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The Joy of Cooking: Two Centuries of Cookbooks at the DeGolyer Library
Part of a cover illustration from "One Whole Year of Sunday Supper Suggestions," by M.V. Doten. Published in 1927 by Rust Craft Publishing Co. [Image: SMU DeGolyer Library]
The Last Word: DeGolyer Library’s Christina Jensen on Lessons from 200 Years of Cookbooks
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 1, 2022
Neatly timed to be on display during the holiday season, the exhibit runs through December 22 and features 206 books from DeGolyer's massive, 6,000-cookbook collection. The books were acquired during the research library’s decades of collecting items related to Western Americana, transportation, women’s history, and business history.
