Ralston Purina, Danforth & Soy (1894-2020) 1 HISTORY OF RALSTON PURINA CO. AND THE WORK OF WILLIAM H. AND DONALD E. DANFORTH, PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, AND SOLAE WITH SOY (1894-2020): EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCEBOOK Compiled by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi 2020 Copyright © 2020 by Soyinfo Center Ralston Purina, Danforth & Soy (1894-2020) 2 Copyright (c) 2020 by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information and retrieval systems - except for use in reviews, without written permission from the publisher. Published by: Soyinfo Center P.O. Box 234 Lafayette, CA 94549-0234 USA Phone: 925-283-2991 www.soyinfocenter.com ISBN 9781948436267 (new ISBN Ralston without hyphens) ISBN 978-1-948436-26-7 (new ISBN Ralston with hyphens) Printed 13 Sept. 2020 Price: Available on the Web free of charge Search engine keywords: History of Ralston Purina Co. Biography of William H. Danforth (1870-1955) History of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soy Biography of William Henry Danforth (1870-1955) History of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soybeans William Henry Danforth’s work with soybeans History of Ralston Purina Co. and Soy History of Ralston Purina Co. and Soybeans Biography of Donald E. Danforth (1898-1973) Biography of Donald E. Danforth (1898-1973) Bibliography of Ralston Purina Co. Donald Henry Danforth’s work with soybeans Bibliography of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soy Bibliography of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soybeans History of Protein Technologies International Bibliography of Ralston Purina Co. and Soy History of The Solae Co. Bibliography of Ralston Purina Co. and Soybeans Chronology of Ralston Purina Co. Chronology of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soy Chronology of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soybeans Chronology of Ralston Purina Co. and Soy Chronology of Ralston Purina Co. and Soybeans Timeline of Ralston Purina Co. Timeline of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soy Timeline of Ralston Purina Co.’s Work with Soybeans Timeline of Ralston Purina Co. and Soy Timeline of Ralston Purina Co. and Soybeans Copyright © 2020 by Soyinfo Center Ralston Purina, Danforth & Soy (1894-2020) 3 Contents Page Dedication and Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction and Brief Chronology, by William Shurtleff .......................................................................................... 5 About This Book ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Abbreviations Used in This Book ................................................................................................................................ 11 How to Make the Best Use of This Digital Book - Three Keys ................................................................................. 12 Full-Page Graphics ..................................................................................................................................... 14-16, 27-29 Genealogies of Three Danforth Families ............................................................................................................ 17-26 Introducing Soyinfo Center .......................................................................................................................................... 30 History of Ralston Purina Co., William H. and Donald E. Danforth, Protein Technologies International Solae & Soy: 1091 References in Chronological Order ......................................................................................... 31 Contains 98 Photographs and Illustrations Subject/Geographical Index by Record Numbers ................................................................................................... 471 Last Page of Index ....................................................................................................................................................... 518 Copyright © 2020 by Soyinfo Center Ralston Purina, Danforth & Soy (1894-2020) 4 DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Japanese translation and maps: Akiko Aoyagi Shurtleff. This book is dedicated to Ralston Purina Co. and to William H. Danforth - two great soy pioneers. Loma Linda University, Del E. Webb Memorial Library (Seventh-day Adventist): Janice Little, Trish Chapman. We would also like to thank our co-workers and friends at Soyinfo Center who, since 1984, have played a major role in Part of the enjoyment of writing a book lies in meeting collecting the documents, building the library, and producing people from around the world who share a common interest, the SoyaScan database from which this book is printed: and in learning from them what is often the knowledge or skills acquired during a lifetime of devoted research or Irene Yen, Tony Jenkins, Sarah Chang, Laurie Wilmore, practice. We wish to give deepest thanks... Alice Whealey, Simon Beaven, Elinor McCoy, Patricia McKelvey, Claire Wickens, Ron Perry, Walter Lin, Dana Scott, Jeremy Longinotti, John Edelen, Alex Lerman, Lydia Of the many libraries and librarians who have been of great Lam, Gretchen Muller, Joyce Mao, Luna Oxenberg, Joelle help to our research over the years, several stand out: Bouchard, Justine Lam, Joey Shurtleff, Justin Hildebrandt, Michelle Chun, Olga Kochan, Loren Clive, Marina Li, University of California at Berkeley: John Creaser, Lois Rowyn McDonald, Casey Brodsky, Hannah Woodman, Farrell, Norma Kobzina, Ingrid Radkey. Elizabeth Hawkins, Molly Howland, Jacqueline Tao, Lynn Hsu, Brooke Vittimberga, Tanya Kochan, Aanchal Singh. Northern Regional Library Facility (NRLF), Richmond, California: Martha Lucero, Jutta Wiemhoff, Scott Miller, Special thanks to: Tom and Linda Wolfe of Berwyn Park, Virginia Moon, Kay Loughman. Maryland; to Lorenz K. Schaller of Ojai, California; and to Wayne Dawson (genealogist) of Tucson, Arizona. Stanford University: Molly Molloy, who has been of special help on Slavic-language documents. For outstanding help on this Ralston Purina Co. book we thank: Susan W. Vorih, Ted Aarons, Clyde Boismenue, National Agricultural Library: Susan Chapman, Kay Derr, Nancy Boyer, Robert A. Boyer, Thomas J. Brennan, F.E. Carol Ditzler, John Forbes, Winnifred Gelenter, Henry Calvert, Greg Caton, Steve Chen, Russell L. Cooper, Wayne Gilbert, Kim Hicks, Ellen Knollman, Patricia Krug, Dawson, Steve Demos, Sue Dibb, David Duggan, Mike Sarah Lee, Veronica Lefebvre, Julie Mangin, Ellen Mann, G. Fitzpatrick, Peter Golbitz, Richard F. James, Bruce Josephine McDowell, Wayne Olson, Mike Thompson, Kirk, Richard S. Leiss, Bill Limpert, Matt Malone, Ron Tanner Wray. McDermott, Dinah McElfresh, Mark Messina, Edwin Meyer, G.C. Mustakas, Ted Nordquist, Greg Patton, Tim Redmond, Library of Congress: Ronald Jackson, Ronald Roache. Catherine Richardson, Keith Schopp, Jeanne Seibert, Oak B. Smith, Ken Steffens, Armin Wendel, Ralph Wilkinson, Lane Medical Library at Stanford University. Walter J. Wolf. Contra Costa County Central Library and Lafayette Library: Finally our deepest thanks to Tony Cooper of San Ramon, Carole Barksdale, Kristen Wick, Barbara Furgason, Sherry California, who has kept our computers up and running since Cartmill, Linda Barbero. Sept. 1983. Without Tony, this series of books on the Web would not have been possible. Harvard University’s Five Botanical Libraries (especially Arnold Arboretum Library): Jill Gelmers Thomas. This book, no doubt and alas, has its share of errors. These, of course, are solely the responsibility of William Shurtleff. French translation: Martine Liguori of Lafayette, California, for ongoing, generous, and outstanding help since the early This bibliography and sourcebook was written with the 1980s. Dutch translation: Sjon Welters. French translation hope that someone will write a detailed and well-documented Elise Kruidenier. German translation Philip Isenberg, history of this subject. Copyright © 2020 by Soyinfo Center Ralston Purina, Danforth & Soy (1894-2020) 5 INTRODUCTION Brief Chronology/Timeline of Ralston Purina Soon many other companies, including those outside the food industry, would start to use this slogan. 1870 Sept. 10 – William Henry Danforth is born in 1902 – Will Danforth contacts Dr. Ralston again to seek Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, the 2nd child and his endorsement for the Purina whole wheat cereal. Dr. eldest son (who survived childhood) of Albert Hampton Ralston agrees on the condition that his name be added to the Danforth (1842-1900) and Rebecca Hannah Lynn (1842- company name. So in 1902 Danforth changes his company’s 1913). He is one of 6 brothers and sisters. name to Ralston Purina Co. (Gray. 1994, p. 22; Mix. 1995, p. 119-21). 1894 Jan. 8 – The Robinson-Danforth Commission Co. is incorporated in St. Louis, Missouri. The founders, William 1903 April – Ralston Purina Foods fi rst uses the word H. Danforth (lived 1870-1955), George Robinson, and “Checkerboard” in a full-page ad (in Smart Set). William Andrews belong to the same church. The original “He remembered the children of a family in his boyhood capitalization is $12,000. The company begins by making who were always clothed from the same bolt of checkered horse and mule feed; their product is mixed with shovels on gingham. The checkerboard shirt or dress quickly