The Menu Collection of The New York Public Library

Resources for Menu Research

The Library has several items which are useful when researching the Menu Collection, and for menu research in general. Some items relevant to the New York Public Library's Menu Collection include:

Alejandro, Reynaldo G. Classic Menu Design: From the Collection of the New York Public Library. (Glen Cove, NY: PBC International, 1988) *R-RMRR NC1002.M4 A44 1988

Williams, Sam P. Guide to the Research Collections of The New York Public Library (Chicago: American Library Association, 1975): 297. *R-RMRR Z733.N6 W54 1975.

Grimes, William. "New York City Exhibit Displays the Art of Eating Out," Nation's Restaurant News 37 (February 23, 2003): 24-25. *ZAN-V1751 (in PDF 653 KB)

Ryley, Alison. "Miss Frank's Menus" American Book Collector, n.s. 7 (1986): 3-10. JFM 85-301

Turim, Gayle. "Vintage Menus" Bon Appetit, 39, no. 9 (1994): 26. M-10 826

Ryley, Alison. "The Prime of Miss Frank Buttolph: Notes Toward a Menu History of New York City,"Biblion: The Bulletin of The New York Public Library 7 (1998): 56-87. *R-RMRR Z881.N6B (in PDF 19 MB)