Dan Gutleben Papers
c.00091

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator - Donor
Gutleben, Dan, 1878-1969
Title
Dan Gutleben papers
ID
c.00091
Date [inclusive]
1941-1959
Extent
0.25 Cubic feet , 8 folders
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical/Historical

Dan Gutleben was the chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Sugar Company of Philadelphia. Calling himself "The Sugar Tramp," Gutleben traveled around the United States in the late 1940s and 1950s visiting sugar refineries and production plants.

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Scope and Contents note

The collection contains letters, reports, and monographs dealing with the history and development of the sugar industry in the United States, especially Hawaii. Reports of these visits are included, as well as monographs on the first successful beet sugar factory in America, and the development of the monosodium glutamate.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections February 1965

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  February 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Dan Gutleben, 1960-03-20. Transferred by Michigan State University Museum.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Reports

Subject(s)

  • Sugar -- Manufacture and refining
  • Sugar beet
  • Sugar beet industry

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Collection Inventory

Folder

Copies of Letters Written to Maguire, Purchasing Agent of Pennsylvania Sugar Co. 1941-1943 

1

Copies of Letters Written to Harry, The Sugar Tramp 1945-1950 

2-5

Copy of Letter Written to Ed May 5, 1959 

6

The First Successful Beet Sugar Factory in the United States, at Alvarado, California July 6, 1959 

7

Monosodium Glutamate by Dan Gutleban 1959 

8