Organization Type: Archive, Library Address: Special Collections University and University Archives (0434), 560 Drillfield Drive City: Blacksburg State Or Province: Virginia Zip / Postal Code: 24061 Country: United States Telephone Number: 540-231-6308 Abstract: Special Collections and University Archives is open Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm and by appointment (contact us at specref@vt.edu to schedule). Reference services available in person, and via telephone and email. Our materials do not circulate, but we offer some photocopy and scanning services for researchers unable to visit us and for those on-site. All books and publications are listed in the library's catalog. Brief descriptions of manuscript collections are in the catalog; full descriptive finding aids are available through the Virginia Heritage consortium (<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/search" >http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/search</a>). Holdings: The History of Food and drink collecting area has over 4,500 publications in Special Collection Rare Book Collection and University Archives' and more than 1,300 in the circulating library collection spanning over 300 years. Emphasis on: recipes/cookbooks; nutrition/dietetics; children's cooking/nutrition; household management and home remedies; food processing/technology; domestic science/social/economic history; cocktail history. Digitized items from the Rare Book collection are available online: <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDBooks"> http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDBooks</a>; digitized items from manuscript collections are available online: <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDMss">http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDMss</a>. Over 100 manuscript collections, especially handwritten receipt books (some which include home remedies); faculty papers; and food-related pamphlets. Some photographs, particularly those that relate to the history of domestic sciences at Virginia Tech and the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Contact Name, Title: Kira A. Dietz, Archivist Contact Telephone Number: 540-231-6308 Contact Email Address: kadietz@vt.edu Web Site: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Cookery and Nutrition, History of American Food Organization Type: Library Address: 909 S. University Ave. City: Ann Arbor State Or Province: Michigan Zip / Postal Code: 48109 Country: United States Telephone Number: 734-764-2347 Fax Number: 734-647-0716 Abstract: The William L. Clements Library is home to the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. The Culinary Archive serves as a resource for scholars in the history of American culinary and domestic life. Subject coverage is broad, with concentrations in cooking, housekeeping, etiquette, and advertising for food and household goods. Of particular interest to health researchers are significant holdings in invalid cookery, care of children, dietetics, nutrition, diet reform, and popular medicine. The print and ephemera collections are represented in the University of Michigan's online catalog Mirlyn (see web address above). We provide reference assistance via our website (see web address above), and some photocopying or scanning, depending on the condition of the materials. Holdings: With titles dating from 1514 to the 20th century, the collections consist of approximately 5,000 monographs, approximately 10,000 pieces of ephemera, and 135 journals. Material from the Clements’ other divisions are also tagged for culinary and domestic content, including maps, manuscripts, photographs, and graphics. The collection has grown primarily by gift, with the largest donations coming from the libraries of Janice B. Longone, Virginia Bartlett, and Dorothy K. Peckham. Contact Name, Title: JJ Jacobson, Curator of American Culinary History Contact Telephone Number: 734-764-2347 Contact Email Address: nonesuch@umich.edu Web Site: http://www.clements.umich.edu/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Cookery and Nutrition, History of American Food
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