Recipe collection of Lucy Hawkes Lamson Winship, 1946-2018
Overview
Handwritten and printed recipes collected by Lucy Hawkes Lamson Winship between the late 1940s and early 1970s, a steel recipe box, and an essay on Winship and the family's culinary favorites written by her daughter, Fay Lamson Hannon.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-2018
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Lucy Hawkes Lamson Winship 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
.92 linear feet ((1 file box, 1 card file box) plus 1 folio folder)The recipe collection of Lucy Hawkes Lamson Winship consists of handwritten and printed recipes collected by Winship between the late 1940s and early 1970s, many of them published in The American Home magazine. Also included is a "The American Home Menu Maker" steel recipe box and an essay on Winship and the family's culinary favorites written by her daughter, Fay Lamson Hannon.
BIOGRAPHY
Lucy Hawkes Lamson Winship was born in North Andover, Massachusetts. She graduated from Abbott Academy in 1936 and from Katharine Gibbs School in Boston before marrying Wetherbee (Pete) Lamson in 1942. An avid athlete and community volunteer in Westford, Massachusetts, she had little interest in adventurous cooking for her husband and three children, and made use of frozen foods and other shortcuts. Following the death of her husband in 1961, she married writer and publisher Stephen White Winship and moved to Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 2018-M179, 2022-M138
The recipe collection of Lucy Hawkes Lamson Winship was given to the Schlesinger Library by her daughter, Fay Lamson Hannon, in 2018 and 2022.
Processing Information
Processed: November 2022
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.
Creator
- 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 Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch02185
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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