Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 691
Unifine Milling Company (Pullman, Wash.)
Unifine Milling Company Records
1949-1996
1.5 Linear feet of shelf space
2 Boxes
The records the Unifine Milling Co. consists of company
records, and correspondence, photographs, and plans related to the development of
the unifine mill at the State College of Washington.
Collection materials are in English
The Unifine process of milling flour was the idea of an Englishman, John Wright. This
process of milling flour produced a whole wheat flour with a lengthier period of
rancid-free storage than ordinary whole wheat flour. Moreover, the flour had baking
properties similar to enriched white flour. Wright approached the Washington State
College Division of Industrial Research with his idea in the late 1940s, and period
of experimentation with the mill soon began. The mill could not be patented, but
Washington State College controlled the registration of the name "Unifine" until
1975.
One commercial application of the unifine technology was the Unifine Milling Company
of Pullman. In 1981 this company began producing flour for sale to the public under
the name "Flourgirls." This firm continued in operation until about 1995.
The records the Unifine Milling Co. consist both of company records (meeting minutes,
correspondence, financial statements, and marketing reports), along with
correspondence, photographs, and plans related to the development of the unifine
mill at Washington State College. Additional Unifine Milling Company records stand
separate from the larger body of records because these originally were the files of
Clarice McCartan, one of the shareholders.
Series 1 consists of records concerning the unifine mill experiments at Washington
State College. Series 2 consists of records relating to Unifine Milling Company.
Series 3 consists of the files of Clarice McCartan, and her involvement with Unifine
Milling Company. Series 4 consists of oversized Unifine Mill plans.
Arranged in four series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Unifine Milling Company Records, 1949-1996 (Cage 691)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The records were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1998 by Eric
Wegner of Pullman, manager and miller.
Unifine Milling Company Records, 1950-1999 (Cage 787)
Flour Power Engineering Report on the Unifine Flour Mill Manuscript, 2010 (Cage 5054)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
McCartan, Clarice -- Archives
Unifine Milling Company (Pullman, Wash.) -- Records and correspondence
Flour mills -- Washington (State) -- Records and correspondence
Flour industry -- Washington (State) -- Records and correspondence
Flour
Businesses and Corporations
Agriculture
Washington (State)
Series 1: Research and development - Unifine
process
1
1
Unifine mill inquiries
1952-1962
Early correspondence
1
2
1949-1952
1
3
1952-1953
1
4
1953-1960
1
5
1949-1955
1
6
(RP 121/6 [original filing code]) Unifine
flour mill
1950-1962
1
7
Unifine experimental mill
photographs
undated
1
8
Early designs
1965, 1982
1
9
Resurvey
1958
1970-1971
1
10
Trademark application and
information
1951-1981
Series 2: Unifine Milling Company
Records
Minutes, Board of Directors
1
11
1981
1
12
1982
1
13
1983
1
14
1984
1
15
1985
1
16
1986
1
17
1987
1
18
1988
1
19
1989
1
20
1990
1
21
1991
1
22
1992
1
23
1993
1
24
1995
1
25
1996
1
26
Manager applications
1985 November
1
27
Manager's reports
1987
1
28
Manager's reports
1988
1
29
Artwork for flour bag
undated
1
30
Expired licenses
1986-1989
1
31
Unifine Flour: Twenty Five Years
Later-Mary Corbett Stevens
circa 1975
1
32
Newspaper clippings
1975-1991
1
33
Feature stories (source
material)
1991-1994
1
34
Unifine
1957-1982
1
35
Bindered material (Marketing, finances,
minutes, correspondence)
1985-1986
1
36
Minutes, marketing, finance,
correspondence, photograph of owners
1981-1985
1
37
Minutes, marketing, finance,
correspondence, bylaws
1977-1984
Series 3: Records kept by Clarise
McCartan
2
38
Minutes: Management team,
Board
1986-1989
2
39
Minutes: Management team,
Board
1981-1985
2
40
Contacts for buying/distributing
Flourgirls flour
1987-1991
2
41
Product information about Flourgirls
flour, business cards
undated
2
42
Cookbook - Draft and early
ideas
undated
2
43
Shareholder memos and
correspondence
1981-1987
2
44
Handwritten business notes
1985
2
45
Marketing
1982
2
46
Letters to and from Clarice
McCartan
1982-1987
2
47
Letters to or concerning Mary
Stevens
1982-1985
2
48
Finances and Treasurer's
reports
1984-1989
Series 4: Oversize items
o.s.
49
Unifine Mill plans
1952