Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Related Collection(s)
Accruals
Processing Information
System of Arrangement
Scope and Contents
Indexing Terms
Title: California menu collection
Date (inclusive): 1889-1996
Date (bulk): 1943-1944
Collection Identifier: MENU
COL
Physical Description:
5.4 Linear feet
(8 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL:http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Location of Materials: Collection is stored
onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Consists of menus and wine and spirits lists from
California restaurants. Materials are primarily from restaurants located in San
Francisco and the Bay Area, but the collection also includes menus from other
California cities; bulk of the materials are from 1943-1944.
Access
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Library and Archives, North
Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the
copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [File name], California Menu Collection, California
Historical Society.
Related Collection(s)
Accruals
Additions to collections are ongoing.
Processing Information
Processed by intern Nora Coyne under the supervision of Jaime Henderson in 2013.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1: San Francisco menus and Series 2:
Other California cities menus. Within each series menus are arranged alphabetically
by name of the restaurant or by name of the hotel the restaurant resides or resided
in.
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of menus, and some wine and spirits lists, of California
restaurants. The materials are primarily from San Francisco and the Bay Area
although other California cities, such as Los Angeles, are represented. The
collection includes menus from restaurants located in hotels such as the Tonga Room
in the Fairmont Hotel and Victor's, located in the Hotel Sir Francis Drake. Other
restaurants represented include the Cliff House, Tadich Grill and Trader Vic's. The
collection dates from 1889 to 1996 with the bulk of materials created 1944. Most
menus from 1944 include printed or handwritten notices of compliance with the Office
of Price Administration's (OPA) price controls established during World War II.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog:
Bars (Drinking establishments)--California.
California Ephemera Project.
Menus.
Restaurants--California.
Wine lists.