archives,
Form or Genre Terms
- Business correspondence
- Photographs
- Records (Documents)
