Box 5

Abstract

The Restaurant Menu collection is an intentional collection aggregated over several decades and consists of materials and objects spanning from 1938 to the present. The collection is made-up largely of paper-based ephemeral objects.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Restaurant Menu collection at Queens College is a diverse collection spanning eighty plus years and several continents. What truly sets the Queens Libraries’ Special Collection apart from other collections is the large collection of present-day to-go or take-out menus spanning the United States but with its highest concentrations in the five boroughs of New York City. Arguably, more ephemeral in nature than larger bound dine-in menus, these culinary relics can aide in the telling stories...