Beard House. New York. Diane Harris, Mitch.e.l.l Davis, and Clay Triplette.

Beinecke Rare Book and MSS Library. Yale University Library. Richard and Alice Lee Myers Papers and Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark Papers.

Boston University. Rebecca Alssid, Director of Special Programs, Metropolitan College.

Branson School. Harriet Kostic, Alumni Director. Ross, CA.

British Library. Reading Room, London.

Central Intelligence Agency. Washington, DC. John H. Wright, Information and Privacy Coordinator.

Doheny Library. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Dace Taube, Regional History Center, Department of Special Collections.

Library of Congress. Washington, DC. Reading Room.

Middlebury College. Abernathy Collections, Starr Library, Vermont. Bread Loaf Archives and Correspondence of Julia and Paul Child, Avis DeVoto, and Paul Cubeta.

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. and Records Administration, College Park, MD.

Pasadena Historical Museum. Pasadena, CA. Tania Rizzo, Archivist.

Pasadena Polytechnic School. Pasadena, CA. Alumni Office.

Pittsfield Public Library. Pittsfield, MA.

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Eva E. Moseley, Curator of Ma.n.u.scripts; Janes Knowles, Archivist; Barbara Haber, Curator of Printed Books. on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Eva E. Moseley, Curator of Ma.n.u.scripts; Janes Knowles, Archivist; Barbara Haber, Curator of Printed Books.

Smith College: Library and Alumnae Archives. Northampton, MA. Margery N. Sly, Archivist. Library and Alumnae Archives. Northampton, MA. Margery N. Sly, Archivist.

University of Texas: Harry Ransom Hall of Humanities (HRHRC), Austin, TX. Knopf Archives. Harry Ransom Hall of Humanities (HRHRC), Austin, TX. Knopf Archives.

TVFN. The Food Network. Sue Huffman, Senior Vice President, Programming.

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC. J. Kevin O'Brien, Chief, FOI, Information Resource Division.

United States Information Agency. Lola L. Secora, FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Office of the General Counsel. USIA Alumni a.s.sociation, Dorothy Robins-Mowry, Director.

Veterans of the OSS. Jeffrey Jones, President, Rockefeller Plaza, NYC.

WGBH, Boston. The French Chef and The French Chef and other tapes, 1963+. Henry Becton, Jr., President; Mary A. Ide, Archivist. other tapes, 1963+. Henry Becton, Jr., President; Mary A. Ide, Archivist.

NOTES.

UNLESS OTHERWISE noted, all Julia Child quotations are based upon her numerous interviews with the author. Dates of Paul Child's letter-diary to his brother, which numbers in the thousands of pages, are given only if they fall outside the time period of each chapter. noted, all Julia Child quotations are based upon her numerous interviews with the author. Dates of Paul Child's letter-diary to his brother, which numbers in the thousands of pages, are given only if they fall outside the time period of each chapter.

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES.

AD.

Avis DeVoto Avis DeVoto AIWF.

American Inst.i.tute of Wine and Food American Inst.i.tute of Wine and Food CC.

Charles Triplett Child (brother-in-law) Charles Triplett Child (brother-in-law) DC.

Dorothy McWilliams Cousins (sister) Dorothy McWilliams Cousins (sister) FC.

Fredericka Child (sister-in-law) Fredericka Child (sister-in-law) IACP.

International a.s.sociation of Culinary Professionals International a.s.sociation of Culinary Professionals JC.

Julia McWilliams Child Julia McWilliams Child LB.

Louisette Bertholle Louisette Bertholle MFKF.

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher NRF.

Noel Riley Fitch (author) Noel Riley Fitch (author) OSS.

Office of Strategic Services Office of Strategic Services PC.

Paul Cushing Child (husband) Paul Cushing Child (husband) SB.

Simone (Simca) Beck [Fischbacher] (partner) Simone (Simca) Beck [Fischbacher] (partner) USIA.

United States Information Agency/Service United States Information Agency/Service

CHAPTER 1.

BEGINNINGS (1945, 18481912) Unpublished Sources Interviews: Basic to every chapter is the information drawn from numerous interviews with JC. Unless otherwise indicated, all JC quotations are based on these interviews. Family members: DC 3/30/93, 12/20/94, and 2/2/96, John McWilliams III 8/13/93, Dana Parker 6/6/95, Saba McWilliams 5/30/95, Philadelphia Cousins 3/31/95.

Correspondence: H. Alexander Smith to JC, 2/25/65 (Smith claims he introduced the Weston girls to McWilliams and Hemmings); J. Alexander McWilliams to NRF, 6/3/95; John McWilliams III to NRF, 1/2/95; Carolyn McWilliams to DC, 10/1/33.

Archives: Family archival materials generously provided by JC, DC, and John McWilliams III include: "Carolyn Weston Diary 19001905;" "Julia Mitch.e.l.l Weston 18651897" diary. Smith College. Berkshire Athenaeum Smith College. Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA. Princeton University: Princeton University: alumni office records. alumni office records. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC letter-diary to CC, 1945; JC to AD, 3/3/53. PC letter-diary to CC, 1945; JC to AD, 3/3/53. Pasadena Public Library. Pasadena Historical Society Pasadena Public Library. Pasadena Historical Society.

Published Sources "How like autumn's": PC, "Birthday, 1945," Bubbles from the Spring Bubbles from the Spring (n.p.: Antique Press, 1974): [39] (n.p.: Antique Press, 1974): [39]

"There were a lot of women": William F. Schulz, "Lunch Together," The World The World [National Unitarian Magazine] (Nov./Dec. 1992): 32. [National Unitarian Magazine] (Nov./Dec. 1992): 32.

"Without Julia": Donna Lee, "The Man Behind JC," Boston Herald American Magazine Boston Herald American Magazine (May 10, 1981): 10. (May 10, 1981): 10.

"earliest restaurant": Peter Farb and George Armelagos, Consuming Pa.s.sions: The Anthropology of Eating Consuming Pa.s.sions: The Anthropology of Eating (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980): 194. Hon-Lo, the first cookbook, was compiled by Emperor Sheunung: 244. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980): 194. Hon-Lo, the first cookbook, was compiled by Emperor Sheunung: 244.

"It wasn't like lightning": Edith Efron, "Dinner with JC," TV Guide TV Guide (Dec. 5, 1970): 46. (Dec. 5, 1970): 46.

"going fever": John McWilliams, Recollections of John McWilliams: His Youth, Experiences in California, and the Civil War Recollections of John McWilliams: His Youth, Experiences in California, and the Civil War (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, [1919?]): 47. (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, [1919?]): 47.

"Weston Field": Thomas Weston, Jr., and Donald M. Weston, Jr., eds. Weston: 10651951 Weston: 10651951 (Pittsfield, MA: Sun Printing, 1951): 27. (Pittsfield, MA: Sun Printing, 1951): 27.

CHAPTER 2.

A PLACE IN THE SUN (19121921) Unpublished Sources Interviews: This chapter relies heavily on a number of interviews with JC and DC as well as: John McWilliams III 8/13/93, Philadelphia Cousins 3/31/95, Orian (Babe) Hall [Hallor] 2/19/94, Charles Hall 2/9/94, Elizabeth Parker [Kase] 2/19/94, Elton Davies 2/22/93, Gay Bradley [Wright], 2/5/96, Eleanor Roberts [Phillips Colt] 9/11/94, and Freeman Gates 4/24/93. Group interview with Pasadena Polytechnic School cla.s.smates Mary Frances Snow Russell, James Bishop, William (Bill) Lisle, Kenneth O. Rhodes 1/31/94.

Correspondence: Byron S. Martin to NRF, 1/26/95; Marjory Ellen Lacey [Warren] to NRF, 10/14/93; Lora B. Bragin to JC, 2/27/95; Mary Stuart Batson to JC, 9/27/67; JC to Mary Stuart Batson, n.d.; Dana Parker to NRF, 4/5/95; Charles Hall to Mary Francis Russell, 1/15/94.

Archives: Family archives: Family archives: Caro McWilliams letters to DC, "Carolyn Weston Diary 19001905," JC diary written in the 1930s. Caro McWilliams letters to DC, "Carolyn Weston Diary 19001905," JC diary written in the 1930s. Private: Private: Babe Hall/Julia McWilliams childhood correspondence; Elizabeth Kase, "Betty Parker memoir," 1986. Babe Hall/Julia McWilliams childhood correspondence; Elizabeth Kase, "Betty Parker memoir," 1986. Pasadena Historical Society. Pasadena Public Library: Pasadena Historical Society. Pasadena Public Library: records, city telephone books, histories, records, city telephone books, histories, Pasadena Evening Star, Pasadena Star-News. Pasadena Polytechnic School: Pasadena Evening Star, Pasadena Star-News. Pasadena Polytechnic School: records. records. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: JC to AD, 3/3/53. JC to AD, 3/3/53.

Published Sources "First we'd do": Susan Goodman, "Penthouse Potluck," Modern Maturity Modern Maturity (Nov./Dec. 1996): 35. (Nov./Dec. 1996): 35.

"I started doing": Curtis Hartman and Steven Raichlen, "JC: The Boston Magazine Interview," Boston Boston (April 1981): 78. (April 1981): 78.

"Our house": Anne Bryn, "JC Aims to Keep Fun in Food," Atlanta Journal & Const.i.tution Atlanta Journal & Const.i.tution (April 12, 1990): W8. (April 12, 1990): W8.

"dismal place": Lewis H. Lapham, "Everyone's in the Kitchen with JC," The Sat.u.r.day Evening Post The Sat.u.r.day Evening Post (Aug. 815, 1964): 20. (Aug. 815, 1964): 20.

"Fletcherizing": Donald Dale Jackson, "The Art of Wishful Shrinking," Smithsonian Smithsonian (Nov. 1994): 14748. (Nov. 1994): 14748.

"Don't eat fried food": in "Plain Talk on Food," Pasadena Daily News Pasadena Daily News (Nov. 6, 1912): 6. (Nov. 6, 1912): 6.

"whose theology": Gerald Carson, "The Yankee Kitchen," in The American Heritage Cookbook: An Ill.u.s.trated History The American Heritage Cookbook: An Ill.u.s.trated History (NY: American Heritage, 1964): 82. (NY: American Heritage, 1964): 82.

"All my mother knew": Roberta Wallace Coffey, "Their Recipe for Love," McCall's McCall's 116 (Nov. 1988): 97. 116 (Nov. 1988): 97.

"such an utter loss": Ogden Nash, Food Food (NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989): 31. In an essay on Boston food written with E. S. Yntema ("JC's Boston Birthday Buffet," (NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989): 31. In an essay on Boston food written with E. S. Yntema ("JC's Boston Birthday Buffet," Boston Globe Magazine Boston Globe Magazine, May 11, 1980, page 27), JC adds a small onion, 4 peppercorns, a bay leaf, specifies 2 cups of mashed potatoes, and calls it "Priscilla Weston's Duxbury Codfish b.a.l.l.s with Egg Sauce."

"Jell-O was distributing": Robert Clark, James Beard: A Biography James Beard: A Biography (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 36. (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 36.

"cut down your food supply": J. C. Elliot and Arthur Taylor in Pasadena Star-News Pasadena Star-News (March 7, 1916): 12. (March 7, 1916): 12.

"extrovert": C. G. Jung, Collected Works of C. G. Jung Collected Works of C. G. Jung vol. 6, 2nd ed. (Princeton, 1971): 15758. vol. 6, 2nd ed. (Princeton, 1971): 15758.

"When we went out": JC, "What Is Your Favorite Place in California?" Westways Westways (July 1995): 11. (July 1995): 11.

"frontier legacy": "Pioneer Californian Is Called," Pasadena Star-News Pasadena Star-News (Nov. 13, 1924): 1. (Nov. 13, 1924): 1.

CHAPTER 3.

EDUCATION OF AN EXTROVERT (19211930) Unpublished Sources Interviews: For Polytechnic School: Polytechnic School: JC, Charles Hall 2/9/94, John McWilliams III 8/13/93, Orian (Babe) Hall [Hallor] 2/29/94, DC 3/9/94 and 5/10/95, Mary Ford [Cairns] 9/14/94, Elizabeth Parker [Kase] 2/19/94; Eleanor Roberts [Phillip Colt] 9/11/94; Robert Hastings 2/9/95, Gay Bradley [Wright] 2/5/96; group interview with Mary Frances Snow [Russell], William (Bill) Lisle, Kenneth O. Rhodes, James Bishop 1/31/94. For JC, Charles Hall 2/9/94, John McWilliams III 8/13/93, Orian (Babe) Hall [Hallor] 2/29/94, DC 3/9/94 and 5/10/95, Mary Ford [Cairns] 9/14/94, Elizabeth Parker [Kase] 2/19/94; Eleanor Roberts [Phillip Colt] 9/11/94; Robert Hastings 2/9/95, Gay Bradley [Wright] 2/5/96; group interview with Mary Frances Snow [Russell], William (Bill) Lisle, Kenneth O. Rhodes, James Bishop 1/31/94. For Katharine Branson School: Katharine Branson School: JC, Dana Parker 6/6/95, Aileen Johnson [Whitaker] 3/21/94, Mary Zook [Beales] 3/11/94, Marjory Ellen Lacey [Warren] 10/14/93, Dorothy McWilliams [Cousins] ('35) 3/9/94, Clara Rideout [Noyses] ('33) 3/19/89, Harriet Kostic 3/11/94. JC, Dana Parker 6/6/95, Aileen Johnson [Whitaker] 3/21/94, Mary Zook [Beales] 3/11/94, Marjory Ellen Lacey [Warren] 10/14/93, Dorothy McWilliams [Cousins] ('35) 3/9/94, Clara Rideout [Noyses] ('33) 3/19/89, Harriet Kostic 3/11/94.

Correspondence: For Poly: Poly: Charles Hall to Mary Frances Snow [Russell], 1/15/94; Joseph C. Sloane to NRF, 7/19/95. For Charles Hall to Mary Frances Snow [Russell], 1/15/94; Joseph C. Sloane to NRF, 7/19/95. For KBS: KBS: Viola Tuckerman [Hansen] to NRF, 2/15/94; Barbara Ord [Bryant] (through her daughter, Babs Bryant Pomilia) to NRF, 3/16/94; Mary Zook [Beales] to NRF, 2/16/94; Roxane Ruhl [Simmons] to NRF, 3/10/94 and 4/15/94; Dana Parker to NRF, 4/5/95. Viola Tuckerman [Hansen] to NRF, 2/15/94; Barbara Ord [Bryant] (through her daughter, Babs Bryant Pomilia) to NRF, 3/16/94; Mary Zook [Beales] to NRF, 2/16/94; Roxane Ruhl [Simmons] to NRF, 3/10/94 and 4/15/94; Dana Parker to NRF, 4/5/95.

Archives: Poly: Poly: Polytechnic School, Georgia McClay, archivist, 1030 E. California Blvd.; the school was founded when Troop Polytechnique Inst.i.tute (founded in 1891) dropped its lower grades to form California Polytechnique University in 1907. Private: Julia McWilliams to Babe Hall, childhood letters [n.d.]; Elizabeth (Betty) Parker [Kase] memoir, 1986; JC fragmentary diary "Oh So Polytechnic School, Georgia McClay, archivist, 1030 E. California Blvd.; the school was founded when Troop Polytechnique Inst.i.tute (founded in 1891) dropped its lower grades to form California Polytechnique University in 1907. Private: Julia McWilliams to Babe Hall, childhood letters [n.d.]; Elizabeth (Betty) Parker [Kase] memoir, 1986; JC fragmentary diary "Oh So Private," Private," 193542. 193542. KBS: KBS: Special thanks to Harriet Kostic, Alumni Director of Branson School, for opening the confidential records (with JC's permission), history of KBS, Special thanks to Harriet Kostic, Alumni Director of Branson School, for opening the confidential records (with JC's permission), history of KBS, KBS Sc.r.a.pbook: 19201970 KBS Sc.r.a.pbook: 19201970, the Blue Print Blue Print literary journal, Oral History Projects. literary journal, Oral History Projects.

Published Sources "I was always": Molly O'Neill, "What's Cooking in America?" New York Times New York Times (Oct. 12, 1989): 16. (Oct. 12, 1989): 16.

"New Women success story": Maureen Honey, ed., Breaking the Ties That Bind: Popular Stories of the New Woman, 19151930 Breaking the Ties That Bind: Popular Stories of the New Woman, 19151930 (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma, 1995): 56. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma, 1995): 56.

"One of my earliest": JC, From JC's Kitchen From JC's Kitchen (NY: Knopf, 1975): 431. (NY: Knopf, 1975): 431.

"courtesy, Christianity, and college": Mark Baur, "A World of Its Own: The Katharine Branson School, 19171945," typed transcript of thesis, n.d.: 40.

"the nut of Christianity": JC to CC, 7/24/53 (from Matthew 22:3738). She gave the same philosophy, in summary form, to "Proust Questionnaire," Vanity Fair Vanity Fair (March 1996): 212. (March 1996): 212.

"enclosed, sprayed": Bauer, "A World of Its Own," 40.

"Father Love": "Rites Close Father-Love Death Drama," Pasadena Evening Post Pasadena Evening Post (Dec. 10, 1927): 1. Extensive coverage of the Stevens murders in (Dec. 10, 1927): 1. Extensive coverage of the Stevens murders in Pasadena Evening Star Pasadena Evening Star and and Pasadena Star-News Pasadena Star-News, Dec. 810, 1927.

"love of jelly donuts," Gayle Murphy, Ross Valley Reporter Ross Valley Reporter (March 19, 1980): 5. (March 19, 1980): 5.

"The peculiar nature": Jung, Collected Works of C. G. Jung Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 6, 2nd ed. (Princeton, 1971): 427, 33233, 159.

CHAPTER 4.

SMITH COLLEGE (19301934) Unpublished Sources Interviews: Cla.s.smates: JC, Charlotte Snyder [Turgeon] 8/14/93 and 5/23/94, Catharine (Kitty) At.w.a.ter [Galbraith] 8/9/93, Elizabeth (Betty) Bushnell [Kubler] 9/26/94, Mary Case [Warner] 11/3/93, Mary Coots [Belin] 11/93, Margaret (Peggy) Clark [VanderVeer] 2/13/94, Mary Ford [Cairns] 2/14/94, Anita Hinckley [Hovey] 5/25/94, Constance Thayer [Cory] 5/15/94, Gay Bradley [Wright] 2/5/96. Other interviews: DC and Sam Cousins 12/20/94, John McWilliams III 8/13/93, Mary Weston 5/19/94, Dana Parker 6/6/95, Orian (Babe) Hall [Hallor] 2/19/94, Charles Hall 2/9/94.

Correspondence: JC to Anne Dodge, 6/20/66; JC to Philadelphia Cousins, 7/8/79; Maida Goodwin to NRF, 9/23/93 and 3/4/94; JC to Carolyn McWilliams, 193234; Carolyn McWilliams to DC, 193334. Cla.s.smates: Cla.s.smates: Catharine Carton [Smith] to NRF, 3/12/94; Anne Winton [Johnston] to NRF, 4/20/95; Frances Proctor '37 [Wilkinson] to NRF, 7/96; Constance Thayer [Cory] to NRF, 5/23/94; Roxane Ruhl [Simmons] to NRF, 3/10/94 and 4/15/94. Catharine Carton [Smith] to NRF, 3/12/94; Anne Winton [Johnston] to NRF, 4/20/95; Frances Proctor '37 [Wilkinson] to NRF, 7/96; Constance Thayer [Cory] to NRF, 5/23/94; Roxane Ruhl [Simmons] to NRF, 3/10/94 and 4/15/94.

Archives: Smith College: Smith College: Sophia Smith Collection, Neilson Library, Smith Centennial Study Oral History, JC & PC, Oct. 10, 1972, transcript for Sophia Smith Collection, Neilson Library, Smith Centennial Study Oral History, JC & PC, Oct. 10, 1972, transcript for College. A Smith Mosaic; Sophian; Smith Alumnae Quarterly; College. A Smith Mosaic; Sophian; Smith Alumnae Quarterly; historical records of the college and JC. historical records of the college and JC. Private: Smith College Year Book Private: Smith College Year Book, 1933 and 1934 (courtesy Mary Case Warren). Schlesinger: Schlesinger: JC to MFKF, 5/29/86. JC to MFKF, 5/29/86.