The Menu Collection of The New York Public Library

Selected Internet Sites

For those who wish to do research on the Internet for menu collections, the following sites are helpful:

• City College of San Francisco, Alice Statler Libary Menu Collection
  http://www.ccsf.edu/Library/alice/AliceStatlerMenu/menuindex.html
  An overview of the Menu Collection at the Alice Statler Library. Images of some of the menus are available.



• Cornell University, The Nestle Library, Menu Collection
  http://www.nestlelib.cornell.edu/research/specialcollections/menus/
  A database of the menus held in the Rare Menu Collection, as well as a description of the collection. Images of actual menus are available.



• Los Angeles Public Library, Menu Collection
  http://www.lapl.org/resources/en/menu_collection.html
  A database of the menus held in the Rare Books Division of the Los Angeles Public Library. Images of actual menus are available.



• Menu Collection of the New York Public Library
  http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/menus/index.html
  "The New York Public Library owns one of the largest historical collections of menus in the world, held in the Rare Books Division."



• University of Washington, Historic Menu Collection
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MenuPHColl617.xml
  A finding aid of menus held in Special Collections. Many of the menus have also been digitized.