Haultcoeur, Phillip (Hippolyte Arthur), 1908-1967 (Chef) Search this
Extent:
1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Correspondence
Menus
Newsclippings
Date:
1932-1967
Summary:
Collection documents the NBC television show "Home" (1954-1957) particularly, the activities of on-air chef Phillip Haultcoeur.
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:
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:
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
Provenance:
Collection donated by Phillip A. Haultcoeur (son of chef Phillip Haultcoeur) in 2020.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
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.
