Inventor Name
Eskimo Pie Corporation
Repository
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601/Room 1100
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-3270
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Physical Description
15 cu. ft.: 50 boxes
Summary
Eskimo Pie, invented by Christian Kent Nelson in 1920, was America's first chocolate-covered ice cream bar. The company's use of Arctic and Eskimo imagery (and polar bears) in their packaging, marketing and advertising campaigns was a distinctive feature, with interesting implications for the relationships between anthropology and ethnic references in popular culture. Printed advertisements, photographs (including negatives and slides), sales presentation materials and packaging; patent and legal information, clippings, posters, scripts for radio commercials, sheet music for jingles, etc. Also includes personal papers (correspondence) of Christian Nelson, inventor of the Eskimo Pie.
Finding Aid
http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/d8553.htm