Collections : [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Subjects Cocktail History Collection
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

"An Ideal Home" Illustrated Scrapbook,

0.2 Cubic Feet 1 flat box
The collection consists of an illustrated scrapbook, detailing the set up for a household, possibly compiled for a new bride or a school assignment.
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"An Ideal Home" Illustrated Scrapbook, 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 flat box

The collection consists of an illustrated scrapbook, detailing the set up for a household, possibly compiled for a new bride or a school assignment.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Anti-Saloon League of Virginia Notice

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
This collection includes an undated Notice of Temperate Meetings held by Rev. J. W. West, Field Secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia. It includes subjects discussed and testimonials and probably dates between 1903-1909. The Anti-Saloon League of Virginia existed from 1901 to 1933, at the end of prohibition.
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Anti-Saloon League of Virginia Notice 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

West, J. W., Rev.
This collection includes an undated Notice of Temperate Meetings held by Rev. J. W. West, Field Secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia. It includes subjects discussed and testimonials and probably dates between 1903-1909. The Anti-Saloon League of Virginia existed from 1901 to 1933, at the end of prohibition.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bartender's Cocktail Mixing Notebook [San Francisco, CA]

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The Bartender's Cocktail Mixing Notebook [San Francisco, CA] contains typed cocktail recipes with directions for their creation in a small binder. Different sections include lesson plans for specific types of drinks, suggesting this was used in a bartending school or for bartending instruction.
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Bartender's Cocktail Mixing Notebook [San Francisco, CA] 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Bartender's Cocktail Mixing Notebook [San Francisco, CA] contains typed cocktail recipes with directions for their creation in a small binder. Different sections include lesson plans for specific types of drinks, suggesting this was used in a bartending school or for bartending instruction.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cocktail Ephemera Collection

1.59 Cubic Feet 6 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The Cocktail Ephemera Collection is a collection that was created in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (i.e., postcards, pamphlets, and adverstising ephemera) relating to the history of the cocktails, spirits, and wine, dating from the about the 1870s to the present.
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Cocktail Ephemera Collection 1.59 Cubic Feet 6 boxes; 1 oversize folder

The Cocktail Ephemera Collection is a collection that was created in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (i.e., postcards, pamphlets, and adverstising ephemera) relating to the history of the cocktails, spirits, and wine, dating from the about the 1870s to the present.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cocktail Manual (Typed)

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This resource is a typed instruction manual for creating cocktails from the 1950s. It includes ingredients, desciptions about how to make cocktails, glassware and tools, as well as prices.
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Cocktail Manual (Typed) 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This resource is a typed instruction manual for creating cocktails from the 1950s. It includes ingredients, desciptions about how to make cocktails, glassware and tools, as well as prices.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cocktail Mixing Notebook (Typed)

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This is a notebook of typed cocktail recipes, with a calender on the front dated in 1945.
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Cocktail Mixing Notebook (Typed) 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This is a notebook of typed cocktail recipes, with a calender on the front dated in 1945.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Drink Recipe Book, Minnesota School of Bartending

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
This collection contains a manual for the Minnesota School of Bartending, titled "Drink Recipe Book," from 1968.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Elledge Culinary Ephemera Collection

2.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
This collection includes twenty-four series of culinary ephemera, and they are organized by food and appliance. Items range throughout the twentieth century and into the early twenty-first century, with majority of items undated. Most items are pamphlets that include recipes, health and nutrition guides, short stories, and appliance instructions. Other items include catalogues, newspaper and magazine clippings, stickers, and food pyramid pins. Materials provide insight into consumer culture, technology, and history of gender, race, class, sanitation, marketing, and graphic design.
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Elledge Culinary Ephemera Collection 2.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

This collection includes twenty-four series of culinary ephemera, and they are organized by food and appliance. Items range throughout the twentieth century and into the early twenty-first century, with majority of items undated. Most items are pamphlets that include recipes, health and nutrition guides, short stories, and appliance instructions. Other items include catalogues, newspaper and magazine clippings, stickers, and food pyramid pins. Materials provide insight into consumer culture, technology, and history of gender, race, class, sanitation, marketing, and graphic design.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

El Mirador Hotel Cocktail Menu

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This collection contains an undated cocktail menu for the South Pacific Room of the El Mirador Hotel. The menu's cover depicts South Pacific art and the El Mirador Hotel name. On the inside the menu shows colorful depictions of the cocktails offered by the hotel bar. The name and price of each drink is written below the drink depictions.
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El Mirador Hotel Cocktail Menu 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains an undated cocktail menu for the South Pacific Room of the El Mirador Hotel. The menu's cover depicts South Pacific art and the El Mirador Hotel name. On the inside the menu shows colorful depictions of the cocktails offered by the hotel bar. The name and price of each drink is written below the drink depictions.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ezra S. Farnsworth Letter

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The collection contains a letter written by Captin Ezra S. Farnsworth in Petersburg, Virginia, on December 30, 1864, during the American Civil War.
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Ezra S. Farnsworth Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The collection contains a letter written by Captin Ezra S. Farnsworth in Petersburg, Virginia, on December 30, 1864, during the American Civil War.

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