Overview
Handwritten French cookbook.
Dates
- Creation: 1780
Language of Materials
Materials in French.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection consists of one handwritten cookbook entitled "Cahier des recettes pour faire des liqueurs, maspineries et remèdes pour différentes maladies pour Mde. de Cireaut" (92 pages, includes index), circa 1780. The cookbook was previously owned by French chef Raymond Oliver, and has a small sticker with his name on the title page.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: D-40
The cookbook was deposited at Harvard in April 2012. It forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Processing Information
Processed: June 2017
By: Anne Engelhart.
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
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01694
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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