Descriptive summary
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creator:
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title:
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Wartime
Household Guides and Recipe Books Collection |
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dates:
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1918-1944, n.d. |
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extent:
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0.42 linear ft.
(1 document box) |
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collection number:
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MS
380 |
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repository:
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Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Wartime
Household Guides and Recipe Books Collection, MS 380, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Collection description
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The collection contains guides and recipe books produced during
World War I and World War II to help homemakers manage their
household, shop for food, prepare food, and preserve food. The
collection is first arranged by wartime period covered, and then by
guides or recipe books. The guides are arranged chronologically.
The recipe books are arranged alphabetically by subject area.
The collection was received from Robert F. Smith of What Cheer,
Iowa. Mr. Smith, a Retired Staff Sergeant in the United States
Army, has written a cookbook titled, The Old and New World of
Cooking.
For related
materials, see MS 237 Food Pamphlet Collection and MS 381 Food and
Household Product Advertising Guides and Publications Collection. |
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Organizationn
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The collection
is first arranged by wartime period covered, and then by guides or
recipe books. The guides are arranged chronologically. The recipe
books are arranged alphabetically by subject area.
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Container listt
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Folder |
Title |
Dates |
| 1 |
1 |
World
War I Recipe Books: Breads Recipe Book and Liberty Cook Book |
1918,
n.d. |
| 1 |
2 |
World
War II Guides: "Helping Children to Obtain an Adequate Lunch" |
n.d. |
| 1 |
3 |
World
War II Guides: "Real Ideas of Real Housewives" |
n.d. |
| 1 |
4 |
World
War II Guides: "How to Get the Most Out of the Food You Buy" |
1941 |
| 1 |
5 |
World
War II Guides: "Health for Victory Club, Meal Planning Guide,"
(October 1942-November 1942, February 1943, May 1943, July 1943,
October 1943, January 1944, and March 1944) |
1942-1944 |
| 1 |
13 |
World
War II Guides: "The Homemaker's Helper: Project 11, Ideas for
Kitchen Improvement" (Kelvinator Wartime Idea Exchange for Home
Economists) |
ca. 1943 |
| 1 |
6 |
World
War II Guides: "House Cleaning and Home Management Manual" |
1944 |
| 1 |
7 |
World
War II Recipe Books: Canned Foods, Wartime recipes from |
n.d. |
| 1 |
8 |
World
War II Recipe Books: Canning (Food Preservation) |
1944,
n.d. |
| 1 |
9 |
World
War II Recipe Books: Dairy |
1942,
n.d. |
| 1 |
10 |
World
War II Recipe Books: Desserts |
n.d. |
| 1 |
11 |
World
War II Recipe Books: Lunch Box Meals |
1943,
n.d. |
| 1 |
12 |
World
War II Recipe Books: Meats |
1942-1943, n.d. |
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