How to Cook a Husband Manuscript Book,
Scope and Content
The collection contains a single hand-made ribbon-bound manuscript entitled, A Novel Recipe “How to Cook a Husband.” The book’s recipe instructs newlywed women on how to treat their husbands well with metaphors that compare wifely duties and cooking. It starts off with the lines, “A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement in cooking and are so not tender and good.”
Dates
- Creation: c.1880
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the How to Cook a Husband Manuscript Book must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
The book’s contents are based on a popular story that uses cooking metaphors to instruct newlywed women in treating their husbands well. Although the creator of the original story is unknown, the story is thought to have originated in New England in the early 1880s.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of a book entitled, A Novel Recipe “How to Cook a Husband,” c. 1880. Intended for newlywed women, the book’s popular recipe contains metaphors that compare treating a husband well to cooking a good meal.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
This collection was obtained by Special Collections in 2010.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the How to Cook a Husband Manuscript Book was completed in October 2010.
Topical
- Title
- How to Cook a Husband Manuscript Book, c. 1880
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Julia Viets
- Date
- © 2010 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- 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