Overview
Handwritten cookbook kept by anonymous resident of Boston, Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: 1780
Creator
- Anonymous (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Anonymous as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection consists of one handwritten cookbook containing recipes for foods including cakes, puddings, jellies, and soups. A few recipes have been noted as "good" or "a good way." Recipes for lip salve, and home remedies for ailments such as heartburn and breast cancer, are also included.
BIOGRAPHY
The owner of this cookbook apparently lived in Boston, Massachusetts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 78-M116
The cookbook of Anonymous was given to the Schlesinger Library by Barbara Thompson in July 1978.
Processing Information
Processed: July 1978
By: Schlesinger Library staff.
Updated and additional description added: September 2020
By: Susan Earle.
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Genre / Form
Topical
Creator
- Anonymous (Person)
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by Radcliffe Class of 1955 Manuscript Processing Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01746
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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