Snail Mail Newsletter Archives?
A few months back in a blog post I referenced an old snail mail “Cooking Contest Newsletter” from back in the pre-internet days. ย One of our fantastic members, Lynne Laino, chimed in and said that she had kept many of these newsletters in her contest archives. ย Not only that, she was willing to send them to me so I could take a look!
It was such a treat to pour through old copies of “The Cooking Contest Newsletter” and “Uncommonly Good Cooks” from the late ’90’s. ย There were many familiar names in the winning recipe round-ups as well as several contests that are still active today!
I have to admit, now I’m hooked! ย I would love to be able to assemble a comprehensive archive of the old “snail mail” newsletters that used to be circulated back in the days before CCC went online.
If anyone has old issues, I would love to take a look! ย I will gladly cover shipping costs and treat them like gold while in my possession.
Here is what I have so far:
-Two issues of “The Cooking Contest Newsletter” May and June 1998
(Does anyone have any information as to when this newsletter began and ended?)
-Issues of “Uncommonly Good Cooks” from April 1998 through December 1999.
The April 1998 issue is labeled Volume 2, Issue 4. ย I am guessing that means the issues began circulating in January of 1997? ย I am also not sure when the hard copy distribution of this newsletter ended. ย Should anyone have information on this front, please let us know!


I have a binder full of Cooking Contest Chronicle which I had subscribed to during that time.
OMG Pat! Might I be able to borrow them for a while, make copies and then send them back to you?!
How many are you interested in, Kristina?
I’ll take a look at everything that you have, Pat!
Those old newsletters are priceless! I wish I would have kept all of mine!
Kristina had mine for a bit. She really didn’t have to return them so soon.
could someone make copies for me? I would pay for the copies.