WAULibbyMcNeillLibby4449.xml Guide to the Libby, McNeill & Libby Records 1916-1960 Libby, McNeill and Libby Records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/17/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 4449 (Accession No. 4449-001) Libby, McNeill & Libby Libby, McNeill & Libby records 1916-1960 0.37 cubic feet (1 box) Collection materials are in English. Crew lists, financial records, insurance records, price lists and photographs of Alaska fish cannery

The company Libby, McNeill & Libby was founded in 1869 by Arthur Libby, Archibald McNeill, and Charles Libby in Chicago, Illinois. The company's pyramid-shaped metal containers proved popular and by the 1880s it sold several million dollars of canned meat per year. Around 1906, the company expanded into canning fruit and vegetables in California, Florida, and Hawaii. The company expanded into salmon canning in Alaska in approximately 1913. In 1971, the fruit and vegetable branch of Libby, McNeill & Libby was purchased by Nestlé of Switzerland. The meat canning division was acquired by ConAgra in 1998.

Materials are arranged in a rough chronological order.

Materials include fishing vessel and cannery crew lists, financial records, insurance records, price lists, photographs of canned food, and property records primarily concerning the Salmon Division and fish canneries located in Alaska. Crew lists include records of cannery employees, seasonal cannery and ship employees, and records of the company's contracts with Chinese fishing and shipping companies.

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Materials were donated by Lee Swanson, 1993 October 19.

Processing completed in 1997.

Libby, McNeill & Libby--Archives Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Fishing and Canning Ships and Shipping Alaska

 

1/1 Chinese contracts 1917-1932 1/2 Alaska cannery employee lists 1918-1925 1/3 Seasonal employee lists for canneries and ships in Alaska 1936, 1938 1/4 Seasonal employee lists 1939 1/5 Administrative, insurance, and boat records 1916-1923 1/6 Inventory lists that include investment and depreciation of automobiles, converted fish boats, powered boats, float equipment, and canco equipment 1949-1958 1/7 Plant property records for all Libby canneries and factories including the Salmon Division, Pineapple Division, Chicago headquarters, and other locations in the US 1953-1958 1/8 Photographs of canned food 1960