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{{Infobox library
| name = UoL Library: Cookery Collection
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| branch_of = Special Collections, University of Leeds Library
| items_collected = Printed cookery books, cookery manuscripts from approximately 16th –
| collection_size = Over
| criteria = Cookery, recipes, food history, food production, household management, medicinal uses of food, brewing, gardening
| req_to_access = Visit Special Collections, Brotherton Library - request items in advance
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'''Leeds University
The collection began with a donation in 1939 to the Library of 1,500 books and a selection of manuscripts. The collection has grown since
In addition to recipes and cookery books, the collection includes texts about food production, household management, brewery, gardening and the medicinal uses of food.
Numerous food historians have used the Cookery Collection to inform their research and publications. The Cookery Collection is located in Special Collections in the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds.
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== Designation ==
The Cookery Collection was awarded [[Designation Scheme|Designation]] status in 2005 by the [[Museums, Libraries and Archives Council]].<ref name="Designated Outstanding Collections">{{cite web|title=Designated Outstanding Collections (Pg 45)|url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Designated_Outstanding_collections.pdf|website=Arts Council England|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> The Designation Scheme is a mark of distinction which recognises collections in non-national institutions of outstanding national and international importance for users.<ref name="Designation Scheme">{{cite web|title=Designation Scheme|url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-collections-and-archives/designation-scheme|website=Arts Council England|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> The scheme is now administered by [[Arts Council England]].
The Cookery Collection is one of five Designated collections held by Special Collections at Leeds University Library.<ref name="Designated Outstanding Collections"/> It is the only library to hold
== History ==
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=== Overview ===
The Cookery Collection encompasses a series of collections from different origins
=== Blanche Legat Leigh's donation ===
The Cookery Collection at Special Collections in the Brotherton Library began in 1939 when Blanche Legat Leigh, the Lady Mayoress of Leeds, donated her 1,500 printed books and some manuscript volumes to the Library.<ref name="Secret Leeds">{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=John
=== John Preston's donation ===
In 1954 some of the books from Blanche
=== Later donations ===
In the 1980s the
▲A few years after the death in 2006 of Michael Bateman, the food writer and journalist,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jaine|first1=Tom|title=Obituary: Michael Bateman|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/30/guardianobituaries.media|accessdate=5 April 2017|publisher=The Guardian|date=30 March 2006}}</ref> Leeds University Library received his collection of international cookery books in 2011.<ref name="Monday Library Chat"/> Special Collections also holds an archive of his papers from his career as a food writer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Bateman Archive|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/33601|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref>
Some material
▲=== Previously held Collections ===
▲Some material which was already held by the Brotherton Library and related to cookery has since been associated the Cookery Collection in the interest of strengthening the subject.<ref name="Cookery Collections Guide"/> For example, [[#Chaston Brewing|Alfred Chaston Chapman]]’s collection of books about beer and brewery was donated to Leeds University Library in 1939.<ref name="A Descriptive Guide">{{cite book|last1=Offor|first1=Richard|title=A Descriptive Guide to the Libraries of the University of Leeds|date=1947|publisher=Brotherton Library|pages=51-55|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_descriptive_guide_to_the_libraries_of.html?id=XwQZAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y}}</ref><ref name="Chaston Chapman notebooks">{{cite web|title=Chaston Chapman notebooks|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/167087|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref>
===New acquisitions===
The Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library is still being
== Collections and highlights ==
The Cookery Collection has been catalogued in two distinct groups: Cookery Manuscripts and Cookery Printed Books.<ref name="Cookery Collections Guide"/><ref name="Monday Library Chat"/> The Cookery Printed Books collection has been split into several series and sub-collections. These include Cookery A: British books, Cookery B: French books, Cookery C: Chinese books, Cookery D: books from other cultures. Later donations, such as those from [[#Later donations|Michael Bateman and Camden Library]], are
=== Ancient texts ===
In Blanche
[[File:Pomona or the Fruit Garden Illustrated.jpg|thumb|''Pomona or the Fruit Garden Illustrated'' by Batty Langley]]
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{{further|English cuisine}}
Cookery A consists of British printed cookery books.<ref name="Cookery Collections Guide"/> Among the major works held are four copies of
[[File:The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy Hannah Glasse.jpg|thumb|left|upright|''[[The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy]]'', by [[Hannah Glasse]]]]
The Cookery Collection holds several different editions of ''[[The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy]]'' by
[[File:‘A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons’ by Friedrich Chritisan Accum.jpg|thumb|''A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons'' by Friedrich Christian Accum]]
In the Cookery Collection there are multiple copies of one of the earliest health and safety conscious food books,
The Cookery Collection is home to seven copies of the Victorian best seller,
=== Cookery D, foreign printed cookery books ===
The Cookery D collection contains a large number of printed cookery books from Italy
Cookery D also contains the one [[incunable|incunabulum]] in the Cookery Collection, which the Library received
===Cookery Camden donation===
Among [[#Later
=== Chaston Chapman brewing donation===
===Cookery Manuscripts===
Individual manuscript volumes in the Cookery Collection have been grouped in the archive collection, Cookery Manuscripts. There are 75 items spanning the period 1561–2000 and covering the subjects of cookery, household management and medicinal remedies. Some of these manuscripts were part of Blanche Leigh and John
== Research and outreach ==
===Research
The Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library has
*[[Cookbook|Cookery books]] are sources for attitudes, practices, trade and linguistics from a range of historical periods.
*Cookery books can
*The illustrations in cook books held in the Cookery Collection form an outlet for study. Etchings and engravings reflect evolving practices in printing and the book industry.<ref name="The English Cookery Book"/>
*Studies of the history of medicine have been informed by the Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library because many of the books discuss nutrition, health and the medicinal uses of food.<ref name="Medical">{{cite web|title=University of Leeds Library|url=https://ukmhl.historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/leeds|website=UK Medical Heritage Library|publisher=Historical Texts|accessdate=6 April 2017}}</ref>
*In many cases the Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library holds long sequences of editions of outstanding works by popular authors such as [[Mrs Beeton]] and [[Hannah Glasse]].<ref name="Beeton">{{cite web|title=Works by Mrs Beeton|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/participant/14954|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Glasse">{{cite web|title=Works by Hannah Glasse|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/participant/46216|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref> These long runs and multiple copies mean that a
* Other focuses of the Cookery Collection include British cooking, French cooking, Chinese cooking, gardening, beer and brewery and wine and wine-making.<ref name="Cookery Collections Guide"/>
* An undergraduate internship programme through the Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub at the University of Leeds<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internship Programme {{!}} Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub |url=https://dcch.leeds.ac.uk/internship-programme/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=dcch.leeds.ac.uk}}</ref> has been exploring how to make the collection more accessible and engaging through innovative digital technology including [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-assisted transcription of manuscripts.<ref name=":0">''Collections as data: Remixing special collections with Digital Tools'' (2024) ''YouTube''. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DpLT0aDqSo (Accessed: 19 June 2024).</ref> The project has also experimented with [[Generative artificial intelligence|generative AI]] to create images of what the recipes might have looked like.<ref name=":0" />
=== Historians ===
▲''Anne Wilson'' was a member of staff at the Brotherton Library and catalogued the [[#John Preston's donation|Preston donation]] to the Leeds University Library Cookery Collection in 1964. This inspired her interest in food history. She went on to found the Leeds Symposium on Food History in 1986. Thus the Brotherton Library’s Cookery Collection was integral to the establishment of the Symposium.<ref name="The English Cookery Book"/> The Leeds Symposium has held annual meetings for the discussion of food history and the presentation of papers since 1986.<ref name="Leeds Symposium">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.leedsfoodsymposium.org.uk/History.html|website=Leeds Symposium on Food History|accessdate=6 April 2017}}</ref>
She wrote ''The Book of Marmalade'' which was published in 1985. In it, she cites the Cookery Collection:
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C. Anne Wilson edited ''Luncheon, Nuncheon and Other Meals: Eating with the Victorians'' (1994) and ''The Country Kitchen Garden 1600–1950'' (1998). Both of these books mention the Brotherton
White edited and contributed to ''The English Cookery Book: Historical Essays'', based on papers from the 16th Leeds Symposium on Food History held in March 2001. The book celebrates the Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library and pays tribute to its value for researchers.
White also edited ''Feeding a City: York'' (2000) and ''The English Kitchen: Historical Essays'' (2007), which also acknowledge the Brotherton
In 2003 White wrote ''Soup'' in which she acknowledges "The collection of cookery books in the Brotherton Library at Leeds University has given me access to a wide range of original sources."<ref>{{cite book|last1=White|first1=Eileen|title=Soup|date=2003|publisher=Prospect Books|isbn=1-903018-08-0|page=5
''Cecilia Leong-Salobir'' cites "The Cookery Collection, Leeds University Library" as source in the acknowledgments for her book, ''The Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire,'' Routledge, 2011.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leong-Salobir|first1=Cecilia|title=Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|page=64|isbn=9781136726538|url=https://books.google.
=== In books ===
*''A Descriptive Guide to the Libraries of the University of Leeds'' (1946), Richard Offor, Brotherton Library:<ref name="A Descriptive Guide"/> Offor describes Blanche Leigh's donation in detail, including the Babylonian tablet and the works of Hannah Glasse and Mrs Beeton.
*''The English Cookery Book: Historical Essays'' (2004), edited by Eileen White, Prospect Books: In the Preface to this publication, Eileen White writes: "The existence of the Leeds Symposium on Food History is due to the large and varied collection of cookery books in the Brotherton Library. These books are a rich resource, not only for cooks, and deserve to be celebrated." In the third chapter of this book, Anne Wilson discusses the Cookery Collection at the Brotherton Library in great depth. She gives an account of its history, the range of topics it covers and the research
* ''Secret Leeds'' (2007) by John Edwards, David Marsh, Christopher Allen, Amberley Publishing Limited:<ref name="Secret Leeds"/> This book investigates the city of Leeds and highlights its fascinating features, including the Cookery Collection at University of Leeds. It discusses the history of the collection, its structure and composition as well as some of its notable, bizarre and interesting items.
* ''International Dictionary of Library Histories'' (2016), ed. By David H. Stam, Routledge:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stam|first1=David|title=International Dictionary of Library Histories|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|pages=
*''Directory of Rare Books and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland'' (2016), Ed by. Karen Attar, Facet Publishing:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Attar|first1=Karen|title=Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland|date=31 May 2016|publisher=Facet Publishing|page=96|isbn=9781783300167|url=https://books.google.
==Access==
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* [http://www.leedsfoodsymposium.org.uk/index.html Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions]
* [http://www.historicfood.com/ Historic Food, website of Ivan Day (food writer)]
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/ Incunabula Short Title Catalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118093805/http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/ |date=18 November 2021 }}
* [http://prospectbooks.co.uk/img/EnglishCookeryBook.pdf The English Cookery Book: Preface and Chapter One]
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