Notebook 4, May 1904-August 1906

Item — Box: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The notebooks contain the starch experiments which Dr. Anderson began at Clemson College and continued at the New York Botanical Garden in 1901 where the process of puffing starch, rice and wheat was discovered. Dr Anderson continued his investigations for the Quaker Oats Company, to improve the cereal products of "puffed wheat" and "puffed rice". In 1917 he built a complex of laboratories in Red Wing, Minnesota where he continued his experiments. 38 notebooks numbering from 1-40. Notebooks 29 and 30 are missing.

Dates

May 1904-August 1906

Extent

From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Starch, Puffed Rice, etc. Experiments carried out at Chicago Il., St. Louis, Mo., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Includes description of manufacturing and sale of Puffed rice, the machinery used, recipes etc. at the World's Fair, St. Louis, MO.