Frito-Lay, Incorporated Records
name: label: Creator
content: Capitol Frito Co., Inc.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Kaleta Doolin in 2011 and 2012.
creator: label: Creator
content: Capitol Frito Co., Inc.
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content: Frito-Lay, Incorporated Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: 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.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Doolin family began manufacturing the snack food  fritos from the kitchen and garage of the San Antonio, Texas family home in 1932.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-2009, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1263
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 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
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist, July, 2012
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.
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