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Morris Muscatel and Sons records, circa 1934-1945

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Morris Muscatel and Sons (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Morris Muscatel and Sons records
Dates
circa 1934-1945 (inclusive)
Quantity
.74 cubic feet (2 boxes; 9 photographs)
Collection Number
3473 (Accession No. 3473-001)
Summary
Papers of food and fish canners reflecting their activities in fish and food canning, particularly as salvagers of damaged canned goods
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

Open to all users.

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Languages
English
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Content Description

Correspondence, invoices, labels, legal agreements, photos, ca. 1934-1945.

Selected business papers of Morris Muscatel & Sons, reflecting their activities in fish and food canning, particularly as salvagers of damaged canned goods. Includes a court case, 1941, over using strategic material for canning dog food and notice of bids on Narrows Bridge salvage. Fish reprocessing records have been weeded of invoices but correspondence kept mainly to give a flavor of the business, its nature and scope.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Dorothy Muscatel, 1/1/1982.

Processing Note

Processing completed in 2024

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Description: Correspondence - Northwest Reconditioning and Pacific American Fisheries Inc
    Dates: 1936-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Correspondence - California Packing Corporation
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Washington State Liquor Board Control Certificate
    Dates: 1940-1941
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1938-1946
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4-5
  • Description: Financial Statements
    Dates: 1937-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
  • Description: Office of the Marshal of the United States
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
  • Description: Canning Labels

    Labels for Gorman's Puget Sound Pink Salmon, An-i-ml Brand Dog & Cat Food, Quiniault Brand Salmon, True Vitamin Dog & Cat Food, American Beauty Brand Sockeye Salmon, United Superior Brand Tomatoes, Larchmont Loganberries, Ice Clad Alaska Pink Salmon, Spot Lite Salmon, Seal Brand Pink Salmon, etc.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
  • Description: Correspondence - Metal and Thermit Corporation
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9
  • Description: Correspondence - Alaska Salmon Company
    Dates: 1937-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10
  • Description: Correspondence - Northwest Reconditioning and Alaska Salmon Company
    Dates: 1936-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11
  • Description: Correspondence - Farwest Fisheries
    Dates: 1937-1938
    Container: Box/Folder 1/12
  • Description: Warehouse Practices in Distribution of Canned Salmon - by David Muskatell
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13
  • Description: Whitney and Company
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14
  • Description: Correspondence - Alaska Packers Association
    Dates: 1934-1938
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15
  • Description: Correspondence - California
    Dates: 1938-1940
    Container: Box/Folder 1/16
  • Description: Correspondence - Oceanic Sales Company
    Dates: 1936-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/17
  • Description: Correspondence - Frank Lennox
    Dates: 1938-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/18
  • Description: Correspondence - H.A. Irving Company Canned Foods and Grocery Specialties
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box/Folder 1/19
  • Description: Correspondence - Paul Hartman Company
    Dates: 1938-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 1/20
  • Description: Ketchikan, Alaska
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box/Folder 1/21
  • Description: Correspondence - Long Island Oyster Company
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box/Folder 1/22
  • Description: Deming & Gould Company
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box/Folder 1/23
  • Description: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Scrap Metal Bid
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box/Folder 1/24
  • Description: Correspondence - M.A. Rex Canners' Sales Agency
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box/Folder 2/1
  • Description: Tillamook Bay Fish and Crab Company
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box/Folder 2/2
  • Description: Western Fisheries Company
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box/Folder 2/3
  • Description: C.M. Everitt Company
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box/Folder 2/4
  • Description: Lindenberg Packing Company
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box/Folder 2/5
  • Description: Correspondence - Val Vita Products, Inc.
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box/Folder 2/6
  • Description: Department of Agriculture, Food and Drugs Division
    Dates: 1938-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 2/7
  • Description: Washington Fish and Oyster Company
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box/Folder 2/8
  • Description: Correspondence - J.H. Whitney Company
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box/Folder 2/9
  • Description: Correspondence - Underwriters Salvage Company of New York
    Dates: 1938-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 2/10
  • Description: Correspondence - Red Salmon Canning Company
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box/Folder 2/11
  • Description: Handwritten notes on Deliveries
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box/Folder 2/12
  • Description: Reprocessing Reports for the U.S. Food and Drugs Division
    Dates: 1935-1936
    Container: Box/Folder 2/13
  • Description: Reprocessing Reports for the U.S. Food and Drugs Division
    Dates: 1937-1939
    Container: Box/Folder 2/14
  • Description: Photographs
    8 photographs
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 2/15
  • Description: Ephemera - Delivery Receipts
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box/Folder 2/16
  • Description: Family Ephemera
    1 photograph

    Letters, donation receipt, photograph

    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box/Folder 2/17

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • Morris Muscatel and Sons (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Muscatel family (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Mt. Rainier Winery (creator)
    • Northwest Reconditioning Company (creator)
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