Mixed materials 1-5
Chronological Files
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
(7 boxes)
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of personal and business material related to her personal life and her food industry business.
Boxes 1-5 contain several photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and memos of Laura Scudder and her family, nursing career,
law career, and food industry business.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scudder, Charles, 1861-1929
Mixed materials 15-16
Additional Items, 1993
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear feet
(2 boxes)
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains items relating to the Laura Scudder Co. These items are several photographs of the company, company
delivery trucks, store displays, coupons, booklets, newsletters, and historical articles. Also, in box 16 there is a booklet
about the Laura Scudder Co. Anaheim, CA plant.
Audio Visual Material
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.6 Linear feet
(7 boxes and 2 cartons)
Scope and Contents note
This series contains several copies of the "Laura" documentary film and video tapes of interviews done for the production.
There are also production notes, along with audio cassette tapes of the film interviews as well as reels of Scudder home movies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scudder, John
Mixed materials 10
Scripts and Notebook
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 box)
Mixed materials 11,17,19-20
Laura Video Materials
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.3 Linear feet
(2 boxes, 2 cartons)
Mixed materials 9
10 Videos, 6 Film Reels
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 box)
Mixed materials 8
Film Reels and Cannisters
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
(1 box)
Mixed materials 12
Cassette and Reel-to-Reel Audio Tapes
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 box)
Mixed materials 18
Binder of Notes for Laura film
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
(1 box)
Mixed materials 7
Photographic Materials
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear feet
(2 boxes)
Scope and Contents note
Boxes 7 and 8 of the Laura Scudder Papers hold several photographs and negatives of Laura Scudder's family and business. There
are also portraits of Laura, and several negative sheets of photos taken by Charles Scudder.
The majority of the photos are of Laura's family. In box 8 there is also a phonograph record of a radio ad for KWKW Spanish
Language radio.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scudder, Charles, 1861-1929
Graphic materials 8
Photo Negatives and Phonograph Record
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 box)
Mixed materials 13-14
Laura Scudder Co. Items
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.9 Linear feet
(3 boxes)
Scope and Contents note
Boxes 13-14 of the Laura Scudder Papers hold Scudder Foods company items. These items include envelopes and a small leather
notebook with company logos, original potato chip bags and peanut butter jars, and two wood-backed photos of a delivery truck
and a potato chip bag.
Mixed materials Case 7
Laura Scudder Co. Oversized Items
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.08 Linear feet
(1box)
Scope and Contents note
The oversized items within this series include an original Scudder Foods shipping box, original potato chips bags, and copies
of poster sized advertisements for different products from Scudder Foods.
Mixed materials 6
Books, Magazines, Other Printed Materials
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note
Box 6 of the Laura Scudder Papers contains three items. One copy "The Californians" magazine, vol. 7 number 5. The cover features
Laura. The next item is a booklet about the San Gabriel Valley. The last item is a folder with several copies of an article
from the Los Angeles Times titled "Laura Scudder Was More Than Just a Name," from April, 1999.
Mixed materials 21
Framed Documents
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.75 Linear feet
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note
The box of framed documents for the Laura Scudder Papers contains one framed photo of delivery trucks, a "District Court of
the United States" certificate for Laura relating to her law profession, a "State of California, Department of State" certificate
for Scudder Foods, and one tribute to Laura for the 30th anniversay of the founding of Scudder Foods.
Mixed materials 22
Ephemera and Realia
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
(1 carton)
Scope and Contents note
This series contains jars and tin cans for different products from Scudder Foods, and some company stamps. Also in the oversized
items box there are company photos alomg with copies of and original ad posters, several full size newspaper pages with articles
about Laura, a yearbook with a Scudder Foods ad in it, and a scrapbook with many Sudder family vacation photos and pamphlets
in it.
Mixed materials Case 6
Three Oversized Folders
1897-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.08 Linear feet
(1 box)