Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

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Archival Collections on Food History

The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections contains significant archival collections on agriculture, food science, nutrition, and home economics. Examples include: the papers of food critic Duncan Hines [ca. 1939-1959]; the records of the Western New York Fruit Growers Cooperative Packing Association, 1920-1953; the Edgett-Burnham canning company records, 1854-1930; the records of Cornell's Department of Food and Nutrition, 1943-1968; hundreds of oral histories by regional agricultural growers; the records of Cornell's Cooperative Extension office; and the records of the New York State College of Home Economics.

Related Online Resources

Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library has extensive book collections on agriculture, food science, and nutrition.
Cornell's HEARTH collection: a full-text electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines published between 1850 and 1950. Developed by Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library.
The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections' Award Winning Exhibition on the history of home economics is available online: "From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics?"