Ulla Leerberg-Kristensen, menu books and scrapbook, 1960-1964 | Niels Bohr Archive

Scope and Contents: The two handwritten menu books in Series 1 (the first of them written from the front and continuing from the back the following year) describe Leerberg-Kristensen’s employment from November 1960 to the middle of June 1964 as a cook in Professor Niels Bohr’s Honorary Mansion at Carlsberg (and, upon Bohr’s death in 1962, in Margrethe Bohr’s flat on the street of Østbanegade in Copenhagen). The notes in the menu books describe what was served and which guests visited the Mansion, in part on ordinary days and in part at parties and sumptuous repasts in the so-called Pompeii Hall. Leerberg-Kristensen describes it as a busy and wonderful time, with many prominent guests from home and abroad, including the Danish royal family. Series 2 constitutes Leerberg-Kristensen's personal scrapbook describing Bohr and the Carlsberg Mansion, including personal correspondence with Margrethe Bohr. Its division into "Sections" has been made by the NBA in order to assist users in finding around in the scrapbook.