The Culinary History Collection
Donations and Donors
Thanks to many generous donors who have supported the Culinary History Collection, we are on our way to making it one of the best. Please consider lending your support by donating vintage cookbooks, and, of course, monetary donations are greatly appreciated.
Of particular interest are unique regional resourcs such as Virginia-related commujity cookbooks. If you are considering donating a book, refer to the Bibliography of Virginia-Related Cookbooks to see if your title is listed. If it is, please contact Special Collections at 540-231-6308, or write to Newman Library, Virginia Tech, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001.
Many people have contributed books, ephemera, money, and time to increase the number of culinary history resources. Others have given financial support to one or both of the scholarship funds honoring Janet Lowe Cameron and Jean Allen Phillips. Jan Bluestein Longone, an internationally known food historian living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has served as an unpaid consultant. In 2006 Ann Hertzler, who was instrumental in bringing the Peacock-Harper Collection to the library, initiated a $100,000 endowed fund to establish and support the "Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbook and Nutrition Literature Archive," the first historical children's cookbook collection that also emphasizes nutrition literature.
Of course, the first two major donations were the cookbook collections of Dean Laura Jane Haper and Dora Greenleaf Peacock, which formed the basis of the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Collection. Subsequently, Dr. Markham Peacock provided funds in his will to enable the purchase of additional rare volumes.
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Aaron Purcell, Director, Special Collections
