Papers, ca.1935-1988

Krenz, Ruth

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Narcisse Chamberlain

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The daughter of cookbook writers Samuel Vance and Narcissa (Gellatly) Chamberlain, Narcisse Chamberlain was born on June 17, 1924, in Paris, France. The family moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1939. Chamberlain received a B.A. from Bennington College in 1946. She was a researcher for Time (1950-1952); a researcher and reporter for Newsweek in Paris, France (1952-1953); an assistant editor for Gourmet (1954-1956); assistant editor with Hasting House Publishers (1956-1960); edit...

Lucas, Dione, 1909-1971

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Restaurateur, author, and teacher, Dione (Wilson) Lucas was born in London and studied at L'Ecole du Cordon Bleu before serving as a chef's apprentice at the Restaurant Drouant in Paris. In the early 1930s she opened Le Petit Cordon Bleu Restaurant and Cooking School in London with Rosemary Hume. She married Colin Lucas, an architect; they had two sons. The marriage later ended in divorce. Moving to the United States in 1940, she opened her first Cordon Bleu restaurant and school in New York Cit...

Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975

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Moses Pond (1787-1873): lawyer; Connecticut State representative (1837-1855); and selectman of Wolcott, Connecticut. From the guide to the Samuel Chamberlain postcard and photograph collection documenting Yale University, circa 1940, (Manuscripts and Archives) Samuel and Narcissa Chamberlain were noted authorities in the field of gastronomy. In 1974 they donated their collection of over 800 cookbooks from France, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States to the Arthur and ...

Chamberlain, Narcissa

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