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Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
The library holds more than 100,000 volumes, ranging from rare 16th-century texts to 21st-century titles. Approximately 20,000 of these volumes are cookbooks or food related.
New England Chowder Compendium, UMass Amherst
Pulling from the archives of the Beatrice McIntosh Cookery Collection at the University of Massachusetts this compendium hopes to investigate the hows and whys of chowder's rise to its place as an essential part of New England regional cuisine through recipes, advertisements, and other forms of visual expression.
Global Boston: A Portal to the Region's Immigrant Past and Present
Global Boston is a digital project based at Boston College that chronicles the history of immigration to greater Boston since the early nineteenth century. Examining different time periods, ethnic groups, and places of settlement, the site features capsule histories, photographs, maps, documents, videos, and oral histories documenting the history of a city and metro area where immigrants have long been a vital force in shaping urban life.