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“How to Cook a Husband” Household Management  in the  Culinary History Collection Kira A. Dietz Acquisitions and Processing Archivist Special Collections, Newman Library February 25, 2011
Special Collections Rare Books Manuscripts University Archives Historical Maps Historical Photographs
Culinary History Collection Currently contains more than 3,700 volumes 2,400+ of these are housed in Special Collections Almost two dozen manuscript collections Includes two subsets: The Peacock-Harper Collection and Ann Hertzler Children’s Cookbook and Nutrition Literature Collection
Collection Development Emphasis on: Regional  and community cookbooks and materials  Brand-name pamphlets and product publications Menus, nutrition education, and kitchen planning Books documenting social, domestic, and economic history; changes in food behavior; food-related processing and technology Faculty papers Manuscript receipt (recipe) books
What are Manuscript Collections? Handwritten and/or unpublished materials including: Receipt books Household  accounts and ledgers Faculty papers Professional papers Papers from groups or organizations
Acquiring Materials Through Donation Form the majority of the collection to date Method of acquisition upon which the department is dependent Most donations are books “Wish list” for the collection: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/culinary/va_cookbooks_bib.html
Culinary Resources for Circulating Collections Or, Why Some Donations  End Up in the Stacks
Policies & Such A few policies guide interactions with donated or gifted materials: We ask to see an inventory of the items you’d like to donate before you bring the actual items over (http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/donors.html) We endeavor to collect and maintain items in that support the University’s programs, offer timely/current information, represent historical value, and are in good physical condition More information and specific policies are available:  http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/
What Ends Up in the Stacks Unfortunately, we are limited by space and other economic factors, and must select books that add direct value to the circulating collection Books must be: In good condition Not a duplicate of materials already in the stacks, or sometimes, in Special Collections as well Relevant to Virginia Tech’s programs Relevant and of interest to the wider community served by Virginia Tech
If You Want to Donate Rebecca will be happy to look at an inventory of items Considerations: Current holdings WorldCat (a union catalog of over 71,000 libraries worldwide) to see if other libraries nearby may have the item(s) Related University programs/Do item(s) support the University’s mission Shelf space
Acquiring Materials Through Purchase No dedicated fund or endowment for general culinary materials in Special Collections Endowment for Children’s Literature and Nutrition Collection materials Example: “How to Cook a Husband,” purchased from a dealer specializing in Culinary materials
Recent Additions to the Culinary History Collection Culinary, appliance, and food-related company pamphlets 3 handwritten household accounts/recipe books More than 130 cook books, manuals, and children’s titles Large collection of materials relating to seafood processing (in progress)
After Acquisition Once we acquire culinary books and manuscripts,  what happens next? It’s Decision Time!
Creating Access to Books Books and other publications are cataloged in Technical Services, then returned to Special Collections stacks Catalog records in the library’s catalog, Addison Catalog records in OCLC’s WorldCat
Creating Access to Manuscripts Materials are  Accessioned and added to the processing queue Physically arranged and organized Intellectually organized and described  Finding aids (Collection guides) created
Creating Access Online Digitized books via Digital Library and Archives Digitized manuscripts Finding aids (collection guides) for manuscript collections on the Virginia Heritage Project website Ms2010-079 Short description on the Special Collections website Ms2010-079
Screenshot: Short Description of Ms2010-079
Reference/Instruction/Outreach Recent Reference Requests Approaches to children’s nutrition through cookbooks in the mid-20th century Preservation methodologies (pickling) Recent Exhibits Common Book Project Future Possibilities Getting to classes to us!
Potential Research Changing approaches to cooking, nutrition, and health over time Depictions and expectations of gender roles History of food processes and technologies Relationships between food and economy
The Culinary History Collection really is more than “just” cookbooks… Especially if you want run your household and kitchen the “right” way… As long as you keep in mind that there are as many “right” ways as there are publications.
“Management is an art that may be acquired by every woman of good sense and tolerable memory.” Introduction to  The Virginia Housewife: or, Methodical Cook, 1820
From the 17th to 19th Centuries  Emphasis on  Recipe books with household tips “How-to” manuals and advice Detailed information about how food affects people  Managing household staff and resources for the family’s best interests
“Bean taffy easily takes first rank among all the taffies—vegetable or otherwise. The taste is good beyond words, and the consistency is pleasingly ‘chewy’ without being tenacious to the point of teeth pulling! Lima beans are the best to use…” From Mary Elizabeth Hall’s Candy-making revolutionized; confectionery from vegetables. New York: Sturgis & Walton Co., 1912
Through the World Wars Emphasis on Economy, economy, economy Stretching limited food supplies Preservation  Community
“Twenty years ago everybody ate pie and nearly everybody had dyspepsia. Jell-O had not been heard of. Now there is scarcely a housewife in America who does not make and serve Jell-O desserts, and stomach-ache is not so common as it used to be.”  Jell-O and the Kewpies: America’s Most Famous Dessert, 1915
The Rise of the Modern Kitchen (Post WWII) Emphasis on  Entertaining New appliances  Getting out of the kitchen! Convenience/Speed Increasing numbers of “how-to” pamphlets and publications Diet/Nutrition
“Waiting is a department of woman’s work which is capable of being greatly improved and raised to a higher standard.”  From The expert waitress: a manual for the pantry, kitchen, and dining-room. Anne Frances Springsteed and Margaret Armstrong. New York: Harper & Bros., 1894
Men? In the Kitchen? Number of Roles: As authors As audience/readers As cooks at home As household managers As parents
“I would say to housewives, be not daunted by one failure, nor by twenty. Resolve that you will have good bread, and never cease striving after this result until you have effected it. If persons without brains can accomplish this, why cannot you?” Housekeeping in Old Virginia, c.1879
Show & Tell Please join us in the Special Collections Conference Room to view some of our recent and/or favorite acquisitions!  This is a wonderful opportunity to see the variety in the collection!

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"How to Cook a Husband": Household Management in the Culinary History Collection

  • 1. “How to Cook a Husband” Household Management in the Culinary History Collection Kira A. Dietz Acquisitions and Processing Archivist Special Collections, Newman Library February 25, 2011
  • 2. Special Collections Rare Books Manuscripts University Archives Historical Maps Historical Photographs
  • 3. Culinary History Collection Currently contains more than 3,700 volumes 2,400+ of these are housed in Special Collections Almost two dozen manuscript collections Includes two subsets: The Peacock-Harper Collection and Ann Hertzler Children’s Cookbook and Nutrition Literature Collection
  • 4. Collection Development Emphasis on: Regional and community cookbooks and materials Brand-name pamphlets and product publications Menus, nutrition education, and kitchen planning Books documenting social, domestic, and economic history; changes in food behavior; food-related processing and technology Faculty papers Manuscript receipt (recipe) books
  • 5. What are Manuscript Collections? Handwritten and/or unpublished materials including: Receipt books Household accounts and ledgers Faculty papers Professional papers Papers from groups or organizations
  • 6. Acquiring Materials Through Donation Form the majority of the collection to date Method of acquisition upon which the department is dependent Most donations are books “Wish list” for the collection: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/culinary/va_cookbooks_bib.html
  • 7. Culinary Resources for Circulating Collections Or, Why Some Donations End Up in the Stacks
  • 8. Policies & Such A few policies guide interactions with donated or gifted materials: We ask to see an inventory of the items you’d like to donate before you bring the actual items over (http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/donors.html) We endeavor to collect and maintain items in that support the University’s programs, offer timely/current information, represent historical value, and are in good physical condition More information and specific policies are available: http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/
  • 9. What Ends Up in the Stacks Unfortunately, we are limited by space and other economic factors, and must select books that add direct value to the circulating collection Books must be: In good condition Not a duplicate of materials already in the stacks, or sometimes, in Special Collections as well Relevant to Virginia Tech’s programs Relevant and of interest to the wider community served by Virginia Tech
  • 10. If You Want to Donate Rebecca will be happy to look at an inventory of items Considerations: Current holdings WorldCat (a union catalog of over 71,000 libraries worldwide) to see if other libraries nearby may have the item(s) Related University programs/Do item(s) support the University’s mission Shelf space
  • 11. Acquiring Materials Through Purchase No dedicated fund or endowment for general culinary materials in Special Collections Endowment for Children’s Literature and Nutrition Collection materials Example: “How to Cook a Husband,” purchased from a dealer specializing in Culinary materials
  • 12. Recent Additions to the Culinary History Collection Culinary, appliance, and food-related company pamphlets 3 handwritten household accounts/recipe books More than 130 cook books, manuals, and children’s titles Large collection of materials relating to seafood processing (in progress)
  • 13. After Acquisition Once we acquire culinary books and manuscripts, what happens next? It’s Decision Time!
  • 14. Creating Access to Books Books and other publications are cataloged in Technical Services, then returned to Special Collections stacks Catalog records in the library’s catalog, Addison Catalog records in OCLC’s WorldCat
  • 15. Creating Access to Manuscripts Materials are Accessioned and added to the processing queue Physically arranged and organized Intellectually organized and described Finding aids (Collection guides) created
  • 16. Creating Access Online Digitized books via Digital Library and Archives Digitized manuscripts Finding aids (collection guides) for manuscript collections on the Virginia Heritage Project website Ms2010-079 Short description on the Special Collections website Ms2010-079
  • 18. Reference/Instruction/Outreach Recent Reference Requests Approaches to children’s nutrition through cookbooks in the mid-20th century Preservation methodologies (pickling) Recent Exhibits Common Book Project Future Possibilities Getting to classes to us!
  • 19. Potential Research Changing approaches to cooking, nutrition, and health over time Depictions and expectations of gender roles History of food processes and technologies Relationships between food and economy
  • 20. The Culinary History Collection really is more than “just” cookbooks… Especially if you want run your household and kitchen the “right” way… As long as you keep in mind that there are as many “right” ways as there are publications.
  • 21. “Management is an art that may be acquired by every woman of good sense and tolerable memory.” Introduction to The Virginia Housewife: or, Methodical Cook, 1820
  • 22. From the 17th to 19th Centuries Emphasis on Recipe books with household tips “How-to” manuals and advice Detailed information about how food affects people Managing household staff and resources for the family’s best interests
  • 23. “Bean taffy easily takes first rank among all the taffies—vegetable or otherwise. The taste is good beyond words, and the consistency is pleasingly ‘chewy’ without being tenacious to the point of teeth pulling! Lima beans are the best to use…” From Mary Elizabeth Hall’s Candy-making revolutionized; confectionery from vegetables. New York: Sturgis & Walton Co., 1912
  • 24. Through the World Wars Emphasis on Economy, economy, economy Stretching limited food supplies Preservation Community
  • 25. “Twenty years ago everybody ate pie and nearly everybody had dyspepsia. Jell-O had not been heard of. Now there is scarcely a housewife in America who does not make and serve Jell-O desserts, and stomach-ache is not so common as it used to be.” Jell-O and the Kewpies: America’s Most Famous Dessert, 1915
  • 26. The Rise of the Modern Kitchen (Post WWII) Emphasis on Entertaining New appliances Getting out of the kitchen! Convenience/Speed Increasing numbers of “how-to” pamphlets and publications Diet/Nutrition
  • 27. “Waiting is a department of woman’s work which is capable of being greatly improved and raised to a higher standard.” From The expert waitress: a manual for the pantry, kitchen, and dining-room. Anne Frances Springsteed and Margaret Armstrong. New York: Harper & Bros., 1894
  • 28. Men? In the Kitchen? Number of Roles: As authors As audience/readers As cooks at home As household managers As parents
  • 29. “I would say to housewives, be not daunted by one failure, nor by twenty. Resolve that you will have good bread, and never cease striving after this result until you have effected it. If persons without brains can accomplish this, why cannot you?” Housekeeping in Old Virginia, c.1879
  • 30. Show & Tell Please join us in the Special Collections Conference Room to view some of our recent and/or favorite acquisitions! This is a wonderful opportunity to see the variety in the collection!
  • 31. Questions? Kira A. Dietz Acquisitions and Processing Archivist Special Collections kadietz@vt.edu Background Image: Pages from Ms2008-024, “Book of Receipts” Recipe Book, 1731. Recipes in this manuscript book include those for picking and preserving, baking, drinks, and several household remedies.