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[Menu: Little Stars in the Zodiac Room] (open access)

[Menu: Little Stars in the Zodiac Room]

Menu for Little Stars in the Zodiac Room at the Neiman-Marcus restaurant. This menu includes Wynken Likes, Blynken's Choice, Nod Wants, Everybody Likes, Moonbeam, and desserts.
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Christmas, 1959] (open access)

[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Christmas, 1959]

Menu for Neiman-Marcus Christmas in 1959. This special event menu for The Zodiac Room includes sections such as drinks, heavenly deserts, and little folks desserts. It includes an illustration and description of Neiman-Marcus gift bonds on the back cover.
Date: 1959
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Holiday Menu] (open access)

[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Holiday Menu]

Menu for Neiman-Marcus holiday menu. The menu includes tea, as well as special listings such as holiday desserts and "For Santa's Helpers".
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman, October 22, 1957] (open access)

[Menu: Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman, October 22, 1957]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus. The menu was written partially in French, and includes sections such as wines, appetizers, luncheon entrees, beverages, salads and sandwiches, and zodiac desserts. This menu also includes special sections such as potluck with n-m, the zodiac slim waist luncheon, and n-m men's luncheon. The menu includes an illustration of a French woman sitting with a child standing before her with a cat and a dog on the front cover and a song entitled "Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman" on the back cover.
Date: October 22, 1957
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Men's Cooking School, Wednesday, May 13] (open access)

[Men's Cooking School, Wednesday, May 13]

Program listing recipes during one day of a cooking class held by Neiman-Marcus; it includes ingredients and instructions for each dish, with a section after each recipe for remarks. The dishes are: Lobster Tail and Chicken Teri Yaki (for 8); Sweet and Sour Sauce; Fresh Asparagus with Lemon Crumbs; Double Sirloin; Veal Piccata; Crab and Artichoke Salad Bowl; Crepes Suzette; and Sauce for Suzette. There are handwritten checkmarks next to many of the recipes and some changes to quantities.
Date: [1959,1964,1970]
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Entertaining Ideas from Helen Corbitt (open access)

Entertaining Ideas from Helen Corbitt

Pamphlet containing recipes by Helen Corbitt, including: Artichoke Soup; Carbonade; Veal Piccata; Roast Pork Loin Stuffed with Prunes and Apples; Sautéed Apples; Spiced Squash; Stir Fried Spinach with Brown Butter; Kasha; Monkey Bread; Raspberry Ginger Whip; and Sabayon Sauce. There is an illustration of various foods at the top of each page, around the page number and there is a blank page at the back of the book for notes.
Date: unknown
Creator: Corbitt, Helen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Zodiac Tea Menu] (open access)

[Menu: Zodiac Tea Menu]

Menu for Neiman-Marcus' Zodiac Tea Time, which includes beverages and items "for the younger generation".
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: El Inter Americano: Panama] (open access)

[Menu: El Inter Americano: Panama]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus that features dishes from Panama. This menu includes sections such as wines, appetizers, almuerzo, beverages, salads and sandwiches, and desserts. This menu also includes special sections such as pot luck with n-m and n-m men's luncheon. This menu includes an illustration entitled "El Tamborito" by Eudoro Silvera on the front cover, and a description of Panama's background, the Canal, and the Free Zone on the back cover.
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Helen Corbitt Cooks for Company: March 13, 1974 (open access)

Helen Corbitt Cooks for Company: March 13, 1974

Program listing recipes during one day of a cooking class held at the Zodiac Room in Neiman-Marcus; it includes ingredients and instructions for each dish, as well as personal commentary or notes from Corbitt. The dishes are: jellied watercress soup; rice and cheese casserole; flank steak; ratatouille; apple and watercress salad; filet of sole souffle with shrimp sauce; zucchini fans, parmesan; cole slaw with beer dressing; and lemon floating island.
Date: Spring 1974
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Recipes and Menus for Spring Entertaining] (open access)

[Menu: Recipes and Menus for Spring Entertaining]

Menu for spring entertainment events by Helen Corbitt. The pamphlet contains 12 recipes for spring entertainment events and contains illustrations on each page relevant to the recipe. The recipes include bridal luncheon, Sunday brunch, "Under a Gazebo", "Acapulco '66", "Men's Poker Party","It's Spring Again", ""May Pole" Birthday", "R.S.V.P", "Kentucky Derby Breakfast", "Supper on the Boat", "Informal Buffet", and "Cocktail Open House".
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: The Greenhouse: The Helen Corbitt Beauty Menu] (open access)

[Menu: The Greenhouse: The Helen Corbitt Beauty Menu]

Menu for The Greenhouse. This menu includes a foreword by Helen Corbitt and two weeks' worth of recipes for lunch and dinners. It also includes many additional recipes in the last pages of the booklet.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: El Inter Americano, Chile] (open access)

[Menu: El Inter Americano, Chile]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus that features dishes from Chile. This menu includes sections such as wines, appetizers, almuerzo, beverages, salads and sandwiches, and desserts. This menu also includes special sections such as pot luck with n-m and n-m men's luncheon. This menu includes an illustration entitled "Los Huasos" by Ricardo Jimenez Moya on the front cover, and a description of Chile's capital, culture, and background on the back cover.
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: The Ireland Fortnight Gala, October 16, 1976] (open access)

[Menu: The Ireland Fortnight Gala, October 16, 1976]

Menu for The Ireland Fortnight Gala for the University of Dallas. This event was held in the Regency Ballroom in the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas. This menu includes Irish smoked salmon, wheaten bread, baked breast of chicken and Limerick ham, glazed carrots, white turnips with spinach, almond-sliced potatoes, Irish Mist cake with apricot sauce, fresh fruit compote, Paddy's Irish Coffee and wines.
Date: October 16, 1976
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking with Texas Vegetables (open access)

Cooking with Texas Vegetables

Promotional pamphlet describing Helen Corbitt's credentials as a chef and providing recipes from her cookbooks for avocado soup, burgandy onions, carrots in mustard sauce, chicken and tomato crepe, and gazpacho.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Agricultural Products
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: The Zodiac St. Patrick's Day Luncheon] (open access)

[Menu: The Zodiac St. Patrick's Day Luncheon]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus that features Irish-themed dishes. The menu includes illustrations of a pig, a frog and a rooster on the front cover.
Date: unknown
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Christmas, 1958] (open access)

[Menu: Neiman-Marcus Christmas, 1958]

Menu for Neiman-Marcus Zodiac Room's Christmas event. The menu includes wines, appetizers, luncheon entrees, salads and sandwiches, and beverages. The menu also includes more specific categories such as potluck with n-m, the zodiac slim waist luncheon, and n-m men's luncheon.
Date: 1958
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Neiman-Marcus British Fortnight, October 13-27, 1958] (open access)

[Menu: Neiman-Marcus British Fortnight, October 13-27, 1958]

Menu for Neiman-Marcus' British Fortnight event. The menu includes wines, high tea, desserts and beverages. The menu indicates that the minimum check is $0.35.
Date: 1958
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Helen Corbitt Cooks for Company: March 11, 1974 (open access)

Helen Corbitt Cooks for Company: March 11, 1974

Program listing recipes during one day of a cooking class held at the Zodiac Room in Neiman-Marcus; it includes ingredients and instructions for each dish, as well as personal commentary or notes from Corbitt. The dishes are: Mushrooms Au Cresson in Crepes; Sautéed Beef; Chicken Breast Camillo; Salsify Persillade with Snipped Green Beans; Spinach and Grapefruit Salad; Brown Butter French Bread; and Raspberry Mousse with Raspberry Sauce.
Date: Spring 1974
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Menu: Sur Le Pont D'avignon, October 24, 1957] (open access)

[Menu: Sur Le Pont D'avignon, October 24, 1957]

Menu for The Zodiac Room at Neiman-Marcus. The menu was written partially in French, and includes sections such as hors d'oeuvres, entrees, appetizers, wines, and beverages. Includes an illustration of French civilians on a bridge on the front cover and a song entitled "Sur Le Pont D'avignon" on the back cover.
Date: October 24, 1957
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Design Program for Thanksgiving Square (open access)

The Design Program for Thanksgiving Square

Document outlining the idea for the Thanks-Giving Square to be put in Dallas, Texas including sections on the general concept and philosophical goals, design components and objectives, existing conditions, design team, and procedures. There is a list of supplementary exhibits which are not included.
Date: September 1, 1970
Creator: Schepps, Julius; Stemmons, John & Stewart, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Thanksgiving for the Fortieth Anniversary of the United Nations from the People of the United States of America (open access)

A Thanksgiving for the Fortieth Anniversary of the United Nations from the People of the United States of America

Brochure describing a mosaic gifted from the United States to the United Nations (UN) to celebrate the UN's fortieth anniversary. It provides background on the artist Norman Rockwell and his painting, "The Golden Rule," and about the creation of the mosaic artwork version to be installed at the UN. There is also information about the history of the UN and about Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, which provided funding for the project.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer Announcing Opening of Thanks-Giving Square] (open access)

[Flyer Announcing Opening of Thanks-Giving Square]

Flyer advertising the Dallas opening of Thanks-Giving Square including the dedication Monday morning and times that the square will be open the rest of the week.
Date: 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Visionary Realist: Washington Saved Thanksgiving for the New Nation in 1789 (open access)

Visionary Realist: Washington Saved Thanksgiving for the New Nation in 1789

Pamphlet describing the early history of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, including the proclamation by George Washington.
Date: unknown
Creator: National Thanksgiving Commission at Thanks-Giving Square
System: The Portal to Texas History
The First Thanksgiving of the United States: Thanksgiving in suffering (open access)

The First Thanksgiving of the United States: Thanksgiving in suffering

Brochure describing the historical context of the resolution establishing the holiday and the first national Thanksgiving, which occurred during the Revolutionary War.
Date: 1977
Creator: Thanks-Giving Square Foundation
System: The Portal to Texas History