Lena Richard papers

Description

The Lena Richard papers consist of photographs, correspondence, notebooks and ephemera relating to Lena Richard’s long career as a chef and entrepreneur. The photographs are primarily publicity photographs depicting the locations of Richard’s restaurants, her cooking show, and family members. Notebooks contain recipes and notes from her time as a chef for the Travis House in Colonial Williamsburg. Among the materials relating to Richard’s time in Colonial Williamsburg is the Report on the Visit of the British High Command to Colonial Williamsburg, May 15th and 16th, 1943. Among the guests in the British High Command were Clementine Churchill and her daughter Mary Churchill. A copy of this report was given to Lena Richard by Gerald Horton Bath, expressing to her, “you made such an important contribution to the success of this occasion, Mr. Chorley would like you to have a copy of this report to keep as a memento of the event.” Also included in this collection is an original book jacket for her book, New Orleans Cookbook, and a notebook tracking sales of the cookbook.