Object Details
- Creator
- Capitol Frito Co., Inc.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated by Kaleta Doolin in 2011 and 2012.
- Creator
- Capitol Frito Co., Inc.
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- Frito-Lay, Incorporated Records
- Summary
- Collection documents the history and business activities of Frito-Lay, Incorporated and the Doolin family, creators of the company. Materials consist primarily of correspondence, photographs, financial papers, scrapbooks, product packaging, advertisements, company newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and magazine articles.
- Biographical / Historical
- The Doolin family began manufacturing the snack food fritos from the kitchen and garage of the San Antonio, Texas family home in 1932. This business venture was the result of Charles Elmer (CE) Doolin's (1903-1959) purchase of the original recipe for a fried corn chip. Under the name the Frito Corporation, the family expanded the business to include plants in Dallas, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Los Angeles, California; and Denver, Colorado. As the company grew so too did the product line. In the 1960s the company merged with H. W. Lay and Company to become Frito-Lay and then later with the Pepsi-Cola Company.
- Extent
- 4 Cubic feet
- Date
- 1898-2009, undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1263
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Citation
- Frito-Lay, Incorporated Records, 1892-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- This collection is divided in six series. Series 1: Doolin Family Papers, 1898-2009, undated Subseries 1.1, Charles Bernard (CB) Doolin, 1898-1933 Subseries 1.2, Daisy Dean Stephenson Doolin, 1927-1951 Subseries 1.3, Charles Elmer (CE) Doolin, 1920-1959 Subseries 1.4, Mary Kathryn "Kitty" Coleman Doolin, 1952-2009 Subseries 1.5, Kate Irwin, 1915-2009 Subseries 1.6, Photographs and Artwork, undated Series 2, Frito Company Records, 1934-2008, undated Subseries 2.1, History and Background, 1934-2008, undated Subseries 2.2, Office Files, 1941-1993, undated Subseries 2.3, Sales and Marketing, 1939, undated Series 3, Rio Vista Farm Records, 1948-1965 Series 4, Scrapbooks, 1951, undated Series 5, Other Materials, undated Series 6, Reference Books, 1902-1958, undated
- Processing Information
- Processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist, July, 2012
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Collection consists of materials relating to Frito-Lay, Incorporated's manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and selling of the snack food Fritos. The papers are particularly important in documenting the history of the company, employee relations, and community activities. The personal papers and business records of the Doolin family and their other business ventures can also be found among the materials. Materials include photographs, correspondence, property documents, annual reports, patents, financial records, recipe books, product packaging, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, interview transcripts, menus, company newsletters, advertising, and scrapbooks. The collection is arranged into six series: Subseries 1.1, Charles Bernard (CB) Doolin, 1898-1933; Series 2, Frito-Lay, Incorporated Records, 1934-2008, undated; Series 3, Rio Vista Farm Records, 1948-1965; Series 4, Scrapbooks, 1951, undated; Series 5, Other Materials, undated; and Series 6, Reference Books, 1902-1958, undated.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562715403292-1562715403298-0
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