Records of the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity, 1894-2006
Overview
Records of the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity documenting its work providing professional education, community service, and culinary scholarships and grants.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-2006
Access Restrictions:
Access. Unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity 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. Records may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
2.46 linear feet ((1 carton, 3 + 1/2 file boxes) plus 2 folio+ folders, 1 folio+ photograph folder, electronic records)Collection includes membership records, constitution and bylaws, menus, photographs, clippings, newsletters and other printed material, convention books, minutes, etc. Many of the materials in accession 2009-M132 relate to the career of Chef Albert J. Champigny, vice-president of the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity in 1956. The Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity's web site is being captured periodically as part of Harvard University Library's Web Archive Collection service (WAX); searchable archived versions of the web site will be available through this finding aid in 2010.
HISTORY
The Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity was incorporated in 1894 for "the purpose of the maintenance of a reading room, where members may meet for literary and social entertainment, and for educating members to a higher degree of proficiency in the Art of Cooking, and for extending aid and relief to unfortunate and needy members." By 2004, it had more than 200 members, and its work centered on providing professional education, community service, and culinary scholarships and grants. The Massachusetts Chefs de Cuisine merged with Epicurean Club of Boston in 1997; many chefs held memberships in both organizations.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2006-M121, 2009-M132
The records of the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity were given to the Schlesinger Library by the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity in July 2006. Additional materials were given to the library by Barbara Maselbas in June of 2009.
Processing Information
Container list: July 2006, June 2009
By: Americo DiFronzo of the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity
- Title
- Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity. Records of the Epicurean Club of Boston and Vicinity, 1894-2006: A Container List
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01174
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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