Cookery and culinary ephemera collection of the Schlesinger Library, 1890s-2005
Overview
Handwritten and printed recipes; published recipe cards; canning instructions; guides for counting calories, planning menus, buying meat, and using ingredients such as spices; advertisements and handouts from food events; and other cookery and culinary related ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1890s-2005
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in materials in the Cookery and culinary ephemera collection of the Schlesinger Library may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Materials may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.63 linear feet ((1+1/2 file boxes) plus 1 folio+ folder)The cookery and culinary ephemera collection of the Schlesinger Library contains handwritten and printed recipes; published recipe cards; canning instructions; guides for counting calories, planning menus, buying meat, and using ingredients such as spices; advertisements and handouts from food events; and other cookery and culinary related ephemera.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 273, 74-284, 2003-M60, 2003-M76, 2004-M138, 2009-M235, 2023-M63, 2023-M64, 2023-M187
Materials in the cookery and culinary ephemera collection were given to the Schlesinger Library by Mrs. Stephen B. Merrill in 1961, Robert Metzdorf in 1974, Geo. Gregory Smart in 2003, Marjorie Moore in 2003, Kelley Gove in November 2023, and Susan Ward in November 2023. Additional material was transferred from the Sontheimer Foundation book collection in 2004, the Culinary Pamphlet Collection in 2009, and the Schlesinger Library Printed Materials Department in 2023.
Processing Information
Processed: February 1975
By: Eva Moseley
Updated and additional material added: May 2003
By: Anne Engelhart
Updated and additional material added: March 2024
By: Johanna Carll
Portions of this collection were previously cataloged as A/C773.
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Cookery and culinary ephemera collection of the Schlesinger Library, 1890s-2005: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Alice Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch02270
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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