Overview
Correspondence, recipes, menus, etc., of Helen Claire Duprey Bullock, author and historian.
Dates
- Creation: 1931-1987
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Helen Duprey Bullock is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
2.09 linear feet ((5 file boxes) plus 1 folio folder)The papers of Helen Duprey Bullock contain correspondence, collections of recipes and menus, research notes, and writings by Bullock. A volume of Bullock's reminiscences of the early days of the Colonial Williamsburg restoration is also included.
BIOGRAPHY
Culinary and architctural historian Helen Duprey Bullock was born in Oakland, California, in 1905. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1925. Following graduation, she married Orin Bullock and worked as a free-lance journalist before joining the Research Department of Colonial Williamsburg in 1929. Her interest in American history, her hobby of cooking, and her journalistic training led to her career as author and lecturer in the field of early American cookery. After her divorce in 1939, Bullock worked at the University of Virginia Library (1939-1941) and at the Library of Congress (1941-1950) before joining the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1950, where she served as editor and wrote articles for the organization's magazine, Historical Report. She retired in 1973. Bullock the author of numerous articles and two book, Williamsburg Art of Cookery (1938) and My Head and My Heart: A Little History of Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway (1942). She died November 1, 1995, in Washington, DC.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 80-M5, 88-M46
The papers of Helen Duprey Bullock were given to the Schlesinger Library by Helen Duprey Bullock in March 1980 and by Margaret Klapthor in March 1988.
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-13
- Box 2: 14-46
- Box 3: 47-77, 79-84
- Box 4: 85-109
- Box 5: 110-137
Processing Information
Processed: June 1981
By: Judith Avrett
Updated and additional materials added: January 2023
By: Johanna Carll
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Bullock, Helen Duprey, 1904-1995. Papers of Helen Duprey Bullock, 1931-1987: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00481
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.