Jay Anderson foodways research collection
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1971-1999
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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).
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.
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.
Extent
9 boxes (ca. 4.5 linear feet)
Abstract
Professor Jay Anderson's foodways research items: theses, books, and articles, correspondence with authors, etc.; most items are photocopies.
Organization
Organized in 4 series.
- European food research
- American food research
- Methodology
- Historic foodways books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 Information
Originally processed by Rosanna Walker and updated by Randy Williams. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, April 2004; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012.
- Title
- Guide to the Jay Anderson foodways research collection1971-1999
- Author
- Finding aid created by Randy Williams, April 2004.
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu