Iowa

Iowa State University–Parks Library, Ames, IA

http://www.lib.iastate.edu

Reference Desk: (515) 294-3642

Special Collections: (515) 294-6672

Holdings include general collection of cookery and food science materials. Special Collections holds manuscripts related to food, a large cookbook collection, a collection of historic seed catalogs, and a considerable amount of material related to George Washington Carver’s contributions to agriculture. Much material has been digitized.

University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu

Phone Inquiries: (319) 335-5299

Special Collections: (515) 335-5921

The library has fifteen thousand volumes and thirty-five hundred pamphlets. The Szathmary Culinary Archives forms the nucleus of this collection, focusing on food preparation and service from the fifteenth century to the present. The collection is multinational and in addition to cookbooks also includes materials related to nutrition, cannibalism, food erotica, food literature, and food practices. Some of the collection has been digitized.