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  Campbell Soup Company - About Us
Arthur Dorrance succeeds Joseph Campbell as President; Campbell retires and dies in 1900, ending the association of the Campbell family with the company.
Arthur Dorrance reluctantly agrees to hire his 24-year-old nephew, Dr. John T. Dorrance, as a company chemist at a token wage of just $7.50 a week, using his own laboratory equipment.
Dorrance finds he must induce the public to eat soup and convince buyers that his inexpensive, condensed soup is also high quality, so he takes to the road offering tastes.
www.campbellsoupcompany.com /history_1890.asp   (470 words)

  
 Ocean View Inn and Resort - Accommodations
Dr. Dorrance was related to John T. Dorrance, who invented condensed soup in 1897 and eventually became the president and sole owner of the Joseph Campbell Company, which is now called the Campbell Soup Company.
When John Dorrance died in 1930, his brother Arthur Dorrance succeeded him as president of both the Campbell Soup Company and the Franco-American Food Company (which Campbell's had acquired in 1915).
The Dorrance children inherited the property in 1952 and sold it to Karl and Jane Muller, the first of several members of the Muller family who were to own the property for over thirty years.
www.oceanviewinnandresort.com /history.php   (722 words)

  
 Campbell Soup Company - History
In 1897, a major milestone occurred when Arthur Dorrance, the general manager of the company, reluctantly hired his 24-year-old nephew to join the company.
John T. Dorrance, a chemist who had trained in Europe, was so determined to join Campbell that he agreed to pay for laboratory equipment out of his own pocket and accept a token salary of just $7.50 per week.
Dorrance quickly made his mark on history with the invention of condensed soup in 1897.
www.campbellsoupcompany.com /history.asp   (868 words)

  
 The Town Drunk - Staff
A full list of his publication credits may be found at his website.
Arthur is a nurse anesthetist who has also worked as an intensive care nurse.
He attended James Gunn’s Writer Workshop in 1998 and 1999, and he is a 2000 graduate Clarion East.
www.thetowndrunk.org /about_us.aspx   (537 words)

  
 Condensed Soups Bring Success to Campbell Company
He was hired by his uncle, Arthur Dorrance, who had formed the company along with Joseph Campbell and owned a major share of it.
But it is Dorrance who gets the credit for the process by which some of the water is removed from soup before canning it.
Dorrance became president of the company in 1914, and sole proprietor of it the following year when he bought the company from Uncle Arthur, retaining complete ownership until his death.
www.metnews.com /articles/2005/reminiscing051205.htm   (562 words)

  
 Selenium and endocrine systems -- Beckett and Arthur 184 (3): 455 -- Journal of Endocrinology
Arthur JR, Nicol F, Rae PWH and Beckett GJ 1990 Effect of selenium deficiency on the thyroid gland and plasma and pituitary thyrotrophin and growth hormone concentration in the rat.
Arthur JR, Nicol F, Beckett GJ and Trayhurn P 1991 Impairment of iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase activity in brown adipose tissue and its acute stimulation by cold in selenium deficiency.
Howie AF, Arthur JR, Nicol F, Walker SW, Beech SG and Beckett GJ 1998 Identification of a 57- kilodalton selenoprotein in human thyrocytes as thioredoxin reductase and evidence that its expression is regulated through the calcium-phosphoinositol signaling pathway.
joe.endocrinology-journals.org /cgi/content/full/184/3/455   (5267 words)

  
 Condensed Soup - Background, History, Raw Materials, The Manufacturing, Quality Control
Dorrance's uncle, Arthur Dorrance, was an executive with the Joseph Campbell Preserve Company.
At first, Dorrance sold his soups door-to-door, working hard to convince American families that soup could be easily added to their daily diet.
Dorrance closely guarded his recipes by dividing them into two separate parts.
www.madehow.com /Volume-7/Condensed-Soup.html   (1835 words)

  
 Campbell Soup
Arthur Dorrance (a wealthy timber and flour merchant) and Joseph Campbell form a new company, Joseph Campbell and Company.
Dorrance hires Harry Hall, an agricultural expert, whose responsibility is to advise farmers under contract to Campbell in all aspects of vegetable growing.
Arthur C. Dorrance dies and is succeeded as President by James McGowan, Jr.
www.rootsweb.com /~njcamden/campbell.htm   (3891 words)

  
 Spotlight on Golden Age Advertising - Campbells
Dorrance's breakthrough allowed the company to reduce the price of a 10.5-ounce can of soup from thirty cents to a dime.
Arthur Dorrance succeeds Joseph Campbell as President; Campbell retires and dies six years later in 1900, ending the association of the Campbell family with the company.
Dorrance convinces housewives to buy canned soup instead of making their own at home, showing them that Campbell’s soups are inexpensive and time-saving.
www.digitaldeliftp.com /LookAround/advertspot_campbells.htm   (2651 words)

  
 Campbell Soup Company
In 1984 John T. Dorrance, Jr., the son of condensed soup's inventor, retired as chairman of the board and became director of the board's executive committee.
Dorrance and other members of his family, however, still controlled 58 percent of Campbell's stock and showed no interest in selling, keeping the company safe from takeover.
Dorrance's 31 percent of the company's stock was split between his three children, who demonstrated an interest in preserving family control of the company.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /history/Ca-Ch/Campbell-Soup-Company.html   (5731 words)

  
 Mackie99
Arthur Charles PREUITT was born on 20 May 1893 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX.
She was married to Dorrance Joseph BYARS Sr.
Children were: Dorrance Joseph BYARS II, Robert Carlton BYARS.
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 Dorrance and Fenner (1802) Report of the case John Dorrance against Arthur Fenner tried at the December term of the ...
Dorrance and Fenner (1802) Report of the case John Dorrance against Arthur Fenner tried at the December term of the Court of Common Pleas, in the county of Providence, A.D. 1801: To which are added, the proceedings in the case Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance
Report of the case John Dorrance against Arthur Fenner tried at the December term of the Court of Common Pleas, in the county of Providence, A.D. 1801: To which are added, the proceedings in the case Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance
Trials (Slander); Rhode Island; Providence; Dorrance, John; Fenner, Arthur; Trials, litigation, etc.
www.getcited.org /?PUB=101152084&showStat=Ratings   (163 words)

  
 Princeton University Senior Theses brief display
Arthur, III, Lindsay Grier (1994): The Synthesis of p-Carboranylcarbene and a Study of its Reactivity.
Buntz, Robert Arthur (1947): The Effect of Homoplastic Pituitary Implants on the Pigmentation, Water Drive and Urogenital System of Immature Triturus Viridescens (Red Efts) with a Consideration of Gonad Development and its Relation to Body Size in Normal Environment, and a Study..
Dorrance, Samuel Richmond (1941): Intuition and Its Modes of Expression.
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 CE2K Excerpts from stories by Arthur Dorrance
CE2K - Excerpts -- Arthur Dorrance    
Hoboken should be out of quarantine in a month, so the only lasting results have been PETA protests over canine sinus carcinomas, and even longer lines at the Canadian borders.
The excerpts from these stories are Copyright Arthur Dorrance and are reprinted here with permission.
www.vfocus.com /ce2k/buck-excerpt.html   (506 words)

  
 Vintage Cookbooks: Before Campbell's condensed it, soup came from scratch
According to the Campbell Soup Co.'s Web site, Arthur Dorrance succeeded Joseph Campbell in 1894 as president of the Campbell Preserve Co., whose best-known product at that time was Beefsteak Ketchup, a pungent sauce.
In 1897, Dorrance hired his nephew, John T. Dorrance, a chemist, to develop a formula for condensing soups.
So Dorrance took his horse-drawn wagon on the road, offering people a taste of consomme, and tomato, vegetable, chicken and oxtail soups.
www.post-gazette.com /food/20030904vint0904fnp6.asp   (660 words)

  
 Arthur Upfield Bibliography - Checklist of First Edition Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
If you have anything you may consider selling sell Arthur Upfield books
Arthur Upfield, born in England in 1890 - 1964, we are indebted to jan howard finder for the birth date, taken from the birth certificate, this corrects the 1888 date quoted by the British Library, Hubin et al.
He went to Australia where he had a series of wild and nomadic jobs before becoming a professional author.
www.classiccrimefiction.com /arthur-upfield.htm   (291 words)

  
 By Last Name | 20th Century American Leaders Database
Davis, Arthur V. Davis, Charles S. Davis, James E. Davis Jr., Francis B. De Pree, Max
Decio, Arthur J. Decker, Jr., Alonzo G. Dee, Robert F. Dell, Michael
Nielsen, Arthur C. Noble, Edward J. Noorda, Raymond J. Norris, Ernest E. Norris, William C. North, John Ringling
www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/name   (2186 words)

  
 Excite -
In 1869, an icebox maker, Abram Anderson, and a fruit merchant, Joseph Campbell founded a canning and preserving business, unaware that it would someday grow into the top soup company in the United States of America.
By 1894, Campbell and Anderson had both retired, leaving the company in the hands of new partner Arthur Dorrance.
Three years later, Arthur's nephew, young chemist John Dorrance, discovered a method for condensing soup.
www1.excite.com /home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,1308,00.html   (1161 words)

  
 Campbell's Family Tradition
Anderson was the early key to the business because he knew how to make cans by hand, but Campbell must have been the brains for the new firm was launched as the “Joseph A. Campbell Preserve Company.” The duo's original line of products consisted of canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups, condiments and mincemeat.
In 1897 the company's general manager, Arthur Dorrance, reluctantly hired his nephew, Dr. John T. Dorrance, a chemist who had trained in Europe, to head up the firm's lab.
Dorrance became the president of the company in 1914, and would go on to revolutionize food marketing from that position.
promomagazine.com /campaigns/marketing_campbells_family_tradition   (1539 words)

  
 Redi-Base Soup & Sauce Company
....In 1894 Arthur Dorrance succeeds Joseph Campbell as President; Campbell retires and dies in 1900, ending the association of the Campbell family with the company.
Well, Arthur reluctantly agrees to hire his 24 year old nephew, Dr. John T. Dorrance, as a company chemist at a token wage of just 7.50 a week.
By removing the water, the volume of a can of soup is reduced from 32 ounces to approximately 10 ounces, and the price lowered from about 34 cents a can to a dime.
www.redibase.com /Newsletter/january.htm   (856 words)

  
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Four children were born to their union, namely: Elihu B., born May 2, 1857, died March 5, 1912; Arthur, born November 13, 1860, died February 14, 1863; Edwin J., born October 26, 1862; and Homer B., born January 17 1864.
He married, September 28, 1887, Mary A. Dye, and into their home two children have been born, namely: Dorrance, born March 21, 1892, is associated in business with his father; and Ethel, born February 15, 1896.
There are two children: Winifred C., born December 7, 1899; and Dorrance D., born May 18, 1902.
www.brookston.lib.in.us /WhiteCo/biographies-D.htm   (16340 words)

  
 02/27/1996 - Almanac, Vol. 42, No. 22, Page 8
In conjunction with the current show of 41 French paintings of the 19th and early 20th century at the Arthur Ross Gallery, Christopher Riopelle, associate curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is teaching a course in French Impressionism at the museum rather than in a Penn classroom.
Charlotte Dorrance Wright assembled a small but representative collection of French paintings--mainly Impressionist, but with works from other schools, ranging from Barbizon to Early Modern.
The Arthur Ross show includes works from this collection as well as other lesser-known but related works in the museum's collections.
www.upenn.edu /pennnews/features/1996/022796/art.html   (668 words)

  
 Dorrance Online Catalog
She has written short stories and poetry and is now working with Richard in the Sword of His Mouth Ministry, composing books and doing radio Bible teaching.
While in the Capitol, she was invited by the Roosevelts to have dinner at the White House, and Eleanor Roosevelt arranged for her to be interviewed for several government positions.
However, instead of pursuing a career, she married Arthur Cherkin, a biochemist in the pharmaceutical field.
www.dorrancepublishing.com /feature.asp?ID=59F0CF9D-F4B9-42C8-99F2-1CBC56D90EF6   (2856 words)

  
 Star-Gazette.COM News to Use   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At that time, Arthur Dorrance, general manager of Campbell's, reluctantly hired his 24-year-old nephew, Dr. John Dorrance, to work as a chemist (his wage was $7.50 per week).
By eliminating the water in company soups, Dr. Dorrance proved his worth by "inventing" condensed soup, thereby lowering packaging, shipping and storage costs.
The company Web site offers that, in 1897, a 10-ounce can of condensed soup cost 10 cents versus its equivalent, a 32-ounce can of noncondensed soup for 30 cents.
www.stargazettenews.com /newstouse/dining/dugan/011504.html   (505 words)

  
 Campbell's cooking up new ideas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Wealthy timber and flour merchant Arthur Dorrance joins Campbell to form Joseph Campbell & Co.
Chemist John T. Dorrance, the 24-year-old nephew of Arthur Dorrance, invents condensed soup after his uncle reluctantly hires him at a wage of $7.50 a week.
Removing the water in condensed soup reduced the volume from 32 ounces to 10 ounces.
www.thejournalnews.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060129/BUSINESS01/601290311   (1899 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arthur A. Noyes is a member of the committee wvhich is studying tllis problem.
Smvthe '14, WTilliam Greenl'06, Eire associated in work for tle Interior Department in connection with investi- gations regarding (eases.
Arthur C. Dorrance '14, has been comnlissioned First Lieutenant and tlansferred from Ft. 3Iyer to Fortress Mlunroe.
www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_037/TECH_V037_S0116_P004.txt   (1474 words)

  
 Lower Volga Village Project
She was preceded in death by one son, Franklin Steinert; eight brothers, Victor Steinert, Arthur Steinert, Harold Steinert, Arnold Steinert, Clarence Steinert, Edward Steinert, Albert Steinert and Waldo Steinert; and one great-granddaughter, Victoria Woods.
In 1905 he was united in marriage to Anna HEFFEL at Dorrance, Kansas.
Mary Schneider of Lincoln; David of Dorrance; Alex of Lucas; Fred of Claflin; Lily Heinze Schreock, R.N. of Salina; Mrs.
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 Movie Info for The Virtuous Husband on MSN Movies
Virtuous Husband was adapted from Apron Strings, a play by Dorrance Davis.
Though his mother has been dead several years, wealthy young Daniel Curtis (Elliot Nugent) has never been able to cut himself loose from her smothering influence.
Even when he marries the lovely Barbara Otwell (Jean Arthur), Daniel bases all his decisions upon letters left behind by his late mother.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=14612   (155 words)

  
 Clackamas County Dept. of Transportation & Development
Applicant is requesting removal of EFU regulation with reinstatement of property to the two-acre zoning in place at time of purchase.
Arthur Fiala, Patricia Fiala, David Fiala, Katrina Fiala, John Fiala, Meg Fiala
Applicant is requesting removal of regulation to allow Stafford/Hazelia complete communities employment district, planned mixed use community to include residential, commercial and recreational use.
www.co.clackamas.or.us /index.html   (5028 words)

  
 Food Facts & Trivia: Campbell's Soup
It was founded by an icebox maker (Abram Anderson) and a fruit merchant (Joseph Campbell).
Later, Arthur Dorrance replaced Anderson, and it was a nephew of Dorrance, chemist John, who invented condensed soup in 1897.
This gave the company a decided advantage over competitors because shipping costs were much reduced, which enabled it to become one of the first food companies to have national distribution.
www.foodreference.com /html/fcampbellssoup.html   (219 words)

  
 The Guaranty Trust
George Sullivan Bowdoin was a partner of Morton, Bliss and Co. and Morton, Rose and Co. London until 1884, when he joined Drexel and Co., Drexel, Morgan and Co. and Drexel, Harjes and Co., and later J.P. Morgan and Co. (Legal Notice 3.
Guaranty Trust; Joseph B. Terbell, Chairman American Brake Shoe and Foundry Co.; Stevenson E. Ward of E.F. Hutton and Co.; Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Banker; George Whitney of J.P. Morgan and Co.; Harry Payne Whitney, Banker; Thomas Williams of I.T. Williams and Sons.
Dorrance Jr., Assistant to the President of the Campbell Soup Company, joined the board of directors, while Dale E. Sharp joined as Executive Vice President.
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