Object Details
- Creator
- Wells, Ellen B.
- Topic
- Home economics -- 1870-1990
- Women -- Nutrition -- 1870-1990
- Food -- 1870-1990
- advertising -- Cookbooks -- 1870-1990
- Cookery -- 1870-1990
- Provenance
- The collection was donated by Ellen Wells on December 21, 1990.
- Creator
- Wells, Ellen B.
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- Product Cookbooks Collection
- Summary
- The collection consists of cookbooks, but many would accurately be described as pamphlets. Also included are some labels from products that contain recipes. The cookbooks were produced by manufacturers of the ingredients of foods; by beverage producers; by the manufacturers of appliances for which certain recipes or ways of cooking were particularly appropriate; by trade associations; and by electric and power companies who produced cookbooks for their customers.
- Accruals
- The Archives Center continues to add to this collection. Addenda were added by Michael Ravnitzky, February 23, 2007; Tillman Neuner, January 28, 2010; James T. Smith, March 3, 2012; O.C. and Pat Boldt, March 6, 2012; Shirley Cherkasky, March 27, 2012; Leslie Browne, March 23, 2012; Mary Lou Collector, March 30, 2012; Shirley Cherkasky, 2012 and 2013; Vera Glocklin, 2013; Shirley Cherkasky, May 2013, 2015, 2016; Michael Mitchell, 2016; Shirley Cherkasky 2016-2019; Sandra Friedman 2017; David R. Bender 2017; Anita MacDougall (in memory of Dora F. Halder) 2017; and Jan Akerson 2019.
- Biographical / Historical
- This is an collection begun by the Archives Center to house examples of what is generally termed product cookboosk. These cookbooks are produced by manufacturers of the ingredients of foods; by beverage producers; by the manufacturers of appliances for which certain recipes or ways of cooking were particularly appropriate; by trade associations; and by electric and power companies who produced cookbooks for their customers and to ecourage use of their particular product.
- Extent
- 18 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Date
- 1874-2009
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0396
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Cookbooks
- Pamphlets
- Citation
- Product Cookbooks Collection, 1874-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged into one series and is alphabetical by name of manufacturer. In box 15 there are no folders numbered 36 or 74.
- Processing Information
- Processed by Erin Molloy, volunteer, and Alison Oswald, archivist, 2012. Revised by Jakob Dopp, intern, 2015; revised Austin Arminio, intern, 2016; Isaac Simon, intern, 2018.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Cookbooks -- 1870-1990
- Pamphlets -- 1870-1990
- Scope and Contents
- These items are termed cookbooks because they contain recipes, but they would accurately be described as pamphlets. The collection also contains some labels from products that contain recipes. They were produced by manufacturers of the ingredients of foods; by beverage producers; by the manufacturers of appliances for which certain recipes or ways of cooking were particularly appropriate; by trade associations; and by electric and power companies who produced cookbooks for their customers. Many of the cookbooks advertise the products represented, and they reflect how companies wished to be seen throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many of the companies represented are national in scope.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562714416048-1562714416088-0
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