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Field name | Value |
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Reference | 11.134-39 |
Library/Archive | Schlesinger Library |
Title | Child to Beck, Simone ("Simca") |
Date | Mar 1953 - Dec 1964 |
Collection | Series II. CORRESPONDENCE, 1925-1992 (#45-513, 1377-1382, 1398m) |
Collection Overview | Subseries B, Cookery, 1951-1992 (#119-352, 1382), contains Julia Child's correspondence with culinary friends and colleagues, including Simone Beck, James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Madeleine Kamman, Anne Willan, etc.; and with and about cooking schools. Child has included her own cross-references among the correspondence: some of these notes are written at the top of letters, some are on separate sheets of paper. Most folders include incoming as well as Child's outgoing letters. Many include clippings, menus, etc. Most of Simone Beck's letters to Child are in French. Correspondence with Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky is about their establishment of La Varenne, a cooking school in Paris. More correspondence with Avis DeVoto is in her Papers (A-167) and unprocessed additional papers. The arrangement of alphabetical files follows Julia Child's original order. Correspondence with cooking schools and chefs follows a general alphabetical order. |
Sub-collection | Subseries B. Cookery, 1951-1992 (#119-352, 1382) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Theme | Restaurant Culture and the Professional Chef; Education and Cooking Schools |
Subjects | travel cooking family media education home economics celebrity race cooking school regional cuisine commodity: eggs seafood ingredient animal products cooking techniques herbs vegetables commodity: milk commodity: potatoes hosting kitchen appliances cooking equipment desserts wine baking fruit |
Cuisine | French cuisine |
Description | Correspondence including lots of discussions of food and recipes, swapping recipes, and developing recipes for their book. Also includes mention of more personal matters as well as letters to Louisette and Simca. Julia Child also mentions racial tensions in the US as well as discussing cooking classes and demonstrations. |
Countries | France; United States of America |
Places | Paris France; Washington D.C. |
Names | Beck, Simone; Child, Julia |
Language | French; English |
Copyright and Source Archive | Material sourced from the Schlesinger Library |