Coca-Cola Company antique cookbook collection manuscript cookbooks
Scope and Content
This collection contains four booklets containing handwritten recipes. One booklet identifies the owner as Sarah H. Woods from "Medway." One bound manuscript, entitled "Recipe Book," consists of mostly handwritten recipes. The front cover and inside back cover indicate the owner of this recipe book was Elizabeth A. White of Winchester, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. The published cookbooks were cataloged separately to form the Shillinglaw Book Collection.
Dates
- approximately 1820s-1880, undated
Creator
- Shillinglaw, Clifford Allen, 1914-1979 (Person)
- Coca-Cola Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative/Biographical History
Clifford “Cliff” Allen Shillinglaw (1914-1979) was born in Blairsburg, Iowa, to Gibson Andrew Shillinglaw (1879-1943) and Carrie Lucinda Manion Shillinglaw (1885-1940). He earned his Bachelor of Science degree, Master of Science degree, and Ph.D. from Iowa State College. In 1941, Shillinglaw married Winifred Moore (1915-1957) and had two daughters, Anne and Ellen Cox. Also in 1941, he joined the Coca Cola Company as a chemist, working at the Mexico City plant. Shillinglaw served in a research role during World War II and worked in several roles with the Coca Cola Company. In 1958 he became vice-president of the Technical Division and married Frances Marx (1916-2009). In 1971, Shillinglaw was elected senior vice-president and joined the staff of board chairman J. Paul Austin in 1974. Shillinglaw began collecting cookbooks in the early 1970s to document the culinary history of southern cuisine.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Coca Cola Company, 1979
Description Control
Collection processed in 2011.
- Title
- Coca-Cola Company antique cookbook collection manuscript cookbooks
- Author
- Paul Crater
- Date
- December 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository