Historical Archives - Dorothy Allen Gray Special Collections GRAY, DOROTHY ALLEN, 1908-1990. Dorothy Allen Gray fonds. [ca. 1957-1985]. 3.4 m of textual records. - 144 photographs. Canadian author and food connoisseur. D. Gray, née Allen, born in Upper Cape, New Brunswick, in 1908. Lived for many years in Calgary where she worked after World War II with the Citizenship Council teaching immigrant women to cook with Canadian food. This activity sparked an interest in international cuisine. Published a weekly food column in the Globe and Mail beginning in 1957, later becoming food editor, 1960-1972. Her cookbook Fare Exchange was awarded a silver medal at the 1964 World Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany. Awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977. Died in 1990. Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence; research material and recipes; scrapbooks containing newsclippings of columns, photographs and material relating to publication of books, special events and travel; manuscripts of columns and cookbooks; and book reviews. Donated by Dorothy Allen Gray, Charles E. Gray and Dorothy H. Gray in several accessions between 1980 and 2002. Text in English. Correspondence between Dorothy Allen Gray and Allen Gray restricted during his lifetime. File level inventory available at repository. Additional archival material located at the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta. Acc 243/80.21, 466/90.6, 492/91.6, 548/94.3, 585/95.23, 590/96.5, 671/00.2, 734/02.21 Last update: April 2003 This page, and all its contents are Copyright (C) by the University of Calgary Library http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayda.htm10/12/2006 11:21:28 AM
Dorothy Allen-Grey Fonds - Accession No.: 243/80.21 Special Collections DOROTHY ALLEN-GRAY FONDS ACCESSION NO. 243/80.21 FILE TITLE DATES BOX/FILE Personal correspondence with Mar-June 1965 1.1 son Allen when he first went to RCMP training school in Regina Personal correspondence with June-Mar 1965 1.2 son Allen Personal correspondence with Nov 1965-1.3 son Allen Jan 1966 Personal correspondence with Jan 1966-1.4 son Allen Mar 1966 Photo album containing 9 1964 1.5 photographs "Moments of Operation Seafare '64", Vancouver Photo album. 13 pp. Contains May 1969 1.6 photographs and momentoes of trip to Netherlands ts (carbon copy) Rough drafts of Oct 1957-2.1 column in Globe and Mail Dec 1958 Magazine ts (carbon copy) Some holograph 1959-1960 2.2 notes. Rough drafts of column in Globe and Mail Magazine Issue of Homemaker's Magazine Jan/Feb 1973 2.3 features article on Dorothy Allen-Gray Galleys for Fare Exchange 1963 3 some holograph notes Author's corrected proofs of 1963 4.1 Fare Exchange http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd243.htm (1 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:35 AM
Dorothy Allen-Grey Fonds - Accession No.: 243/80.21 Holograph introduction and n.d. 4.2 notes for Fare Exchange Holograph notes for Fare n.d. 4.3 Exchange Holograph notes for Fare 1959 4.4 Exchange ts (carbon copy) Notes for Jan-Dec 1959 5.1 column in Globe and Mail Magazine Scrapbook. Contains n.d. 5.2 newsclippings of Allen-Gray's columns "Round-the World- Cooking" and "Cooking-Roundthe-World". Also 2 articles which appeared in The Albertan (1956) Scrapbook. Newsclippings of June-Sept 1959 5.3 column in The Globe Magazine Scrapbook. Newsclippings of Dec 1960-6.1 column in The Globe Magazine Mar 1962 Scrapbook. Newsclippings of Apr 1962-6.2 column in The Globe Magazine Oct 1963 Scrapbook. Newsclippings of Jan 1964-7.1 column in The Globe Magazine Dec 1965 Scrapbook. Newsclippings of Jan-June 1968 7.2 column in The Globe Magazine Scrapbook. Newsclippings of July 1968-8.1 column in The Globe Magazine July 1970 Scrapbook. Newsclippings of 1964-1970 8.2 column in The Globe Magazine. Also, food-related, general news-clippings Oversized scrapbook. 1958-1975 Newspapers from Globe and Mail of food column. Includes those of other authors Books These can be found in Special Collections Library. Fare Exchange, Dorothy Allen- Gray, Kingswood House, Great Britain, 1963. Includes http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd243.htm (2 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:35 AM
Dorothy Allen-Grey Fonds - Accession No.: 243/80.21 Culinary Olympics Award label, International Kochkunst- Ausstellung. Silver Medal awarded at the Literary Competition held during the International Cooking Competition, Frankfurt, Germany, 1964. Looking Down, Up North with Eskimo Specialty Foods from Spence Bay, Dorothy Allen- Gray, 1974. http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd243.htm (3 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:35 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds - Accession No.: 466/90.6 Special Collections DOROTHY ALLEN GRAY FONDS ACCESSION NO.: 466/90.6 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE ts. with holograph notes. Rough n.d. 1.1 draft of unidentified book Miscellaneous presentation 1976 1.2 items. 7 photographs. re: Promotion of Looking Down, Up North, Calgary Issue of Recipes Only. Features Oct 1985 1.3 article by Allen-Gray. 7 photographs. 1963 3 Christmas cards. 4 letters, 1.4 personal and professional. 2 photographs from the Calgary Herald 3 pamphlets. "Canadian Wine: A 1.5 Guide to Enjoyment". 2 pamphlets. "Canadian Wine at Your Party". 1 pamphlet. "Wine Study Course (1967). 1 pamphlet. "Cheese and Wine Party". Newsclippings with notation of Fare Exchange restaurant in Toronto. 4 pages of ts. and holograph notes about Fare Exchange. 4 books of Food Ration booklets from WWII. Other miscellany ts. Recipes and notes 2.1 ts. (carbon copy). Fare 2.2 Exchange,. Page 555-847 http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd466.htm (1 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:40 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds - Accession No.: 466/90.6 ts. (carbon copy) and 2.3 holograph. Recipes and notes ts. (carbon copy). Fare 2.4 Exchange, ts. (carbon copy). Some 3.1 ts. (carbon copy). Some 3.2 ts. (carbon copy). Some 3.3 ts. (carbon copy). Some 3.4 ts. (carbon copy). Some 4.1 ts. (carbon copy). Some 4.2 ts. (carbon copy). Some 4.3 ts. (carbon copy). Articles for 5.1 columns ts. (carbon copy). Articles for 5.2 columns ts. (carbon copy). Recipes for 5.3 Fare Exchange Research information re: Arctic 5.4 peoples and their food Research information re: Arctic 1974 6.1 peoples and their food. Also, ts. original manuscript of Looking Down, Up North with Eskimo Specialty Foods from Spence Bay Research information re: Arctic 6.2 peoples and their food Contact sheet. Pictures of book 6.3 promotion 2 issues of Calgary Herald 6.4 (Oct. 4, 1974). 1 contact sheet http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd466.htm (2 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:40 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds - Accession No.: 466/90.6 of book promotion. Miscellaneous research re: Arctic peoples Research. Newsclippings. 6.5 Holograph notes. 2 issues The Canadian (Sept. 18, 1976) re: Arctic peoples ts. (carbon copy). Recipes 6.6 Newsclippings. Pamphlets. re: 6.7 Arctic peoples Photo Album. Reviews and 7.1 photographs Scrapbook. ts. (carbon copy). 7.2 Some holograph notes. Equivalency Tables ts. Cookbook in German 1964 7.3 Research. Newsclippings, ts. 7.4 notes, pamphlets, re: Arctic women Newsclippings. Holograph notes 7.5 re: Arctic women Rough draft of Looking Down, Up 1974 7.6 North. Holograph notes Binder. 6 contact sheets. 6 1973-1968 8.1 photographs. 6 strips of proofs. Correspondence and reviews Photo Album. Reviews and 8.2 photographs Binder. ts. Menus 8.3 Page proofs of Fare Exchange 9 with corrections by author. Page 1-225 Page proofs of Fare Exchange 10 with corrections by author. Page 226-312. Includes correspondence pertaining to book Scrapbook of photographs, loose reviews and mementoes of trips http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd466.htm (3 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:40 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds - Accession No.: Special Collections DOROTHY ALLEN GRAY FONDS ACCESSION NO.: 492/91.6 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Entertaining without 1985 1.1 reservations - clippings and notes Fare exchange 1960 1.2 - typescript (carbon copy) corrections, metric conversion booklet, typescript (carbon copy) list of photographs, typescript (carbon copy) equivalent guide Typescript, with holograph 1.3 annotations, of various articles (?) and recipes Photograph album (possibly of 1.4 food contest) Sportsmen's fare; recipes 1.5 published in the Globe and Mail Magazine - typescript (carbon copy) Table of food values 1960 1.6 recommended for use in Canada - D. Allen Gray's annotations throughout Correspondence and newspaper 1971-1983 1.7 clipping Family records & historical 1.8 papers Seafood recipes 1971/72 2.1-.3 http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd492.htm (1 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:53 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds - Accession No.: Mexican and South American 2.4 recipes Metric conversion 2.5 Ethnic recipes 2.6 (Removed from original binder labelled Ethnic) Articles by D. Allen Gray on, 3.1 and recipes for wine - typescript and typescript (carbon copy) D. Allen Gray's Ottawa Journal 3.2 column - chiefly newspaper clippings Spence Bay premiere plus Eskimo 3.3 facts - typescript and holograph Arctic 3.4 - typescript and holograph Newspaper clippings of recipes 3.5 by D. Allen Gray Photographs and recipes 3.6 Rare exchange conversion charts 3.7 Fare exchange recipes 3.8-4.1 - includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, typescript Fare exchange 4.2-.3 - galleys, with extensive holograph revisions Correspondence 1973-1974 4.4 Fare exchange 1978 1978 4.5 - correspondence Fare exchange 1978-79 1970-1972 4.6 - correspondence Fare exchange 4.7 - correspondence Fare excahnge 1960-1964 4.8-.9 - correspondence with 5.1 publishers, etc. Fare exchange Scrapbook: Trip 1964 5.2 http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd492.htm (2 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:53 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds - Accession No.: to Frankfurt, England, California (Oct. 1964) Scrapbook: Holland, May 1969 1969 5.3 Name tags, ribbons 5.4 http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd492.htm (3 of 3)10/12/2006 11:21:53 AM
Dorothy Allen Gray Fonds: 548/94.3 Special Collections DOROTHY ALLEN GRAY FONDS ACCESSION NO.: 548/94.3 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Graphica '68 Certificate of 1.1 merit - received for Globe & Mail food page (framed) Imperial Order of the Daughters 1.2 of the Empire pin Canadian Club pin 1.3 Canadian Women's Press Club pin 1.4 (later became Media Club of Canada) Canadian Women's Press Club Pin 1.5 mounted on coffee spoon Canadian Club Past-President 1.6 pin mounted on coffee spoon Calgary Newcomers Club coffee 1.7 spoon Provincial Normal School New 1.8 Brunswick pin mounted on coffee spoon Canadian Club 1.9 Calgary 1974 pin mounted on coffee spoon Medal received on the occasion 1.10-.11 of the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and framed certificate http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/speccoll/grayd548.htm10/12/2006 11:22:04 AM