Overview
Handwritten cookbook kept by Sarah L. Weld of Cambridge, Massachusetts, containing recipes and housekeeping advice.
Dates
- Creation: 1835-1870
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Originals closed; fragile. Use digital images.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the cookbook of Sarah L. Weld as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. 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 folderThe collection contains a handwritten cookbook kept by Sarah L. Weld The cookbook includes recipes (many identified as to source, for example, Mrs. Pratt, or provenance, for example, Philadelphia), and housekeeping advice. The cookbook includes recipes for veal; croquets; soup; bread; cake; gingerbread (many recipes); griddlecakes; puddings; ice cream; and jam. Tips for "colouring socks," cleaning silk, and other household tasks, as well as recipes for rat poison and "German lip salve" and several remedies for coughs are also included.
BIOGRAPHY
Sarah L. Weld lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2006-M141
The cookbook of Sarah L. Weld was given to the Schlesinger Library in 2006 by Pat Pratt.
Processing Information
Processed: September 2006
By: Anne Engelhart
Updated and additional description added: December 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
- 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 the Radcliffe College Class of 1955 Manuscript Processing Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01797
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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