The collection consists of cookbooks, menus, postcards, ephemera, and other materials relating to cooking and to eating establishments in Oregon. The collection was compiled by historian Richard H. Engeman, and its contents date from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. The collection also includes a volume of printouts of blog posts about Oregon food history that Engeman wrote in the 2010s and early 2020s.

The collection consists of cookbooks, menus, postcards, ephemera, and other materials relating to cooking and to eating establishments in Oregon. The collection was compiled by historian Richard H. Engeman, and its contents date from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. The collection also includes a volume of printouts of blog posts about Oregon food history that Engeman wrote in the 2010s and early 2020s.