LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Special Collections

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The Culinary Institute of America also collects materials related to culinary and restaurant history. These special collections, which are rare and often one-of-a-kind, are housed in the Archives & Special Collections in the Conrad N. Hilton Library. In addition to our world-renowned menu collection, we hold a significant collection of rare books; the Craig Claiborne Collection; a historical recipe pamphlet collection; and manuscripts.

Highlights from these collections include

Louis Sherry menu ledger, May 4, 1901 to January 15, 1902
Handwriiten recipes by great chefs given to Craig Claiborne on occasion of his 70th birthday (from the Craig Claiborne Collection)
Scandia Restaurant Collection, 1978-1985 (from the estate of Margie and Bob Petersen)

Collections

Menu Collection

Historical Recipe Pamphlet Collection
Assembled over decades, this artificial collection of approximately 900 items consists primarily of historical recipe pamphlets, but also includes brochures, leaflets, books, and other ephemera. The bulk of the material is advertising pamphlets from 1920 to 1970.

Material Culture Collection
Craig Claiborne Collection

Francesco and Mary Giambelli Collection, ca. 1940s-2009 (bulk 1960s-1990s)
The collection includes photographs, memorabilia, artifacts, scrapbooks, awards, and clippings collected by Francesco and Mary Giambelli and related to their Italian restaurants in New York City.

Dr. Bernard Watney Corkscrew Research Collection
Chuck Williams Culinary Arts Museum (@ Copia)
Search the collection of the Chuck William Culinary Arts Museum at Copia, Napa, California