Historic Cookbooks

One of my talks, "Cooking by the Book," features a number of historical cookbooks, many of which are unknown to modern readers and cooks. I've decided to share a few select favorites here. All of the below links go directly to the full text of the original. 
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Cookbook Libraries, Archives, and Other Holding Institutions

The following digital archives and repositories are presented in no particular order:

Cookbook collection, Chapin Library, Williams College. Read the intro to the collection.

Manuscript Cookbooks Survey

Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks, University of Iowa Library
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Szathmary Recipe Pamphlet Digital Collection, University of Iowa Library. 

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920, Duke University Libraries
- - - Nicole Di Bona Peterson Collection of Advertising Cookbooks, Duke University Library

Doris S. Kirschner Cookbook Collection, University of Minnesota

Service Through Sponge Cake, a collaboration between University of Indiana Library and Indianapolis Public Library

Historical Cookbooks, Texas Tech University Library

HISTORY OF FOOD & DRINK COLLECTION RARE BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS, Virginia Tech

Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project, Michigan State University Library

What America Ate: Preserving America's Culinary History from the Great Depression

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