"Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book,
Scope and Content
"Cooking Recipes" is a book filled with hand-written recipes. A hand-painted image of a girl with a duck adorns the cover of "Cooking Recipes." Within the book's pages exist a variety of recipes for soups, salads, puddings, cookies, cakes, icings, and biscuits. A personal note from "Helena" precedes the recipes. In this note, "Helena" thanks the unknown receiver, "Girlie," for participating in her wedding. "Helena" also reinforces the notion that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
No information exists on the recipe book's time period or the geographic location from which it was produced. From the book's appearance, one can surmise that it dates from around the 1930s.
Dates
- Creation: n.d.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Information
Due to the lack of provided surnames, no biographical information exists on the recipe book's bestower, "Helena," or its receiver, "Girlie."
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Recipe book containing hand-written recipes for soups, salads, puddings, cookies, cakes, icings, and biscuits. Date, location, and full author name remain unknown.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
The "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book was purchased by Special Collections in 2005.
Alternative Form Available
Digital images of the cover and inner pages of "Cooking Recipes" can be found here.
General Physical Description note
1 folder; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing and description of the "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book took place in May, 2008.
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book; n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book
- Author
- Emily Cook
- Date
- © 2008 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu