Safeway Stores, Inc. historical records
Scope and Contents note
19 volumes of "Uno Animo" (of one mind) published by the live wires of the Skaggs Institution. Also included are 12 volumes of "Safeway News." With the collection are business journals, articles, Safeway employee training and other publications, and annual reports.
Dates
- 1926-1985
Creator
- Safeway Stores, Inc (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Safeway Stores, Inc. historical files must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
Safeway Stores, Inc. began in Los Angeles in 1912 as a small corner grocery store belonging to Sam Seelig. This one store grew into a company of 71 stores in 1922 and in 1925 the company held a competition to rename the chain. The result was the name Safeway, a name that reflects the orignal slogan to Drive the Safeway; Buy the Safeway.
In 1926 the Safeway company merged with the Skaggs Companies, thereby creating the largest chain of grocery stores west of the Mississippi. Safeway Stores, Inc. continued to expand and to obtain international markets as well as domestic ones.
Extent
7 cartons (7 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
19 volumes of Uno Animo
(of one mind) published by the live wires of the Skaggs Institution.
Also included are 12 volumes of Safeway News.
With the collection are business journals, articles, Safeway employee training and other publications, and annual reports.
Other Finding Aids note
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
Box-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2102.xml
Appraisal note
Utah and American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; Brian Reeves (Curator, 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts); February 1999 (Revised December 2000).
- Title
- Register of the Safeway Stores, Inc. historical records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Brian Reeves
- Date
- February 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States