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The Jean Anderson Cookbooks collection contains cookbooks written or co-written by Jean Anderson from 1965-2019. The cookbooks include recipes for a variety of foods including desserts and Southern dishes. There is one non-cookbook included in this collection and it is a history book about Prince Henry the Navigator.
Jean Anderson was a well-known journalist, food writer, and cookbook author (1929-2023). She was born in 1929 in Chapel Hill, NC. She wrote and co-wrote several cookbooks throughout her lifetime. She studied Food Chemistry and Nutrition at Cornell University and then got her Master's in Journalism from Columbia University. She was a food editor for newspapers and magazines, including Family Circle and Food and Wine. She authored thirteen cookbooks and co-wrote seventeen. She was also a four time winner of of the Tastemaker and International Association of Cooking Professionals awards.
Jean Anderson was a well-known journalist, food writer, and cookbook author (1929-2023). She was born in 1929 in Chapel Hill, NC. She wrote and co-wrote several cookbooks throughout her lifetime. She studied Food Chemistry and Nutrition at Cornell University and then got her Master's in Journalism from Columbia University. She was a food editor for newspapers and magazines, including Family Circle and Food and Wine. She authored thirteen cookbooks and co-wrote seventeen. She was also a four time winner of of the Tastemaker and International Association of Cooking Professionals awards.
She was also known for her travel writing and journalism. She wrote and co-wrote almost thirty books. Her most popular book was the Doubleday Cookbook written in 1975. This book went on to win the best cookbook of the year by the R.T. French Tastemaker Awards. It was the first cookbook to inlcude nutritional information with each recipe. This collection contains many of the books she wrote and co-wrote throughout her lifetime. It also contains one book about Henry the Navigator written by Jean Anderson.
The Jean Anderson Cookbooks collection contains cookbooks written or co-written by Jean Anderson from 1965-2019. The cookbooks include recipes for a variety of foods including desserts and Southern dishes.
This collection has one series. This series is called Cookbooks. All of the items in the collection except for one book are in this series. The cookbooks includes a variety of recipes for Southern dishes and desserts. The second series is titled Other Books and it contains one other book that was written by Jean Anderson about Henry the Navigator.
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[Identification of item], Jean Anderson Cookbooks, MC 00741, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift from Jill Sexton and Syd Alexander (Accession 2023.0121).
Processed by: Katelyn Cuomo 2023 August; Finding aid written by: Katelyn Cuomo, 2023 August; finding aid updated 2023 September
The collection is organized into one principal series:
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Jean Anderson Cookbooks, MC 00741, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.