- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Fisher, M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992
- Title:
- Mary Jane and Daniel Woodward Collection of M. F. K. Fisher Letters
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bk128993v
- Dates:
- 1946-1988
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of selected letters by M. F. K. Fisher, a prolific writer of books dealing with food and the culture of cuisine.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of selected letters by Fisher. Included are five letters (1985-1988) by Fisher to Jeff Schaire of Art & Antiques, a New York City magazine; eight letters (1946) by Fisher and one letter (1946) by Donald Friede (Fisher's husband, 1945-1951) to Henry Volkening of Russell and Volkening, a New York City literary agency; and one undated photograph (copy) of Fisher and Alfred Young Fisher (her first husband).
- Arrangement
Folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Fisher, M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992
Fisher was a prolific writer of books dealing with food and the culture of cuisine. She wrote upwards of 20 books and also published two volumes of journals and correspondence shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, Serve it Forth, was published in 1937. Her primary works focused on many different aspects of food, such as: preparation, natural history, culture, and philosophy.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Mary Jane and Daniel Woodward in November 2007 (AM2008-38).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by John Delaney on November 11, 2007. Finding aid written by Traci Ballou-Broadnax on November 14, 2007. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Mary Jane and Daniel Woodward Collection of M. F. K. Fisher Letters; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bk128993v
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
