Scope and Contents The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker culinary ephemera collection contains thousands of food and cookery related publications produced primarily by companies in the United States from the late nineteenth century up to the present. The collection provides a rich resource to study the evolution and history of advertising, food products, individual companies, technology, food preparation, and food production. It was organized, described, and donated in 2005 by Shirley Brocker Sliker, who...

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The Selma Hollander recipe book is a 3-ring binder of dessert recipes written, taped, or laid into an art and literature notebook. Recipes represent popular mid-20th century American desserts such as cakes, bars, breads, and muffins. Art and literature notes appear to be written and typed class notes with occasional ink sketches analyzing artistic form, genre, and particular artists' distinguishing features.