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Barbara Haber, curator of books at Schlesinger Library, said the library was contacted in July by the lawyer for Fitzgerald's estate about the donation of her extensive cookbook collection...
...Fitzgerald, a legendary figure in the music world for her contributions to jazz, died last June at the age of 79. In June 1990, she received an honorary doctorate from the University...
According to Fran Morris-Rosman, one of the directors of the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation and the archivist of Fitzgerald's estate, the foundation decided to donate her cookbooks to Harvard because the Schlesinger Library has the best cookbook collection in the country...
...Ella Fitzgerald was inordinately proud of her cookbook collection," Morris-Rosman said. "In interviews, she almost always mentioned them...
...reason Fitzgerald amassed such a large collection is somewhat out of the ordinary, Morris-Rosman said...