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Whitty's Wonders: Fun Events & Activities @ the Whittemore Library

Library mascot Whitty the plush ram wearing his facemask!

Fall 2021 Library Events

September

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 - October 15

9/11 Memorial Exhibit

September Button Party

October

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 - October 15

October is National Archives Month

October Button Party

November

November is Native American/American Indian Heritage Month

November Button Party

December

Cocoa by the Fire

This FSU Alumna invented the Chocolate Chip Cookie!
After graduating from the Normal School's Department of Household Arts in 1924, Ruth Graves Wakefield worked as a dietician and food lecturer. In 1930, she published Ruth Wakefield's Recipes: Tried and True, which went through 39 printings.

One of her recipes was for the tollhouse chocolate crunch cookie, named for the Toll House Inn, a restaurant and boarding house she owned with her husband, Ken Wakefield. To this day, Nestle prints both her recipe and the Toll House story on the back of its chocolate chip packages.

In 1969, she donated her cookbook collection to the college.

Learn more about the Archives and Special Collections here.

toll house cookies