I come from a Slovak Catholic family, most of which are from the Pittsburgh area. The cookie table is a must have at family weddings. We always have homemade cookies and provide take home boxes, guests are often more interested in the cookie table than the cake. 

To the best of our knowledge, it is a Western, PA tradition which grew from Eastern European roots. Families would make the cookies when cakes were too expensive or unavailable. (I cannot speak to the Italy connection.) I think the common thread in early use of cookie tables is Catholicism. My mother cannot remember a wedding happening in the area without a cookie table. Also, it seems to localize in the west and central areas of the PA, the farther east, the less you see them.

Of course this is all passed down and from experience, I can not give you a source, but NPR did a story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10965922  and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has done many.




On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Frances Hayden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I also grew up in Northeast Ohio and never heard of such a tradition before.

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North Carolina Maritime Museum
315 Front Street
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Ph (252) 728-7317
Fx (252) 728-2108
North Carolina Maritime Museum: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/default.htm
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I grew up in Northeast Ohio, and this is the first time that I've heard
of this. Although, sounds like a pretty good idea to me!!

Lisa Shockley, Curatorial Specialist, 3-D Collections
Union Station/Kansas City Museum
30 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-460-2055
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Where there is Culture; there is Peace."
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Some homemade, and some provided by the caterer -- "cookie tray" was an option on the dessert list, if I remember correctly. No one in my family had a good explanation for where the tradition comes from past "it's tradition." Allie On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Lauren Chyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I come from a Slovak Catholic family, most of which are from the Pittsburgh > area. The cookie table is a must have at family weddings. We always have > homemade cookies and provide take home boxes, guests are often more > interested in the cookie table than the cake. > To the best of our knowledge, it is a Western, PA tradition which grew from > Eastern European roots. Families would make the cookies when cakes were too > expensive or unavailable. (I cannot speak to the Italy connection.) I think > the common thread in early use of cookie tables is Catholicism. My mother > cannot remember a wedding happening in the area without a cookie table. > Also, it seems to localize in the west and central areas of the PA, the > farther east, the less you see them. > > Of course this is all passed down and from experience, I can not give you a > source, but NPR did a story: > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10965922 and the > Pittsburgh Post Gazette has done many. > > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Frances Hayden < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I also grew up in Northeast Ohio and never heard of such a tradition >> before. >> >> Frances D. Hayden, Registrar >> North Carolina Maritime Museum >> 315 Front Street >> Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 >> Ph (252) 728-7317 >> Fx (252) 728-2108 >> North Carolina Maritime Museum: >> http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/default.htm >> * This message does not necessarily represent the policy of the NC Dept. >> of Cultural Resources. 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I also grew up in Western PA, to a Catholic/ Slovak family.  My mother wouldn't even entertain the idea of no cookie tray at my wedding.  She said simply, "You have a cookie table, everyone expects it to be there, and expects to be able to take cookies home with them."
So we had a cookie table. Some homemade, and some provided by the caterer -- "cookie tray" was an option on the dessert list, if I remember correctly.
 
No one in my family had a good explanation for where the tradition comes from past "it's tradition."
 
Allie

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Lauren Chyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I come from a Slovak Catholic family, most of which are from the Pittsburgh area. The cookie table is a must have at family weddings. We always have homemade cookies and provide take home boxes, guests are often more interested in the cookie table than the cake. 

To the best of our knowledge, it is a Western, PA tradition which grew from Eastern European roots. Families would make the cookies when cakes were too expensive or unavailable. (I cannot speak to the Italy connection.) I think the common thread in early use of cookie tables is Catholicism. My mother cannot remember a wedding happening in the area without a cookie table. Also, it seems to localize in the west and central areas of the PA, the farther east, the less you see them.

Of course this is all passed down and from experience, I can not give you a source, but NPR did a story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10965922  and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has done many.




On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Frances Hayden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I also grew up in Northeast Ohio and never heard of such a tradition before.

Frances D. Hayden, Registrar
North Carolina Maritime Museum
315 Front Street
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Ph (252) 728-7317
Fx (252) 728-2108
North Carolina Maritime Museum: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/default.htm
* This message does not necessarily represent the policy of the NC Dept. of Cultural Resources. E-Mail to and from me, in connection with the transaction of public business, is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Shockley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:38 PM
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I grew up in Northeast Ohio, and this is the first time that I've heard
of this. Although, sounds like a pretty good idea to me!!

Lisa Shockley, Curatorial Specialist, 3-D Collections
Union Station/Kansas City Museum
30 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-460-2055
"Where there is Peace; there is Culture;
Where there is Culture; there is Peace."
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947



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In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-934271380-1237041679=:32817" http://en.wikipedia.org --0-934271380-1237041679=:32817 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Did a little research and found the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_table http://en.allexperts.com/q/Weddings-1546/cookie-table.htm ________________________________ From: Allison Francies <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:08:33 AM Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Free Cookies? I also grew up in Western PA, to a Catholic/ Slovak family. My mother wouldn't even entertain the idea of no cookie tray at my wedding. She said simply, "You have a cookie table, everyone expects it to be there, and expects to be able to take cookies home with them." So we had a cookie table. Some homemade, and some provided by the caterer -- "cookie tray" was an option on the dessert list, if I remember correctly. No one in my family had a good explanation for where the tradition comes from past "it's tradition." Allie On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Lauren Chyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I come from a Slovak Catholic family, most of which are from the Pittsburgh area. The cookie table is a must have at family weddings. We always have homemade cookies and provide take home boxes, guests are often more interested in the cookie table than the cake. To the best of our knowledge, it is a Western, PA tradition which grew from Eastern European roots. Families would make the cookies when cakes were too expensive or unavailable. (I cannot speak to the Italy connection.) I think the common thread in early use of cookie tables is Catholicism. My mother cannot remember a wedding happening in the area without a cookie table. Also, it seems to localize in the west and central areas of the PA, the farther east, the less you see them. Of course this is all passed down and from experience, I can not give you a source, but NPR did a story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10965922 and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has done many. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Frances Hayden <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I also grew up in Northeast Ohio and never heard of such a tradition before. Frances D. Hayden, Registrar North Carolina Maritime Museum 315 Front Street Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 Ph (252) 728-7317 Fx (252) 728-2108 North Carolina Maritime Museum: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/default.htm * This message does not necessarily represent the policy of the NC Dept. of Cultural Resources. E-Mail to and from me, in connection with the transaction of public business, is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Shockley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Free Cookies? I grew up in Northeast Ohio, and this is the first time that I've heard of this. Although, sounds like a pretty good idea to me!! Lisa Shockley, Curatorial Specialist, 3-D Collections Union Station/Kansas City Museum 30 W. Pershing Road Kansas City, MO 64108 816-460-2055 "Where there is Peace; there is Culture; Where there is Culture; there is Peace." Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947 -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . 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Did a little research and found the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_table

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Weddings-1546/cookie-table.htm



From: Allison Francies <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:08:33 AM
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I also grew up in Western PA, to a Catholic/ Slovak family.  My mother wouldn't even entertain the idea of no cookie tray at my wedding.  She said simply, "You have a cookie table, everyone expects it to be there, and expects to be able to take cookies home with them."
So we had a cookie table. Some homemade, and some provided by the caterer -- "cookie tray" was an option on the dessert list, if I remember correctly.
 
No one in my family had a good explanation for where the tradition comes from past "it's tradition."
 
Allie

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Lauren Chyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I come from a Slovak Catholic family, most of which are from the Pittsburgh area. The cookie table is a must have at family weddings. We always have homemade cookies and provide take home boxes, guests are often more interested in the cookie table than the cake. 

To the best of our knowledge, it is a Western, PA tradition which grew from Eastern European roots. Families would make the cookies when cakes were too expensive or unavailable. (I cannot speak to the Italy connection.) I think the common thread in early use of cookie tables is Catholicism. My mother cannot remember a wedding happening in the area without a cookie table. Also, it seems to localize in the west and central areas of the PA, the farther east, the less you see them.

Of course this is all passed down and from experience, I can not give you a source, but NPR did a story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10965922  and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has done many.




On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Frances Hayden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I also grew up in Northeast Ohio and never heard of such a tradition before.

Frances D. Hayden, Registrar
North Carolina Maritime Museum
315 Front Street
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Ph (252) 728-7317
Fx (252) 728-2108
North Carolina Maritime Museum: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/default.htm
* This message does not necessarily represent the policy of the NC Dept. of Cultural Resources. E-Mail to and from me, in connection with the transaction of public business, is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Shockley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:38 PM
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I grew up in Northeast Ohio, and this is the first time that I've heard
of this. Although, sounds like a pretty good idea to me!!

Lisa Shockley, Curatorial Specialist, 3-D Collections
Union Station/Kansas City Museum
30 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-460-2055
"Where there is Peace; there is Culture;
Where there is Culture; there is Peace."
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947



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Please help! I am a graduate student in the Museum Studies department at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. I am currently working on my thesis, A Tool to Develop Better Understanding of Corporate Sponsorship Practices. I am trying to conduct a few interviews via email to compile a list of opinions from museum professionals, board members, museum visitors, and corporations on the topic of corporate sponsorship.

If possible, I would appreciate your responses to a few questions. Also, please feel free to pass this on if you are too busy or know of anyone else that would be willing to participate. I need to compile information from the following list of people, a least 5 responses from each group:

 board members of a museum
 board members of a corporation
 museum directors
 development officers
 marketing/pr reps in museums
 marketing/pr reps in a corporation
 curators
 museum visitors


My questions are as follows:
Name & Employer (or former employer)?
What is your definition of corporate sponsorship?
What is your opinion on corporate sponsorship in museums?
In your opinion, what are the benefits?
What are the drawbacks?
How do you view the sponsoring corporation?
How do you view the museum accepting sponsorship?
Do you think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks? or the other way around?
Can you provide an example of a positive corporate sponsor/museum relationship that you have experienced?
Can you provide an example of a negative corporate sponsor/museum relationship that you have experienced?

I would appreciate any help you could give me. I am interested to hear everyone's opinion on the subject. Let me know if you have any questions. Also, if you are too busy don't feel obligated to answer any of the questions or to ask anyone else.

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If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). --001636a7da93a0de70046515799f-- ========================================================================Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:41:08 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Gayle <[log in to unmask]> Subject: HIRING HELP: Use of New Technologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-46110174-1237048868=:14437" --0-46110174-1237048868=:14437 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In this very difficult economiy, folks are getting very creative in trying to get hired. Remember the stories of the old sandwich boards worn to try to market a product/oneself? Folks are now doing that in several areas, standing on street corners with resumes saying hire me. I don't imagine that would work as well in a museum environment inasmuch as that is more of a niche market. But, at the bottom, I'm going to post a link to an article that will take you to a YouTube video a young man did to try to get his dad a job, and Daddy actually got several nibbles from his son's creativity. What I would ask you is how would you react to the use of new technology to try to catch your eye and promote oneself in the hiring process? Instead of the silent flip charts, if a candidate did a video that introduced themself and then talked briefly about their background and why they might be a great candidate for your institution. I'm sort of batting this around. I don't think it would take the place of a resume, and it wouldn't necessarily take the place of a cover letter, but rather an augmentation to a cover letter. I know, for a while, resumes had pictures, and then that concept was poo-pooed because it could be said it might lead to bias challenges. But if you had a chance to see/hear a candidate along with their resume, to see if they had poise, confidence, knew about your institution, had some background, would that appeal to you? To me, it takes technology to the next level. To me, it could have some definite merits because you could prescreen candidates and weed out those that might not be a fit. Bubbly has its place. Somber has its place. When it costs so much to interview (time for the employer, time and expense--travel, outfits, etc.), I kind of think there could be some real merit. An employer could also send potential candidates to be considered a series of questions for which they would need to do a second YouTube video and respond, saving face-to-face interviews for those they are only truly considering. I kind of think this has some real potential, but tell me about your thoughts on the matter so I can help the MuseJobbers. Thanks. Here's a story on www2.tbo.com that I thought you might like to read: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/13/laid-bolts-exec-turns-youtube-j/news-met\ ro/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). --0-46110174-1237048868=:14437 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In this very difficult economiy, folks are getting very creative in trying to get hired.  Remember the stories of the old sandwich boards worn to try to market a product/oneself?  Folks are now doing that in several areas, standing on street corners with resumes saying hire me.  I don't imagine that would work as well in a museum environment inasmuch as that is more of a niche market.

But, at the bottom, I'm going to post a link to an article that will take you to a YouTube video a young man did to try to get his dad a job, and Daddy actually got several nibbles from his son's creativity.  What I would ask you is how would you react to the use of new technology to try to catch your eye and promote oneself in the hiring process?  Instead of the silent flip charts, if a candidate did a video that introduced themself and then talked briefly about their background and why they might be a great candidate for your institution.  I'm sort of batting this around.

I don't think it would take the place of a resume, and it wouldn't necessarily take the place of a cover letter, but rather an augmentation to a cover letter.  I know, for a while, resumes had pictures, and then that concept was poo-pooed because it could be said it might lead to bias challenges.

But if you had a chance to see/hear a candidate along with their resume, to see if they had poise, confidence, knew about your institution, had some background, would that appeal to you?

To me, it takes technology to the next level.  To me, it could have some definite merits because you could prescreen candidates and weed out those that might not be a fit.  Bubbly has its place.  Somber has its place.  When it costs so much to interview (time for the employer, time and expense--travel, outfits, etc.), I kind of think there could be some real merit.  An employer could also send potential candidates to be considered a series of questions for which they would need to do a second YouTube video and respond, saving face-to-face interviews for those they are only truly considering.

I kind of think this has some real potential, but tell me about your thoughts on the matter so I can help the MuseJobbers.  Thanks.

Here's a story on www2.tbo.com that I thought you might like to read:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/13/laid-bolts-exec-turns-youtube-j/news-met\
ro/
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