Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Herrington, Fred S.
- Abstract:
- Fred Herrington (1898-1971) was a California lawyer who collected menus. The collection contains shipboard and restaurant menus from around the world from circa 1850-1971.
- Extent:
- 2.4 linear feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Fred S. Herrington Menu Collection, D-012, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains shipboard and restaurant menus from around the world from circa 1850-1971.
- Biographical / historical:
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Fred Sturtevant Herrington was born on November 25, 1898 in Utah. He was admitted to the bar in California in August 1925 and practiced law in San Francisco. Herrington passed away in Marin County, California on July 18, 1971.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired from Dorothy Herrington in 1972.
- Processing information:
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This finding aid was created and encoded by Sara Gunasekara.
- Arrangement:
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The menus are arranged by location.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Menus
Dinners and dining -- History
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Fred S. Herrington Menu Collection, D-012, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621