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Mill City Museum Test Kitchens Oral History Project

Titles: Mill City Museum Test Kitchens Oral History Project (Supplied title)

Description: Interviews were conducted with five women who had been employed as home economists for the General Mills and Pillsbury companies at various times during the period 1952 to 1996 as part of the interpretive program development for the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society. The primary purpose of the interviews was to gain insight into the work of the test kitchens of the two leading flour milling companies with roots in the Minneapolis milling district. The narrators were asked about their educational backgrounds, job responsibilities, product development, work environment and career opportunities for women at each company. Questions were also asked about staff and public perceptions of the fictitious home economists "Betty Crocker" and "Ann Pillsbury," about promotions such as the Pillsbury Bake-Off and Recipes From the Soul contests, and about the public tour programs.

Dates

  • 08/2002 - 09/2002 (Creation)

Interviews

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 98
  • Accession Number: AV2003.27

Credit: Digitized with support from the Ken and Nina Rothchild Endowed Fund for Business History and Women's History.

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 13.5 hours sound cassette 143 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Subjects

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