Culinary Ephemera: Paper, Plastic, and Foil, Circa 1900s-circa 1990s
.5 Linear Feet
.5 Linear Feet
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 Linear Feet (5 small manuscript boxes and 1 oversize box.)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes materials promoting pasta, rice, other grain and cereal products, and legumes. Rice is particularly well represented. Publications date from circa 1890s - circa 1990s, with the bulk of material published after 1930. Corporate authors of particular note include General Mills, Inc., General Foods Corporation, and Uncle Ben's, Inc.
2.5 Linear Feet (5 small manuscript boxes.)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes materials promoting patent medicines - proprietary medicines available without a prescription. A small amount of material related to herbal medicines also appears in this collection. Publications date from 1836 - circa 1990s, with the bulk of material published from the 1870s-1920s. Corporations of particular note include The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. and C.I. Hood & Co. This collection includes several editions of Mrs. Winslow's Domestic Receipt Book from the 1870s-1880s, which includes culinary recipes, as well as testimonials promoting Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children's teething and regulating bowels and other medicines. Also worth noting are several editions of Ransom's Family Receipt Book from the 1870s-1920s, which include recipes, as well as advertisements for patent medicines.
1 Linear Foot (2 small manuscript boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes culinary-related items promoting various radio programs and television shows. Some of these promote cooking shoes, such as Jeff Smith's television show "The Frugal Gourmet," or Gretchen McMullen's Radio Cooking School, while others use recipes to promote non-culinary shows, such as "I Love Lucy." Publications date from circa 1920s-1977, with most from the 1930s-1960s.
5.5 Linear Feet (10 small manuscript boxes and 1 oversize box.)
.5 Linear Feet (1 small manuscript box)
1 Linear Foot (2 small manuscript boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional items related to soups and bouillon. Publications date from circa 1900-1999, with most items from the 1940s-1980s Notable products include Campbell's soups, Steero bouillion cubes, and Lipton soup mixes.
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.
7.5 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to cooking and heating stoves, dating from 1880 to 1997. The collection is divided into five series, with Series 1-4 arranged based on content and Series 5 containing oversized material.