Cookery Book. Ann Kenwrick, 1770. (1701 -- 1703 Account Journal) This is a 306 page manuscript of which 253 pages are written. (6 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.; 16 x 40.5 cm.) It is bound in full calf, beautifully written and has an index. The 59 page section...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Ameena Hussein, a Sri Lankan writer, has published two short-story collections, Zillij and Fifteen. She participated in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in 2005. “An Ordinary Death” first appeared in The Iowa Review’s...
Compiled by Harriet Dawbarne, January 1834. Liverpool. The book has 98 pages of which 78 are written. Written into the book is: "Harriet Dawbarne January 1st, 1834. Liverpool 18 Byrom Street." Added later in another hand is "My father and mother...
Handwritten manuscript of medical and other recipes. Emily Netuzed [?], August 1874. This book is bound in green leather, 8 vo. 184 pages, all written in one hand. (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; 19 x 24 cm.) The recipes include Victoria sandwiches and recipes...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane," Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper. Scrapbook also includes awards presented to Birkby by Iowa Press Women, Inc....
Miss Caldwells Book. Manuscript recipe book, 1757 -- 1790. Included is an index with 11 pages of menus or Bills of Fare. This manuscript recipe book is inscribed "Miss Caldwells Book, August the 13 1757," later the property of Catherine Sparks and...
Anonymous. Circa 1750 -- 1780. The book is in its original vellum written in several hands. There are 230 pages of which 148 are written. The cookbook is indexed with recipes in other hands pasted in the back. Recipes include: to make French bread,...