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The Fall 2020 issue of Nineteenth Century, the magazine of the Victorian Society in America (VSA), features two articles about Glessner House. “Mr. & Mrs. John J. Glessner Request the Pleasure . . .” by William Tyre details the elaborate dinner parties that took place in the house, and “Eighteen Hours with Mattie Williamson” by Justin Miller shows all the work that went into these dinners behind-the-scenes with the Glessners’ cook. These two articles, along with “Dining Out in Nineteenth- and early Twentieth Century Chicago” by food historian Bruce Kraig, were presented at the Glessner House/VSA symposium on kitchens and dining held in November 2019. (Authors: Bruce Kraig, Justin Miller, William Tyre - Publication 2020)