Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Phillip Haultcoeur Papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1501
Creators:
NBC Television Network
Home (TV Program)
Haultcoeur, Phillip (Hippolyte Arthur), 1908-1967 (Chef)
Dates:
1932-1967
Languages:
Some materials in
French
and
German
.
Physical Description:
1 Cubic foot
3 boxes
Repository:
Collection documents the NBC television show "Home" (1954-1957) particularly, the activities of on-air chef Phillip Haultcoeur.

Content Description

Content Description
The collection consists of correspondence, recipes, menus, photographs, news clippings, and program notes relating to the NBC television show "Home" (1954-1957) and, particularly, to the activities of on-air chef Phillip Haultcoeur.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series.
Series 1: Personal Materials, 1932-1967
Series 2: "Home" (NBC TV) Program, 1954-1957
Seroies 3: Photographs and Slides, 1950s-1960s

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Hippolyte Arthur Phillip Haultcouer, was born on May 3, 1908 in London, England. He came to the United States in 1929 aboard the
SS President Roosevelt
and opened the kitchen at New York City's Savoy-Plaza Hotel, which operated from 1927-1965. He was familiarly known as "Chef Phillip." He became a United States citizen on July 24, 1940. From March 1942 to November 1945, Haultcouer served as a Tec-5 in the United States Army. In October 1948 he married Margaret M. Mulcahy (1926-1981) in Manhattan and the couple had two children, Phillip (b. 1949) and Douglas (b. 1951).
In 1953 Haultcouer founded the culinary arts program at the State University of New York at the New York City Community College to train chefs. Haultcouer also appeared on the "Home" television program of the National Broadcasting Company with Arlene Francis and Hugh Downs from 1954 to 1957.
Sources
"Chef Phillip of the Voisin Dead; Set Up State Culinary Program,"
New York Times
, February 15, 1967, page 40.
Gould, Jack. "Television in Review: 'Home' Daytime Show for Women on N.B.C., Starts Ambitiously,"
New York Times
March 5, 1954, page 26
The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21
National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-circa 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 04882; Reel: 152
New York City Municipal-Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan; Volume Number: 46

Administration

Author
Alison Oswald
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Phillip A. Haultcoeur (son of chef Phillip Haultcoeur) in 2020.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Phillip Haultcoeur Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Chefs -- New York Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color slides Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cooking Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Menus -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newsclippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Recipes Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Restaurants Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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