Papers of Julia Child, 1925-1993

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Papers of Julia Child, 1925-1993

1925-1993

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These papers of Julia Child include correspondence, drafts of cookbooks, documentation of her television cooking shows, photographs, etc. They were previously designated by an accession number range: "76-158--93-M136." In 1993, these papers were roughly sorted and screened so they could be made available for research use. In 2010-2011, the collection was reboxed, and an archivist added more description to folder titles and intellectually rearranged some folders; file unit numbers and physical arrangement were retained. File units beginning with #1306 were added to these papers from subsequent accessions donated after 1993. See Additional papers of Julia Child (MC 660), generally because their contents directly complemented other material here. Audiovisual material (formerly listed as #1274at-1305vt) has been removed from the collection and has been processed separately. See Julia Child Videotape Collection (Vt-23) and Julia Child Audio collection (T-139). The collection includes the personal and professional papers of Julia Child and her husband Paul Child; it is arranged in six series.

60.18 linear feet ((112 file boxes, 3 folio boxes, 8 folio+ boxes) plus 3 oversize folders, 4 supersize folders, 1 folio photograph folder, 1 oversize photograph folder, 8 objects)

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