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The Michigan State University Museum utilized its extensive collection of cooking utensils and kitchenware to illustrate the MSU Library's valuable historical publications on food. Historic kitchen utensils and equipment are popular collectibles and a number of publications served as sources of information about the objects described. (Click here to learn more about these sources)

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Below are a selection of cooking implements available in the MSU Museum. Select an implement from the list to learn more about the item. You may use the alphabetical Jump Menu to scroll down the page.

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Museum Resources

Among the most valuable and informative of the resources used are the in-depth essays by Alice Ross in her column, Hearth to Hearth, which appear in the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.

( All of her articles are also accessible on AliceRoss.com at http://www.aliceross.com/journal/articles.html ).

Linda Campbell Franklin's publications also were an important resource: America in the Kitchen. From Hearth to Cookstove (1700-1930) (1976) and the first and fifth editions (1981, 2003) of 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles.

A surprisingly interesting resource was Lillian E. Hutchinson, The House furnishings Department: Kitchenware and Laundry Equipment (Department Store Merchandise Manuals 10, 1918).

Other useful resources included:

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Updated: 05/21/04