Seafood Products Association records, 1909-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seafood Products Association
Title
Seafood Products Association records
Dates
1909-2007 (inclusive)
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
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

No restrictions on access.

Request at UW

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

Acquisition Information

Donor: Bruce Odegaard, 08/16/2017 and 9/6/2017

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)