Recipes / Cordelia A. [Wakeley?] and Delia Plakeman inside lined notebook, 1866

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1866

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

GUSN

GUSN-381276

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Description

1 lined notebook with paper cover holds 25 pages of handwritten recipes in two hands. Also includes recipes inserted in the back and newspaper clippings with recipes. The name Cordelia A. [Wakeley] and the year 1866 are written on the front cover and the name Delia Plakeman is written on the inside cover. Notebook is fragile.

Details

Descriptive Terms

recipes
notebooks
handwriting
notebooks
recipes

Physical Descrption

1 cookbook, 8 x 7 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2020

Reference Code

EP001.14.02.007

Abstract

1 lined notebook with paper cover holds 25 pages of handwritten recipes in two hands. Also includes recipes inserted in the back and newspaper clippings with recipes. The name Cordelia A. [Wakeley] and the year 1866 are written on the front cover and the name Delia Plakeman is written on the inside cover. Notebook is fragile.

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Nicole Chalfant, 2020

Record Details

Material Type

notebooks
recipes

Subjects

Cooking

Conservation Note

loose papers were interleaved with acid free tissue as needed

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

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