Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook,
Scope and Content
The collection contains a manuscript cookbook containing recipes, home remedies, and crochet instructions written in several different hands. A majority of the recipes are for desserts (for example, "Pork Cake," "Golf Balls," and "Hop Toads"), but there are also some for soups, puddings, and sauces. Like many recipe books, there are notes for home remedies.
There are several different hands, one of whom may be Mrs. Hanson, to whom several of the receipts are attributed. Other contributors include Mrs. M. Shaw, Mrs. Rogers, Nellie Darrah, and Miss Lancaster. The signature on the inside cover reads "Daisy B. Starbird, Feb. 5, 1903 in Brunswick, Maine."
In addition, several pages in the book contain attendance sheets, most likely for a school or class.
Dates
- Creation: c.1905
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
The cookbook is signed by Daisy B. Starbird (b.1882?) of Brunswick, Maine. While little more is known about the owner/creator of the cookbook, it is possible that she may have been a teacher (pupils age 5-14), which may explain the attendance records intermingling with the recipes.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes a manuscript cookbook containing recipes, home remedies, and crochet instructions written in several different hands.
Acquisition Information
The Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook was purchased by Special Collections in 2010.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook was completed in January 2011.
- Title
- A Guide to Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook, c.1905
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collection
- Author
- Sarah R. Olney
- Date
- © 2011 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