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Unifine Milling Company Records, 1950-1999
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Unifine Milling Company Records
- Dates
- 1950-1999 (inclusive)19501999
- Quantity
- .5 linear feet of shelf space., ( ) : 1 box
- Collection Number
- Cage 787 (collection)
- Summary
- This collection consists of selected records of the Unifine Milling Company.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
Historical NoteReturn to Top
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.
(Note: this information is from the guide to a related collection of Unifine records in MASC, Cage 691.)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of selected records of the Unifine Milling Company collected and preserved by Beverly McConnell, one of five women who owned and operated the company from 1985 until it ceased operations in 1995. It includes recipes, sales and marketing documents, reports, financial information, product information, mill records, documents related to an attempted private placement stock offering, and photographs.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Unifine Milling Company Records, 1950-1999
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Flourgirls recipe books, 1987. |
| 1 | 2 | Unifine recipes, circa 1953-1994. |
| 1 | 3 | Flourgirls recipes for bread machines, undated. |
| 1 | 4 | "Let's Get Cooking" radio show (correspondence, program information, and station information), 1994. |
| 1 | 5 | Flourgirls papers (board of directors minutes, news clippings, historical sketch of Unifine Milling Company, correspondence), 1981-1989. |
| 1 | 6 | News articles about Unifine, 1985-1995. |
| 1 | 7 | Flourgirls flour flyers, undated. |
| 1 | 8 | Unifine letterhead (blank). |
| 1 | 9 | Wheat (article and pamphlet about wheat), circa 1990s. |
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence about stock certificates, 1984-1994. |
| 1 | 11 | Correspondence, 1986 and 1994. |
| 1 | 12 | Articles of incorporation and amendments, bylaws and amendments, 1981-1995. |
| 1 | 13 | Mill records (advertising statements, drawings, labor analysis), circa 1993-1994. |
| 1 | 14 | John and Tricia Rapp (correspondence and notes about sale of Unifine assets), 1999. |
| 1 | 15 | Bev McConnell file (undated news article about mill closure, 1985 and 1995 stock offering prospectus, correspondence, 1984 Unifine historical sketch, tax documents, and published 1950 report on Unifine flour), 1950-1998. |
| 1 | 16-18 | Photographs, 1995 and undated. |
| 1 | 19 | Flourgirls 5-pound flour bag. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Flour
- Flour mills -- Washington (State) -- Records and correspondence
- Unifine flour
Corporate Names
- Unifine Milling Company -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman.
2012
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
