Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 237
Food Pamphlet Collection, 1931-1968, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | |
| title: | Food Pamphlet Collection |
| dates: | 1931-1968, undated |
| extent: | 1.05 linear feet (2 document boxes and 1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | MS 237 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Food Pamphlet Collection, MS 237, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Collection description
This collection (1931-1968, undated) has been compiled from a number of sources and ranges from instructional booklets which accompany appliances to research bulletins published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. All of the pamphlets relate in some way to food. |
Related materials
Related materials may also be found in MS 380, Wartime Household Guides and Recipe Book Collection and MS 381, Food and Household Product Advertising Guides and Publications Collection. Additional cookbooks may be located by searching the library catalog. |
Organization
Description of series
| Series 1 | Appliance Company Publications | 1935-1947, undated |
| extent: | 6 folders | |
| description: | This series contains recipe books and guides from household appliance manufacturers. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Adams, Edith. Cooking Under Pressure. Canada |
1947 |
1 |
2 |
Fine Gourmet Recipes for Everyday Use. Sunbeam Appliance Service Company (recipes designed for Sunbeam Carousel Rotisseries Broiler) |
undated |
1 |
3 |
Gracious Living With Your Ionablend. Manchester Conn.: Iona Manufacturing Co. (blender recipes) |
undated |
1 |
4 |
Idle Hours Cook Book. Shelbyville, Ind.: Chambers Corporation (Chambers Gas Range) |
1940 |
1 |
5 |
Making the Most of Your Electrolux. Servel, Inc., Electrolux Sales Division |
1935 |
1 |
6 |
Mirro-Matic Recipes. Manitowoc, Wisc.: Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Co. (pressure cooker recipes) |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Food Company Publications | 1934-1962, undated |
| extent: | 14 folders | |
| description: | This series contains pamphlets published by companies that produce food products. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
7 |
All About Home Baking. New York: Consumer Service Department, General Foods Corporation |
1941 |
1 |
8 |
Beard, James. The Easy Gourmet Vegetable Cook Booklet. Green Giant Company |
undated |
1 |
9 |
Candies in Unusual Variety with Extraordinary Quality. St. Louis: Pet Milk Company |
undated |
1 |
10 |
Chocolate Candies You Can Make. New York: Consumer Service Department, General Foods Corporation |
1936 |
1 |
11 |
46 Great Drinks. St. Louis: Southern Comfort Corporation |
ca. 1961 |
1 |
12 |
Gibson, Josephine. Heinz Book of Meat Cookery. [Pittsburgh?]: H. J. Heinz Company |
1934 |
1 |
13 |
Heinz Salad Book. Pittsburgh: H. J. Heinz Company |
undated |
1 |
14 |
The Latest Cake Secrets. New York: Consumer Service Department, General Foods Corporation |
1934 |
1 |
15 |
Logan, Martha. Jewel Shortening Recipes. Swift and Company |
undated |
1 |
16 |
Mushrooms in Your Menu. Grocery Store Products Company (B in B Mushrooms) |
1962 |
1 |
17 |
Quick Tricks with Ice Cream. Chicago: National Dairy Council |
1945 |
1 |
18 |
Season to Taste: Spices and How to Use Them. R. T. French Company |
1941 |
1 |
19 |
Vanilla Extract Special. Parke, Davis and Company |
undated |
1 |
20 |
What Shall I Cook Today? Cambridge, Mass.: Lever Brothers (Spry Vegetable Shortening) |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 3 | Herbs and Herb Cookery | 1934-1955, undated |
| extent: | 26 folders | |
| description: | This series contains pamphlets related to herbs and, in particular, to growing and cooking with herbs. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
21 |
Beachy, E. B. Dykes. Herb Cookies. Washington, D.C.: The Cottage Herb Garden |
1946 |
1 |
22 |
Brooks, Charlotte P. and Abbie Graham. Herbs: Their Culture and Use. Burlington, Vt.: Vermont Agricultural Extension Service |
1936 |
1 |
23 |
Buckland, Maud. Herbs Grown on Town Window Ledges and in Small Gardens. London: The London Gardens Society |
1949 |
1 |
24 |
Chalfin, Eleanor Pierrepont. Herbs Described. Lynchburg, Va.: The Mutual Press |
1955 |
1 |
25 |
Clarkson, Rosetta E. Pin Money Herbs. Falls Village, Conn.: Herb Grower Press |
1951 |
1 |
26 |
A Collection of Above Two Score Receipts in Herb Cookery. Bethesda, Md.: Weathered Oak Herb Farm, Inc. |
1938 |
1 |
27 |
Correthers, L. Young. These Blooming Herbs. San Diego: E. P. Wilson Company |
1940 |
1 |
28 |
The Cottage Herb Garden. Washington, D.C.: The Cottage Herb Garden |
undated |
1 |
29 |
Flavors and Savors. New England Unit, Herb Society of America |
undated |
1 |
30 |
Foster, B. and P. It Is Easy to Grow Herbs. Falls Village, Conn.: Herb Grower Press |
1951 |
2 |
1 |
Guide to Good Cookery. Baraboo, Wisc.: The Potters of Baraboo |
ca. 1950 |
2 |
2 |
Gulley, Carson. Seasoning Secrets. Madison, Wisc.: the Author |
1949 |
2 |
3 |
Hendrickson, Ruth M. and Frances M. Johnson. Herbs and Their Culture. New Haven, Conn.: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular 149 |
1941 |
2 |
4 |
Herb Magic, mail order catalog from the Tooles of Baraboo, Wisc. |
1942-1949 |
2 |
5 |
Herb Magic and Its Ancient Aspects |
1943 |
2 |
6 |
Herbs for Economical, Zestful Meals. Cincinnati: Kitchen Herb Farms |
undated |
2 |
7 |
Household Uses for Herbs. Concord, N.H.: League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts |
undated |
2 |
8 |
Jones, Dorothy Bovee. The Herb Garden, Home Craft Course volume 23. Plymouth Meeting, Penna.: Mrs. C. Naaman Keyser |
1947 |
2 |
9 |
Lyman, Helen. 10 Herbs Will Make a Kitchen Bouquet. Berkeley, Calif.: The Professional Press |
ca. 1937, 1939 |
2 |
10 |
Meager, Leonard. The English Gardner (reprint). Falls Village, Conn.: Herb Grower Press |
1954 |
2 |
11 |
Mountfort, Anne. Grandmother's Herbs and Simples |
undated |
2 |
12 |
Tabor, Grace. Herbs in Cooking. New York: Woman's Home Companion |
1934 |
2 |
13 |
Van Brunt, Elizabeth Remsen. "Culinary Herbs: Their Culture, Traditions and Use" Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record vol. 32, no. 1 |
undated |
2 |
14 |
Winter, Patricia. The ABCs of Herb Cookery. Salisbury, Conn.: House of Herbs |
1951 |
2 |
15 |
Winter, Patricia. Recipe Magic. Canaan, Conn.: House of Herbs |
1944 |
2 |
16 |
Winter, Patricia. Seasoning Tricks. Canaan, Conn.: House of Herbs |
1945 |
Description of series
| Series 4 | Miscellaneous Publications | 1935-1955 circa |
| extent: | 3 folders | |
| description: | This series contains assorted pamphlets that do not fit into the other series. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
17 |
H.C.B. Reserve Cook Manual. Davenport, Ia. |
1936 |
2 |
18 |
National Mark Recipes. [London?]: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
1935 |
2 |
19 |
Pennsylvania Dutch Cookery. University Park, Penna.: The Pennsylvania State University, Circular 348 |
1955 circa |
Description of series
| Series 5 | Periodical Publications | 1949-1968, undated |
| extent: | 4 folders | |
| description: | This series contains pamphlets produced by newspapers and magazine publishing companies. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
20 |
Country Gentleman Wartime Recipe and Canning Guide. Philadelphia: Country Gentleman |
undated |
2 |
21 |
Levorson, Anita. Around the House. Lake Mills, Ia., Graphic |
1967 |
2 |
22 |
Levorson, Anita. Around the House, Again. Lake Mills, Ia., Graphic |
1968 |
2 |
23 |
Paddleford, Clementine. How America Eats. United Newspapers Magazine Corporation |
1949 |
Description of series
| Series 6 | Producers Association Publications | 1941-1951, undated |
| extent: | 3 folders | |
| description: | This series contains publications from various producers associations. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
24 |
Old Favorite Honey Recipes. Madison, Wisc.: American Honey Institute |
1941 |
2 |
25 |
Seven All-Time Favorite Cranberry Recipes. Hanson, Mass.: National Cranberry Association |
undated |
2 |
26 |
Spices: What They Are, Where They Come From. New York: American Spice Trade Association |
1951 |
Description of series
| Series 7 | U.S. Department of Agriculture Publications | 1931-1964 |
| extent: | 9 folders | |
| description: | This series contains publications produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture related to food, diet, and medicinal plants. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
27 |
Carpenter, Rowena Schmidt and Hazel K. Stiebling. Diets to Fit the Family Income. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Farmers Bulletin no. 1757 |
1936 |
2 |
28 |
Chatfield, Charlotte and Laura I. McLaughlin. Proximity Composition of Fresh Fruits. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Circular no. 50 |
1931 |
2 |
29 |
Chatfield, Charlotte and Georgian Adams. Proximate Composition of Fresh Vegetables. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Circular no. 146 |
1931 |
2 |
30 |
Cofer, Eloise, et al. Family Food Plans and Food Costs. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Home Economics Research Report no. 20 (1962, 1964 revisions included) |
1962-1964 |
3 |
1 |
Lowman, M. S. and Miriam Birdseye. Savory Herbs: Culture and Use. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Farmers Bulletin no. 1977 |
1946 |
3 |
2 |
Merrill, Annabel L. and Bernice K. Watt. Energy Value of Foods. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Agriculture Handbook no. 74 |
1955 |
3 |
3 |
Sievers, A. F. Production of Drug and Condiment Plants. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Farmers Bulletin no. 1999 |
1948 |
3 |
4 |
Stiebling, Hazel K. and Medora M. Ward. Diets at Four Levels of Nutritive Content and Cost. Washington, D.C.: USDA Circular no. 296 |
1933 |
3 |
5 |
Stockberger, W. W. Drug Plants Under Cultivation. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Miscellaneous Publication no. 572 |
1945 |