Collection of materials created and collected by the Fred Meyer Company, a supermarket chain headquartered in Portland, Oregon and founded by Fred G. Meyer. The collection includes materials from the stores' beginnings in 1922 and continuing through 2010. It includes materials from many Fred Meyer stores located throughout the Western United States, but the bulk of the materials originate from stores and facilities in Oregon. This collection concentrates on materials related to the stores and business of Fred Meyer, Inc. and not on the personal papers of Fred G. Meyer. There are nevertheless some personal materials of Fred G. Meyer as well as materials from many of the executives who worked at Fred Meyer, Inc. Most of the collection consists of photographs taken in this 88 year time span. Subjects include: store opening celebrations; exteriors and interiors of the stores; company meetings and parties; merchandise displays; promotional events; portraits of management figures and product shots used in advertising. The photographs are dispersed throughout the collection. In addition to prints, the photography collection also includes slides, negatives, transparencies and hand-drawn art. A sizable part of the collection also includes newspaper clippings of relevant news stories or print advertisements. Many of these clippings include the hand-written notes of Fred G. Meyer. Several large scrap books include an extensive collection of advertisements from the 1930s through the 1970s.
