Bayley (Monica) Collection, 1981-1993

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Summary

Title:
Monica Bayley Collection
Dates:
1981-1993
Creators:
Bayley, Monica (1919-2002)
Abstract:
Monica (Monnie) Worsley Bayley (1919-2002) was an author, editor and researcher who published cookbooks about Africa, the South Pacific, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In 1940, she graduated with honors from Lawrence College in Appleton, WI and married Lawrence classmate, Edwin R. Bayley, in 1941. In the 1960s, she held posts in research and publications in Washington, D.C. and as a copy editor at McGraw-Hill Book Co. in NY. The Bayleys moved to Berkeley in 1969, when Edwin became the founding dean of the U.C.-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Her complete works include: Black Africa Cookbook (1971), Pacific Island Cookbook (1977), The Snoopy Omnibus (1983), and annual Snoopy Fun Fact Calendars, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Cookbook (1981). This collection contains materials related to Monica Bayley’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Cookbook including: a scrapbook with reviews, catalogs, and handwritten letters related to the cookbook, mechanicals for the book including pages 1-128 of the cookbook, page overlays with the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrations, and a letter from Macmillan Publishing.
Extent:
1 oversized archival box
Language:
Preferred citation:

Monica Bayley Collection, Henry Meade Williams Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library, Carmel, CA

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials related to Monica Bayley’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Cookbook including: a scrapbook with reviews, catalogs, and handwritten letters related to the cookbook, mechanicals for the book including pages 1-128 of the cookbook, page overlays with the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrations, and a letter from Macmillan Publishing.

Biographical / historical:

Monica (Monnie) Worsley Bayley (1919-2002) was an author, editor and researcher who published cookbooks about Africa, the South Pacific, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In 1940, she graduated with honors from Lawrence College in Appleton, WI and married Lawrence classmate, Edwin R. Bayley, in 1941. In the 1960s, she held posts in research and publications in Washington, D.C. and as a copy editor at McGraw-Hill Book Co. in NY. The Bayleys moved to Berkeley in 1969, when Edwin became the founding dean of the U.C.-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Her complete works include: Black Africa Cookbook (1971), Pacific Island Cookbook (1977), The Snoopy Omnibus (1983), and annual Snoopy Fun Fact Calendars, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Cookbook (1981). The Bayleys retired in the mid-1980s and spent their time between Carmel, CA and Door County, WI. Monica died on March 24, 2002, after suffering a heart attack in her Carmel home.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Monica Bayley.
Processing information:

Processed by Michael Martinus on 7/22/25.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Harrison Memorial Library staff.
Date Prepared:
1981-1993
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on Oct. 9, 2025, 9:32 a.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research.

Terms of access:

The Henry Meade Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library does not hold copyright to these items. Permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder by the user.

Preferred citation:

Monica Bayley Collection, Henry Meade Williams Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library, Carmel, CA

Location of this collection:
P.O. Box 800
Mission St & 6th Ave
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921, US
Contact:
(831) 624-1615
hml.localhist@gmail.com
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