Overview
The papers of Vicki Lansky contain advertisements for Lansky's books, articles about Lansky, kitchen tips submitted by readers for Lansky's column in Family Circle magazine, and writings by Lansky.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-2015
Creator
- Lansky, Vicki (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Vicki Lansky is held by Dana Lansky. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.21 linear feet (1/2 file box)92.21 Megabytes (4 files)
The papers of Vicki Lansky contain advertisements for Lansky's books, articles about Lansky, kitchen tips submitted by readers for Lansky's column in Family Circle magazine, and writings by Lansky.
BIOGRAPHY
Author and publisher Vicki Lansky, daughter of Arthur and Mary Kaplan Rogosin, was born January 6, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. She married S. Bruce Lansky in 1967. The had two children before divorcing in 1983. She married Stephen M. Schaefer in 2008. Her first book, Feed Me I'm Yours, began as a fund raiser for the Minneapolis chapter of the Childbirth Education Association in 1974. Encouraged by the reception to the book, Lansky and her husband started a publishing company, Meadowbrook Press, and marketed the book to a national audience. Lansky's other books include Taming of the C.A.N.D.Y. (Continuously Advertised Nutritionally Deficient Yummies), Practical Parenting Tips for the First Five Years, Fat-Proofing Your Children, and Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents: Helping Your Children Cope With Divorce and Its Aftermath. Lansky was also a columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Sesame Street Parents magazine and was a contributing editor to Family Circle magazine. She appeared on numerous television and radio shows offering parenting and housekeeping advice as well as instructions on how to make healthier snack foods. She served as a spokesperson for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, the Dole Family Advisory Board, Mead Johnson's Enfamil, and Proctor & Gamble's Bounce fabric softener. Lansky died on January 15, 2017, from nonalcoholic cirrhosis.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2021-M5
The papers of Vicki Lansky were given to the Schlesinger Library by her daughter, Dana Lansky, in January 2021.
Processing Information
Processed: April 2022
By: Johanna Carll
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Creator
- Lansky, Vicki (Person)
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Alice Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch02146
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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