Menu collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of postcards images and menus from restaurants in Duluth and the Arrowhead region of Northeastern Minnesota. All are Duluth unless otherwise noted. Dates are included when known.
The color postcards picture the Bellows, Black Bear Lounge 1961, Sky Room.
Menus in alphabetical order.
Dates
- 1912-2008
- Majority of material found in 1912-1958, 1970s, 2000-2008
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Administrative History:
Restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, and businesses have offered food and meals to customers and residents from 1869. These bills of fare or menus can hold details of foods, meals, and items as well as their prices over time.
Extent
2.00 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of postcards images and menus from restaurants in Duluth and the Arrowhead region of Northeastern Minnesota.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
- Advertising Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture Subject Source: Local sources
- Bread Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Buildings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Commercial art Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ely (Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Ephemera Subject Source: Local sources
- Fond du Lac (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Food Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hotel Restaurants Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hotels Subject Source: Local sources
- Menus Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Restaurants Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Louis County (Minn.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Title
- Guide to the Menu collection
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: P. Maus.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
