Kalikow Family Collection, 1800s-2017 (KA2705)
6 cubic feet
Papers of the Kalikow family of Greater Kansas City, Missouri, include correspondence, photos, scrapbooks, and genealogical records. Some of the diaries and photos from Nancy Kalikow Maxwell were created when she lived in Broward County, Florida and Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1979-2019.
Betty Lee (Pucker) Kalikow, 1926-2021, owned Kalikow Catering Co., and was the author of two Jewish cookbooks, Mom’s Best Recipes: 151 Jewish-American Dishes and Grandma’s Kosher Recipes. She was involved in the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City’s Heritage Center (running a lunch program) and the Kansas City Chapter of B’nai Brith Women’s Organization (including as president). In the 1940s she worked for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell, 1952-, worked as a reference librarian at the Kansas City Public Library and then the Grandview Branch Head at the Mid-Continent Public Library. She was also a writer for Jewish media, including six books and funny cards for Hallmark’s Tree of Life Jewish card line. Her work appeared in Forward, Lilith, the Israeli Haaretz newspaper, Hadassah, National Catholic Reporter, and American Libraries, among others.
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