The Major School of Bartending Manual
Scope and Content
This binder contains a 1965 revised edition of a 1937 manual for students at the Los Angeles Modern Bartending School, later The Major School of Bartending. The manual has directions for tips and hints for bartenders, as well as a wide selection of standard and tropical cocktail recipes. There are also two pages of handwritten lists and notes inside the back cover. Standard recipes and tropical recipes are in two separate sections, but recipes are in alphabetical order in each section. The name in the inside cover suggests that the previous owner was Gabriel Scholler.
Dates
- 1965
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from must be obtained from The Major School of Bartending Manual Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This binder contains a 1965 revised edition of a 1937 manual for students at the Los Angeles Modern Bartending School, later The Major School of Bartending. The manual has directions for tips and hints for bartenders, as well as a wide selection of standard and tropical cocktail recipes.
Acquisition Information
The Major School of Bartending Manual was purchased by Special Collections in 2018.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the The Major School of Bartending Manual was completed in February 2019.
- Title
- The Major School of Bartending Manual, 1965
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- AnnRea Fowler, Student Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- 2019 (CC0)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu