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Marion Nestle Papers

Call Number

MSS.159

Dates

1970-2017, inclusive
; 1980-2013, bulk

Creator

Nestle, Marion

Extent

69.5 Linear Feet
in 115 boxes

Extent

3 websites
in 3 archived websites.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Marion Nestle is a nutritionist, consumer activist, and academic who is one of the pioneers of the food movement. Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. Her research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing. She is the author of eight books, including Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; What to Eat; and, with Dr. Malden Nesheim, Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics.

Biographical Note

Marion Nestle is a nutritionist, consumer advocate, and academic whose research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing. She is the author of eight books, including Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; What to Eat; Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda; and, with Dr. Malden Nesheim, Feed Your Pet Right and Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics.

After completing a Bachelor's Degree in Bacteriology at the University of California Berkeley in 1959, Nestle went to earn a PhD in Molecular Biology in 1968 and an MPH in Public Health Nutrition in 1986, also from UC Berkeley. She is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. From 2008 to 2013, she wrote Food Matters, a monthly food column in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Nestle received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Transylvania University in 2012, and a James Beard Leadership Award in 2013, among many other awards. She has appeared as an expert in numerous films, including Super Size Me, Food Fight, and In Organic We Trust. In 2011, the University of California School of Public Health at Berkeley declared her a "Public Heath Hero." In Forbes magazine, food writer Michael Pollan named Nestle the "the world's #2 most powerful foodie," calling her "an indispensable voice on the problems of the American diet and their roots in industry marketing and government policy." New York Times writer Mark Bittman has described Nestle as "the #1 foodie to be thankful for," calling her an "all-around heroine" and noting that "many of those involved in the food movement [started] with Marion Nestle."

She has run a blog and web site, foodpolitics.com, since 2006 and a twitter account, @marionnestle, since 2009.

Sources: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Marion_Nestle

Arrangement

The Marion Nestle Papers are organized into 17 series. Within these series, files are arranged both alphabetically by subject/author heading and chronologically depending on the nature of the series. Series XV, XVI, and XVII have not be arranged by an archivist; in these series the materials remain in the order in which they were received. Descriptions are at the folder level. The Series are as follows:

Series I: Food Politics
Series II: Safe Food
Series III: What to Eat
Series IV: Pet Food Politics
Series V: Feed Your Pet Right
Series VI: Why Calories Count
Series VII: Professional Activities
Series VIII: Press
Series IX: Photographs
Series X: Printed Material
Series XI: Media
Series XII: Data Storage
Series XIII: Objects
Series XIV: Oversize
Series XV: 2016 Accretion
Series XVI: 2017 Accretion
Series XVII: 2018 Accretion
Series XVIII: Archived Websites

Scope and Contents

The Marion Nestle Papers document Marion Nestle's career as an author, public figure, and professor in the nutrition, food studies, and public health fields. The collection primarily consists of materials involved in the creation of her books, including Nestle's notes, research files, correspondence, book tour plans, and book drafts. Printed materials including restaurant menus, and food event flyers, and conference programs comprise another significant component of the collection. Nestle's correspondence with other authors, professors, and individuals from the food studies movement as well as materials from her professional roles as the senior nutritionist at the Surgeon General, as a teacher at New York University, the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco, and as a lecturer at food-related events, colloquia, and symposia constitute a smaller part of the collection. Nestle's role as an editorial reviewer and advisor appear in the correspondence and printed materials she collected. The bulk of Nestle's research files span the years 1980-2013.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers. Appointments are necessary for the use of manuscript and archival collections.

Conditions Governing Use

NYU's Fales Library & Special Collections is not the copyright owner for this collection. Collection use is subject to all copyright laws. Researchers wishing to reproduce collection material should contact rights holders for permission.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Marion Nestle Papers; MSS 159; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.

To cite the archived website in this collection: Identification of item, date; Marion Nestle Papers; MSS 159; Wayback URL; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.

Location of Materials

Some materials in this collection are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to NYU's Fales Library and Special Collections in several stages by Marion Nestle between 2004 and 2018. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2011.159, 2013.159.001, 2013.159.002, 2016.014, 2016.016, 2017.025, and 2018.069.

Websites were initially selected by curators and captured through the use of Archive-It. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website. In December 2011, https://www.foodpolitics.com/ was added as part of the Food Blogs Web Archive. In 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-04/one-plus-one:-marion-nestle/7691372/ and http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/oneplusone/video/201608/ONEs_Tx_0508_1000k.mp4 were added to the Marion Nestle Web Archive. No accessioning information was recorded for these websites.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Audiovisual and born-digital materials that have not not been preserved may not be available to researchers.

Take Down Policy

Archived websites are made accessible for purposes of education and research. NYU Libraries have given attribution to rights holders when possible; however, due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify this information.

If you hold the rights to materials in our archived websites that are unattributed, please let us know so that we may maintain accurate information about these materials.

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on this website for which you have not granted permission (or is not covered by a copyright exception under US copyright laws), you may request the removal of the material from our site by submitting a notice, with the elements described below, to the special.collections@nyu.edu.

Please include the following in your notice: Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material; your contact information, such as an address, telephone number, and email address; a statement that you are the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed and that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and made under penalty of perjury; and your physical or electronic signature. Upon receiving a notice that includes the details listed above, we will remove the allegedly infringing material from public view while we assess the issues identified in your notice.

Separated Materials

The Marion Nestle Papers collection was processed even as Nestle continued to donate her vast book collection to the Fales Library. For the most part, Nestle's book library has been catalogued separately from the personal papers. Books that remain in the collection are either annotated or appeared to be directly relevant to the surrounding printed material. A related name search in Bobcat under "Cecily Brownstone" will retrieve records for the entire library.

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Collection processed by

Anna Gurton-Wachter. Finding aid completed by Sophie Glidden-Lyon and Sana Masood.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 14:14:51 -0500.
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Decisions concerning the arrangement, description, and physical interventions taken on this collection prior to 2016 have not yet been recorded. In 2016, 2017, and 2018 accretions were added to the collection, rehoused in archival boxes and folders, and described as Series XV, XVI, and XVII in accordance with the collection's existing structure, but were not arranged. Folder titles were transcribed from original envelopes or enclosures.

On February 2019, materials from accession 2014.159 were placed in new acid-free folders and manuscript boxes, being prepared for offsite storage. Original order of documents maintained from boxes 1 and 2 into boxes 116 and 117.

On March 2019, materials from accession 2015.159 were placed in new acid-free folders and manuscript box, being prepared for offsite storage. Original order of documents maintained from box 1 into box 118.

In April 2019, materials from accession 2015.159 were placed in new acid-free folders and manuscript box, being prepared for offsite storage. Orignial order of document maintained from box 2 into box 119.

In January 2022, three archived websites were added to the finding aid as Series XVIII.

Revisions to this Guide

June 2017: Record edited by Rachel Searcy to reflect incorporation of 2017 and 2018 accretions
February 2022: Updated by Lyric Evans-Hunter to reflect the digitization of some audiovisual materials.
January 2023: Updated by Nicole Greenhouse to included the archived websites and additional administrative information

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012