National Fruit Product Company Collection

44 WFCHS 

Inventory created by Archives Staff 12/80. Last revised 03/18.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

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EXTENT: 0.21 linear feet.

CREATOR: National Fruit Product Company

DATES: 1908-1993

SCOPE AND CONTENT:  This collection contains articles, newsletters, advertisements, and a brief history of the National Fruit Product Company.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL:  Founded in 1908 in Alexandria, VA, National Fruit Product Company moved to Winchester, VA in 1915 to be closer to an apple producing area.  The company, owned  and operated by the Armstrong family until 2006 when it was sold to the Gum family, has grown to become one of the largest producers of apple related products in the world producing 12 different varieties of fruit products in six plants throughout the United States.  The company’s headquarters are still in Winchester, VA.

CITE AS: National Fruit Product Collection 44 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

A Brief History of National Fruit Product Company, 3 items, 4 pages (each), printed

Apple Products brochures – 2 items

News Articles – unnumbered leaves

Newsletters – White House Today, June, 1993, August, 1993, 2 items, printed

White House News – company newsletters – Jan 1966 – July 1973 – 21 issues, incomplete

[Note:  * = articles with Mr. Shryock mentioned]

 Stock Certificate, Repp Orchard Products Company, $100 share, 8.25 x 11.5 undated

White House Store – 3 items, printed

White House Vinegar by Levin J. Smith, 25 pages, printed