La Sierra University Library Special Collections - Sanitarium Holiday Menus - Collection #: 2014.01 Descriptive Summary Creator: Various Seventh - day Adventist Sanitariums Title: Sanitarium Holiday Menus Date Span: Menus range from 1902 to 1956 with the bulk in the 1930 s and 1940 s. Abstract: The collection contains mostly holiday menus from Seventh - day Adventist Sanitariums. Menus are mostly from Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year s, Easter, and 4 th of July. A few non-holiday menus are also included. Menus are in all shapes and sizes. Some are intended for dining room use and some are order cards for meals delivered to patient rooms. Languages: English Extent: 176 menus Collection Number: 2014.01 Repository: La Sierra University Library Special Collections Scope and Content Note: Menus are organized alphabetically by institution, and then chronologically by holiday and year. Administrative Information Restrictions on access: None Terms governing use and reproduction: All applicable copyright laws are followed. Provenance: Collected by Paul Scott, donated by Winona and Vernon Howe in 2014 Cite this collection as: [item description], The Seventh-day Adventist Sanitarium Menu Collection, Collection # 2015.01, University Library, Ls Sierra University
Access points Subjects (Individuals): Fulton, E.G. Subjects (Organizations): Battle Creek Sanitarium Boulder Colorado Sanitarium and Hospital Florida Sanitarium and Hospital Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital New England Sanitarium and Hospital Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital Paradise Valley Sanitarium Portland Sanitarium and Hospital Porter Sanitarium and Hospital Shanghai Sanitarium and Hospital South Lancaster Sanitarium St. Helena Sanitarium and Hospital Washington Sanitarium Walla Walla Sanitarium and Hospital White Memorial Hospital Subjects (Topical): Menus Diet, Vegetarian Vegetarian cookery Dinners and Dining Food Service, Hospital Holidays Armistice Day Christmas Easter Father s Day Flag Day Fourth of July New Year s Day Thanksgiving Day Subjects (Geographical): Battle Creek, Michigan Boulder, Colorado 2
Denver, Colorado Glendale, California Loma Linda, California Los Angeles, California National City, California Orlando, Florida Portland, Oregon Shanghai, China South Lancaster, Massachusetts St. Helena, California Stoneham, Massachusetts Takoma Park, Maryland Walla Walla, Washington Container List Folder Folder 1 Description Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan Christmas Dinner 1939 Boulder Colorado Sanitarium and Hospital Christmas Dinner Menu 1937 Florida Sanitarium and Hospital, Orlando, Florida Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, 1928, 1929, 1937 Christmas Dinner Menu, 1925, 1937 New Year s Dinner Menu 1929 Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital, Glendale, California Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947,1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953,1954, 1955, 1956 Folder 2 Christmas Dinner Menu 1928 [Menu in Glendale San mail envelope. Includes managers card and signature E.G. Fulton ], 1929, 1930, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1940, 1942 Folder 3 Christmas Dinner Menu 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947 [2 copies], 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 [2 copies] Folder 4 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1938, 1941[unmarked but found with Glendale materials], 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 3
Folder 5 New Year s Dinner Menu 1937, 1938 (Jan 1 [2 copies] and Jan 2), 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 Armistice Day, 1930 Dinner Menu for Dec. 8, 1929 Southern California Conference Christmas Program and Dinner Menu at Glendale Sanitarium Dining Room, December 13, 1956 Folder 6 Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital, Loma Linda, Ca Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1931, 1937 Christmas Dinner Menu 1929 [includes two pictures of The New Dining Room and The New Building ], 1930, 1931, 1937 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1930, 1931, 1933 New Year s Dinner Menu 1931, 1932 Easter Dinner Menu 1931 Supper menu January 18, 1930 Breakfast menu January 26, 1930 Supper menu February 5, 1930 New England Sanitarium and Hospital, South Lancaster, Ma / Stoneham, Ma Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1938, 1939 Christmas Dinner Menu 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1938 [2 copies have different covers], 1940 New Year s Dinner Menu 1939 Easter Dinner Menu 1938 South Lancaster Sanitarium Dinner Menu, March 5, 1902 Folder 7 Paradise Valley Sanitarium, National City, California Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1928, 1932, 1935, 1936 Christmas Dinner Menu 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1936, 1937 Portland Sanitarium and Hospital, Portland, Oregon Christmas Dinner Menu, no date Porter Sanitarium and Hospital, Denver, Colorado Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1934, no date [early 20 th century, 2 copies] 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1935 Easter Dinner Menu 1938 Shanghai Sanitarium and Hospital, Shanghai, China Christmas Dinner Menu, 1930, Note on back: Our first Christmas menu 4
Folder 8 Folder 9 St. Helena Sanitarium and Hospital, St. Helena, California Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948 Christmas Dinner Menu 1937, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1942, 1947, 1948 Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, Maryland Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1920, 1922 Christmas Dinner Menu 1921, 1922, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1929, 1936 New Year s Dinner Menu 1924 Walla Walla Sanitarium and Hospital, Walla Walla, Washington Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1942, 1943 Christmas Dinner Menu 1942, 1943 Folder 10 White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, California Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1940, 1941, 1952 Christmas Dinner Menu 1940, 1941, 1952, 1953 4 th of July Dinner Menu 1940, 1942 New Year s Breakfast Menu 1939, 1940 New Year s Dinner Menu 1940, 1941, 1942, 1953, 1954 Flag Day Dinner Menu, no date, 1940 [2 copies] Father s Day Dinner Menu 1940 Easter Dinner Menu 1940, 1941 First Day of Spring Dinner Menu, March 20, 1940 Collection processed by Chelsi C. Cannon, December 2014 Finding aid created by Chelsi C. Cannon, December 2014, updated August 2015 La Sierra University Library Special Collections and Archives 4500 Riverwalk Parkway Riverside, Ca, 92515 951-785-2382 library@lasierra.edu www.lasierra.edu/library 5