Schnering, OttoNicknamed the “U.S. Candy Bar King,” Otto Y. Schnering used his personal sales skills and understanding of advertising and marketing to build the Curtiss Candy Company in Chicago and the post–World War I United States chocolate candy industry into modern, successful enterprises.
Schnering, Otto in front of the Otto Schnering College in the early 1950sOtto Schnering (on left) in front of the Otto Schnering College for artificial insemination training, in the early 1950s.
Spreckels Sugar Company CollectionCreated By: UC Davis Special Collections Publisher: University of California at Davis Special Collections
Spreckels Sugar Company: The first Fifty YearsCreated By: Conway, Jimmie Don Publisher: Thesis, San Jose State University, 1999
Spreckels, ClausBorn in Lamstedt, Claus Spreckels settled in California and built a sugar empire that expanded into a multitude of sectors, including: transport, gas and electricity, real estate, newspapers, banks, and breweries.
Valley Empires: Hugh Glenn and Henry Miller in the Shaping of CaliforniaCreated By: Scheuring, Ann Foley Publisher: Rumsey, CA: Gold Oak Press, 2010
Western Sugar Refinery Records, 1871-1949, Bancroft Library, University of California BerkeleyCreated By: Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Publisher: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
