Culinary Ephemera: Flour Products, Leavening Agents, and Baked Goods, 1864-2002
17.5 Linear Feet (35 small manuscript boxes)
17.5 Linear Feet (35 small manuscript boxes)
2 Linear Feet (4 small manuscript boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes materials promoting a wide variety of food products, ranging from snacks to salad dressings to pickles to desserts. Most are published by corporations that produce multiple, sometimes unrelated, food products. Publications date form 1873-1995, with most from the 1930s-1970s. Corporate authors of particular note include H. J. Heinz and Co., General Food Corporation, Hunt-Wesson Foods, and Kraft Foods.
.5 Linear Feet (1 small manuscript box.)
12 Linear Feet (22 small manuscript boxes and 2 oversize boxes.)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to fruits, vegetables, and nuts in fresh, dried, canned, frozen, and juiced forms. Publications date from 1885-2003, with most materials from the 1920s-1980s. Although a few vegetables appear, such as corn, potatoes, and mushrooms, the bulk of this collection consists of publications promoting fruit (especially cranberries, bananas, citrus fruits, pineapple, and raisins), and nuts (especially coocnuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, and peanuts).
3.5 Linear Feet
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional items related to herbs and spices, flavoring extracts, and salt products. A small number of baking powder promotional items are also included in this collection. Publications date from 1874 to circa 1999, with most items from the 1920s-1960s. Particularly well-represented are publications from Joseph Burnett & Co., R.T. French Company, McCormick & Co., Inc., C.F. Sauer Co., D.&L. Slade Co., Spice Islands Company, Diamond Crystal Salt Company; Morton Salt Company; and Worcester Salt Company.
4 Linear Feet (8 Hollinger boxes)
The collection includes promotional material and recipes from and related to magazines, newspapers, and other publications, with the largest groupings of materials from Good Housekeeping magazine and the Detroit Free Press. The material contains information about recipes, crafts, entertaining, and homemaking.
3.5 Linear Feet (7 small manuscript boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to various kinds of fat used in cooking, including lard, margarine, vegetable oils, and shortening. It does not include materials specifically focused on butter, which are part of the Culinary Ephemera: Dairy collection. Publications date from 1889-1990s, with most materials concentrated in the 1900s-1950s. Brands and products of particular note include Wesson Oil, Oleomargarine, Spry shortening, and Crisco shortening.
1.5 Linear Feet (2 small manuscript boxes and 1 oversize box.)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials related to preparing food for or with children. A number of publications from flour companies, such as Gold Medal and Pillsbury, focus on baking; while fruit companies such as Ocean Spray and the California Tree Fruit Agreement promote fruit or fruit-juice recipes; and a handful of publications feature a broader array of recipes. A few publications promote healthy food choices for children. Three items in box 307 are picture books from the 1920s promoting Royal Baking Powder and Royal Gelatin, which also include recipes using those products. Materials date from 1905-1998, with most items dating from the 1920s-1950s.
5 Linear Feet (10 small manuscript boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to gelatin and tapioca. Publications date from the 1850s-2000, with most materials from the 1910s-1990s. In addition to aspics, translucent desserts, and puddings, this collection also includes a number of items promoting gelatin-based ice cream recipes, particularly from Royal Baking Powder Company and General Foods Corporation (producer of Jell-O).
13 Linear Feet (24 small manuscript boxes and two oversize boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, dating from circa 1880 to 2004. The collection is divided into three series based on subject.