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Jay Anderson foodways research collection, 1971-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan)
Title
Jay Anderson foodways research collection
Dates
1971-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
ca. 4.5 linear feet, (9 boxes)
Collection Number
UUS_FOLK COLL 17b
Summary
Professor Jay Anderson's foodways research items: theses, books, and articles, correspondence with authors, etc.; most items are photocopies.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, series number, sub-series number, if applicable, box number and folder number (or image number).

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Historical Note

Jay Anderson is a professor of History at Utah State University. Professor Anderson donated his vast cookbook and foodways collection, collected over a lifetime of research and specialization on foodways, to USU Libraries Fife Folklore Archives for student research. The collection includes international and domestic books on foodways.

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Content Description

The Jay Anderson foodways follection is comprised of FOLK COLL 17 and FOLK COLL 17b. FOLK COLL 17 is the Foodways and Historic Cookbook Collection; items in FOLK COLL 17 can be accessed through USU Libraries online catalog. FOLK COLL 17b comprises Professor Anderson's foodways research and consists of nine boxes of photocopied thesis, articles, correspondence with author, etc., date and author noted when known. An inventory of FOLK COLL 17b follows.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Jay Anderson foodways research collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Jay Anderson foodways research collection, 1971-1999.(FOLK COLL 17b: box, folder). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized in 4 series.

  • European food research
  • American food research
  • Methodology
  • Historic foodways books.

Acquisition Information

Professor Jay Anderson donated his extensive cookbook and foodways collection to the Fife Folklore Archives in several installments in the 1990s, with the last deposit in 1999.

Processing Note

Originally processed by Rosanna Walker and updated by Randy Williams. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, April 2004; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Cookery.
  • Diet.
  • Food habits.
  • Food--History.
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