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Rare Books and Special Collections Series
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Books

This series contains formally published works either relating to Expo 67 and its exhibitions, or published by Expo 67 and affiliated groups. Contains some published exhibition catalogues.

Notebooks

This series consists of notebooks of Armstrong's notes taken during travels primarily in Quebec's regions with observations, interview notes, tasting notes, and information such as food prices. The notebooks begin in 1986, dating from when she began her travels in Quebec for her food reporting. The notebooks cover the years 1986-1989, 1992, 1995-2000, 2003-2016. Later notebooks (2000s) tend to be labeled by date only, while early notebooks (1980s) tend to have both date and location. The notebooks include many items laid in, such as business cards, and post-it notes. From 1986 to 1999, the notebooks represent Armstrong's travels throughout Quebec; later notebooks include notes taken in some international destinations in Europe and the United States. The earliest notebook includes notes taken during a French immersion trip to Jonquière in 1986. In general, the notebooks contain handwritten notes on dishes and their preparation, food products and production, restaurants, grocery store food prices, ephemera like business cards, and notes from interviews with chefs, home cooks, and food producers.

Food price records

The series contains 12 account books and notebooks in which Julian Armstrong tracked information about food pricing and origins for 7-10 different supermarkets and around 40 different food products, from meat to vegetables, between 1979 to 1995. Supermarkets include Axep, Bonichoix, IGA, Metro, Provigo, Richelieu, A & P, Dominion, Hypermarché, and Steinberg.
Volumes are dated:
July 1969-November 1970
November 1970-December 1972
January 1973-April 1975
April 1975-December 1976
December 1976-June 1978
February 1979-April 1981
April 1981-June 1983
July 1983-September 1985
September 1985-January 1988
January 1988-June 1990
June 1990-October 1992
November 1992-April 1995

Food research files

This series contains research files compiled by Armstrong during the course of her food research. The files primarily represent multiple visits to Quebec towns and regions. The series is divided into two subseries: (1) Quebec regional food research and (2) Food research subject files. The files in the first subseries are composed primarily of ephemera and research notes collected or created during her travels in various Quebec regions during research food and foodways. These include brochures about and/or published in various regions in Quebec, largely related to agro-tourism; business cards and pamphlets from restaurants, bakeries, and food producers; correspondence with chefs and proprietors, often with recipes attached; clippings; and Armstrong's travel or itinerary notes. Some of the largest files are related to Charlevoix, the Eastern Townships, Lanaudière, and Île d'Orleans.The second subseries contains research materials, notes, correspondence, conference presentations, ephemeral publications, etc. on specific topics, such as "Maple Syrup Pie" and "Cheese" or from particular conferences or events (such as "Culinary Historians Conference, May 2009").

The series also contains a small amount of material pertaining to conferences attended and general cooking ephemera collected by Armstrong, such as loose recipes.

Associations and events

Series consists of files documenting Julian Armstrong's leadership in culinary organizations such as Cuisine Canada and her participation as a judge in cooking contests.

Publications and presentations

Series consists of materials relating to Armstrong's publication of "A Taste of Quebec" (published 1995 and updated 2001), including promotional materials and book reviews. It also contains records related to her many speaking engagements on Quebec cuisine and Quebec food history, including to the Ontario Historical Society, Tourisme Québec, and academic and culinary conferences. Her speeches files include handwritten and typewritten transcripts and speaking notes, with post-it notes indicating where certain topics are mentioned or with other annotations.

CCF-NDP

This series contains documents about F.R. Scott's early political involvement: pamphlets and information about the constitution of the New Democratic Party, as well as are copies of Ontario CFF News (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's paper).

Poetry

This series contains Canadian poetry and art books, some in numbered editions; poetry magazines in unusual formats; some containing his own poems.

Miscellaneous

This series contains various documents related to the life and career of F. R. Scott: a copy of thesis about him; papers from student; article written by his son and published in "La Nation"; legal documentation; tributes; address book (restricted access); and a Scott family tree carried back to John Scott who emigrated in 1831, with accompanying note from F. R. Scott.

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