Guide to the Alfred Bosworth Papers,
1899-1956.

Collection Number: 22-2-3998

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
October 2012
EAD encoding:
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Date modified:
RMC Staff, October 2012

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alfred Bosworth papers, 1899-1956.
Collection Number:
22-2-3998
Creator:
Bosworth, Alfred Wilson
Quantity:
2.4 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, newspapers, publications
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, publications,photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning his work at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, the Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, the Kellogg and Postum Cereal Companies, and his development of Similac Infant Formula.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alfred Bosworth was an assistant and associate chemist at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva between 1905-1916. While there he studied the chemical and biological processes involved in the ripening of cheese and conducted studies on the composition of several types of milk, including human milk. During this time Bosworth developed an interest in infant feeding which paved the way for the discovery of Similac Infant Formula.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings concerning his work at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, the Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, the Kellogg and Postum Cereal Companies, and his development of Similac Infant Formula.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bosworth, Alfred Wilson.
Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children
Cornell University -- Faculty.
Kellogg Company
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station.
Postum Cereal Co.
Similac

Subjects:
Children -- Hospitals
Breastfeeding.
Infants -- Nutrition
Malnutrition
Infant formula industry -- United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alfred Bosworth papers, #22-2-3998. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Biographical Material
1900-1939
Biographical Information
 Box 1 Folder 1
1900-1939
Biographical Information-including bibliography
Box 1 Folder 2
1915-1918
Bosworth's Reprints
 Box 1 Folder 3
Photographs of Bosworth
 Box 1 Folder 4
1907-1927
Correspondence with Harvard
 Box 1 Folder 5
1921
Application for Employment in Biochemistry-University of Manitoba
Box 1 Folder 6
1921
Civil Service Application and Rating
 Box 1 Folder 7
19121-1924
Correspondence from Bosworth seeking employment
Box 1 Folder 8
1937-1940
Correspondence concerning Ohio State position
Box 1 Folder 9
Series II. Correspondence
1921-1924
Auerbacher, L.J.
 Box 1 Folder 10
1920-1921
Blanchard, Marguerite
 Box 1 Folder 11
1920-1921
Bowditch and Crown, Cork and Seal Company
 Box 1 Folder 12
1921-1922
Brown, Elsie
 Box 1 Folder 13
1919-1926
Dennett, Roger H.
 Box 1 Folder 14
1924
Dorr, Dudley
 Box 1 Folder 15
1916
Fischer, Martin
 Box 1 Folder 16
1920-1923
McCann, Marion
 Box 1 Folder 17
1921
VanSlyke, D.D.
 Box 1 Folder 16
1899-1921
Wheeler, H.J.
 Box 1 Folder 18
1920-1922
Wilder, H.K.
 Box 1 Folder 19
1922-1923
Snell, F.D.
 Box 1 Folder 20
1920
Concerning Copyright
 Box 1 Folder 21
1920s
Correspondence to Bosworth
 Box 1 Folder 22
1921
Correspondence from People Requesting Bosworth's Infant Formula
Box 1 Folder 23
1913-1937
Concerning Boston Floating Hospital
 Box 1 Folder 24-25
1915-1921
Concerning Boston Floating Hospital and their Board of Trustees
Box 1 Folder 26
1922-1923
Concerning Boston Floating Hospital
 Box 1 Folder 26A
1924-1925
Buffalo Foundry and Machine Company
 Box 1 Folder 27
1917-1923
Dodge and Sons - Attorneys
 Box 1 Folder 28
1925-1940
Doughitt Engineering, includes plans
 Box 1 Folder 29-30
1917-1921
Dry Milk Company
 Box 1 Folder 31
1917-1921
Elmer and Amend Company
 Box 1 Folder 32
1924
Kellogg Company
 Box 1 Folder 33
1921-1922
Mead Johnson and Company
 Box 1 Folder 34
1919-1920
Mellin's Food Company; Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases (includes proposals)
Box 1 Folder 35
1914-1922
Merrell-Soule Company, Syracuse, New York
 Box 1 Folder 36
1917-1924
National Canners Association
 Box 1 Folder 37
1905-1913
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York
Box 1 Folder 38
1919-1931
Scientific Materials Company
 Box 1 Folder 39
1923-1924
Postum Company and R.G. Coburn
 Box 1 Folder 40
1921-1923
Washington Agricultural Experiment Station; George Washington Coffee Refining Company
Box 1 Folder 41
1924-1927
Correspondence with various companies about buying products and labels for infant formula
Box 1 Folder 42
1920s
Nucoa Butter Company and Abbott Labs
 Box 1 Folder 43
1926
Correspondence concerning purchase orders
 Box 1 Folder 44
Series III. Reports
1904-1918
Commissions
 Box 1 Folder 45
1904-1921
Commissions-United States Department of Agriculture
Box 1 Folder 46
1921-1934
Boston Floating Hospital-Annual Reports (1918, 1921); Reprints (1921-1934); By-laws
Box 1 Folder 47
1921-1956
Bosworth's Infant Food; Similac-includes articles
Box 2 Folder 1
1922-1923
Kellogg Labs-about Kellogg flavor
 Box 2 Folder 2-3
1919-1920
Bicarbonate Milk Powder
 Box 2 Folder 4
1924-1935
Butter Fat
 Box 2 Folder 5-7
1937
Butter Oil
 Box 2 Folder 8
1924-1926
Infant Food
 Box 2 Folder 9
1934-1934
Fat of Women's Milk-Studies
 Box 2 Folder 10
1928
Milk Powder-correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 11
1928
Milk Powder-Sales Portfolio
 Box 2 Folder 12
Milk Powder-Plant Data
 Box 2 Folder 13
1928
Milk Powder-Reports, Contracts, Corespondence
 Box 2 Folder 14
1924-1925
Milk Powder-Memos, Data, Corespondence
 Box 2 Folder 15
April 1927
Milk Powder-American Dry Milk Institute- Annual Business Meeting
 Box 2 Folder 16
April 1926
Milk Powder-American Dry Milk Institute-First Annual Meeting
 Box 2 Folder 17
1929
Milk Powder-Paper given at 4th Annual American Dry Milk Institute
 Box 2 Folder 18
Milk Powder-Report by Fritz Krull and other Publications
 Box 2 Folder 19
1918-1923
Lab Reports of People Given Reconstructed Milk
 Box 2 Folder 20
Sweetened Condensed Milk
 Box 2 Folder 21
1920-1923
Methods of Anaysis
 Box 2 Folder 22
1879-1921
Sketch of the Life and Work of Alfred Bosworth-Vol. V
 Box 2 Folder 23
1920
Reconstructed Milk and the Chemical Investigations Involved with its Development, Lecture-Vol. VI
Box 2 Folder 24-25
1924-1958
Bosworth's Reconstructed Milk, Franklin Infant Food, Similac-Vol. VII
 Box 2 Folder 26
1919-1958
Sketch of the Life and Work of Alfred Bosworth-Vol. VIII
 Box 2 Folder 27
1924-1929
Agreements-Vol. IX
 Box 2 Folder 28
Chemistry of Milk in its Relation to Infant Feeding-Vol. X
 Box 2 Folder 29
Series IV. Publications
1919-1921
Articles
 Box 2 Folder 30
1925-1926
Newspaper clippings, Corrsepondence, Reports
 Box 2 Folder 31
1923
"Outline for a Process for Making Improved Malted Grape Nuts"
 Box 2 Folder 32
1932
"The Story of Milk"-Newspaper Clippings
 Box 2 Folder 33
1931
"Value of Dairy Products in the Diet"
 Box 2 Folder 34
"Visit with a Silent Milkman"- by Bosworth
 Box 2 Folder 35
1930s
Publications, Notebook, John Norton Labs Milk Machinery Plans
 Box 3 Folder 1
1924-1944
Publications-not by Bosworth
 Box 3 Folder 2
1911
Course Notebook-Bacteriological Exercises
 Box 3 Folder 3
1903-1918
Two Bound copies of Bosworth's publications
 Box 3 Folder
Series V. Various other Files
1920-1926
Patent Information
 Box 3 Folder 4
1922-1929
Patent Information
 Box 3 Folder 5
1924-1929
Patent Information and Agreements
 Box 3 Folder 6
1921-1924
Bank Statements, Salary Agreements, Investment Options
 Box 3 Folder 7
1924
Experiments
 Box 3 Folder 8
1920s-1930s
Similac Advertising
 Box 3 Folder 9-11
Creamers-Manufacturer's Booklets
 Box 3 Folder 12
Photos-Creameries
 Box 3 Folder 13