Letters from Arnold Rosenberg to Amy Rosenberg, 1987 January 26-1987 March 4

In these letters addressed to his daughter Amy Rosenberg, Arnold Rosenberg describes his attempts to grow his small pastry business, his relationship with Joel Prybutok and Joel's daughter Sonya, and his everyday life as a wealthy resident of Center City and later San Francisco, going to dinners and enjoying films and museum trips.

He works with his food broker, Kay Meadows, to distribute samples of his pies to local restaurants, catering businesses, and social clubs, eventually winning the approval of the Racquet Club of San Francisco (though he was unable to secure an agreement with the social club due to his high prices).

The letters coincide with several of daughter Amy's important life milestones including her summer away at Wellesley College Exploration Summer Program (1980), her college years at Brown University (1982-1983), time abroad in Avignon, France (1985), and time spent in Salinas, Puerto Rico, training for the Peace Corps (1987).

In addition to the letters, the collection contains newspaper clippings about Rosenberg and his baking business, a recipe for "Arnold Rosenberg and Joel Prybutok's Date-Nut Brownies" which appeared in a holiday issue of Redbook magazine, and material from Rosenberg's memorial service in 2007. A selection of the letters have been transcribed by daughter Amy Cohen.