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Collection Overview
| Size | 30 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 32400 items) |
| Abstract | The collection of food and travel writer, cookbook author, and magazine editor Jean Anderson (1929-2023) contains diaries, scrapbooks, collected recipes in volumes and loose papers, subject files, research files, writings, and correspondence with chefs, food writers, editors, and others. Collection materials span her career from the 1940s until 2023. Subject files pertain to different foods, many associated with cuisines and foodways in the American South. Topics include "Muffins," "Gingerbread," "Corn pudding," and "Green Goddess" (salad dressing). Research files pertain to foodways and other topics including North Carolina pottery and travel in Portugal. A small sample of Anderson's extensive library of foodways publications she collected over her lifetime forms a published portion of this collection and includes community cookbooks and chefs' self-published cookbooks, chiefly from North Carolina and the South. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection. |
| Creator | Anderson, Jean, 1929-2023 |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Rebecca Stubbs and Biff Hollingsworth, January 2024
Encoded by: Laura Smith, January 2024
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Jean Anderson (1929-2023) was a white writer and editor from Raleigh, N.C. She spent the majority of her career in New York, N.Y., as a food and travel writer with a specialty in cooking and foodways in the American South. Anderson wrote for numerous publications including Ladies' Home Journal and was the author of more than twenty books, including A Love Affair with Southern Cooking published in 2007 and Kiln to Kitchen: Favorite Recipes from Beloved North Carolina Potters published in 2019.
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Scope and Content
The collection of food and travel writer, cookbook author, and magazine editor Jean Anderson (1929-2023) contains diaries, scrapbooks, collected recipes in volumes and loose papers, subject files, research files, writings, and correspondence with chefs, food writers, editors, and others. Collection materials span her career from the 1940s until 2023. Subject files pertain to different foods, many associated with cuisines and foodways in the American South. Topics include "Muffins," "Gingerbread," "Corn pudding," and "Green Goddess" (salad dressing). Research files pertain to foodways and other topics including North Carolina pottery and travel in Portugal. A small sample of Anderson's extensive library of foodways publications she collected over her lifetime forms a published portion of this collection and includes community cookbooks and chefs' self-published cookbooks, chiefly from North Carolina and the South.
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Series 1. Personal
Contains personal volumes, handwritten family recipes, and other papers. Of note are several volumes from Anderson's early life and career, such as her time as a student at Cornell University. Includes Anderson’s handwritten travel diaries, especially from various trips to Portugal.
| Box 1 |
Address and day book, 1998 |
Recipe organizer |
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CompositionsComposition books containing meal planning, recipes from Marion M. Johnson, and Jean Anderson's baby information. |
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Cornell UniversityContains Jean Anderson's student workbook. |
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Biography and news articlesContains a biographical statement on Anderson and news articles discussing her passing. |
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| Image Folder PF-70164/1 |
PhotographsImages depict Jean Anderson and unidentified individuals. |
| Box 2 |
Travel diariesContains Anderson's travel diaries on trips to Portugal, Scotland, Normandy, Denmark, Germany, and various other countries. |
| Oversize Box OB-70164/1 |
ScrapbookContains magazine articles depicting kitchen setups and recipes. |
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Series 2. Subject Files
Contains subject files with content Anderson collected or created, organized by food-related topic.
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Series 3. Writing/Professional Files
Contains papers related to Anderson's writing and other professional activities. Materials include: a chronological run of correspondence files; papers on speeches or demonstrations Anderson gave; contract files; files related to claims of plagiarism; files listed by name of person/correspondent; papers on permissions/copyright questions; unpublished writings; and other papers. Also includes files related to Anderson’s book, Kiln to Kitchen: Favorite Recipes from Beloved North Carolina Potters, as well as files labeled "Kitchen Tips."
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Series 4. American Century Cookbook Files
Contains files related to Anderson’s masterwork, American Century Cookbook, including collected source material. Anderson solicited packets of information be sent to her by major food companies, such as Nestle and Quaker Oats. These files are organized by company or product. Also contain drafts, correspondence, and other business papers related to the book.
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Series 5. Collected Cookbooks
Contains a subset of cookbooks gathered from Anderson's home library.
| Box 18 |
Tennessee, Maryland, and other non Southern states cookbooks |
| Box 19 |
General cookbooks |
| Box 20 |
Cookbooks by Jean Anderson |
| Box 21 |
Cookbooks by Jean Anderson |
| Box 22 |
North Carolina cookbooks |
| Box 23 |
North Carolina cookbooks |
| Box 24 |
North Carolina cookbooks |
| Box 25 |
Louisiana cookbooks |
| Box 26 |
Virginia cookbooks |
| Box 27 |
Kentucky and Georgia cookbooks |
| Box 28 |
Mississippi cookbooks |
| Box 29 |
Alabama, Texas, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Florida cookbooks |
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Series 6. Photographic Slides
Materials appear to relate to book or other projects, possibly used as research or for illustrations.
| Image Folder PF-70164/9-13 |
Photographic slidesSlides depict images from the pumpkin harvest in Chatam County, N.C.; 1930s Shell gas station (National Historic Landmark); various flora; and scenic images from Outer Banks, Winston-Salem, Edenton, Nags Head, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. Also inlcudes images from Nana's in Durham, N.C. |
| Image Folder PF-70164/14 |
Pumpkins Shell gas station1999 |
| Image Folder PF-70164/15 |
"A Taste of the Black Forest"December 1981. Photographer: Jean Anderson. |
| Image Folder PF-70164/16 |
Owl, N.C. barn1995 |
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Series 7. Auidiocassette Tapes
Contains recordings of speeches, demonstrations, readings, and other content related to Anderson's career.
| Audiocassette C-70164/1 |
Joanne Johnson, Iowa ThanksgivingJoanne Johnson, Iowa Thanksgiving, #1 |
| Audiocassette C-70164/2 |
Hitchcock KitchenHitchcock, tape 1, Santa Fe, 5/87 |
| Audiocassette C-70164/3 |
Trump KitchenTrump kitchen, Santa Fe, 1993 |
| Audiocassette C-70164/4 |
Santa Fe KitchensSanta Fe kitchens, Trump I & II, Belfield B&B |
| Audiocassette C-70164/5 |
BarkerBarker, tape 2, side a - side b blank |
| Audiocassette C-70164/6 |
Barker/ MagnoliaBarker/ Magnolia 12/22/97 |
| Audiocassette C-70164/7 |
Grandma BarkerGrandma Barker |
| Audiocassette C-70164/8 |
Ruth BarkerRuth Barker |
| Audiocassette C-70164/9 |
Butterball TurkeysButterball turkeys 7/14/92 |
| Audiocassette C-70164/10 |
NC book discussionNC book discussion |
| Audiocassette C-70164/11 |
Victorian gingerbread winnerVictorian gingerbread winner: Michelle Whitfield. Deming, N.M. Removed from archival folder "FC Gingerbread". |
| Audiocassette C-70164/12 |
G'Bread FCG'Bread FC, 2000. Removed from archival folder "FC Gingerbread". |
| Audiocassette C-70164/13 |
Scott Howell's Nana'sScott Howell's Nana's in Durham, N.C. July 2000. Removed from archival folder "Nana's Easter". |
| Audiocassette C-70164/14 |
Scott H. EasterScott H. Easter F&W. 21 December 2000. Removed from archival folder "Nana's Easter". |
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