Washington, DC

Appears in
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

By Andrew F. Smith

Published 2004

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    • Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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      In addition to the Library of Congress’s general repository collection, the library also holds the Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection and the Katherine G. Bitting Collection.

    Bibliography

  1. Ash, Lee, ed. Subject Collections. New Providence, N.J.: Bowker, 1993. This source lists, by subject, self-reported subject specialties of U.S. libraries.
  2. Feret, Barbara L. Gastronomical and Culinary Literature: A Survey and Analysis of Historically-Oriented Collections in the U.S.A. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979. This source provides in depth descriptions of selected U.S. libraries as well as an introduction to historically oriented culinary literature.
  3. Griswold, Madge. A Selective Guide to Culinary Library Collections in the United States. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/madge/LibraryReport.pdf. This document provides contact information and overviews of U.S. libraries with culinary holdings.