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Adams (Jane) Recipe and Menu Collection
MS-0012
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Jane Adams Recipe and Menu Collection
Creator:
Adams Recipe and Menu Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0012
Physical Description:
8.52 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1920-1959
Language of Material:
English
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Jane Adams collected recipes and menus from hundreds of food manufacturers and locales. The collection has been separated
into three sections, the largest being
Fliers, Booklets, Cookbooks, and Topical, which is alphabetically filed, and which includes product/company fliers, topical information, and cookbooks by title.
Handwritten Recipes and Cutouts includes handwritten recipes and clippings.
Menus consists of menus, sorted by location of origin. Most of the items in the collection were printed with no date; the collection
appears to cover approximately 1900 through the 1960s.
I. Fliers, Booklets, Cookbooks, and Topical
II. Handwritten Recipes and Cutouts
III. Menus
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted,
permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are
made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the
materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
John R. Adams
1989-004
Identification of item, folder title, box number, John and Jane Adams Recipe and Menu Collection, Special Collections and
University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Jane Adams was wife of SDSU Professor John R. Adams.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Menus--Specimens
Recipes
Recipes--Specimens
Cookery