Georgia O'Keeffe's Personal Libraries
Georgia O’Keeffe’s taste and quality of touch extended to her preference for foods and cooking. She appreciated ingredients that were natural, fresh, and grown and prepared with care. Correspondingly, she favored recipes that were simple and supported good health.
O’Keeffe had a large collection of cookbooks and even expressed an interest in writing her own cookbook. She also kept binders and folders of favorite recipes and food-related clippings at both her Ghost Ranch and Abiquiú houses.
Tony Vaccaro. Georgia preparing salad for lunch, 1960. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Museum Purchase. © Tony Vaccaro. [2007.3.13]
A Painter's Kitchen by 
Dinner with Georgia O'Keefe by 
Weekends with O'Keeffe by
Michael S. Engl Family Foundation Library & Archive, April 2016
In April 2016, an exhibition related to Georgia O'Keeffe's interest in cooking was displayed in the display cases in the library and archive. See exhibition checklists below.
The books in Georgia O’Keeffe’s library often have pencil marks in the margins to highlight sections and passages. Page markers and archival material such as shopping lists and recipes are regularly found within her books.
This is an introduction to archive collections that have material relating to cooking and is not a comprehensive list. Search the Archive Finding Aids Database to discover more.
