Series I: Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child
Scope and Content
This series consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, interview transcripts, photographs, photocopies of original letters and diaries, legal documents, manuscript drafts, proofs, notes and publicity materials. It also contains post-publication materials including correspondence and reviews responding to the book, correspondence relating to film rights, and materials related to articles and writing by Noël Riley Fitch about Julia Child after completion of the biography.
Subseries A: Research Files
Scope and Content
Subseries A: Research Files is arranged primarily following the structure of Appetite for Life, which loosely corresponds to the chronology of Julia Child's life. Research materials about Julia Child subsequent to the publication of Appetite for Life are arranged chonologically. The subseries consists of magazines and newspaper clippings related to Julia Child's life, work, and influences; photocopies of original diaries and letters of Paul and Julia Child; and notes and segments of transcripts from interviews conducted by Noël Riley Fitch about Julia Child.
Table of Contents Titles, undated
Introduction - Julia Child, various
Openings, [c1994]
Birth - Childhood, 1912+
Childhood / Food, various
Physical Description, undated
Pasadena History, [c1994]
Mrs. Davis' Montessori School, Fall 1915 - June 1921
1207 South Pasadena House (Now #1199), 1918, 1994
Montecito Park - Summers Camp Asoleado, 1927 - 1931
Poly Tech, 1993 - 1994
Stevens Murder, 1927, 1926 - 1927, November 1993
KBS - History [Katharine Branson School, 1917 - 1945], 1976, 1989
Katharine Branson School, 1927 - 1930, 1994
Smith College, 1930 - 1934, 1994, 1996
1934 June - 1935 June, 1996
Julia C. McWilliams Locked Diary [Photocopies], 1936
La France a Table: Table Tourisme Santé (Julia Child's Subscription), June 1935
Sloans W&J NYC - September 1935 - August 1937, 1935 - 1937, 1994
Writings 1938 - 1942: Coast Junior League, 1938 - 1942, 1996
Portion of Julia McWilliams' Diary [Photocopies], 1936, 1941
Pasadena Pre-War: 1937 May - 1942 July, Mother's Death, 1993
Washington - Donovan: 1942 August (Pre-Ceylon), 1942 - 1943, 1990 - 1995
Foreign Service: 1943 - 1945, 1989, 1994, 2008
Paul Child: Journal - Starts March 11, 1943 [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1943
Paul Child: Journal - Starts March 11, 1943 [Photocopies, 2 of 2], 1943
Julia McWilliams: "Oh So Private" Diary [Photocopies], 1944
Paul Child: India - Letters to Charlie Child March 6, 1944 - January 18, 1945 [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1944 - 1945
Paul Child: India - Letters to Charlie Child March 6, 1944 - January 18, 1945 [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1944 - 1945
Original Letters of Paul Child to Charlie Child: New Delhi, Kandy, China, 1944 - 1945
Ceylon 1944 April - 1945 March [Letters Not Included], 1992 - 1996
China 1945 March - October, 1945, 1953, 1999
China 1945 (& Home - S.F.) 10 January - 25 November (Pearl Harbor) [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1945
China 1945 (& Home - S.F.) 10 January - 25 November (Pearl Harbor) [Photocopies, 2 of 2], 1945
Paul Child: Foreign Service Documents [Photocopies], 1944 - 1945
China to East Coast [Application for Federal Employment], undated
Phila Miller O'Melvany "Mother" 8 May 1946+, 1954, undated
Paul Child 1943+, 1942 - 1943, 1968
Paul at Avon 1931 - 1942, 1931 - 1942, 1994 - 1996
Paul's Paintings, 1996
Edith Kennedy (Joan Brewster Letter, Photocopies), 1942, 1994
Childs - Paul / Charlie, 1986, 1993 - 1994
Julia McWilliams Employment Data [Photocopies], 1944
Pasadena 1945 December - 1946 June [Original Letters by Paul Child to Julia Child, 1 of 2], 1945 - 1946, 1996
Pasadena 1945 December - 1946 June [Original Letters by Paul Child to Julia Child, 2 of 2], 1945 - 1946
Leaving Home CA - East / Maine 1946 July [Photocopies], 1946
Maine, 1994 - 1996
Marriage September 12 Noon 1946, 1946, 1996
Washington DC - Georgetown 1946 - 1948, 1946 - 1948, 1994
Lumberville Coopernose, 1959, 1997
The Joy of Cooking: Rombauer [Clipping], June 1994
Arrival - Paris 1948, 1948, 1993
French Cooking 1948+, 1948
Child - Restaurants France, 1994, 1996
Paris Miscellaneous 1948 - 1953 [Julia Child's Original Diaries 1948, 1950], 1947 - 1953, 1994
Paris Markets & Home Cooking, 1995
Le Cordon Bleu 1949 Ocotber - 1950 March, 1949 - 1950, 1995
1949 [Letters, Original Address Book and Planner], 1948 - 1949
Le Cordon Bleu [Demonstration Programs], 1950, 1994 - 1995
1950 France [Original Julia Child Letters from Mediterranean to Paul Child], undated, 1950
1951 Paris [Address Book, Diary, Original Letters from Paul Child to Julia Child], 1951
1950 Letters by Paul Child to Julia Child [Photocopies], 1950
Ivan Cousins Paris, undated
England - Christmas Food, 1950, 1994
Beck, Simone 1951+, various
L'école es Trois Gourmandes (The School of the Three Happy Eaters), 1952 - 1954, 1982, 1995
Escoffier - Carême, 1955, 1996
Paris 1952 [Original Planner, Letters Photocopies], 1952 - 1953, undated
Early Cook Book 1952, 1952, 1991
Schlesinger Letters from Julia Child and Paul Child, "Paulski Diaries" [Photocopies, 1 of 4], 1952 - 1953
Schlesinger Letters from Julia Child and Paul Child, "Paulski Diaries" [Photocopies, 2 of 4], 1952 - 1953
Schlesinger Letters from Julia Child and Paul Child, "Paulski Diaries" [Photocopies, 3 of 4], 1952 - 1953
Schlesinger Letters from Julia Child and Paul Child, "Paulski Diaries" [Photocopies, 4 of 4], 1952 - 1953
Schlesinger - "Paulski Diaries" 1953 Pre-Marseille, 1953
Marseille 1953 February - 1954 September [Original Address Book and Planner, 1 of 2], 1953 - 1954, 1995
Marseille 1953 February - 1954 September [Original Letter, 2 of 2], 1953 - 1954, 1995
Bonn 1954 October - 1956 October [Original Planner], 1954 - 1956, 1997
Bonn 1955, 1955, 1994 - 1995
Investigation of Paul 1995 April [Original Planner, Letters], 1955, 1995
"Paulski Diaries" 1954 [Photocopies], 1954
FBI Documents on Paul Child [Photocopies], 1954 - 1955, 2002
Bonn 1956 [Original Planner], 1956, 1995
De Voto's 1952 - 1953, 1952 - 1953, 1982, 1992
Washington DC November 1956 - 1957, 1956 - 1957, 1996
Washington DC 1958 [Original Planner], 1958
Washington DC - Norway 1959, 1959
Oslo, Norway 1959+ [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1959
Oslo, Norway 1959+ [Photocopies, 2 of 2], 1959
Oslo, Norway 1960 - Cooking Classes, 1960, 1995
House 103 Irving, 1966, 1997
Boston 1956 [Original Address Book], 1956, 1980, 1993 - 1994
Oslo, Norway 1961 July, 1961, 1995
1961 August - Book Launching [Original Planner], 1961
The Kitchen, 1962
Mastering the Art I, 1953, 1961, undated
Knopf, 1996
Julia Child Letters to Simca [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1960 - 1964
Julia Child Letters to Simca [Photocopies, 2 of 2], 1960 - 1964
Paul Child Letters to Chas [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1960
Paul Child Letters to Chas [Includes Letters from Julia Child, Photocopies, 2 of 2], 1960
Knopf Letters [Photocopies, Publishing Tour Proofs], 1961
Claiborne, Craig, 1992 - 1996
Breadloaf Writers' Conference 1961+, 1960s, 1990s
1960s, 1995 - 1997
1962 [Original Planner], 1962, 1994 - 1995
1963 [Original Letters], 1963, 1995
Public Television, 1962, 1993 - 1997
"The French Chef" WGBH 1962 Pilot - 1963 Series, 1962 - 1964, 1995 - 1996
Elizabeth David (b. 1913), 1963 - 1964, 1992 - 1995
La Pitchoune 1962+, various
1964 [Original Planner, Letters], 1964
Letters 1964 January - December [Photocopies], 1964
Letters 1965 January - December [Photocopies], 1965
1965 Time Cover, Peabody [Original Planner, Letters], 1965
1966 [Original Planner, 1 of 2], 1966
1966 [2 of 2], 1966
Paul's Food Role (Child in 1966), 1994 - 1995
Field, Michael Time-Life (SIMCA) [Original Letters], 1966
Volume II - Mastering the Art (1970), Preparation Letters (1966) [Original Documentation] (1 of 2), various
Volume II - Mastering the Art (1970), Preparation Letters (1966) [Original Documentation] (2 of 2), various
Beard, James: Beard House 1964, various
M.F.K. Fisher, 1990s
The French Chef Cookbook 1968, 1968, undated
Simca's Recipes, Julia's Recipes [Original Documentation], 1966 - 1970
1967 January - June [Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1967
1967 January - June [Originals and Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1967
White House, 1967, undated
1967 July - December [Original Planner, Letters], 1967
Original Address Book, "J. Office Cambridge 1968", 1968
1968 - The French Chef Book [Original Planner, Photocopies, 1 of 2], 1968
1968 - The French Chef Book [Photocopies, 2 of 2], 1968
1969 January - May [Original Letters], 1969
1969 June - December [Original Planner, Letters, Recipes], 1969
1970 January - May [Photocopies], 1970, 1995
1970s, various
French Chef in France: 1970 May, 1970
1968 - Mastering the Art II 1970, 1968, undated
Charles Child to Paul & Sandra Sheeline Chiefly [Photocopies], 1970s
1970 June - December [Original Letter], 1970
1971 January - May [Original Letters], 1971
1971 June - December [Photocopies], 1971
1972 [Photocopies], 1972, 1996
French Chef Miscellaneous BBC '73, 1973
1973 January - May [Original Letters, Photocopies], 1973
1973 June - December [Photocopies], 1973
Paul's Illness 1974+, various
1974 [Originals, Photocopies], 1974, 1996
Bubbles From the Spring by Paul Child [Photocopy], 1974
Nouvelle Cuisine, 1977, undated
1975 Clippings [Originals, Photocopies], 1975
1975 - From Julia Child's Kitchen [Clippings, Notes], 1975
1976 [Original Letters], 1976, 1996
Women in Food - Feminism, undated, 1975, 1996
La Varenne - Opened 11/1974, Julia Child Visits 12/1975 [Photocopies], undated, 1974
1977 [Original Itinerary], 1977 - 1978, 1996
McCalls 1977 - 1982, 1970, 1994
Hesse 1977, 1975, 1977
1978, 1974,1978, 1994
Saturday Night Live: December 1978, 1996
Julia Child + Company TV Book 1978, 1979. 1995 - 1996
Julia Child + More Company 1978, 1980, 1994
1979, 1979
1980s, 1994, 1997
Clippings - 1980 [Original Letters], 1980
Good Morning America: 1980 - 1981, 1981, 1996
Blanquette de Veau, various
White House: 1984, various
JC Place in Food World, 1990
Santa Barbara Looking West: 1981, 1994, 1996
1981, 1981, 1996
A.I.W.F. Founding: 1981 - 1983, 1981 - 1983, 1996
Mondavi - Great Chefs: 1981 - 1986, 1982, 1996
Parade: February 1982, 1982
1982 [Original Itinerary], 1982, 1996
1983 [Original Letters], 1983
Dinner at Julia's: Tapes 1983, 1983
1984, 1984, 1996
A.I.W.F. - The Great Gatsby: 1984 - 1988, 1986, 1996
Clippings - 1985 Honorary Degree, 1985, 1994 - 1996
Journal of Gastronomy: July 1984, 1984, 1996
1986, 1986, 1996
1987, 1987 - 1988, 1996
1988, 1968, 1988, 1995
"Bon Appétit!" Play, 1989, 1991
Boston University - 1987+, 1991, 1995 - 1996
A.I.W.F. - Revolution (1987) 1988 - 1989, 1989, 1995
Southern California Culinary Guild Honors Paul Child, 1987, 1989
Fat - 1988 [Photocopies of Letters], 1988, 1990s
Clippings - 1989, 1989, 1994 - 1996
The Way to Cook: Promo 1989, 1989, 1994 - 1996
1990s, undated, 1994
1990 Articles, 1990s
A.I.W.F. Tour - Rebuilding, 1990 - 1991
Clippings - 1991, 1991
Clippings - 1992, 1992, 1994
Julia Child Contributions to The Horn of Plenty and "Resetting the American Table" : 1964 - 1965, 1992, undated, 1965
Merci, Julia [Programs, Articles], 1990s
Clippings - 1993, 1993, 1994
Animal Rights Food Fears [See also Fat Folder, Original Letter], various
Feuds / Scandals Plagiarism [Ch. 25 1983/4], 1990s
Homosexuals - Gay, 1982, 1992
Cooking With the Master Chefs, 1993, 1996
A.I.W.F. 1991+, 1990s
Restaurant / Food News - 1994, 1994
Clippings - 1994, 1994
Paul's Death (Religious), 1994
TVFN - Premiere November 23, 1993, Taping April 1994, 1993 - 1995
1995 January - June, 1994, 1995
1995 July - December, 1995
Internet - Julia Child, 1995 - 1997
1995 Food World, 1995
Baking at Julia's, 1995 - 1996
Morrow - '96
Cooking in Concert / Pepin & Kerr, 1995 - 1996
1996 Food World, 1996
1996 January - July, 1996
1996 August - December, 1996
A.I.W.F. 1996 - 1997, 1996 - 1997
1997 January - May, 1997
1997 June - December, 1997
1997 Food World, 1997
1998 Food World, 1998
1998 Julia Child, 1998
Fame - Celebrity, 1993 - 1994
Doctoral Degrees, 1996 - 1997
Last Meal (& Claiborner More) - '75, 1975, 1996
Questions for Julia, 1996
1999 Julia Child, 1998 - 1999
1999 Food World, 1990s
Estate, 1984, 1994
Julia's Fame (Porn), undated
Copia - 90th Birthday, 2002
Copia, 2001 - 2002
2000, 2000
2001, 2001 - 2002
Smithsonian, 2002 - 2003
Quotes and Subtitles, 1993, undated
Julia's Death - August 2004, 2004
Julia - The Net, 1996 - 1997
Acknowledgements, 1994, 1996, undated
End of Book (Partially Corrected), undated
Appendix: Anti - McCarthy Letter, Harvard [Photocopies], 1954, 1997
Bibliography, 1997, undated
Genealogy Section, 1997
McWilliams Family Tree, 1995, 1997
Family Trees, 1997
Child Family Tree, 1997
Weston Family Tree, undated
McWilliams Family [Original Letters], 1967 - 1968, undated
Father - John McWilliams [Original Documentation], various
Recollections of John McWilliams [Book with Notation], 1919, undated
Mother - Carolyn (Caro) Weston, 1994
Weston Family [Original Documentation], 1971, 1994, 1996
Weston 1065 - 1951 [Family Record Book], 1951
"Excerpts from the 1865 - 1897 Diaries of My Grandmother Julia Mitchell Weston" by Katharine Weston Crane [Photocopy], undated
Pittsfield, MA - Weston, 1993 - 1994
Child Family, 1988, 1993 - 1994
Timeline [20 of 111 People], November 1996
Child Addresses for Appetite, 1996
Certificates / Passports, 1993
State Department, 1993 - 1997
OSS - CIA, 1993 - 1995
FBI - Justice Department, 1993, 1998
U.S. Information Agency, 1993, 1998
Finding Aid: Simone "Simca" Beck Papers, September 1995
Finding Aid: Julia Child Papers, Schlesinger Library, November 1993
Schlesinger - Radcliffe [Notes, Correspondence], 1995, 1997
Bouillabaisse Gail [Original Documentation], 1967, 1994
Coq au Vin, 1957 - 1958, undated
Quiche - Barbara Hall, 1995, 1997
Pot au Feu, 1990
Reine de Saba, 1997
Julia Child 2003, 2003 - 2004
Julia Child 2004, 2004, 2006
Julia Child 2005 - 2006, 2005 - 2006
Food Articles, 1982, 2000
Julia Child: Bios, Resumes, various
Julia Child Timeline, 1996
University Collections -- Child, 1977-2004, inclusive
Julia C. Diaries (1960 is Original, the Rest Copies), Related, 1960, 2009-2011, undated, inclusive
Subseries B: Research Correspondence
Scope and Content
Subseries B: Research Correspondence consists of correspondence between Noël Riley Fitch and Julia Child's family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, as well as Child herself and those influenced by her. It is arranged alphabetically according to the name of the correspondent or institution, except for correspondence between Julia Child and Noël Riley Fitch which has been retained together at the end of the subseries.
Potential Source Names, 1992, 1994
Names + Addresses, 1993, 1996
Ackerman, Marshall, 1997
Alex, Kathie, 1993 - 1994, 1997
Allegro, Antonia, 1996 - 1997
Alssid, Rebecca: Boston University, 1997 - 1999
Apple, R.W. [John], 2001 - 2002
Bain, David [Breadloaf], 1993
Baltrusaitis, Hélène, 1978, 1993 - 1994, 2009
Barassart, Elisabeth - Cordon Bleu, 1992 - 1993
Barr, Nancy Verde, 1982, 1985, 1993, 1995
Beales, Mary Zook - Katharine Branson School, 1994
Beard House [James Beard Foundation], 1996
Bear Dallis, Martha, 2001
Beck, Emily Brooks (Wendy) - Lawyer, 1996
Becton, Henry - WGBH President, 1996 - 1997
Bedford, Sybille, 1978, 1998
Belin, Mary Cootes, 1993, 2002
Berman, Fran - PR NYC, 1998
Berrard, Ailene Martin, 1994
Berk, Karen, 1997, 2000
Bertholle, Louisette (Madame La Contesse D'Naleche), 1967, 1976, 1983, 1992
Bicknell, [Peter and Mari], 1993 - 1994
Bissell, Frances and Tom, 1994 - 2001
Black, Corinne, 1993 - 1994, 1996
Bollinger, Jane, 1996
Brochas, Beverly DC, 1998
Boston University, 1996, 1998
Boteler, Alison, 1980s, 1990s
Brennan, Fanny, 1983, 1993 - 2001
Breuster, Joan (Edith Kennedy, Paul - Poet), 1995
Brown, Benjamin, 1996
Brown, Diane Harris - Beard House, 1994, 1997
Brown, Philip S., 1994
Bryant, Barbara Ord, 1994
Burde, Constance Hamilton, 1995, 1997 - 1998
Burros, Marian, 1995 - 1996
Cairns, Mary Ford, 1994
Cannon, Lou and Mary, undated
Carhartt, Thomas, 1993
Carter, Page, 1993
Casella, Cesare, 2002
Chamberlain, Narcisse, 1982, 1994
Child, Jonathan, 1993, 1994
From Julia's File, 1994 - 1996
[Child], Julia - Noel Riley Fitch and Bert Sonnnenfield, 1992 - 2004
Child, Rachel, 1993 - 1997
Claasen, Lynda - UCSD, 1994 - 1999
Clark, Robert, 1993 - 1994
Claiborne, Craig, 1995
Clopper, Pat Brown, 1996 - 1998
Cobb, Nancy, 2007, 2010
Cointreau, André - Cordon Bleu, 1993 - 1994, 1996
Coolidge, J.R., 1994 - 1998
Cory, Constance (Connie) Thayer, 1994
Cousins, Dorothy, 1970, 1990s
Cousins, Philadelphia, 1994 - 2011
Cousins, Sam, 1993 - 1994
Crotinger, Howard - Marseille, 1994 - 1995
Culbertson, Martha, 1994 - 1995, 1997
Cunningham, Marian, 1996 - 1999
Cutler, Carol, 1995 - 1998
Culinary HIstorians A. [Leaf] February 3rd, 1998, 2000
Culinary History FCI Launch, 1997
Davidson, Alan, 1999
Davidson, Susy, 1992, 1994, 1997
Davies, Elton, 1993
Davidson, Peter, 1994 - 1996
Delf, Joy, 1996 - 1997
Del Grande, Robert and Anni, 1997
Delécluse, Sylvie, 1994 - 1995
Derven, Daphne, 1997 - 2010
De Santis, Carl, 1996
De Voto, [Mark], 1994 - 1995
Dietrickson, Jan / Frøydis - Oslo, 1994 - 1997
Doerr, Harriet, 1996
Dorra, Mary, 1994
Downing, John P. - Avon, 1994
Drummond, Geoffrey - A La Carte Prud., 1994 - 1996, 2010 - 2011
du Couedic, Madame F., 1995
Duemlinn, Robert, 1971, 1995
Dunaway, Suzanne, 2000, 2008, 2011
D ' Vari, Marisa, 1998 - 1999
Echikson, William - Loiseaux, 1995
Egge, Bjørn / Eline, 1995
Estabrook, Reed F., 1994
Fabricant, Florence, 1995, 1997
Fairchild, Barbara, 2002, 2006
Fairley, E. Lee and Gisela, 1995 - 1997
Faison, George, 1996 - 1997
Feniger, Susan and Milliken, Mary Sue, 1997
Fenzl, Barbara Pool (Terry) Phoenix, 1993 - 1999
Ferguson, Priscilla Parkhurst - Columbia, 1995 - 1997
Ferrone, John, 1974, 1994, 1997
Few, Lyne S. [Ellen], 1994 - 1995, 1997
Field, Carol, 1994 - 2003
Fisher, Lisbeth, 1995
Fletcher, Janet, 1996
Fletcher, Ron, 1993
Fondulas, Ted / Lynn, 1994, 1998
Ford, Terry, 1996
Frank, Ken, 1996 - 1997
Franey, Pierre, 1995 - 1996
Friedman, Jane, 1982, 1995 - 1997
Friendly, Jean - Marshall Plan, paris, 1996
Fullerton, James, 1993
Fussell, Betty, 1994-2015, inclusive
Galbraith, JK and Kitty (and Catherine Atwater), 1993, 1997, 2006
Gates, Mrs. Freeman / Katy, 1982, 1993, 1995
Gewertz, Catherine, 1996
Gibson, Charlie, 1996
Gifford, Dun, 1994 - 1997
Goldkang, Janice - Publicity Knopf, 1994 - 1995
Graff, Richard, 1996
Greenspan, Dorie, 1996, 1999
Gruenwald, George, 1995 - 1997
Haber, Barbara, 1993 - 2011
Hall, Charles, 1994
Hallor, Orian Hall (Babe), 1994 - 1997
Hansen, Viola (Tuckerman) [Mrs. Siguard Hansen] - Kathatine Branson School, 1994
Hamilton, Dorothy Cann, 1995 - 2012
Hargraves, Michael, 1996 - 1997, 2001
Harris, Nancy Kirby, 1996
Hastings, Robert P., 1995 - 1996
Hastings - Black, Julia - St. Ange, 1994, 2006
Hatch, Nancy (Gregg), 1996
Hazan, Marcella / Victor, 1996 - 1997
Healy, Harriet, 1994 - 1996
Hector, Louis, 1994 - 1997
Hemingway, Jack, 1994 - 1997
Henstell, Pamela, 1993 - 1996
Hersh, Stephanie, 1994 - 2009
Hess, Karin (John), 1994 - 1995
Heyerdahl, Jens, 1995 - 1996
Hier, Fritz, 1996
Hiscock, Alice C. [Mrs. Earle], 1994 - 1995
Hovey, Anita Hinckley, 1994, 1997
Howe, Fisher / Debby, 1994 - 1997
Huffman, Sue, 1995 - 1999
[Hull], Barbara, 2009
Huttenback, Robert (Bob), 1994 - 1997
Hyman, Phil and Mary, 1993 - 2000
Jacobs, J. Roland, 1995
Jacobson, Susan, 1996
Jenkins, Nancy Harmon, 1994 - 1997
Johnson, Anne Winston - Smith, 1995 - 1996
Jones, Jeffrey - Veterans of OSS, 1994
Jones, Judith, 1993 - 2000
Joseph, Jennifer, 2009
Letters from Journalists, 1994 - 2002
Kafka, Barbara, 1993 - 1996
Kamman, Madeleine, 1994 - 2009
Kase, Betty Parker, 1993 - 1994
Kasper, Lynne Rossetto, 1994 - 1995
Kennedy, Edmund, 1994
Kenward, Tor, 2001
Kerr, Graham, 1996 - 2006
Konkel, Susan Donnell, 1995
Klausner, Willette and Manny, 2002 - 2006
Klugman, Roberta, 1994 - 1996
Koshland, William, 1993 - 1997
Kostic, Harriet - KBS, 1993 - 1994
Kubler, Betty and George, 1994 - 1995
Kump, Peter and Christopher, 1990 - 1997
Leaf, Alexandra - FCI Conference, 1996
Levy, Paul - England, 1993 - 2009
Lisle, (Bill), 1994
Lobrano, Alec, 2002 - 2009
Lockwood, Ruth, 1993 - 1994, 1997
Londe, James [Noah] - Homophobia St. Louis, 1996 - 1997
Longone, Jan, 1990 - 2000
Mah, Maggie, 1996
Manell, Rosemary, 1993 - 1995
Manghise, Joseph, 1996
Martin, Byron - OSS, 1994 - 1998
Martin, Dudley - "Homosexual Letter", 1992 - 1997
Martin, Edward (Sandy), 1993
Martin, Guy (Edith), 1994
Martin, Tom / Anne, 1999 - 2001
Mc Carty, Michael, 1997 - 2006
Mc Donald, James - Bonn, 1996 - 1997
Mc Intosh, Elizabeth (Betty), 1993 - 2003
Mc Williams, Alex, 1995 - 1997
Mc Williams, David, 1993 - 1997
Mc Williams III., John, 1993 - 2002
Mc Williams, Patty, 1993 - 1994
Mc Williams, Saba, 1995 - 1997
Miall, Sally (Bicknell), 1994
Michlin - Le Barry, 1997
Middleton, Juliana, 1996
Milbank, Helen Kirpatrick, 1995
Miller, Bess, 1994
Miller, Victoria Thorpe (Eleanor Clark Biography), 1996 - 1997
Molard, Jane Owen, 1996
Mondaui, Robert / Margrit Bieuer, 1992 - 1998
Moore, John and Heidi, 1994 - 1997
Morash, Russ and Marian, 1993 - 2003
Moulton, Sara, 1994 - 2012
Mowrer, Richard S., 1994 - 1995
Nelson, Caritta, 1996
Nelson, Kyle, 1996
Nicol, Lizabeth, 1993 - 2004
Noall, Ollie (Mrs. Hugh Fraser Noall), 1993 - 1994
Olson, Deborah, 1994 - 1997
Olney, Richard, 1994 - 2000
O'Neill, Carolyn, 1995 - 1996
O'Neill, Molly, 1995 - 1996
Parker, Dana Gans, 1995
Parsons, Russ, 1998 - 2008
Patterson, Susy, 1993
Pepin, Jacques, 1995 - 2006
Perry Kathleen, 1993 - 1996
Pool, Jean, 1996 - 1997
Poole, Corinne - BC Restaurant, 1994
Pratt, Herbert and Pat, 1994 - 1998
Prescott, Peter - Knopf History, 1993
Prud' Homme, Erica Child (Hector), 1993 - 1997, 2011
Puck, Wolfgang, 1999 - 2002
Putzell, Edwin J. (Ned), 1994 - 1995
Raichlen, Steven, 1995 - 1997
Reardon, Joan, 1991 - 2004
Rekhl, Ruth, 1999, 2001
Riley, John E., 1992
Ripley, Mary and Dillon, 1993 - 1994
Risley, Mary - Director, Tante Marie's Cooking School, 1993 - 1997
Rockwell, Stuart W., 1994
Rosbottom, Betty, 1992 - 2011
Rusconi, Natale, 1993, 1997
Russell, Mary, 1993 - 1994
[de] Saint Phalle, Thibaut, 1994
Savis, Shirley, 1977, 1996
Sayet, Marsha - Norman's (Florida), 1997
Scherer, Jim, 1994
Schlesinger, Marian, 1997
Schodt, Margie, 1994 - 1997
Sharon - Emeril's Delmonico, 2002
Sheeline, Paul, 1993 - 1994
Sheldon, Virginia (Peachy), 1995
Sheraton, Mimi, 1995 - 1997
Simonds, Nina, 1997 - 1998
Simmons, Roxane Ruhl - KBS, 1994 - 1997
Sims - Bell, Barbara, 1994 - 1997
Sloane, Joseph C., 1993 - 1997
Smith, Catharine (Kitty Carton Swett Smith), 1995
Solomon, Charmaine (Ceylon), 1993
Sontheimer, Carl, 1995 - 1996
Sparks, Katy, 2000 - 2006
Speyer, Darthea, 1997
Spitz, Bob, 2009
Staglin, Shari and Garen, 2000 - 2002
Stewart, Martha, 1994 - 2002
Stewart, Zanne - Early Gourmet, 1995 - 2000
Stieglitz, Perry (and Moune), 1994 - 1995
Steingarten, Jeffrey, 1996 - 2002
Strada, David, 1997
Sullivan, Steven - ACME, 1997
Summers, Eleanor T. (Ellie Thiery) - OSS, 1994 - 1997
Terry, Sue, 1996 - 1997
Thibault, Jean - Francois, 1993 - 1994
Thompson, Grant P. and Sharon, 1996
Tisdel, Betty (Mc Williams), 1997
Tower, Jeremiah, 1996 - 1997
Trescher, George, 1996
Trotter, George, 1999
Truslow, William A., 1994 - 1999
Turgeon, Charlotte, 1993 - 1994
Usher, Gregory, 1993 - 1996
Vaccarelli, Phyllis, 1996
Vander Veer, Peggy, 1994
Vanderlip, Erin, 1996 - 1997
Villas, James, 1994 - 2000
Vincent, Louise - Dort/Ivan/Paris 1949+, 1994 - 1998
Von Stetten, Dorothea, 1996 - 1997
Walcutt, Janou, 1995 - 1997
Walker, Karen, 1993 - 1997
Warner, Mary Case, 1993
Warren, Tully E., 1993
Waters, Alice, 1996 - 2001
Waxman, Nach - Kitchen Arts, 1996
Weimer, Jan, 1993 - 2007
Wells, Patricia, 1986 - 2008
Weston, Donald M. (and Mary), 1951, 1993 - 1994
Wheaton, Barbara, 1993 - 2006
Whitaker, Aileen Johnson, 1993 - 1994
White, Jasper, 1997 - 1998
Wilkinson, Francis Proctor - Smith '37, 1996
Willan, Anne [La Varenne], 1993 - 2009, 2012
Williams, Charles (Williams Sonoma), 1995 - 1997
Willinger, Faith - Italy, 1993 - 1999
Wilson ESQ, Craig Alan, 1996 - 1997
Wolf, Clark, 1996 - 2009
Wolfert, Paula, 1994 - 1997
Wood, Jim - San Francisco Examiner, 1993 - 1994
Wright, Gay Bradley, 1996
Yntema, Peggy, 1995 - 2000
Young, Gary and Sue, 1998 - 2008
Zeidler, Judy - International Deli Cookbook, 1994
Institutions - Answered, 1993 - 1996
WGBH - Ide (Archives), 1991 - 1995
Culinary Institute of America - Metz / Marignani, 1994 - 1995
Interviews with Julia Child, 1993 - 1997
Julia Child - Noël Riley Fitch, 1991 - 1996
Julia Child - Noël Riley Fitch and Albert Sonnenfeld, 1997
Julia Child - Noël Riley Fitch and Albert Sonnenfeld, 1999 - 2000
Julia Child - Noël Riley Fitch and Albert Sonnenfeld, 1999 - 2001
Julia Child - 90th Birthday, 2002
Correspondence, 1996-2016, inclusive
Subseries C: Drafts and Proofs
Scope and Content
Subseries C: Drafts and Proofs generally follows original order, but is arranged chronologically when material is dated. It consists of drafts, notes, and galley proofs of Appetite for Life.
Book Section Copy Editing, 1997
Cover, 1997
Appetite for Life [Copyedited Manuscript before Doubleday, 1 of 3], 1996 - 1997
Appetite for Life [Copyedited Manuscript before Doubleday, 2 of 3], 1996 - 1997
Appetite for Life [Copyedited Manuscript before Doubleday, 3 of 3], 1996 - 1997
Appetite for Life [Proof, 1 of 2], 1997
Appetite for Life [Proof, 2 of 2], 1997
"Chapter 1: Beginnings" (1945, 1949 - 1912), December 1996
"Chapter 2: A Place in the Sun" (1849 - 1927), 1996
"Chapter 3: Education of an Extrovert", 1996
"Chapter 4: Smith College: Ivy Walls and Jelly Donuts" (Drafts, 1930 - 1934), 1996
"Chapter 5: Career Search" (Drafts, 1934 - 1942), 1996
"Chapter 6: India Intrigue" (Drafts, 1944 - 1945), 1996
"Chapter 7: To China With Love" (Drafts, 1945), 1996
"Chapter 8: Eastward Ho" (Choosing a New Home Drafts, December 1945 - 1946), 1996
"Chapter 9: Flavours of Marriage" (Early Marriage Drafts, 1946 - 1948), 1996
"Chapter 10: À Paris" (Drafts, November 1948 - 1949), 1996
"Chapter 11: Coron Bleu" (Drafts, 1949 - 1952), 1996
"Chapter 12: Marseille" (Drafts, 1953 - 1954), 1996
"Chapter 13: A Little Town in Germany" (Bonn Drafts, October 1954 - October 1956), 1996
"Chapter 14: Back Home (and Cooking) on the Range" (DC November 1956 - March 1959), 1996
"Chapter 15: 'I am at heart a Viking.' " (Norway, May 1959 - May 1961), 1996
"Chapter 16: Launching the Book" (Launching a Career, June 1961 - 1962), 1996
"Chapter 17: The French Chef" (1963 - 1964), 1996
"Chapter 18: Winters in Provence" (1965 - 1967), 1996
"Chapter 19: The Media are the Message" (National Coverage, 1967 - 1968), 1996
"Chapter 20: Celebrity and Solitude" (1968 - 1970), 1996
"Chapter 21: Persian Circles: In Color, In Person" (1970 - 1974), 1996 - 1997
"Chapter 22: Transitions" (1974 - 1977), 1996 - 1997
"Chapter 23: The Company She Keeps" (1977 - 1980), 1996 - 1997
"Chapter 24: Pacific Overture" (1981 - 1984), 1996 - 1997
"Chapter 25: Seasoned With Love" (1985 - 1989), 1996 - 1997
"Chapter 26: La Notre Dame de la Cuisine" (1989 - 1993), 1996 - 1997
"Chapter 27: Do Not Go Gentle" (1994 - 1997), 1996 - 1997
Appetite for Life: Proofs, "Loose Correx", August 1, 1997
Appetite for Life: Confirmation / Repro Proofs [1 of 3], July 10 [no year]
Appetite for Life: Confirmation / Repro Proofs [2 of 3], July 10 [no year]
Appetite for Life: Confirmation / Repro Proofs [3 of 3], July 10 [no year]
Editors Proofs [1 of 5], April 25, 1997
Editors Proofs [2 of 5], April 25, 1997
Editors Proofs [3 of 5], April 25, 1997
Editors Proofs [4 of 5], April 25, 1997
Editors Proofs [5 of 5], April 25, 1997
Editors Proofs: "Western Pioneers and Blue Blood", undated
Appetite for Life: Editors Proofs Part 2 [1 of 4], July 10, 1997
Appetite for Life: Editors Proofs Part 2 [2 of 4], July 10, 1997
Appetite for Life: Editors Proofs Part 2 [3 of 4], July 10, 1997
Appetite for Life: Editors Proofs Part 2 [4 of 4], July 10, 1997
Final Draft [Marked by Albert Sonnenfeld, Noel Riley Fitch, 1 of 4], December 1996
Final Draft [Marked by Albert Sonnenfeld, Noel Riley Fitch, 2 of 4], December 1996
Final Draft [Marked by Albert Sonnenfeld, Noel Riley Fitch, 3 of 4], December 1996
Final Draft [Marked by Albert Sonnenfeld, Noel Riley Fitch, 4 of 4], December 1996
"The Innards" [Galley Proofs of Zeros and Ones by Sadie Plant, 1 of 5], 1997
"The Innards" [Galley Proofs of Zeros and Ones by Sadie Plant, 2 of 5], 1997
"The Innards" [Galley Proofs of Zeros and Ones by Sadie Plant, 3 of 5], 1997
"The Innards" [Galley Proofs of Zeros and Ones by Sadie Plant, 4 of 5], 1997
"The Innards" [Galley Proofs of Zeros and Ones by Sadie Plant, 5 of 5], 1997
Notes / Materials Re: Proofreading, Corrections, 1997
Subseries D: Publication, Publicity and Reception
Scope and Content
Subseries D: Publication, Publicity and Reception generally follows original order, but is arranged chronologically when material is dated. It consists of material related to the publication of Appetite for Life including book proposals and correspondence with publishers, as well as post-publication materials including correspondence and ephemera related to publicity of the book, reviews and correspondence related to reception, correspondence and documents related to film rights, and correspondence and research materials related to articles and writing by Noël Riley Fitch on Julia Child following publication of the biography.
Answered Correspondence, 1993 - 1998
Book Proposal, 1994
Child Proposal - Earliest Drafts, 1994
Catalog, 1997
Flyer: Bathtub, October 1997
Queries, 1994
Doubleday Catalog, 1997 - 1998
Pre-Publication Mentions of Appetite for Life, 1997 - 1998
Reviews of Appetite for Life, 1996 - 2010
Responses to Appetite for Life, 2009 - 2012
Articles Mentioning Julia Child, 2009 - 2010
Response Letters for Appetite for Life [1 of 2], 2002 - 2010
Response Letters for Appetite for Life [2 of 2], 1997 - 2007
Handwriting Analysis of Paul Child, 2011
Dust Jacket Covers, 1997
"Julie and Julia" Film Infringement, 2008 - 2010, 2012
Julia Child Film Rights, 1997 - 2000
Los Angeles Magazine Excerpt From Appetite for Life, 1996
"Julia Child: The OSS Years," The Wall Street Journal, 2008
"Julia: The Book" - American Institute of Wine and Food Newsletter, 1996
"A New Beginning for Julia Child" - AIWF, 1999
"Sally's Place Essay", 1999
Curnonsky - Child Article in Gastronomica, 2004 - 2005
Child in Paris - Paris Notes, 2007
Doubleday Promotion / Publicity: Appetite for Life, 1997
Correspondence - No Answer, 1992 - 1997
Julia Child Personality, 1994 - 1997
Legal Questions, 1997
Blurbs for Appetite for Life, 1997
French Culinary Institute - Hamilton Launch, 1997
Pre-Publication Publicity, 1996
Advertisements, 1997
OSS Book by Jennet Conant, 2009
Noël Riley Fitch Articles and Lectures on Julia Child, 1998 - 2012
Julia Articles - Future, 2003
Edible Los Angeles: Article, 2009
Doubleday TV Publicity: ABC News, A & E, 1997 - 2000, 2012
Nin - Miller - Child Connection, 1946, 1966 - 1967, undated
Appetite for Life: Promotion Tour, undated
Julia Child and California Food Essay, undated
Flyers / Postcards, 1996 - 1997
Reviews of Appetite for Life, 1997
Publicity, Events, 2013-2014, inclusive
Books & Cooks Event, 1997
Boston, 1993-1994, inclusive
Santa Barbara, 1994-2002, inclusive
Appearances Schedules, 1995
Philadelphia, 1995-1996, inclusive
Fort Lauderdale, 1997-1998, inclusive
Idaho, 1997-1999, inclusive
Providence Pubic Library -- Event, 1998
Research and Promotion for Julia Bio, 1998-1999, inclusive
June Appearance Julia Child, 2018
Joan Cusack Movie Option, 2005-2012, inclusive
E-Books Julia Child, 2008-2018, inclusive
Be Our Guest Gifted and Signed By Author, 1994
Washington, DC (Past), 1993-2004, inclusive
Julia Child Papers, 2011-2013, inclusive
Napa Valley, 1985-2016, inclusive
Subseries E: Photographs and Images
Scope and Content
Subseries E: Photos and Images has been retained in original order. It consists of photos of and related to Julia Child used as source material for Appetite for Life including those printed in the book, other images such as comics related to Julia Child, and photographs related to the publicity of Appetite for Life.