Recipe book of Josephine Rose Lee Saltonstall, 1871-1918
Overview
Handwritten recipe book of Josephine Rose Lee Saltonstall, with some items added by her daughter and others.
Dates
- Creation: 1871-1918
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Josephine Rose Lee Saltonstall 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 volumeThe collection consists of a handwritten recipe book with loose items, some added by Josephine Rose Lee Saltonstall's daughter and others. The recipe book includes recipes for fish, chicken, ham, soup, pickles, cakes, fruit desserts, puddings, and gingerbread. Some of the recipes appear to have been collected from friends or acquaintances.
BIOGRAPHY
Josephine Rose Lee Saltonstall was born in Salem Massachusetts, in 1843, the daughter of John Clarke Lee and Harriet Rose Lee. She married William Gurdon Saltonstall in 1867; they had four children: Robert, Lucy, John, and Rosamund. Josephine Saltonstall died in 1889.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 96-M136
This recipe book of Josephine Rose Lee Saltsonstall was given to the Schlesinger Library by her great-granddaughter, Josephine Lee Murray, in 1996.
Processing Information
Processed: October 1996
By: Anne Engelhart
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.
- 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
- sch01785
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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