Overview
Handwritten cookbooks compiled by Sarah L. Rice Hawes and her sister, Emma J. Rice of Barre, Massachusetts.
Dates
- 1890-1932
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by member of the Rice family 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
.21 linear feet (1/2 file box)Two handwritten cookbooks compiled by Sarah L. Rice Hawes and her sister, Emma J. Rice of Barre, Massachusetts.
BIOGRAPHY
School teacher Emma Julia Rice, daughter of Anson and Hannah L. Twichell Rice, was born June 11, 1846, in Barre, Massachusetts. She died July 1, 1932.
Sarah Lucretia Rice Hawes, daughter of Anson and Hannah L. Twichell Rice, was born January 7, 1854, in Barre, Massachusetts. She married Charles H. Hawes (1853-1904) on January 22, 1885; they had two children, Edith L. Hawes (1889-1920) and Florence L. Hawes (1892-1980). She died of tuberculosis in Barre, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1899.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2007-M200
The cookbooks of the Rice family were given to the Schlesinger Library by the Concord Free Public Library in 2007.
Processing Information
Processed: August 2019
By: Johanna Carll
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.
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- und
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01679
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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