Iowa Cookbook Collection

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Iowa Cookbooks Collection
The Iowa State University Library and Special Collections Department house over 3000 historical cookbooks from Iowa and other parts of the United States as well as other publications relating to food, nutrition and home economics. Click here for more information about the Iowa Cookbook Collection.
Kitchen-KlatterBegan as a talk show in 1924; the magazine was started in 1940 covering home stories, recipes, household tips, child-rearing advice and comments on current events.
Suffrage Cook BookA cookbook complied by Mrs. L. O. Kleber; contributors included several well know feminists, including Carrie Chapman Catt. Letters from state governors that had already passed laws for female suffrage were also included.
Mrs. Welch's Cook BookMary B. Welch was the wife of the first president of Iowa State College (University), and head of the Department of Domestic Economy at Iowa State from 1875 to 1883.
Women's Suffrage Cook BookA well written cookbook by Hattie A. Burr, The Women's Suffrage Cook Book contained recipes favorites, household tips, and instructions for taking care of the ill.