Menus
The Library holds several large collections of menus, including
- The Buttolph Collection of Menus,
- W. Dieter Zander Menu Collection,
- Soete Menu Collection,
- Baratta Menu Collection.
Some of the menus from Slavic or East European restaurants (both in the United States and in the European homeland) or for Slavic and East European events are listed below.
Restaurants and Events in the European Homeland (in chronological order)
- Menu for the Coronation banquet of Alexander III, 27, May 1883
- Dinner [held by] (King Alexander of Servia) [at] Belgrade (1892)
- Picnic(?) [held by] Grand Hotel [at] Hungary (1899)
- Luncheon [held by] Grand Hotel Hungaria [at] "Budapest, Hungary" (1900)
- Abendkarte (Sopper Menu?) [held by] Restaurant Drechsler [at] "Budapest, Hungary" (1900)
- Dinner [held by] Grand Hotel Royal [at] Budapest, Hungary Hotel (1900)
- Dinner [held by] Grand Hotel Royal [at] Budapest, Hungary Hotel (1901)
- Dinner [held by] Russian Embassy [at] "Copenhagen, Denmark" (1901)
- Daily Menu [held by] Hotel Tepler Haus [at] "Marienbad, Austria-Hungary [Now Czech Republic]" (1905)
- Dinner [held by] Grand Hotel Hungaria [at] "Budapest, Hungary" (1907)
- Independence Day Dinner [held by] Grand Hotel Hungaria [at] "Budapest, Hungary" Hotel (1907)
- State Dinner [held by] Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria [at] "Palais Royal, Sophia" (1907)
- Grand Hotel Hungaria (1912)
- Restauracja Hotelu Europejskiego (1939)
- Budapest Restaurant (1959)
Restaurants and events in the United States (in chronological order)
- Dinner & Reception to the Past District Deputy Grand Masters [held by] Baltic Lodge No.284 [at] "Brooklyn, NY" (1901)
- Reunion Dinner [held by] Roome Lodge [at] "Little Hungary" (1907)
- Informal Dinner [held by] Associates of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. [at] "Little Hungary" [New York, NY]" (1907)
- Testimonial Dinner, Little Hungary (1910)
- Russian Inn (1913)
- Little Hungary (1914)
- Russian Tea Room Dinner menu (after 1934)
- Montrose -- Canadian Pacific (1936)
- Polish Night at Hotel Astor (1936)
- Praha (after 1937)
- Waldorf Astoria -- American Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce (1938)
- Old Prague Restaurant (1939)
- Russian Bear (1941)
- Dinner [sponsored by] Russian Tea Room (after 1944)
- Russian Tea Room Vodka Drinks (after 1944)
- Balkan Armenian (after 1967)
- Russian Tea Room (after 1971)
- Polish Dinner given by the Wine and Food Society, Inc, New York at the Consulate of the Polish People's Republic (1976)
- Russian Tea Room (1976)
- The Russian Tea Room and Café (1985)
- Dubrovnik Restaurant (1985)
