Guide to the Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company Recordssirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NMAH.AC.1316.pdfSummary: The collection documents Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company, a Portland, Oregon company

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Guide to the Kubla KhanFrozen Food Company Records

NMAH.AC.1316Alison Oswald

2017

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Table of Contents

Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 3Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 3Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 3Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 5

Series 1: Background and Biographical Materials, 1946 - 2005.............................. 5Series 2: Business Records, 1931 - 2006............................................................... 6Series 3: Advertising and Marketing Materials, 1956-[1995?]................................ 30Series 4: Federal Food Administration and United States Department of AgricultureMaterials, 1959 - 2003........................................................................................... 34Series 5: Food Industry Materials, 1949 - 2006..................................................... 36

Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company RecordsNMAH.AC.1316

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Collection Overview

Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Title: Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company Records

Identifier: NMAH.AC.1316

Date: 1931-2006

Extent: 20.5 Cubic feet

Creator: Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company (Portland, Oregon)Loy, Percy W.Wong, Robert

Language: English

Collection is in English.

Some materials in Chinese.

Summary: The collection documents Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company,a Portland, Oregon company that manufactures, packages anddistributes frozen Chinese food from 1950-present.

Administrative Information

Acquisition InformationCollection donated by Michael Loy and Daria Loy-Goto, 2013.

Processing InformationCollection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2017.

Preferred CitationKubla Khan Frozen Food Company Records, 1931-2006, Archives Center, National Museumof American History.

RestrictionsCollection is open for research.

Social Security numbers are present and have been rendered unreadable and redacted.Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has norestrictions.


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Conditions Governing UseCollection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guaranteesconcerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Centercost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Biographical / Historical

Percy Wallace Loy (1920-2006) was born in Vancouver, Washington, to Kong (1867-1951) and Rose Loy(nee Fong), Chinese immigrants who were in the dairy business. Loy attended the Providence Academyin Portland, Oregon graduating in 1937. Loy enlisted in the Army (1943-1949) and became a navigator,bombardier, and pilot, serving during World War II. He retired as a lieutenant colonel, but was unable tofind work with an airline after the war. He and his brother-in-law, Robert Wong, started the Kubla KhanFood Company, selling frozen Chinese entrees at a time when frozen foods had not yet caught on and theinfrastructure to store, transport and distribute them didn't yet exist. The company popularized both frozenfoods and Chinese food in the Northwest region of the United States. He was very active in the frozenfoods industry in the Northwest, campaigning for the industry and working at convincing grocers of theirprofitability. He sold the manufacturing part of the company in the mid-2000s and died in 2006.

Though most food preservation practices (curing, smoking and canning) have their origins in Europe, thepractice of freezing foods for consumer use was, for the most part, started and developed in America.Even today, frozen convenience foods are considered an American oddity and are not widely embraced inother countries.

In the 1920s Clarence Birdseye experimented with freezing food in small quantities, enabling them toreach a lower temperature faster. In the decades that followed, Birdseye tested and developed betterpackaging and ways of packing food more tightly inside the packaging. However, consumers remainedskeptical about the safety and quality of this novelty, as were grocers about its profitability, in additionto concerns about the effects of the industrialization of food. It took about twenty more years to turnthis situation around and to resolve problems with distribution and transport. Birdseye had to take hugerisks to get there, beginning with enlisting the aid of a small number of stores, to which he supplied freefreezers containing a variety of frozen foods sold on consignment, and hiring demonstrators to convinceconsumers that frozen foods were the future. Very slowly, frozen foods began to catch on. It wasn't untilthe 1950s, when frozen TV dinners were introduced, that frozen foods became popular with consumers.

Against this background, Percy Loy and Robert Wong started Kubla Khan in 1950 in the basement of aChinese restaurant in Portland. Wong died a few years after the company was started. He supported hisfamily by selling insurance for a short while, and then opened a small Japanese restaurant, eventuallystarting the Kubla Khan Company as a sideline, when he saw a hole in the market for frozen foods, theconvenience of which he thought would appeal to consumers. He was active in getting freezers in storesthat had not had them before.

While they were not the first to offer frozen Chinese food—Breyer's Ice Cream had its "Golden Pagoda"brand including frozen chow mein and chop suey—Kubla Khan had little other competition at the time,and most stores stored their frozen products in their ice cream cases. The introduction and popularity ofTV dinners helped Kubla Khan's business thrive, as groceries added freezer cases to accommodate theTV dinners, and they now had space to add more frozen products. Kubla Khan kept up with the changingtechnology, but they held onto their cooking techniques, continuing to cook much of their food in woks orwith steam, eschewing the automated, large batch vat cooking that other makers used. Loy said that thisensured uniform heating and an authentic taste. Mr. Loy built some of the equipment himself, with frozenfood being so new that the machinery was not readily available in the Northwestern states. Kubla Khan


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exported its products to Asia, enabling the company to boast that it was so authentic it was served in theOrient. They also bottled their own sauces using their own recipes.

The Kubla Khan Company was not the largest Chinese food manufacturer, but it was a pioneer. Theyhelped popularize something previously considered foreign and exotic—Chinese food. They helpedpopularize frozen food, something taken for granted now with probably (an unscientific estimate) 10% ofthe space in most grocery stores being devoted to frozen food. They did this not only with their productsbut with Mr. Loy's activism in promoting frozen foods. La Choy, by comparison, did not start making frozenfoods until the 1960s.

Loy was a tireless activist in promoting frozen foods, campaigning for the industry and working atconvincing grocers of their profitability. His goals were building consumer trust and making Chinesefood accessible. He was also active in his community, trying to help other minorities start businesses. Astrong believer in giving back to his community, he helped several colleges (Lewis and Clark, WillametteUniversity and others) start up foreign exchange programs. He helped several former employees starttheir own businesses. He led the first trade delegation to China after Nixon's visit.

The Kubla Khan Company is still in business, but Mr. Loy sold the manufacturing part of the companyin the mid-2000s. Loy married Irene F. Lee in 1949. The couple had six children children, Martin (d.1958), David (d. 1965), Michael, Deborah, Marilyn, and Daria. Loy's daughter, Marilyn Loy now runs thecompany, which is limited to the import/export aspect.

Scope and Contents

The records of a Portland, Oregon company that made, packaged and distributed frozen Chinese food.The collection includes the incorporation papers of the business, correspondence, photographs, productpackaging, advertising and marketing materials, and business records.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series.

Series 1: Background and Biographical Materials, 1946-2005

Series 2: Business Records, 1931-2006

Series 3: Advertising, Packaging and Promotional Materials, 1956-[1995?]

Series 4: United States Department of Agriculture and Federal Food Administration Materials, 1959-2003

Series 5: Food Industry Materials, 1949-2006

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

Subjects:

Cooking, Chinese


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Ethnic food industryFamily-owned business enterprisesFood -- OregonFood industry and trade -- OregonFrozen foods -- OregonRestaurants -- Oregonadvertising -- 1950-2000advertising -- Food

Types of Materials:

Advertising -- 20th centuryArticles -- 20th centuryBusiness records -- 1950-2000Clippings -- 20th centuryCorrespondence -- 1950-2000Labels -- 20th centuryPackagingPhotographs -- 1950-2000Recipes

Series 1: Background and Biographical Materials Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company RecordsNMAH.AC.1316

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Container Listing

Series 1: Background and Biographical Materials, 1946 - 2005This series contains biographical materials primarily for Percy Loy, but also contains obituaries for PearlLoy Wong and Irene F. Loy

Box 1, Folder 1 Percy Loy resume, undated

Box 1, Folder 2 Obituaries, 2005, 1997

Box 1, Folder 3 Department of the Air Force, Reserve matters, 1968

Box 1, Folder 4 Genealogy, 2003

Box 1, Folder 5 Providence Academy Class of 1937 reunion list, 2004

Box 49, Folder 1 Certificates and awards, 1946 - 2000

Box 1, Folder 6 Name tags for Percy Loy, undated

Box 1, Folder 7 Willamette University , 2001 - 2005

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Series 2: Business Records , 1931 - 2006The business records comprise the largest of the series and consist of correspondence, newspaperclippings about the company and Percy Loy, licensing agreements, financial information, sales records,union documentation, customer information, price lists, and research about food and specifications forcertain food products.

Subseries 2.1: Correspondence, 1965 - 2003The correspondence is arranged chronologically and includes incoming and outgoing letters andinvitations. The correspondence relates to Kubla Khan's involvement in the Chinese community inPortland, company donations to community organizations, congratulatory letters to fellow businessmen,invitations to serve on community boards and customer complaints. There is correspondence withCongressman Ron Wyden (3rd District) and Senator Mark Hatfield about the food industry and itsrelationship to the Oregon economy.

Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1965 - 1969


Box 1, Folder 10 Correspondence, 1973



Box 1, Folder 13 Correspondence, 1980 - 1987, 1989 - 1989

Box 1, Folder 14 Correspondence, 1990, 1992 - 1992

Box 1, Folder 15 Correspondence, 1996

Box 1, Folder 16 Correspondence, customer complaints, 1999 - 1999, 1997

Box 1, Folder 17 Correspondence, incoming, 1999 - 1999

Box 1, Folder 18 Correspondence, outgoing, 1999 - 1999

Box 1, Folder 18A Correspondence, 1999 - 2000

Box 1, Folder 19 Correspondence, incoming, 2000 - 2000

Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence, outgoing, 2000 - 2000

Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence, Senator Ron Wyden, 2000 - 2000, 1982

Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence, customer complaints, 2000

Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence, incoming, 2001

Box 2, Folder 5 Correspondence, outgoing, 2001


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Box 2, Folder 6 Correspondence, incoming, 2003

Box 2, Folder 6A Correspondence, outgoing, 2003 - 2003

Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence, undated

Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence, invitations, 1986 - 1988

Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence, invitations, 1989 - 1995

Subseries 2.2: News clippings and articles, 1931 - 2006

Box 2, Folder 10 Newspaper clippings and articles, 1931

Box 2, Folder 11 Newspaper clippings and articles (from the Oregonian), 1952 - 1975

Box 2, Folder 12 Newspaper clippings and articles , 1953 - 1959

Box 2, Folder 13 Newspaper clippings and articles , 1960




Box 3, Folder 2 Newspaper clippings and articles, 1965 - 1966

Box 49, Folder 2 Newspaper clippings and articles, 1966 - 1966Image(s)











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Box 3, Folder 21 Newspaper clippings and articles, undated

Subseries 2.3: Corporate, 1951 - 2004The corporate subseries contains information about the company's incorporation, company identity(letterhead, business cards, and envelopes), license and building permits, financial and tax information,correspondence, and information about conducting trade with China and importing goods from China.

The corporate file consists of correspondence, applications for licenses, corporation power of attorney,and other legal documents about the company's founding in 1949. Also included is a 1967 Censusof Manufacturers for canned foods, Veteran's installment notes and certificates of eligibility (for bothRobert Wong and Percy Loy), Small Business Administration loan documents, and equipment leaseagreements.

Box 4, Folder 1 Corporate file (agreements and leases), 1952 - 1969

Box 4, Folder 2 Corporate file (tax ID, Dun and Bradstreet and copyright information), 1970 -1973

Box 4, Folder 3 Business cards, undated

Box 4, Folder 4 Corporate letterhead and envelopes, undated

Box 4, Folder 5 Company work forms, undated

Box 49, Folder 3 Floor plan and plot and roof plan for Kubla Khan Food Co., 1951 - 19513 Blueprints

Box 4, Folder 6 Sale of Kubla Khan to A & G (doing business ass, Sonia's Kitchen), 2001

Box 4, Folder 7 Employment and personnel information, 1979 - 1980


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Box 4, Folder 8 License permits and inspection reports, 1977 - 2001

Box 4, Folder 9 Oregon Department of Agriculture and City of Portland licenses, 1990 - 2004

Box 5, Folder 1 Telephone lists, 2001 - 2003

Box 5, Folder 2 Breakfast group, 1991 - 2002

Box 5, Folder 3 Christmas lists, 1999 - 2003

Box 5, Folder 4 Christmas letters, 1971 - 2003

Box 5, Folder 5 City of Portland Environmental Services, 2000

Box 5, Folder 6 City of Portland food and sanitation inspection, 1962

Box 5, Folder 7 Cold storage freezer information, 1993 - 2001

Box 5, Folder 8 New equipment, leased and used, 2002

Box 5, Folder 9 China importing, 2002

Box 5, Folder 10 Dictionary of Business Terms (English-Chinese), [1971?]

Box 5, Folder 11 Background on China, 1977

Box 5, Folder 12 Business in China, 2000 - 2002

Box 5, Folder 13 Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (membership cards), 1978 - 1986

Box 5, Folder 14 Portland Self Storage, 2002

Box 5, Folder 15 Chinese Food Drive-In Operation (new concept), 1969

Box 6, Folder 1 Oregon Business Development Mission to China, 1995

Box 6, Folder 2 Portland Chinese Yellow Pages, 2000

Box 6, Folder 3 News from China (Chinese Information Service), 1977

Box 6, Folder 4 Sorenson Transport, 1999

Box 6, Folder 5 Trade with China, 1971

Box 6, Folder 6 SAIF Corporation (traffic accidents and occupational injury), 1986

Box 6, Folder 7 Travel file, Taipei, Taiwan, 1987

Box 6, Folder 8 Travel file, Malaysia, 1989

Box 6, Folder 9 Travel file, Singapore, 1989


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Box 6, Folder 10 Travel file, Thailand, 1989

Box 6, Folder 11 Vacation schedules, undated

Box 6, Folder 11A Karafune Tempura Restaurant (Queen Yamamoto visit), 1963 - 1963

Box 6, Folder 12 United States International Trade Commission, 1998 - 1999

Subseries 2.4: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 305, 1950 - 1992This subseries contains information about Kubla Khan's employees' membership in Local Union No. 305,the Dairy, Bakery and Food Processors, Industrial Technical and Automotive Union. Included are medicalinsurance benefits, contribution rates to the Oregon Teamster Employers Trust, and agreements.

Box 7, Folder 3 Oregon Teamster Employers Trust (agreements and contracts), 1958 - 1990

Box 7, Folder 4 Oregon Teamster Employers Trust (agreements and contracts), 1958 - 1990

Subseries 2.5: Financial Materials

Subseries 2.5.1: Operating Statements , 1960 - 1995

Box 8, Folder 1 Operating Statements, 1960 - 1969






Subseries 2.5.2: Sales orders, 2005 - 2005

Box 9, Folder 3-4 Sales Orders, 2005, 2003 - 2003

Subseries 2.5.3: Monthly Inventories, 1997 - 2002

Box 10, Folder 1 Monthly Inventory, 1997






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Subseries 2.5.4: Receipts/Invoices, 1999 - 2004

Box 10, Folder 7 Invoices, 2000





Box 11, Folder 3 Advertisements, invoices, 2000 - 2001

Box 11, Folder 4 Equipment used or leased, 2000

Box 11, Folder 5 Groceries, retail, 1999 - 2000

Box 11, Folder 6 Groceries, industrial, 2000



Box 11, Folder 7 Meat, invoice, 2000

Box 11, Folder 8 Packaging, 2000

Box 11, Folder 9 Produce, 2000

Box 11, Folder 10 Supplies, receipts, 2000

Box 14, Folder 11 Supplies, 2004

Box 15, Folder 8 Supplies, 2001

Box 12, Folder 1 Utility bills, paid, 2000

Box 13, Folder 1 Utility bills, 2004 - 2004

Box 13, Folder 3 AT & T Universal card (travel), 2000 - 2000

Box 15, Folder 12 AT & T Universal card (travel), 2001

Box 13, Folder 9 Bills paid (advertisements), 1999 - 1999

Box 13, Folder 10 Bills paid (advertisements), 2001 - 2001

Box 13, Folder 11 Bills paid (automotive), 1999 - 1999


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Box 14, Folder 9 Advertisements, 2003 - 2004

Box 14, Folder 10 Tax service, 2004

Box 14, Folder 12 New equipment, used or leased, 2004

Box 15, Folder 6 New equipment, used and leased, 2001

Box 14, Folder 13 Storage, 2004

Box 15, Folder 9 Portland Self Storage, 2001

Box 15, Folder 4 Freight and postage, 2001

Box 15, Folder 7 Interest, 2001

Box 15, Folder 10 Services, 2001

Subseries 2.5.5: Bill of Lading, 2004 - 2004, 1999 - 2000

Box 12, Folder 2 Bill of Lading, 1999



Subseries 2.5.6: Banking , 1999 - 2003

Box 12, Folder 6 Bank deposits (checking), 1999 - 1999

Box 13, Folder 4 Bank deposits (checking), 2001 - 2001

Box 13, Folder 5 Bank deposits, 2001 - 2001



Box 13, Folder 8 Interest accumulated, 1999 - 1999

Subseries 2.5.7: Insurance, 1999 - 2004

Box 16, Folder 1 Insurance, 2001

Box 16, Folder 2 Insurance, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3 Certificate of insurance from suppliers, 2004

Box 16, Folder 4 Certificate of insurance to buyers, 1999 - 2004


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Box 16, Folder 5 Fullerton and Company, Inc., 2000

Box 16, Folder 6 Fullerton and Company, Inc., 2001

Box 16, Folder 7 Fullerton and Company, Inc., 2001 - 2002

Box 16, Folder 8 Fullerton and Company, Inc., 2003 - 2004

Box 16, Folder 9 North Pacific Insurance, 2000

Box 16, Folder 10 North Pacific Insurance, 2001

Box 16, Folder 11 SAIF Corporation Policy, 2001

Box 14, Folder 1 Retail sales, 1989 - 1995

Box 14, Folder 2 Retail sales percentage, 1970 - 1976

Box 14, Folder 3 Y2K, 1998 - 1999

Box 14, Folder 4-5 Accounts receivable

Box 14, Folder 6 Inventory of food items, 1994 - 2000

Box 15, Folder 2 Loan information, 1988 - 1998

Box 15, Folder 3 Sales contract and leases for plant machines, 1957 - 2000

Box 12, Folder 5 Retail and industrial sales and purchases, 1990 - 2000

Box 13, Folder 2 Taxes and fees, 2000 - 2000

Box 15, Folder 11 Taxes and fees, 2001

Box 13, Folder 12 Customer balance statements, 2003 - 2003

Box 13, Folder 13 Sales ratio, 1976 - 1976

Box 15, Folder 1 Credit information, 1990 - 2004

Subseries 2.6: Customers, 1997 - 2005The customer files are arranged chronologically and contain faxes, correspondence, notes, and orderinformation for food products.

Box 17, Folder 1 Processing customer orders (standard operating procedures), undated

Box 17, Folder 2 South America, 1998

Box 17, Folder 3 Dae Yang Noodle, 1998


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Box 17, Folder 4 Korea, 1998

Box 17, Folder 4 China , 1998

Box 17, Folder 5 Los Angeles, California, 1998

Box 17, Folder 6 Agripac, Inc., 1998

Box 17, Folder 7 Acme Food Sales, 1998

Box 17, Folder 8 America Roland Foods, 1998

Box 17, Folder 9 AmerAsia International, 1998

Box 17, Folder 10 Aluminum and Suppliers Paperboard , 1998

Box 17, Folder 11 Americe, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 12 Anzon Pacific Corporation, 1998

Box 17, Folder 13 S.H. Blackwell Company, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 14 Boardman Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 15 Beaverton Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 16 Culinary Foods (Division of Tyson), 1998

Box 17, Folder 17 California Healthy Harvest, 1998

Box 17, Folder 18 Cascadian Farms, 1998

Box 17, Folder 19 Comstock, 1998

Box 17, Folder 20 Dillman Farms, 1998

Box 17, Folder 21 Dean Farms Vegetable Company, 1998

Box 17, Folder 22 Dole Fresh Vegetable Division, 1998

Box 17, Folder 23 Delicious Valley Frozen Foods, 1998

Box 17, Folder 24 Day-Lee Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 25 Don Lee Farms and Goodman Food Products, 1998

Box 17, Folder 26 Doskocil Specialty Foods, 1998

Box 17, Folder 27 Entrees, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 28 The Ethnic Epicure/Ichiban Bento, 1998


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Box 17, Folder 29 Foodtech International , 1998

Box 17, Folder 30 Ever Fresh Fruit Company, 1998

Box 17, Folder 31 Fresh Express International , 1998

Box 17, Folder 32 Farwell International, 1998

Box 17, Folder 33 Frozen Foods International , 1998

Box 17, Folder 34 Flu-Flav-R-Food Products Company, 1998

Box 17, Folder 35 Fairlane Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 17, Folder 36 Glazier Food Company, 1998

Box 17, Folder 37 Golden International , 1998

Box 17, Folder 38 Crazy & Company, 1998

Box 17, Folder 39 Gray & Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 1 Granpac Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 18, Folder 2 Haiti Global, Inc. , 1998

Box 18, Folder 3 Huie Bean Yuen Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 4 Harry's Soup and Chowder Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 5 Idea Company , 1998

Box 18, Folder 6 Intrinsic , 1998

Box 18, Folder 7 Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO), 1998

Box 18, Folder 8 King Harvest Foods, 1998

Box 18, Folder 9 Kerr Concentrate-Salem, 1998

Box 18, Folder 10 Lamb-Weston, Inc. , 1998

Box 18, Folder 11 J. Lieb Foods, 1998

Box 18, Folder 12 Little Farms, 1998

Box 18, Folder 13 Macheezmo Mouse, 1998

Box 18, Folder 14 Mattson and Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 15 Melrose International Trading LTD, 1998


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Box 18, Folder 16 Nichirei Food America, 1998

Box 18, Folder 17 Norcal-Crosetti Foods, 1998

Box 18, Folder 18 North American Ingredients (G's Herbs International), 1998

Box 18, Folder 19 Ocean Fresh Seafood, 1998

Box 18, Folder 20 Oregon Cherry Growers, 1998

Box 18, Folder 21 Oregon Spice Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 22 Oregon Freeze Dry, 1998

Box 18, Folder 23 Abbott Blackstone, 1998

Box 18, Folder 24 Duffield and Associates, 1998

Box 18, Folder 25 GPM International , 1998

Box 18, Folder 26 National Food Sales (Seattle), 1998

Box 18, Folder 27 Mancine Brokerage, 1998

Box 18, Folder 28 Marnex Corporation, 1998

Box 18, Folder 29 Marshall Sales Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 30 Bentley and Bentley, 1998

Box 18, Folder 31 PG Miller Associates, 1998

Box 18, Folder 32 Thomas A. Hails Company, Inc. , 1998

Box 18, Folder 33 Russ Haehl Brokerage Company, 1998

Box 18, Folder 34 Monterey Food Brokers, 1998

Box 18, Folder 35 Kubla Khan, 1998

Box 18, Folder 36 Versa Marketing, 1998

Box 19, Folder 1 Fluchere Sales and Marketing, 1998

Box 19, Folder 2 Team Northwest, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 3 Marin Marketing Services, 1998

Box 19, Folder 4 Wesco Food Beverage, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 5 National Food Sales (Salem), 1998


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Box 19, Folder 6 E.J. Hayes Company, 1998

Box 19, Folder 7 Acme Food Sales, 1998

Box 19, Folder 8 Alimentos pro de Costa Rica, 1998

Box 19, Folder 9 Aluminum and Paperboard Suppliers, 1998

Box 19, Folder 10 AJC International, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 11 Berelson Mead International , 1998

Box 19, Folder 12 B & G Foods, 1998

Box 19, Folder 13 Baoan Corporation, New York Office, 1998

Box 19, Folder 14 Boghosian Raisin, 1998

Box 19, Folder 15 E. Boyd and Associates, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 16 Bunge Foods, 1998

Box 19, Folder 17 Betters International Food Corporation, 1998

Box 19, Folder 18 Brian Quigley Company, 1998

Box 19, Folder 19 Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 20 California Specialty Sales, 1998

Box 19, Folder 21 Connell Foods, 1998

Box 19, Folder 22 Cascade Fruit Marketing, 1998

Box 19, Folder 23 Chang's Food Company, 1998

Box 19, Folder 24 Caruthers Raisin Packing Company, 1998

Box 19, Folder 25 Chiquita Brands, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 26 Chin's Import Export Company, 1998

Box 19, Folder 27 J.B. Cusick Company, Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 28 California Natural Products, 1998

Box 19, Folder 29 Crop's N.A., Inc. , 1998

Box 19, Folder 30 DC and Associates Company, LTD, 1998

Box 19, Folder 31 Delicious Valley Frozen Foods, Inc. , 1998


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Box 19, Folder 32 Eagle Paper Box Company, 1998

Box 19, Folder 33 Evergreen State Food Sales, 1998

Box 19, Folder 34 Everfresh Food Corporation, 1998

Box 19, Folder 35 Eastimpex, 1998

Box 19, Folder 36 Fort James Corporation, 1998

Box 19, Folder 37 Frutarom (Meer), 1998

Box 20, Folder 1 Golden Pacific, 1998

Box 20, Folder 2 George Chiala Farms, 1998

Box 20, Folder 3 Gourmet Club Corporation, 1998

Box 20, Folder 4 In-Mark, 1998

Box 20, Folder 5 Isherwood and Associates, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 6 Infinity Sales (Joy Food), 1998

Box 20, Folder 7 Institutional Heinz USA Sales, 1998

Box 20, Folder 8 Interpack Northwest Frozen Foods, 1998

Box 20, Folder 9 James River Corporation, 1998

Box 20, Folder 10 JSO Associates, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 11 Kraft, Baker's Coconut, 1998

Box 20, Folder 12 KHI (KH International, Inc.), 1998

Box 20, Folder 13 Kodiak Fish Meat Company, 1998

Box 20, Folder 14 Kyotaur Oregon, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 15 Lilar Corporation (Nikken), 1998

Box 20, Folder 16 Lea and Perrins, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 17 La Campina USA, 1998

Box 20, Folder 18 LA Foods, 1998

Box 20, Folder 19 Lotus International Trading Company, 1998

Box 20, Folder 20 Linbro, Inc. , 1998


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Box 20, Folder 21 Mulsen Trading Company, Ltd, 1998

Box 20, Folder 22 Mitsubishi International Corporation, 1998

Box 20, Folder 23 Monterey Import Company, 1998

Box 20, Folder 24 Miyako Oriental Foods, 1998

Box 20, Folder 25 Noon International Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 26 Bob Morris Company, 1998

Box 20, Folder 27 Northwest Natural Juice Concentrate, 1998

Box 20, Folder 28 Northwest Natural Juice Concentrate, 1998

Box 20, Folder 29 Ocean Fresh Seafood Company, 1998

Box 20, Folder 30 Ostrich Valley Ranch, 1998

Box 20, Folder 31 Paris Foods, 1998

Box 20, Folder 32 Professional Food System (Con Agra), 1998

Box 20, Folder 33 Sandee's Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 34 Shaw's Southern Belle Frozen Foods, 1998

Box 20, Folder 35 Shelby's Cold Storage, 1998

Box 20, Folder 36 J. Sosnic and Company, 1998

Box 20, Folder 37 Spectrum Seafood Company (Surimi), 1998

Box 20, Folder 38 Specialty Food Marketing, 1998

Box 20, Folder 39 St. Charles Trading, 1998

Box 20, Folder 40 Sun Harvest Foods, 1998

Box 20, Folder 41 Schare and Associates, 1998

Box 20, Folder 42 Salcom Group, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 43 Star Frozen Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 20, Folder 44 The Liquidation Center, 1998

Box 20, Folder 45 Tony's Smoke House, 1998

Box 20, Folder 46 Victoria Pacific Trading Corporation, 1998


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Box 20A, Folder 1 George S. Bush and Company, Inc. , 1997 - 1999

Box 20A, Folder 2 TGI Corporation, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 3 Unison Development Inc. , 1998

Box 20A, Folder 4 United Food Poultry, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 5 Wayne County Foods, Inc. , 1998

Box 20A, Folder 6 J.R. Wood, Inc. , 1998

Box 20A, Folder 7 Yoshida's Inc. , 1998

Box 20A, Folder 8 Valley Pride Sales, Inc. , 1998

Box 20A, Folder 9 US Abalone, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 10 Young's Pecan, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 11 Caribex Caribbean Export Group, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 12 Hong Kong, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 13 Eiho Food (HK) Company, Ltd, 1998

Box 20A, Folder 14 Dragon Gate Food Corporation/Fujian Dragon Enterprises Company, LTD. ,1998

Box 20A, Folder 15 Hong Kong, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 16 Indonesia, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 17 Fu-Mart International Development, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 18 Vietnam, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 19 South America, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 20 Laurel Enterprises Corporation, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 21 Korea, 1999

Box 20A, Folder 22 Marnex Corporation, 1999

Box 21, Folder 1 J.R. Simplot Company, 1999

Box 21, Folder 2 Smith Cookie Company, 1999

Box 21, Folder 3 Snowcrest Packers, Inc. , 1999

Box 21, Folder 4 Stonemill Foods, 1999


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Box 21, Folder 5 Tanimura and Antle Canada, Inc. , 1999

Box 21, Folder 6 Taree International Corporation, 1999

Box 21, Folder 7 Technomic International , 1999

Box 21, Folder 8 Turtle Island Company, 1999

Box 21, Folder 9 Trailblazer Fruit Company, 1999

Box 21, Folder 10 Tysons Foods, 1999

Box 21, Folder 11 Vivion Chemical, Inc. , 1999

Box 21, Folder 12 Yaax International , 1999

Box 21, Folder 13 Yoshida Food Products Company, 1999

Box 21, Folder 14 Van Drunen Farms, 1999

Box 21, Folder 15 Townsend Farms, 1999

Box 21, Folder 16 Fujian Dragon Enterprises, 1999

Box 21, Folder 17 Pacific Harvest Foods, 1999

Box 21, Folder 18 Patterson Frozen Foods, 1999

Box 21, Folder 19 Portland School District, 1999

Box 21, Folder 20 REMA Foods, Inc. , 1999

Box 21, Folder 21 Resner's Fine Foods, Inc. , 1999

Box 21, Folder 22 Salad Times Farm, Inc. , 1999

Box 21, Folder 23 Sea and Farmfresh Import Company, 1999

Box 21, Folder 24 Agri Frozen Foods, 1999 - 1999

Box 22, Folder 1 Sysco Food Services of Montana, 2000

Box 22, Folder 2 Fujian Dragon Enterprises, 2000

Box 22, Folder 3 Sun Harvest Foods, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 4 Sysco Food Service of Portland, 2000

Box 22, Folder 5 Sun Harvest Foods, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 6 Townsend Farms, 2000


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Box 22, Folder 7 Tyson's Foods, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 8 Trailblazer Fruit Company, 2000

Box 22, Folder 9 U. Okada Company, 2000

Box 22, Folder 10 World Food Sales, 2000

Box 22, Folder 11 Alpine Food Distribution, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 12 Anzen Pacific Corporation, 2000

Box 22, Folder 13 Armen Distributors, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 14 A Cut Above, 2000

Box 22, Folder 15 Barber Foods, 2000

Box 22, Folder 16 S.H. Blackwell Company, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 17 Beaverton Foods, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 18 E. Boyd and Associates, Inc. , 2000

Box 22, Folder 19 Bear Creek Country Kitchen, 2000

Box 22, Folder 20 Culinary Foods, Inc. , 2000

Box 23 Customer files, 2000 - 2000









Box 32 Customer Files, 2003 - 2004




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Subseries 2.7: Suppliers, 1997 - 2003

Box 33 Domestic Suppliers, 1997 - 2003

Box 35 Domestic Suppliers, 2000 - 2000

Box 35 Far East Suppliers, 2002 - 2003

Subseries 2.8: Brokers, 2004 - 2004, 2000 - 2000

Box 36 Brokers, 2000 - 2000

Box 37 Brokers, 2004 - 2004

Subseries 2.9: Price Lists, 1974 - 1998

Box 37 Price lists for institutional items, 1997 - 1997

Box 37 Universal product coding, 1974 - 1974

Box 37 Price history, 1980 - 1997

Box 38, Folder 1 Deli price lists, 1996 - 1997

Box 38, Folder 3 Palletizing frozen food and deli items lists, 1990

Box 38, Folder 4 Retail item price lists, 1989 - 1997

Box 38, Folder 5 Seafood price lists, 1997 - 1998

Subseries 2.10: Research, 1946 - 1982

Box 38, Folder 6 Bean sprouts, 1946, 1955 - 1955

Box 38, Folder 7 Blanching sweet and sour chicken and spare ribs, 1962

Box 38, Folder 8 Corn starch, 1953 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 9 Ginger beef, 1966

Box 38, Folder 10 Rice, 1951 - 1953

Box 38, Folder 11 Spice formula, 1968

Box 38, Folder 12 Seasonings, 1982

Box 38, Folder 13 Soy sauce, 1965 - 1972

Box 38, Folder 14 Teriyaki sauce, 1963


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Box 38, Folder 15 Vegetable chop suey and chicken chop suey, 1964

Box 38, Folder 16 Sukiyaki distilled spirits, 1980 - 1980, 1959

Subseries 2.11: Specifications for Food Products, 1976 - 2006The specifications contain documentation about food products used by Kubla Khan. The materialsconsist of memoranda, correspondence, faxes, laboratory results, evaluation data, US TreasuryDepartment, Bureau of Customs notice of refusal of admission for food products, and data sheetsdescribing the food items, its limits, chemical make-up, physical make-up, quantity per can or carton, andnutritional information. In some instances, product literature, product labels, news clippings, and articlesare included. Those products titled "IQF" refer to individually quick frozen. The materials are arrangedalphabetically by product name.

Box 38, Folder 17 World Canning Co., Ltd (Taiwan), 2002

Box 38, Folder 18 B & G product information sheets, Wright's natural hickory seasoning, liquidsmoke, undated

Box 38, Folder 19 Certificate of analysis (Yakisoba noodle, dried), 2005

Box 38, Folder 20 Almond (bleached) raw, 1996

Box 38, Folder 21 Artificial vanilla, 1996

Box 38, Folder 22 Banana chips sweetened, 2000

Box 38, Folder 23 Black bean paste, 1998 - 2003

Box 38, Folder 24 Camellia mushroom, 1997

Box 38, Folder 25 Canned baby corn, 1986 - 1995

Box 38, Folder 26 Canned bamboo shoots, 1976 - 1995

Box 38, Folder 27 Canned bamboo strips, 2002

Box 38, Folder 28 Canned mushrooms, 1998 - 2003

Box 38, Folder 29 Canned pumpkin, 1993

Box 38, Folder 30 Canned ripe olives, 1983 - 1990

Box 38, Folder 31 Canned water chestnuts, 1986 - 1995

Box 38, Folder 32 Carrots, baby (whole and petite), 1992

Box 38, Folder 33 Cauliflower, 1995

Box 38, Folder 34 China tea mushroom, undated


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Box 38, Folder 35 Chinese pepitas, pumpkin seeds, 2002

Box 38, Folder 36 Chow mein, noodles and rice noodles, 1992 - 1997

Box 38, Folder 37 Citron or citric acid, 1990

Box 38, Folder 38 Coconut milk, 2002

Box 39, Folder 1 Creamed coconut, 1997

Box 39, Folder 2 [Conal ?] oil, 2002

Box 39, Folder 3 Dehydrated (dry) diced mango, 2001

Box 39, Folder 4 Diced green chiles, 1995

Box 39, Folder 5 Diced macadamia nuts, 1997

Box 39, Folder 6 Diced cut seaweed, 1995

Box 39, Folder 7 Egg products, long eggs, 2000

Box 39, Folder 8 Freeze dried garlic diced, 2003

Box 39, Folder 9 Fresh Chinese vegetables, undated

Box 39, Folder 10 Garlic and onion, 1984 - 2002

Box 39, Folder 11 Golden raisins, undated

Box 39, Folder 12 Green peppercorn, 1994

Box 39, Folder 13 Hominy (white or gold) beans, 1998

Box 39, Folder 14 Honey, 1996

Box 39, Folder 15 Jalapeno puree, 2001

Box 39, Folder 16 Lo mein noodles, 2000

Box 39, Folder 17 Low temperature fishmeal, 1997

Box 39, Folder 18 Mango, 2003

Box 39, Folder 19 Marinara sauce, 2003

Box 39, Folder 20 Minced meat, 1997

Box 39, Folder 21 Monosodium glutamate (MSG), 1999

Box 39, Folder 22 Peanuts, 2001


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Box 39, Folder 23 Oyster sauce (no MSG), 1999

Box 39, Folder 24 Pear shaped tomato paste, 1995

Box 39, Folder 25 Pineapple, 1981 - 2003

Box 39, Folder 26 Pineapple rings in brine, 1997 - 2001

Box 39, Folder 27 Pistachio, 1998

Box 39, Folder 28 Poppy seeds, 2002

Box 39, Folder 29 Pure sesame oil, 1993 - 2003

Box 39, Folder 30 Red bell pepper in brine, 1997

Box 39, Folder 31 Slipper lobster, 1994

Box 39, Folder 32 Smoked tofu, 2000

Box 39, Folder 33 Sour dough bread crumbs (fine), 2000

Box 39, Folder 34 Soy beans (in pod), 2002

Box 39, Folder 35 Sriraca chili sauce, 2002

Box 39, Folder 36 Tabasco brand pepper sauce, 1993 - 2003

Box 39, Folder 37 Tamaren, 2000

Box 39, Folder 38 Tomato cutlets, 1999

Box 39, Folder 39 Tomato powder, undated

Box 39, Folder 40 Tropical fruit, 2001

Box 39, Folder 41 Wasabi powder, 2000

Box 39, Folder 42 Worcester sauce, 2000

Box 39, Folder 43 Wright's hickory smoke sauce, 1993 - 2003

Box 39, Folder 44 Yamasa soy sauce, 1999

Box 40, Folder 1 BBQ pork (cha shu), 1999

Box 40, Folder 2 Blueberry, bee sweet frozen, 1997

Box 40, Folder 3 Blueberry puree, 1997

Box 40, Folder 4 Red hot cayenne pepper sauce, 2002


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Box 40, Folder 5 Freeze dried pineapple juice/banana powder, undated

Box 40, Folder 6 Freeze dried shrimp, undated

Box 40, Folder 7 Frozen asparagus puree, 1997

Box 40, Folder 8 Frozen cloudy carrot juice concentrate, 1997

Box 40, Folder 9 Frozen green beans, 1996

Box 40, Folder 10 Frozen ming bean sprouts (whole), 1995 - 2001

Box 40, Folder 11 Frozen onion puree, 1995

Box 40, Folder 12 Frozen zucchini, 1994

Box 40, Folder 12A Horseradish powder, 1997

Box 40, Folder 13 IQF asparagus, 1995 - 1997

Box 40, Folder 14 IQF bamboo shoots, 1985 - 1994

Box 40, Folder 15 IQF banana, 1996

Box 40, Folder 16 IQF black olives, 1992

Box 40, Folder 17 IQF bok choy, 2002

Box 40, Folder 18 IQF broccoli spears or wet pack, 2002

Box 40, Folder 19 IQF carrot strips, 1998

Box 40, Folder 20 IQF fire roasted onion, 2001

Box 40, Folder 21 IQF frozen foods, 1983 - 1997

Box 40, Folder 22 IQF frozen water chestnuts, 1981 - 1996

Box 40, Folder 23 IQF or frozen cut green and wax green beans, 1996 - 2002

Box 40, Folder 24 IQF extra fine French green beans, 1998

Box 40, Folder 25 IQF garlic clove (without peels), 1998

Box 40, Folder 26 IQF green onion, 2001 - 2004

Box 40, Folder 27 IQF leeks, 1994

Box 40, Folder 28 IQF leek flower stems, 1991

Box 40, Folder 29 IQF lychee (pitted whole), 1999


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Box 40, Folder 30 IQF mango chunks, 2003

Box 41, Folder 1 IQF orange slices, 1996 - 1998

Box 41, Folder 2 IQF pepper, red and green, 1999

Box 41, Folder 3 IQF pineapple, 1998 - 2000

Box 41, Folder 4 IQF portabella mushroom, 2003

Box 41, Folder 5 IQF rhubarb, 1996

Box 41, Folder 6 IQF roasted vegetables, 2000

Box 41, Folder 7 IQF shitake mushroom (sliced), 1997 - 1999

Box 41, Folder 8 IQf soy bean, 2003

Box 41, Folder 9 IQF soy bean edamame, 2002

Box 41, Folder 10 IQF spring onion, 1995

Box 41, Folder 11 IQF strawberry, 1993 - 1998

Box 41, Folder 12 IQF straw mushrooms, 1984 - 2000

Box 41, Folder 13 IQF sugar snap peas, 1993 - 1996

Box 41, Folder 14 IQF vegetable and pork dumplings, 1999 - 2000

Box 41, Folder 15 IQF water chestnuts, 2003

Box 41, Folder 16 IQF whole baby corn, 1993 - 1999

Box 41, Folder 17 IQF whole kernel cut corn, 1997

Box 41, Folder 17A Pineapple concentrate (frozen), 1998

Box 41, Folder 18 Sesame seeds, 2002

Box 41, Folder 19 Spinach, leaf cut, 2002

Box 41, Folder 20 Sour cherry juice concentrate, 1995

Box 41, Folder 21 Tomato products, 1988 - 1998

Box 41, Folder 22 Yellow papya puree, 2003

Box 41, Folder 23 Industrial and institutional food items, 1998

Box 42, Folder 1 IQF baby corn, 2005


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Box 42, Folder 2 IQF bamboo shoots, 2006

Box 42, Folder 3 IQF peapods, 2005

Box 42, Folder 4 Coconut powder milk, 2003 - 2005

Box 42, Folder 5 Kosher certificates, 1997 - 2004


Series 3: Advertising and Marketing Materials Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company RecordsNMAH.AC.1316

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Series 3: Advertising and Marketing Materials, 1956-[1995?]This series contains advertisements, product packaging, labels for products, and photographs. Thephotographs are arranged chronologically and consist primarily of images of products, interior and exteriorwarehouse views, displays of Kubla Khan products in grocery stores, and outdoor billboards.

Subseries 3.1: Packaging, 1988 - 1988, undated

Box 43, Folder 2 Kubla Khan, fried rice, undated

Box 43, Folder 3 Kubla Khan, chicken chop suey, undatedImage(s)

Box 43, Folder 4 Kubla Khan, egg rolls with meat, undated

Box 43, Folder 5 Kubla Khan, chow mein pork, Cantonese style, undated

Box 43, Folder 6 Kubla Khan, sweet and sour spareribs, undatedImage(s)

Box 43, Folder 7 Kubla Khan, sukiyaki dinner, undated

Box 43, Folder 8 Kubla Khan, combination dinner, undated

Box 43, Folder 9 Label information, potstickers, vegetable and chicken dumpling, undated

Box 43, Folder 10 Label information, chicken egg rolls, undated

Box 43, Folder 11 Label information, general, 1988Image(s)

Box 49, Folder 5 Labels/overwraps for products, undated

Box 49, Folder 6 Packaging samples, 1968 - 1968, 1964 - 1964

Box 42, Folder 24 Congratulations! We See You're in the News (advertisement), undated

Subseries 3.2: Photographs, 1956-[1995?]

Box 43, Folder 12 Photographs, 1956Image(s)

Box 43, Folder 13 Photographs, color transparencies of food products, 1958

Box 43, Folder 14 Photographs, 1958


Box 43, Folder 16 Photographs, miscellaneous, [1960s]






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Image(s)










Box 43, Folder 26 Oregon Legislative Delegation, 1992

Box 43, Folder 27 Chung Food Company, [1993?]

Box 43, Folder 28 Kubla Khan products in the warehouse, [1995?]

Box 43, Folder 29 [Visit to Thailand?], undated

Box 43, Folder 30 Japan Airlines and the Kubla Khan sukiyaki dinner, undated

Box 43, Folder 31 Percy Loy, undatedImage(s)

Box 44, Folder 1 Kubla Khan Food Company (interior and exterior views), undated

Box 44, Folder 2 [Factory buildings?], undated

Box 44, Folder 3 [Warehouse in China?], undated

Box 44, Folder 4 Outdoor billboards, undatedImage(s)

Box 44, Folder 5 Percy Loy with Governor Victor Atiyeh of Oregon, [circa 1970s?]

Box 44, Folder 6 Products, undated

Box 44, Folder 7 Governor Robert Straub of Oregon, undated

Box 44, Folder 8 Office (interior views) and products, undated


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Box 44, Folder 9 Factory/office, undated

Box 49, Folder 7 Products (spare rib combination dinner), undated

Box 43, Folder 1 Kubla Khan combination dinners advertisement, undated

Box 43, Folder 1A Kubla Khan products, advertisements, 1976 - 1976, 1965 - 1965, 1962

Box 49, Folder 4 Advertising and display allowances, 1970 - 1970

Box 49, Folder 8 Newspaper advertisements, 1990 - 1990, 1984 - 1984, 1965 - 1969

Box 42, Folder 6 Ephemera related to Kubla Khan (inludes chop sticks), undated

Box 42, Folder 7 List of Safeway Stores, Inc., in Portland, Oregon, undated

Box 42, Folder 8 Meet Mr. Grocer in the 550 Million Dollar Food Market , undated

Box 42, Folder 9 Jade Queen, Chinese egg roll packaging, undated

Box 42, Folder 10 Chung King press kit, 1959

Box 42, Folder 11 Kubla Khan Chinese pea pods label, undated

Box 42, Folder 11A Kubla Khan Chinese chicken dinner (advertisement), undated

Box 42, Folder 12 Kubla Khan Chinese pea pod packaging, 1994

Box 42, Folder 13 Kubla Khan A-75-CC soy sauce, undated

Box 42, Folder 14 Gift coupons, undated

Box 42, Folder 15 Wallant, shrimp egg roll packaging, undated

Box 42, Folder 16 Institutional packs (prepared frozen products), undated

Box 42, Folder 17 Kubla Khan terriyaki marinade label, undated

Box 42, Folder 18 "Sell More Kubla Khan", undated

Box 42, Folder 19 Kubla Khan fried rice, undated

Box 42, Folder 20 Through the House Cooperative Advertising Allowances, 1965 February 15

Box 42, Folder 21 Ephemera, undated

Box 42, Folder 2 Scrapbook, 1960 - 1962

Box 42, Folder 23 Top 500 Report for Food Operators, 1975

Box 42, Folder 25 Kubla Khan chicken chop suey (print proof), undated


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Series 4: Federal Food Administration and United StatesDepartment of Agriculture Materials


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Series 4: Federal Food Administration and United States Department ofAgriculture Materials , 1959 - 2003This series consists of documentation about the regulation and policies concerning importing food.Included are Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act forms known as "continuing guaranty" ensuringthat deliveries for Kubla Khan are not adulterated or misbranded. There are some Federal and DrugAdministration reports related to food inspection of Kubla Khan products and documentation with theDepartment of Health and Human Services for exemptions from the nutrition labeling for certain KublaKhan products.

The United States Department of Agriculture materials consist of printed bulletins and memorandarelating to policies and regulations for food safety and inspections of food products and its operators andestablishments. Examples of wax overwrap labels used for food products and the associated applications,information about the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, documentation about pesticides,inspection reports, process deficiency records, and import processes and licenses are included.

Box 44, Folder 10 Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, 1972 - 2003

Box 44, Folder 11 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (continuing guarantees), 1991 - 2001

Box 44, Folder 12 Food and Drug Administration, 1959 - 1960

Box 44, Folder 13 Food and Drug Administration, Compliance Policy Guide (excerpt), 2001

Box 44, Folder 14 Food and Drug Administration/Department of Health and Human Services, foodlabeling , 1996 - 2001

Box 44, Folder 15 United States Department of Agriculture, regulations, 1953 - 1958

Box 44, Folder 16 United States Department of Agriculture, wax overwrap labels, 1958

Box 44, Folder 17 United States Department of Agriculture, dinner covers, wax overwrap labels,1957

Box 45, Folder 1 United States Department of Agriculture, sukiyaki dinner wax overwrap, 1959

Box 45, Folder 2 United States Department of Agriculture, memoranda, 1959 - 1962

Box 45, Folder 3 United States Department of Agriculture, poultry regulations, 1966 - 1968

Box 45, Folder 4 United States Department of Agriculture, inspection system guide, 1990 - 1990

Box 45, Folder 5 United States Department of Agriculture, import permit section, 1965 - 2003

Box 45, Folder 6 United States Department of Agriculture, label for pork fried rice, 1994

Box 45, Folder 7 United States Department of Agriculture, organisms, pesticides, and residues,1969 - 1994

Box 45, Folder 8 United States Department of Agriculture, import permits for plant products, 1989- 2002

Series 4: Federal Food Administration and United StatesDepartment of Agriculture Materials


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Box 45, Folder 9 United States Department of Agriculture, AGRIPAC labels, 1994 - 1994, 1985

Box 45, Folder 10 United States Department of Agriculture, application for labels for chicken friedrice, 1994

Box 45, Folder 11 United States Department of Agriculture, application for labels for potstickers,1991 - 1994

Box 45, Folder 12 United States Department of Agriculture, Perishable Agricultural CommoditiesAct, 2003 - 2004

Box 45, Folder 13 United States Department of Agriculture, process deficiency records, 1989 -1998


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Series 5: Food Industry Materials, 1949 - 2006This series contains information related to the food industry broadly. Materials are arrangedchronologically and include product literature about packaging equipment, menu samples, publicationsabout food processes and the restaurant business, buying guides, directories. and consumer analysisdata compiled by the Seattle Times (1952 and 1954). Of note is the inclusion of the Cornell UniversitySchool of Hotel Administration, The Essentials of Good Table Service and Waitress Training Manual forthe Original Pancake House from 1953.

Box 46, Folder 1 Ajax Bolier, Inc., instructions for installation and maintenance, 1985

Box 46, Folder 2 Ajinomoto Co., Inc., monosodium glutamate, undated

Box 46, Folder 3 Botsford Constantine Gardner, Inc., advertising agency, 1958

Box 46, Folder 4 Canning industry, 1949 - 1973

Box 46, Folder 5 Chinese New Year, Oregon Convention Center, booth vendors, 2006 February 4

Box 46, Folder 6 Chris Import Export Co., Inc. , 2006

Box 46, Folder 7 Continuous Flow Packaging Equipment (Model 46 Wrapper)/Battle CreekPackaging Machines, Inc. , 1949

Box 46, Folder 8 Blue Water Seafoods, seafood and sauce, [1962?]

Box 46, Folder 9 Coffee Brewing Institute, Inc., undated

Box 46, Folder 10 Consumer Analysis for Seattle, 1952

Box 46, Folder 11 Consumer Analysis for Seattle, 1954

Box 46, Folder 12 Consumer Inventory, Top Ten Brands in Portland, Oregon, 1957 - 1958

Box 46, Folder 13 Corn Industries Research Foundation, Inc. , 1958

Box 46, Folder 14 Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, The Essentials of Good TableService, 1962

Box 46, Folder 15 Corn Products Sales Company, undated

Box 46, Folder 16 Ekco-Alcoa Overwrap Hooding Machine, operating and maintenanceinstructions, 1960

Box 49, Folder 9 Ekco-Alcoa Containers (equipment and packaging), 1958 - 19599 Drawings

Box 47, Folder 1 Equipment and packaging, 1952 - 1975

Box 47, Folder 2 Food Business, 1965 February

Box 47, Folder 3 Food Service Executives Association, undated


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Box 47, Folder 4 Foshou Foods, China Zejiang Jinhua Canned, Foods Co., undated

Box 47, Folder 5 Frozen assets for your menus (brochure), undated

Box 47, Folder 6 Frozen Food Fact Book and Directory, 1968

Box 47, Folder 7 Hudson House, Inc. (frozen foods), 1966

Box 47, Folder 8 International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Accent international flavorbooklet, undated

Box 47, Folder 9 Japan Airlines, Japanese sake, undated

Box 47, Folder 10 Knowing and Selling Alcoholic Beverages, undated

Box 47, Folder 11 Lea-Fi International, Inc. , [1978?]

Box 47, Folder 12 Menus, samples, 1958

Box 47, Folder 13 Monosodium glutamate, 1981 - 1981, 1994 - 1994, 1969

Box 47, Folder 14 National Association of Frozen Food packers, Frozen Food Pack Statistics, 1962

Box 47, Folder 15 National Cash Register, Success in the Restaurant Business, 1957

Box 47, Folder 16 National Coffee Association, undated

Box 47, Folder 17 National Frozen Food Association, The Retail Market for Frozen Foods, undated

Box 47, Folder 17 Frozen Food Handbook, 1966

Box 47, Folder 18 National Frozen Food Convention and Exposition, New York City, 1977

Box 47, Folder 19 National Restaurant Association Food and Equipment Research Department,About Bad Coffee, undated

Box 47, Folder 20 Northwest Food Processors Association, 58th Annual Conference, 1972

Box 47, Folder 20 Northwest Food Processors Association, 59th Annual Conference, 1973

Box 47, Folder 21 Northwest Food Processors Convention, 1984

Box 47, Folder 22 Nutritional and caloric values, 1988 - 1996

Box 47, Folder 23 Oregon Grocers Buying Guide and Directory, 1971 - 1972

Box 47, Folder 24 Stephen Paoli Manufacturing Company, 1970

Box 48, Folder 1 Portland Fish Company, fish facts, 1961

Box 48, Folder 2 Processing and packaging standards, 1966 - 1988


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Box 48, Folder 3 Quick Frozen Foods, 1968 November

Box 48, Folder 4 Quick Frozen Foods, 1972 April

Box 48, Folder 5 Quick Frozen Foods, 1979 October

Box 48, Folder 6 Restaurant training materials, undated

Box 48, Folder 7 Select Union Foods, Inc., frozen food bulletin, 1964 - 1965

Box 48, Folder 8 Specifications for food, 1953, 1969 - 1969

Box 48, Folder 9 Stouffer Corporation, demonstrators manual, undated

Box 48, Folder 10 Tea Council of the U.S.A, Inc., Two Leaves and a Bud, undated

Box 48, Folder 11 Tea Board of India, Leaves of Indian Tea, undated

Box 48, Folder 12 Uniform Code Council, Inc. UPC Implementation Guide, 1991 December

Box 48, Folder 13 United Grocers Annual Report, 1980

Box 48, Folder 14 Urschel Laboratories, Urschel Model OV Slicer, 1972

Box 48, Folder 15 US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Training for Quantity FoodPreparation, 1956

Box 48, Folder 16 Waitress Training Manual for the Original Pancake House, 1953

Box 48, Folder 17 76 Ways to Make the Telephone Sell for You, 1959


Documents

Guide to the Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company Recordssirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NMAH.AC.1316.pdfSummary: The collection documents Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company, a Portland, Oregon company