Ken and Barbara Jo Davis papers. 1946-2005 (bulk1980-2005).

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Ken and Barbara Jo Davis papers. 1946-2005 (bulk1980-2005).

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Papers reflecting the personal lives, education, andbusiness ventures of an African-American couple from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thepapers include correspondence, photographs, a guest register, legal documents,business plans, articles of incorporation, minutes, marketing and sales reports,financial statements, stock certificates, newspaper advertisements, coupons,trademarks, menus, flyers, posters, labels, price lists, order forms, newspaper andmagazine clippings, audio cassettes, a scrapbook, and information on Ken Davis andKen Davis Products, Incorporated.

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Ken Davis Products (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Davis, Ken J., 1923-1991.

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Ken Davis was born in Omaha, Nebraska (September 22, 1923) where he graduated from high school and briefly studied engineering at Drake University. After serving in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II Davis played bass fiddle as a professional jazz musician and later owned and operated a commercial kitchen and a janitorial service in Omaha. In 1967 Davis moved to Minneapolis and was hired by Dayton's as maintenance supervisor at its store in the Brookdale Sho...

Davis, Barbara Jo.

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Edina Chicken (Edina, Minn.).

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Ken Davis Worldwide (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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General Mills, inc.

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Minneapolis, MN. From the description of Pamphlet and handbill, ca.1930. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364952 In 1893 the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis opened a Buffalo office from which to distribute its flour throughout the East. A Buffalo flour mill followed in 1904, and in 1928 General Mills was organized with Washburn-Crosby as its nucleus. Washburn-Crosby was dissolved in 1937. General Mills Buffalo operations include a cereal...