Background on Glass Container Association
The Glass Container Association (now the Glass Packaging Institute) was founded in 1919 as a trade association for the North American glass container industry. Throughout its history, the Association has been an important voice setting industry standards and educating packing professionals, monitoring trends and sponsoring and disseminating research in the use of glass containers.
Scope of collection
Maintained by the Glass Container Association from the 1920s through the mid-1930s, this subject file includes inquiries from manufacturers and food processors about packaging concerns relating to particular products, technologies, and packing methods. Organized topically, the files contain copies of queries and other correspondence, research data (in some cases) and reports, replies, publications, and occasionally write-ups on products and industry standards.
Inventory
Ammonia bottles
1926
Box 1: 2
Anthocyan color
1930
Box 1: 3
Avocados
1927-1930
Box 1: 9
Bacteriology
1924-1928
Box 1: 10
Baked beans
1929-1929
Box 1: 11
Barbeque sauce
1927
Box 1: 12
Bichloride of mercury
1929
Box 1: 14
Canning Age
1920 Dec.
Box 1: 18
Canning food
1934
Box 1: 19
Canning season
ca.1930
Box 1: 20
Catsup (articles)
ca.1928
Box 1: 21
Catsup: Nelson's paper as sent to Canning Age
1932
Box 1: 22
Catsup: papers
1930
Box 1: 23
Catsup pourability: editorial
1932
Box 1: 24
Catsup: research correspondence and data
1925-1931
Box 1: 25
Catsup spoilage case: Ladoga v. Owens (empty)
undated
Box 1: 26
Catsup: temperature after filling bottles with hot catsup
1927
Box 1: 27
Catsup: tracings, blue prints, photostats
ca.1930
Box 1: 28
Cheese, pimento
1930
Box 2: 31
Cherries, maraschino
1926-1932
Box 2: 32
Chicken
1928-1933
Box 2: 33
Chili con carne
1930-1934
Box 2: 34
Chili sauce
1929-1930
Box 2: 35
Chocolate milk
1929-1932
Box 2: 36
Chocolate milk: laboratory tests
1929-1932
Box 2: 37
Chocolate syrup
1925-1933
Box 2: 38
Chow chow
undated
Box 2: 39
Cider data sheets and curves, Brown Fruit Farm
1926-1936
Box 2: 41
Cider vinegar
ca.1919-1930
Box 2: 42
Cigarettes and cigars, storage of
1921-1931
Box 2: 43
Citrus fruit: quick freezing, juives, and other fruit products
1933
Box 2: 44
Clams and clam juice
1930-1934
Box 3: 45
Coca Cola
1921-1934
Box 3: 46
Combustibles
1929-1930
Box 3: 48
Composition of glass containers
1932-1935
Box 3: 49
Cream sauce
1932-1933
Box 3: 52
Dangers of glass containers
1925-1927
Box 3: 53
Detergents
1932-1934
Box 3: 55
Eating: glass
1925-1933
Box 4: 56
Emulsion: machines
1929
Box 4: 57
Flower pots, glass
1931
Box 4: 59
Food companies: packing products in glass
ca.1930
Box 4: 60
Food products packed in glass
ca.1932
Box 4: 61
Frankfurters
1931
Box 4: 62
Frankfurters, Gobel: special
1929
Box 4: 63
La French Farm
1929
Box 4: 64
Fruit juices
1930-1933
Box 4: 67
Fruits: dried
1930
Box 4: 70
Fruits: frozen
1930
Box 4: 71
Fruits: Wine packed
1928-1940
Box 4: 72
Fundamental principles in food packing
1925-1928
Box 4: 73
Furniture polish
1933
Box 4: 74
German article on deterioration of glass packed foods
1932
Box 4: 75
Glass, colored
1927-1929
Box 4: 77
Glass container injuries
1941-1942
Box 5: 78
Glass container: general
1931-1932
Box 5: 79
Glass container: general
1923-1927
Box 5: 80
Glass container: general
1921-1925
Box 5: 81
Grape juice
1930-1939
Box 5: 83
Grapefruit
1929-1931
Box 5: 84
Guava jelly
1929-1935
Box 5: 85
Hair dressing
1930-1931
Box 5: 86
Home canning
1914-1924
Box 5: 89
Hydrogen ion comparator
1924
Box 5: 91
Hydrogen ion measurements
1930
Box 5: 92
Hydrogen peroxide
1929-1930
Box 5: 93
Internal pressure
1931
Box 6: 95
Jamaica ginger
1926
Box 6: 96
Jams and jellies, manufacture of
1929-1937
Box 6: 97
Jar capacity for preserves
1930
Box 6: 98
Laboratory CGA, six months reports
1930 Feb.-July
Box 6: 99
Liquid soap on glass
1927-1934
Box 6: 100
Laboratory research data (old)
1922
Box 6: 101
Lard packing in glass
1929
Box 6: 102
Magnesia, citrate of
1928-1939
Box 6: 104
Magnesia, milk of
1933
Box 6: 105
Maple syrup
1929-1937
Box 6: 107
Marmalade
1929-1930
Box 6: 108
Marshmallows
1932
Box 6: 109
Mayonaise and salad dressing
1924-1935
Box 6: 111
Mayonaise: Digest article
undated
Box 6: 112
Mayonaise: papers
1931
Box 6: 113
Mayonaise: papers
1928-1928
Box 6: 114
Mayonaise: research
1929-1930
Box 7: 115
Meats, canned: sausage and specialties
1924-1933
Box 7: 116
Microbiology
1930
Box 7: 117
Milk bottles
1927-1931
Box 7: 118
Milk bottles: glass v. paper
1927-1933
Box 7: 119
Milk bottles: Kouwenhoven test for strength
ca.1930
Box 7: 120
Milk, evaporated
1927-1934
Box 7: 121
Milk: filling temperatures, warm bottles
undated
Box 7: 122
Milk: heat penetration
undated
Box 7: 123
Milk: packaging
undated
Box 7: 124
Milk: paper containers
1934-1935
Box 7: 125
Milk: pasteurization
1938
Box 7: 126
Milk: powdered
1924
Box 7: 127
Mold growth on composition cork
1930
Box 8: 129
Mushroom tomato paste
1932
Box 8: 131
Mushrooms
1930-1939
Box 8: 132
Mussles, pickled
1926-1932
Box 8: 133
Mustard
1924-1933
Box 8: 134
New England dinner
1930
Box 8: 135
Oils: miscellaneous
1932-1933
Box 8: 138
Olives
1931-1934
Box 8: 139
Olives; action of Food and Drug Division re: snack fill
1934
Box 8: 140
Oven canning
1932-1933
Box 8: 142
Oxalic acid
undated
Box 8: 143
Packing in glass
1927-1934
Box 8: 145
Patent for glass improvements
1927
Box 8: 147
Photographs
ca.1920-1935
Box 8: 148
Preserve packing: filling temperature in
1924-1931
Box 8: 149
Peanut butter: preventing separation
1926-1939
Box 8: 150
Penicillium and Aspergillus
1910
Box 8: 151
Pickles
1926-1936
Box 9: 153
Pimento cheese
1930
Box 9: 155
Pimentos
1929-1931
Box 9: 156
Popcorn, shelled
1930-1931
Box 9: 157
Potato salad
1925-1932
Box 9: 158
Preserves: jar capacity for
1930
Box 9: 160
Pressure cookers
1930-1935
Box 9: 161
Preston, Frank W.
1933
Box 9: 162
Processing
1927-1934
Box 9: 163
Processing, waterless
1931
Box 9: 164
Prunes: ready to serve
1928
Box 9: 165
Relish
1929-1933
Box 9: 166
Research associate, reports of
1922-1933
Box 9: 167
Resistance to water tests
1923
Box 9: 168
Reuse container survey
ca.1930
Box 9: 169
Russian dressing
undated
Box 9: 171
Salad dressing
1924-1937
Box 9: 172
Salad oil in glass
1928-1931
Box 9: 173
Sandwich spreads
1927-1933
Box 10: 174
Sanitation
1928-1931
Box 10: 175
Sauerkraut juice
1927-1930
Box 10: 176
Sedimentation caused by impurities in water
1930
Box 10: 177
Slag glass
1932-1934
Box 10: 179
Solubility of glass containers
1924-1934
Box 10: 180
Spaghetti
1926-1931
Box 10: 181
Spinach
1924-1928
Box 10: 183
Spring Stopper Company
1931-1932
Box 10: 184
Sweet cream: sterilization
undated
Box 10: 185
Sweet potatoes
1934-1935
Box 10: 186
Syrup
1926-1930
Box 10: 187
Tamales
1930-1934
Box 10: 188
Tables and surves in measuring temperatures
1919-1927
Box 10: 189
Thermocouples
1927-1937
Box 10: 191
Tin or glass for canning foods
1923
Box 11: 192
Tin v. glass: comparative tests for sales promotion
1934
Box 11: 193
Tobacco and cigars
1925-1931
Box 11: 194
Tomato juice
1930-1935
Box 11: 195
Tomatoes
1926-1931
Box 11: 196
Vacuum seal jars
1930
Box 11: 197
Vegetables, frozen
undated
Box 11: 198
Vinegar
1927-1932
Box 11: 199
Vitamins
1931-1932
Box 11: 200
Water
1927-1930
Box 11: 201
Watermelons
1926-1936
Box 11: 202
Wine pasteurization
1934-1940
Box 11: 203
Washing fluid
1932
Box 11: 204
Waterless processing of vegetables
1930-1931
Box 11: 205
Weathering, glass
1935
Box 11: 206
Welsh rarebit
1929-1930
Box 11: 207
Food Technology Abstracts (removed to RG 025/F5/00)
1946-1953
Box 12: 209
Research Bulletins
1927-1929
Box 12: 210
Glass Container Research Laboratory Digest
1930
Box 12: 211
Digests (second set)
1930
Box 12: 212
Administrative information
Search terms
Subjects
- Food--Packaging
- Food--Packaging--Standards
- Glass container industry
- Glass containers
- Glass containers--Standards
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