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Lucy Monroe Calhoun Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-126
Abstract
Six letters by Lucy Monroe Calhoun and three by her husband, William J. Calhoun (U.S. Minister to China, 1909-1913), regarding their experiences in China during the last years of the Qing Dynasty, which includes a description of the December 1922 wedding of Emperor Puyi. Another letter relates Monroe’s visit to Le Mans, France, the American Red Cross embarkation camp at the end of World War I. Also, a newspaper clipping and a photograph of Emperor Puyi as a child.
Dates:
1909-1922 or 1923
Stuart W. Miller Collection of Midwestern Recipe Books
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Miller-S
Abstract
Recipe books published in the Midwest throughout the twentieth century. Many books also contain housekeeping, etiquette, and fashion tips; instruction manuals; food and brand histories; or almanacs.
Dates:
1905-2008
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- Subject: Etiquette X
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- Almanacs 1
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 1
- China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912 1
- Community cookbooks 1
- Cookbooks 1
- Cooking, American -- Midwestern style 1
- Diplomatic etiquette -- China 1
- Diplomats -- China 1
- Entertaining 1
- Etiquette 1
- Food industry and trade -- Middle West 1
- Recipes 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1 ∧ less
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- Calhoun, Lucy Monroe 1
- Calhoun, William J. (William James) 1
- Miller, Stuart W. 1
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