In an online article written by Elizabeth Driver, she studies how culinary books hold historic value to the time in which they were issued. Elizabeth says “Cookbooks are important primary sources for food historians, and every culinary manual has a unique publishing history, set within the national context of a country’s publishing industry.This paper argues that it is necessary to consider a cookbook’s publishing history to interpret the meaning between the covers and to assess the book’s significance within the society” (Driver).The value that 22 Popular Request Recipes Using The Swift’ning Make-Your-Own Mix cooking pamphlet holds is both research and sentimental value.

On the front page of this culinary pamphlet, it shows the pricing of this item, twenty dollars. This is why it is clear that this item is not valuable in a monetary way.

The research value that this item may hold to a collector would be to grasp an understanding for what life would have been like during this era. This pamphlet displays the basic trends, cultural norms, and advertising strategies during the 50s.

Also, this culinary pamphlet may hold sentimental value to collectors. This can be seen if a collector was a fan of Swift Canadian Co. Limited products or if they used to own this pamphlet during the 50s. There are many different reasons why this item can hold sentimental value.