Cookery Vertical File Collections
Description
This collection consists of printed recipe booklets and brochures for various food brands and kitchen products from the 1900s to the present. Historically in American society, cooking has been within the domestic sphere and seen more as a woman’s job, so many of the items within this collection reflect that. Manufacturers used these printed materials (and oftentimes coupons within them) to influence housewives to purchase these products by explaining how housewives could incorporate them into their own kitchens and food preparation activities.
The collection is sorted by primary ingredients (baking soda, yeast, etc.), as well as categories (desserts, fried foods, etc.) and some major brands (Betty Crocker, Kraft, etc.). Within each folder, the material is alphabetized by brand name.
This finding aid was created by Shelby Kuney, Student Assistant, and Dana Nemeth, Reference Archivist, in July 2021.
| Topic | Title/Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Up (Brand) | 2 total | n.d. |
| Appetizers | Libby’s Appetizers | n.d. |
| Avocados | Calavo | 1931 |
| Baking Powder | Calumet | 1937 |
| Clabber Girl Baking Powder | n.d. | |
| Davis Baking Powder | 1931 | |
| Royal Baking Powder (5 total) | 1925, 1940, n.d. | |
| Rumford Baking Powder | 1929 | |
| Beans | Hallmark | n.d. |
| Michigan Bean Commission (2 total) | n.d. | |
| Beef | Armour | n.d. |
| Eckrich | n.d. | |
| Master Choice | n.d. | |
| Omaha Steaks | 1998 | |
| Swift’s | n.d. | |
| Wright’s Concentrated | n.d. | |
| Betty Crocker (Brand) | 7 total | 1936, n.d. |
| Beverages | The Christian Brothers | n.d. |
| Four Roses Distillers Company | n.d. | |
| Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc. | n.d. | |
| The Red Raven Corporation | n.d. | |
| Schweppes | n.d. | |
| Smith Glass | n.d. | |
| Southern Comfort (3 total) | 1973, 1975, n.d. | |
| Bread | Amish Friendship Bread, | n.d. |
| Fleischmann’s Yeast | 1965 | |
| Good Housekeeping | 1940 | |
| Henkel’s Extra Fancy | n.d. | |
| Star Bakery | n.d. | |
| Buttermilk | Belle Vernon (2 total) | 1938, 1940 |
| Candy | Candy Recipes | n.d. |
| Canned Fruit | Del Monte (2 total) | n.d. |
| Snider Packing Corporation | n.d. | |
| Cereal | General Foods | 1948 |
| Heinz (2 total) | n.d. | |
| Kellogg’s (2 total) | 1982 | |
| Maltex (2 total) | n.d. | |
| Cheese | Pabst-ett Corporation | n.d. |
| Chicken | Swanson | 1960 |
| Swift’s | 1960 | |
| Cranberries | Cranberry Cream Mold | n.d. |
| Monarch Foods | n.d. | |
| Desserts | Burnett’s Liquid Mix | n.d. |
| Cardui | 1914 | |
| “Choice Frozen Desserts” | n.d. | |
| Eagle Brand | n.d. | |
| Franklin Baker Company | n.d. | |
| Franklin Sugar Refining Company | n.d. | |
| Frostings Recipe Card | n.d. | |
| Good Luck Food Co (2 total) | n.d. | |
| Grennan Bakeries | n.d. | |
| The Griffith Laboratories | n.d. | |
| Hart Brand | n.d. | |
| Hydrox Ice Cream | n.d. | |
| Karo and Kre-mel (3 total) | n.d. | |
| Kusto | n.d. | |
| Py-Ade Recipes | n.d. | |
| Royal Puddings | n.d. | |
| Swans Down Cake Flour | n.d. | |
| Swift’s Ice Cream | n.d. | |
| Van Houten’s Cocoa | n.d. | |
| Dips | Lipton | n.d. |
| “Philly” Dip | n.d. | |
| Doughnuts | Speck Baking Company (2 total) | 1937, 1938 |
| Duck | Swift’s Premium Ducklings | n.d. |
| Eggs | New Jersey Eggs | n.d. |
| Entertaining | American Home | 1972 |
| Canadian Homes Guidebook | 1960 | |
| Frito’s | 1958 | |
| “How to have a Luau indoors” | n.d. | |
| Laird’s Brandy | 1941 | |
| Passport to Entertaining | 1987 | |
| Evaporated Milk | Carnation (7 total) | n.d. |
| Evaporated Milk Association | 1951 | |
| White House | n.d. | |
| Extracts | Watkins (6 total) | n.d. |
| Fiber | Kings | 1988 |
| Fish | Bird’s Eye (2 total) | n.d. |
| Flour | Camp’s Pansy Flour (9 total) | n.d. |
| Gold Medal Flour | 1913 | |
| Sapphire (3 total) | 1940, n.d. | |
| Wheatsworth | n.d. | |
| Fried Foods | Mazola | n.d. |
| Shal-O-Fryer | n.d. | |
| Frozen Foods | Bird’s Eye | n.d. |
| Good Luck | n.d. | |
| Westinghouse Electric Corporation (5 total) | n.d. | |
| Fruit | Cling Peaches | n.d. |
| “Fruit Recipes from Ottawa County Fruit Growers,” | 1960 | |
| Kroger (2 total) | 1935, 1936 | |
| “Prize Peach Recipes,” | n.d. | |
| Quality Cook | n.d. | |
| Royal Ruby Red | 1970 | |
| Sunsweet | 1939 | |
| Gas & Electric Companies | Columbia Gas | n.d. |
| The Gas Company (2 total) | 1938, 1941 | |
| General Electric | n.d. | |
| Gelatin | Cox Gelatine | 1920 |
| Knox Gelatine (7 total) | 1931, 1936, 1946, n.d. | |
| Plymouth Rock Gelatine | n.d. | |
| Healthy Eating | Family Circle’s Pocket Nutrition Counter | 1980 |
| Health Food Co. | n.d. | |
| “Low Calorie Diet” (Satire) | n.d. | |
| Mott’s Figure Control | n.d. | |
| Honey | Kellogg’s | n.d. |
| Jam | Certo (2 total) | 1921, 1934 |
| Welch Foods | 1976 | |
| Jell-O (Brand) | 2 total | 1902, 1992 |
| Juice | Dole | n.d. |
| Junket (Brand) | 5 total | 1936,1937, 1940, 1941, 1943 |
| Ketchup | Heinz (2 total) | 1988, n.d. |
| Kraft Foods (Brand) | 27 total | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, n.d. |
| Topic | Title/Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Margarine | Dixie (2 total) | n.d. |
| Marshmallows | S.S. Kresge Company | n.d. |
| Meats | Albers | 1961 |
| American Meat Institute | n.d. | |
| Armour’s Treet | n.d. | |
| Family Circle’s Thrifty Meat Buying | n.d. | |
| Swift’s | 1949 | |
| Milk | American Dairy Association | n.d. |
| Belle Vernon | 1936 | |
| Golden Guernsey | n.d. | |
| Sealtest | n.d. | |
| Vita-Lure | 1940 | |
| Misc. | Bucks County Coffee Co., “polystyrene cups” | n.d. |
| Corning Ware Dishes | n.d. | |
| Culpeper Safe Handling of Essential Oils | 1990 | |
| Enhancier | n.d. | |
| Krusty Korn Kob Mould | n.d. | |
| “More Food Value for Less Money,” | n.d. | |
| “Preserving Foods” (3 total) | n.d. | |
| Misc. Recipe Booklets | Bear’s Mill (Greenville, Ohio) | n.d. |
| Clover Farm | n.d. | |
| Dishes for Doubles | n.d. | |
| Favorite Recipes | n.d. | |
| First Baptist Church (Newark, Ohio) | 1957 | |
| House of Myrtlewood (Coos Bay, Oregon) | n.d. | |
| Household Hints and Recipes | n.d. | |
| Kroger Food Foundation | n.d. | |
| Libby’s Thrifty Menus | n.d. | |
| More Perfectly Rip-p-ing Recipes | n.d. | |
| Super Blue Green Algae | n.d. | |
| Teflon-Coated Pan Recipes | n.d. | |
| Molasses | Brer Rabbit (2 total) | 2001, n.d. |
| Nuts | Diamond Walnuts | n.d. |
| Funsten’s (2 total) | n.d. | |
| Oats | Golden Center | n.d. |
| National Oats | n.d. | |
| Outdoors | Carnation | 1971 |
| Girl Scouts | n.d. | |
| Pasta | Bott Boi | n.d. |
| Peanut Butter | Peanut Crunch (2 total) | 1939, n.d. |
| Pickles | Heinz | n.d. |
| Pies | Ayer’s Book of Pies and Puddings | n.d. |
| Comstock | n.d. | |
| Hart | n.d. | |
| Pie Recipe Card | n.d. | |
| Swift’ning | Shortening | n.d. |
| Pillsbury (Brand), 10 total | 1934, 1935, 1942, 1945, 1979, n.d. | |
| Pork | Armour | n.d. |
| National Livestock and Meat Board | n.d. | |
| National Pork Producers (4 total) | 1992, 1993 | |
| Schmidt’s | n.d. | |
| Swift’s (4 total) | n.d. | |
| Radishes | Tem-Cole | n.d. |
| Rhubarb | Michigan Hothouse Rhubarb | n.d. |
| Rice | Milapaco | n.d. |
| Village Inn | n.d. | |
| Rusk | The Dutch Tea Rusk Company | n.d. |
| Salad | Libby’s Art of Salad Making | n.d. |
| Sandwiches | 20 Best Sandwich Recipes of 1976 | 1976 |
| Sauerkraut | National Kraut Packers Association | n.d. |
| Seafood | Bay State Fishing Company | n.d. |
| Fisherman’s Grotto | n.d. | |
| Lasco | n.d. | |
| Maine Dept. Of Sea and Shore Fisheries | n.d. | |
| Sea Legs | 1987 | |
| Seasoning | Better Homes & Gardens Spice and Herb Chart | n.d. |
| French’s | 1928 | |
| “Herb Chart” | n.d. | |
| Laurel Hill | n.d. | |
| “Mild-Tangy Chili Bowl Seasoning Recipes” | n.d. | |
| Morton’s | n.d. | |
| Soups | Campbell’s | n.d. |
| Sour Cream | Belle Vernon | 1938 |
| Spry (Brand), 7 total | n.d. | |
| Spudnuts (Brand) | n.d. | |
| Stuffing | Pepperidge Farm | n.d. |
| Sugar | C and H (2 total) | 1938 |
| Domino | n.d. | |
| Syrup | Karo (2 total) | n.d. |
| Vermont Maid | n.d. | |
| Tapioca | French’s | n.d. |
| Minute Tapioca | n.d. | |
| “Ten Tempting Tapioca Recipes” | 1927 | |
| Tea | Bigelow Teas | 1978 |
| India Tea | n.d. | |
| Tetley Tea | n.d. | |
| Tuna | Breast-O-Chicken | n.d. |
| Wafers | Wonder Vanilla Wafers | n.d. |
| Waffles | “Delicious Waffle Recipes,” | n.d. |
| Whipped Cream | Pet Milk | n.d. |
| Wine | Buckeye Winery | n.d. |
| California Wine Advisory Board | n.d. | |
| The Wine Advisory Board | n.d. | |
| Wine Growers of California | n.d. | |
| Yeast | California Raisin Advisory Boar | 1980 |
| Yeast Foam | n.d. | |
| Yogurt | Dr. Gaymont’s | 1968 |
Updated: 06/05/2023 09:26AM