WAUMorrisMuscatelandSonsSeattleWash3473.xmlGuide to the Morris Muscatel and Sons Records circa 1934-1945Morris Muscatel and Sons (Seattle, Wash.) RecordsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2007 (Last modified: 1/3/2025)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections3473 (Accession No. 3473-001)Morris Muscatel and Sons (Seattle, Wash.)Morris Muscatel and Sons recordscirca 1934-1945.74 cubic feet (2 boxes; 9 photographs)Collection materials are in English.Papers of food and fish canners reflecting their activities in fish and food canning, particularly as salvagers of damaged canned goods

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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Donated by Dorothy Muscatel, 1/1/1982.

Processing completed in 2024

Muscatel familyMorris Muscatel and Sons (Seattle, Wash.)--ArchivesMt. Rainier WineryNorthwest Reconditioning CompanyTacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Foods and NutritionFishing and Canning

 

1/1Correspondence - Northwest Reconditioning and Pacific American Fisheries Inc1936-19391/2 Correspondence - California Packing Corporation19391/3Washington State Liquor Board Control Certificate1940-19411/4-5Correspondence1938-19461/6Financial Statements1937-19391/7Office of the Marshal of the United States19411/8Canning Labelsundated

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.

1/9Correspondence - Metal and Thermit Corporation 19391/10Correspondence - Alaska Salmon Company1937-19391/11Correspondence - Northwest Reconditioning and Alaska Salmon Company1936-19391/12Correspondence - Farwest Fisheries1937-19381/13Warehouse Practices in Distribution of Canned Salmon - by David Muskatell19391/14Whitney and Company19401/15Correspondence - Alaska Packers Association1934-19381/16Correspondence - California1938-19401/17Correspondence - Oceanic Sales Company1936-19391/18Correspondence - Frank Lennox1938-19391/19Correspondence - H.A. Irving Company Canned Foods and Grocery Specialties19371/20Correspondence - Paul Hartman Company1938-19391/21Ketchikan, Alaska19381/22Correspondence - Long Island Oyster Company19361/23Deming & Gould Company19381/24Tacoma Narrows Bridge Scrap Metal Bid19422/1Correspondence - M.A. Rex Canners' Sales Agency19382/2Tillamook Bay Fish and Crab Company19392/3Western Fisheries Company19362/4C.M. Everitt Company19362/5Lindenberg Packing Company19362/6Correspondence - Val Vita Products, Inc.19382/7Department of Agriculture, Food and Drugs Division1938-19392/8Washington Fish and Oyster Company19372/9Correspondence - J.H. Whitney Company19392/10Correspondence - Underwriters Salvage Company of New York1938-19392/11Correspondence - Red Salmon Canning Company19372/12Handwritten notes on Deliveries19372/13Reprocessing Reports for the U.S. Food and Drugs Division1935-19362/14Reprocessing Reports for the U.S. Food and Drugs Division1937-19392/15Photographsundated8 photographs2/16Ephemera - Delivery Receipts19362/17Family Ephemera19451 photograph

Letters, donation receipt, photograph