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OVERVIEW

Title: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Business Ephemera: Coffee

Extent and Forms of Material: 1.33 cubic feet

Scope and Content: This Coffee- subject category consists primarily of scattered

correspondence on letterhead stationery, bills, receipts, printed advertisements, advertising cards,

envelopes, seals, labels, packages, business cards, premiums, photographs, caricatures,

newsletters, articles and import/export documents from importers, roasters, and dealers of coffee.

There are a few companies that sold imitation coffee. A number of these companies tended to be

grocers and carried other products such as teas, spices, tobaccos, cigars, baking powders,

salaeratus, mustards, cream of tartar, indigo, cocoa and chocolate. The bulk of the material is late

nineteenth and early twentieth century.

There is very little information from companies who sold equipment needed to prepare coffee.

Few references are made to coffee and tea pots, ums, coffee cleaners, stone separators, coffee

huller and mill machinery.

Images include a richly illustrated atlas produced by Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Company

consisting of fifty principal nations of the world. They also produced a series of National

Geographic cards depicting animals and cards depicting states or territories. On the reverse side

of these cards was an advertisement for the coffee. Often these ads offered explanations about

why Arbuckle's brand of coffee cost more or why coffee should be ground at home. These cards

were included in each package of Arbuckles' Coffee and were meant as lessons for the young and

old. There are a number of illustrations of children, birds, flowers and fruit which were on coffee

cans and packages.

Publications include articles relating to some aspect of the coffee industry. Such topics include

advice from an hygienist regarding coffee and auction mart coffee-rooms. There are a number of

copies of the Coffee Newsletter which was published monthly by the Coffee Brewing Institute in

New York. The newsletter often included recipes and some general articles on the production,

distribution and preparation of coffee. The newsletters date from December 1963 to February

1967 and include most of the issues between these periods. For more periodicals and newsletters

see materials under company names. There are also a number of books and pamphlets relating to

the coffee industry. These publications cover such topics as the origin of coffee, blending coffee,

vacuum packed coffee and roasting. Most of these pamphlets and books were published by coffee

associations organizations.

Materials in boxes one and two are arranged in alphabetical order by name of company. Box

three is organized by type of material and includes seals, labels, early hand written receipts, coffee

packages, general images, newsletters, import/export documents and articles. Publications on the


coffee industry are in box four and they are arranged by type.

This collection also includes patent information about coffee and tea. A coffee bibliography can

also be found among these materials.

System of Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the material has been created by the

Archives Center.

Series 1, Manufacturers and Distributors, dates

Series 2, Related Materials, 1793-1833; undated

Series 3, Publications, 1832-1967

The following is a listing of the brand names of coffee. The names that appear on this list are a

compilation of those found on materials in the vertical document boxes. It is not a complete

listing of all the brand names for coffee. It is intended to assist researchers locate desired

materials when only the brand name is known. Brand names appear in alphabetical order. The

names of the manufacturer and/or distributors are also included.

Brand Name Manufacturer and/or Distributor

ACME Thomas Wood and Company

ANCHOR Boos and Holbrook

ARIOSA Arbuckle Bros.

ARROW W.J. Dilworth Company, Inc.

BATAVIA Sprague, Warner and Company

BIG CHIEF Chas Hoofnagle Company

BLUE PACKAGE S.A. Schornbrunn and Company

BLUE RIBBON Bower and Bartlett

BLUE SEAL Lewis DeGroff and Son

BREAKFAST P. Weiser

BUNKER HILL Delano Potter and Company


BURSA C.H. Walrath and Son


CAPITAL Ohio Coffee and Spice Company

CENTENNIAL Weikel and Smith Spice Company

COLONIAL John Moore Coffee Company

COMMODORE Park and Tilford

CONNOISSEUR Weikel and Smith Spice Company

CORDOBA Haworth and Dewhurst

CORDOVA Dannemiller

CUSTOM HOUSE Wilson Coffee Company

DUTCHESS Thomas Wood and Company

ELITE G. Thalheimer

ENTERPRISE Barkley and Hanson

EXCELSIOR F.B. Millar and Company

FAVORITE L.F. Hersh and Bro.

FRENCH MARKET New Orleans Coffee Company

GOLD MEDAL Butler Earhart and Company

JERSEY Dayton Spice Mills Company

JUNO A.C. Fitzpatrick and Company

KAFFEE HAG Kellogg Company

KATOSA John A. Tohan Company

KENT East India Coffee Company

LION Woolson Spice Company


LORD CALVERT Levering Coffee Company

MAUNA Acker, Mervall and Condit Company

MENADO Pinkerton Coffee Company

MISSION BRAND Brownell and Fields Company

MOMAJA American Grocery Company

MONOGRAM Smith Perkins and Company

MORNING GLORY Austin Nichols and Company

MORNING GLOW R.L. Gerhart and Company

MOTHER’S Medvene and Bro.

MOUNTAIN Reeves, Parvin and Company

N.E. G.Thalheimer

NEW ERA G. Thalheimer

NO BRAND N.Y. Grocery Company

No. 34 R. Thurber

OHIO VALLEY RIO Jos. Spiedel and Company

OLD MISSION Fant Coffee Company

OLD SOUTH American Grocery Company

ORANGE BLOSSOM Wilson Coffee Company

ORINDA-KAUGHPHY S.S. Pierce and Company

OZAMA E. and R. Mead Jr. and Company

PANAMA Franklin Mac Veagh and Company


PEERLESS Fredrick A. Rex and Company

RAINBOW F. Sutton and Company


RED, WHITE AND BLUE Weikel and Smith Spice Company

RED CROSS C.A. Cross and Company

RED PACKAGE S.A. Schonbrunn and Company

RED RIBBON Ross W. Weird Company

REVERE Howard W. Spurr and Company

RIO C.D. Kenny

SANKA Maxwell House

SANTOS C.D. Kenny

SAS Company S.A. Schombrunn and Company

SEAL Chase and Sanborn

SOENDA Park and Tilford

SOVEREIGN Edwin V. Gillies and Company

SULTANA A.P. Tea Company

SUNSET Fant Coffee Company

TILBRO Tilzer Bros.

TIP TOP Harry B. Kocher

TRIUMFO German-American Coffee Company

TRUTH Blackstone Mfg. Company

UNION CLUB Lincoln, Seyms and Company

UTOPIA S. Warshawsky and Sons

VICTOR Shapleigh Coffee Company


Brand Names Manufacturer and/or Distributor

WHITE HOUSE Dwinell-Wright Company

WHITE OWL Henry A. Fry and Company

Container List

Box

Folder

SERIES 1: MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

16

11

Abbott Grocery Company

Astor House Brand Coffee

Keene, New Hampshire

1

1 Acker, Finley Company

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Acker, Merrall & Condit Company

New York, New York

Allyn & Blanchard Company

See Lincoln Seyms & Company

Hartford, Connecticut

Anchor Coffee

Anderson, Jim

Knoxville, Tennessee

Aroma Coffee & Spice Company

Saint Louis, Missouri

Austin, Nichols & Company

New York, New York

Andrews, C. E. & Company

Detroit, Michigan


Austin, Daniel A.

2

Allyn & Blanchard Company


American Grocery Company

New York, New York

3-7 Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Company

New York, New York

94

3 Babcock, James

Champerico Coffee

Lincoln Centre, Maine Box

Folder


1

8

Bacon & Stickney

Albany, New York

Baker & Company

New York, New York

Barkley & Hasson

Manufacturers of Enterprise Coffee

Baltimore, Maryland

Beards & Cummings

New York, New York

Bel-Jar Coffee Company

Miami, Florida

7 Bell, J. H., & Company

Troy, New York

8 Benjamin, Kellam & Company

New Haven, Connecticut

Bennett, P. S.

New Haven, Connecticut

Bennett, Sloan & Company

New York, New York


Blackall, A. H.

Chicago, Illinois

Birdseye & Wells

Brooklyn, New York

Blackstone Manufacturing Company

Newark, New Jersey

Blanchard, 0. H.


Blanke, C. F., Tea & Coffee Company


9 Bocardus, J. M. & Company

Troy, New York

Box

Folder


1

9

Bohler, Tomson & Weikel


Boos, George W.

Toledo, Ohio

10 Bour, J. M. & Company

Toledo, Ohio

Bozan Coffee, Incorporated

New York, New York

Bradford & Chase

Buffalo, New York

Brett & Brown

Crown Liquid Coffee

Boston, Massachusetts

11 Brownell & Field Company

Mission Brand Mexican Coffee

Providence, Rhode Island


B. S. & Company

New York, New York

Burton & Davis Company

New York, New York

Butler, Earhart & Company

Columbus, Ohio

Butler, P. H., Company

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bynner, John & Company

New York, New York

12 Cahvey, Ottoman Company

Chicago, Illinois

Callahan

New York, New York

Chandler, S. H.

Brazilian Coffee Company

Albany, New York Box

Folder


1

12

Chase, L. A. & Company

Albany, New York

13-16 Chase & Sanborn


Cheek-Neal Coffee Company

Maxwell House Coffee

Nashville, Tennessee

17 Chubbuck, H. W. & Company

Binghamton, New York

Clark, James B. & Company

New York, New York

18 Cobb, Bates & Yerxa



Colombo Importing Company

New York, New York

Colonial Coffee & Tea Company

Jacksonville, Florida

Consolidated Coffee Company

Omaha, Nebraska

Cross, C. A., Company

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Dalby & Hogue

Sedalia, Missouri

Danmiller=s Cordova Coffee

Davis, Noah


Dayton Spice Mills Company

Dayton, Ohio

Day, Allen & Company

Chicago, Illinois

19 Delano, Potter & Company

Boston, Massachusetts Box

Folder

SERIES 1:MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

1

19

DeGroff, Lewis & Son

New York, New York

20 Dilworth, W. J. Company Incorporated

Norfolk, Virginia

Dixon, George R. & Company

Cincinnati, Ohio

Durham Coffee & Spice Company

Lafayette, Indiana


Dusenberry & Anthony

Troy, New York

21-22 Dwinell-Wright Company

White House Coffee


23 East India Coffee Company

New York, New York

2

1 Fant Coffee Company

El Paso, Texas

Parringtons, Tozier & Hall


Fischer, B. & Company

New York, New York

Fitzpatrick, A. G. & Company

New York, New York

Fuller & Potter


Fry, Henry & Company


2 Gerhart, R. L. & Company

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

German-American Coffee Company

New York, New York


2

2

Gill, James G., Company, Incorporated

Norfolk, Virginia

Gillies, Edwin & Company

New York, New York

3 Gillies, W. & Brother, Manufacturer

New York, New York

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company


Buffalo, New York

Goulding Brothers, Manufacturers

Whitman, Massachusetts

4 Hall & Beiler

Sedalia, Missouri

94

3 Hamblet, J.W.

Grocer, Tea Dealer, and Coffee Roaster

New York, New York

2

4 Haskell & Gallup

Albany, New York

5 Hamblet, James W.

New York, New York

Haworth & Dewhurst, Roasters

Cardoba Coffee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Heekin, James & Company

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 Heinrichs, Joseph

New York, New York

Hersh, L. F. & Brothers

Elizabeth, New Jersey

Hoofnagle, Charles, Company

Norfolk, Virginia

Hoosier Coffee Company

Phoenix Coffee

Indianapolis, Indiana


2

6

Huntoon, J. P.

Paterson, New Jersey

Huntoon, William F.



16 11 Hygenic Supply Company

Distributors of Seelig=s Candied Malt Coffee

Baltimore, Maryland

2

7 International Coffee Company

New York, New York

8 Jackson Spice Company

London, England

New York, New York

94

3

Jarburgs

New York, New York

Jewett, Sherman & Company

Merchants Coffee and Spice Mills

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

9 Johnson, M. & Company

New York, New York

Judson, Parsons & Haskell

Albany, New York

10-11 Kenny, C. D.

Baltimore, Maryland

12 Lane Brothers

Millrook, New York

Levering, E. & Company

Baltimore, Maryland

16

11 Levering, E. And Company

Baltimore, Maryland

2

13 Lincoln, Seyns & Company - Importers

Manufacturers of Union Club Coffee

Successors to Allyn & Blanchard Company

Hartford, Connecticut Box

Folder


2

13

Lion Coffee


Locke, B. F. & Company

Manchester, New Hampshire

Lundford-Ritter-Schroeder Company

Coffee and Tea Importers and Roasters

New York

16

12 Lunsford, R.E. and Company

Violet Brand Coffee

New York, New York

2

14 Machen, Charles W.

New York, New York

Mac Veagh, Franklin & Company

Chicago, Illinois

Maltby, C. R. & Company

New York, New York

Manning, Stanwood & Company


Mazo Brothers

McEwan, Walter

Albany, New York

15-17 McLaughlin, W. F. & Company

Chicago, Illinois

18 McNeil & Higgins Company

Chicago, Illinois

Mead, E. &. R. Junior & Company

New York, New York

Medvane, J. & Brother


19 Menown, F. & Company

Kansas City, Missouri

Midland Coffee & Spice Company

Saint Joseph, Missouri


Box Folder


2

19

Miethe, Oscar

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Millar, E. B. & Company

Chicago, Illinois

Mokaska Manufacturing Company

Saint Joseph, Missouri

Montanye, W. H. & Company

New York, New York

Moore, John Coffee Company

New York, New York

Morrison, Hall Beiler & Company

Sedalia, Missouri

Morrison & Whitten

Portland, Maine

Mulliken, Samuel & Company

New York, New York

16

12 Nestle Company, Inc.

Nescafe Instant Coffee

White Plains, New York

2

20 New England Spice And Coffee Mills


Newhall, H. B. & Sons

New Orleans Coffee Company, Limited

New Orleans Louisiana

21

New York and Brooklyn Coffee Company

New York, New York

22 New York Coffee Company

New York, New York

New York Grocery Company



Box

Folder


2

22

Nixon & Thew

Liverpool, England

Noye, John T.

Buffalo, New York

Ohio Coffee & Spice Company

Columbus, Ohio

23 Packard & James

New York, New York

Park & Tilford

New York, New York

Parke, L. & Company

New York, New York

Parsons, Stephen H.

Albany, New York

24 Pierce, S. S. Company


Pinkerton's Oriental Coffee

Zanesville, Ohio

Postum Cereal Company, Limited

Battle Creek, Michigan

Premium Coffee and Spice Mills

Albany, New York

Providence Coffee and Spice Factory


25

Quinby, W. S. Company

Coffee and Tea Importers



Reeves, Parvin & Company

Mountain Brand Coffee

26

Rex, Frederick A. & Company

Camden, New Jersey

Box

Folder


2

26

Riggs, Snook & Company

Detroit, Michigan

Royal Phosphoric Coffee Company

North Bloomfield, Ohio

27 Saint Bernard Coffee & Spice Mills

Chicago, Illinois

Schilling, A. & Company

16

12

Schotten, William and Company

Golden Days Coffee


2

Schnull-Krag Coffee Company

Indianapolis, Indiana

28 Schonbrunn, S. A. & Company

New York, New York

Scull,,William S.

Camden, New Jersey

29 Seger, S. E. & Sons

Quincy, Illinois

Shapleigh Coffee Company


Sheffield Farms Company, Incorporated

New York, New York


30 Sheldon, Banks & Company

New York, New York

Sherer Brothers Company

Chicago, Illinois

Shoop, Dr., Laboratories

Manufacturers of Health Coffee Imitation

Racine, Wisconsin

Smith & Curtiss

Cleveland, Ohio Box

Folder


2

31

Smith, Perkins & Company

Rochester, New York

Speidel, Joseph & Company

Wheeling, West Virginia

Sprague & Luther


Sprague, Warner & Company

Chicago, Illinois

32 Sterling Coffee Mills

Old Orchard, Maine

Stitt, William J. & Company

New York, New York

Sutton, F. & Company


Swain, Earle & Company


33 Thalheimer, G. Syracuse, New York

Thompson, B. S. & Company

Richmond, Virginia

Thompson, J. H. & Company


Detroit, Michigan

Thurber, H. R. & F. L., Company

New York, New York

Tilbro Coffee

New York, New York

Toledo Spice Company

Toledo, Ohio

Tomson, B. C.


34 Tracey & Avery

Mansfield, Ohio Box

Folder


2

34

Travers & McEvoy

Albany, New York

Truesdell, Samuel G.

New York, New York

16

13 Ubero Plantations Company


2

35

Van Zandt Brothers

Rochester, New York

36 Walter, J., Company

Richmond Hill, New York

Warshawsky, S. & Sons

Newark, New Jersey

Washington, George

New York, New York

37 Weikel & Smith Spice Company


Weir, Ross W. & Company

New York, New York


Weiser, D.


Wellman, Peck & Company

San Francisco, California

38 Wheeler, Ezra & Company

New York, New York

White, J. B.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Wilson Coffee Company

Tampa, Florida

39 Wood, Thomas & Company


94

3 Wood, Thomas & Company

Boston, Massachusetts Box

Folder


2

40-47

Woolson Spice Company Manufacturers

Toledo, Ohio

94

3 Dwinnell-Wright Company

Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois

SERIES 2: GENERAL WORKS

3

1

Advertising Cards for Dannemiller's

"Cordova Coffee"

2 General Retail Dealers' Advertising Cards

3-4

Seals and Container Labels

5

Early Receipts 1793 - 1833

6

Printed Advertisements for Coffee and

Tea Pots and Urns, Coffee and Spice Mill

Machinery


7 Recipes from the Pan American Coffee Bureau

8 Coffee Packaging

9

General Images of Coffee Tasting and Coffee Rooms

10

Caricatures

11-19

Import/Export Documents

16

13

General Images

94

3

General Images

Miscellaneous labels

SERIES 3: RELATED PUBLICATIONS, CA. 1832-1967

Subseries A: Articles

3

20

"Advice of a Hygienist Regarding Coffee." American Journal of

Health, n. d.

"Auction Mart Coffee-Room." Ackerman Repository, 1811.

"Coffee." The Penny Magazine, May 5, 1832.

Box

Folder


Subseries B: Periodicals, 1963-1967

3

21

Coffee Newsletter, December 1963-May 1965

22

Coffee Newsletter, June 1965-February 1967

Pamphlets, 1908-1963

4

1

Subseries C: Pamphlets, 1908-1963

"Coffee". Monthly Bulletin of the International Bureau of American

Republics, November, 1908.

(reprint)

Coffee Brewing Institute. There's a Story in your Coffee Cup. New


York: 1963.

Some Notes About the Coffee House: A Private Club Together with a

Lift of Resident and Non-Resident Members. And including the Rules

of the Coffee House, Rule Six being that there shall be no Rules. New

York: February, 1934. (reprint)

Subseries D: Books, 1887-1942

2

Good Houskeeping Press. Six Cups of Coffee.

Massachusetts: 1887.

Gray, Arthur. Over the Black Coffee. New York: Baker and Taylor

Company, 1902.

3

National Coffee Department of Brazil. A Story of

King Coffee. Brazil: 1942.

2 Ukers, William. A Trip to Brazil. New York: 1924.

COFFEE (Oversize)

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Materials relate to coffee manufactured or distributed in the United States. The oversize items are

comprised of printed advertisements, labels, and general images.

Series 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Cocoa and Chocolate

Materials are arranged alphabetically by company.

Series 2: General Works

The series contains miscellaneous coffee can labels and general images.


Series 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Coffee

Box Folder

16 11 Abbott Grocery Company

Astor House Brand Coffee

Keene, NH

94 3 Babock, James

Champerico Coffee

Lincoln Centre, ME

3 Hamblet, J.W.

Grocer, Tea Dealer, and Coffee Roaster

New York, NY

16 11 Hygienic Supply Company

Distributors of Seelig’s Candied Malt Coffee

Baltimore, MD

94 3 Jaburgs

New York, NY

16 11 Levering, E. and Company

Baltimore, MD

12 Lunsford, R.E. and Company

Violet Brand Coffee

New York, NY

12 Nestle Company, Inc.

Nescafe Instant Coffee

White Plains, NY

Box Folder Series 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Coffee

16 12 Schotten, William and Company

Golden Days Coffee

Saint Louis, MO

13 Ubero Plantations, Company

Boston, MA

94 3 Wood, Thomas and Company

Boston, MA

3 Dwinnell-Wright Company

Boston, MA and Chicago, IL

Box Folder

Series 2: General Works

16, 94 13, 3 General Images

94 3 Miscellaneous Labels