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A Selection of Hospitality & Culinary Libraries in the United States
Culinary Collections & Libraries
A Selective Guide to Culinary Library Collections in the United States
Updated March 13, 2002, this report was prepared for the International Association of Culinary Professionals Foundation.
A hard copy is available in the library.
Peacock-Harper Culinary Collection, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Find nearly two centuries of historical information about the domestic sciences, including customs, eating behaviors, food choices and habits, social and economic history, and scientific and technological progress.To find titles in the Culinary History Collection, search the library's online catalog, Addison, by doing a combination word search for "Culinary Collection." To find images digitized from the Collection, browse the available categories or search the VT ImageBase.
Schlesinger Library Culinary Collection
This special collection of the Schlesinger Library supports research in culinary history, history of domestic life and the role of food in history
and culture. A guide to culinary holdings is available on this website. The books, which date from the 16th century to the present, represent the cuisines of all nations.
Conrad N. Hilton Library
This site links to the Culinary Institute of America's library catalog, internet resources and resource guides on culinary topics.
Husted Culinary Collection: Penrose Library, University of Denver
The Husted Special Collection is one of several large culinary collections in the United States. Although the collection is international in scope, most of the volumes represent regional cuisine of the United States. The breadth of the collection provides a unique resource for researchers interested in the history of American domestic and culinary practices over the past few centuries
Los Angeles Public Library Menu Collection
This is a database of menus stored in the Rare Book Room of the Central Library. Images of the actual menus can be viewed. You may search by keyword, restaurant name, type of cuisine, and date.
The Menu Collection of the New York Public Library
As part of its extensive resources related to cookery, food, beverages and culinary history, The New York Public Library owns one of the world's largest historical collections of menus--over 25,000. To learn more about the collection and other valuable resources related to cookery, click here!
Hospitality Collections & Libraries
Nestle Library, Cornell
The Hotel School, Hospitality and Management Department at Cornell University houses one of the largest hospitality libraries in the world. The library capabilities extend beyond Cornell to the hospitality industry through the fee-based research service, Hostline.
UNLV Libraries: Hospitality
Find a great set of interest links among other resources.
Other Collections & Libraries of Interest
Wine Institue Library and Archive
The collection consists of about 3,000 titles and currently maintains subscriptions to over a hundred periodicals relevant to the wine industry. Strengths of the collection include a notable historical and photo archive chronicling the history of the wine industry in California. Rare wine lists, menus, historical wine periodicals and an old wine label collection are also stored in the archives as part of our special collection.
Alice Statler Library, City College of San Francisco
Updated August 22, 2005
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