The C. Vern Olmstead professional papers series (1940-1966) includes printed speeches, notes, photographic prints, and color slides created by Olmstead for conferences and educational classes pertaining to meat packing, cutting, marketing, and distribution. This series also contains photographs and news articles of Olmstead demonstrating proper meat cutting techniques for the United States Armed Forces.
The Armour & Company organizational records series (1943-1975) contains Armour & Company interdepartmental correspondence, internally published newsletters, sales figures, meat packing statistics, and press releases. These records detail the company's attempts to improve worker efficiency, encourage workplace safety, maximize sales revenue, reduce waste, and promote the company's public image. The series also contains instructional guides, booklets, and newsletters published by Armour & Company for processing and selling meat products.
Armour & Company was a meat packing company founded by Philip Danforth Armour, along with his brothers Herman and Joseph, in Chicago, Illinois in 1967. The company primarily focused on meat packing, but also sold products create from animal byproducts including canned food, soap, and pharmaceuticals. Armour & Company was divideded and sold to different companies over time, and its current parent company is Conagra Brands.