The Queen B: Miss Buttolph

One of the earliest pioneers of restaurant menu collecting is Miss Frank E. Buttolph. Not much is known about this woman, but apparently for over 23 years, she had collected roughly 25,000 menus, all of which have been cataloged and donated to the New York Public Library. Amazing! However, she wasn't the easiest person to work with according to the article below.

You can read more about her and her work here: The Queen B: Miss Buttolph and Her Menus.