Cookery mss., circa 1660-circa 1890

Finding aid created by Kristina Krasny

Title: Cookery mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2435
Dates: circa 1660-circa 1918
Quantity:

Quantity: 61 Items

Abstract: The Cookery mss., circa 1660–circa 1918, consists of bound and individual writings, often on the topic of cookery, of persons involved with cooking by practice or trade.
Location: Lilly - Vault 2
Language: Materials are in English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Various donors.

Scope and Content Note

The Chesbrough series consists of items donated by Mary Mott Chesbrough, an editor of the Chicago Record Cook Book , originally published in 1896. The Additional Receipt Books series contains an array of receipt books and related materials. Early American cookery is represented in receipt books by Mary Hudson, Mary (Joyce) Lewis, and Edward Bradford, among others. Mexican cookery of the same era is found in two receipt books by Maria Nicolasa Maldonado and Maria F. Seventeenth century French receipts may be found in works by Jacques Vontent and Pierre Petit. French recipes or instruction books from later periods by various persons are also included. A number of English and American receipt books and individual recipes, ranging from the 18th to 19th centuries are available, by a variety of persons. A 19th century German receipt book by Christiane Schmiedling is included. Works produced in the context of the cookery trade include those by Edward Kidder the pastry maker, C. Underwood the butcher, the Cheesemakers' Guild, Corcellet the food merchant, and Alexis Benôit Soyer, a celebrated chef.

In the Additional Receipt Books series, the majority of the items are receipt books in which a cook records his or her instructions for preparing food and occasionally medicine. Menus are sometimes included within the receipt books, though this collection also contains a book of menus for dinners attended and given by Lt. General Sir Hope Grant. On occasion, individual receipts and menus are found. While the majority of the receipt books are authored by one cook, some are compilations written by several cooks. Statutes, purchasing records, and receipts produced by those involved in the cookery trade are incorporated. The visiting book of Alexis Benôit Soyer, is another part of the collection, as well as a receipt book from the library of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.

Note on Indexing Term - "Medicine": Many of the items contain recipes for medicines, other home-made remedies, formulae and prescriptions.
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Arrangement

Organized into the following series: I. Chesbrough; II. Additional Receipt Books.

Restrictions

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Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Cookery mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Acquired: 1987-2011.

Processing Information

Processed by Ariadne Rehbein.

Completed in 2014

Collection Inventory

Box 1

Series:

I. Chesbrough.
Box 1
Recipes of Minnie Bennett , 1835
Box 1
Recipes and menus , 1888-1900
Box 1
Recipes and menu , 1893 - 1902-3
Box 1
Recipes of Ella (Brainerd) Whitlock , 1896, Dec. 17
Box 1
Recipes and menus , 1896 - 1917
Box 1
Recipes and menus , Undated.
Box 1
Recipes and menus , Undated.
Box 1
Printed. Clippings of columns by M.M. Chesbrough
Box 1
Printed. Miscellaneous clippings

Series:

II. Additional Receipt Books.

General: Includes both bound and unbound materials.

Box 3
Joyce, Mary (Lewis). Receipt book , 1776-1826
Box 3
Hudson, Mary. Receipt book (separate leaves) , 1779-1838
Box 3
Joyce, Mary (Lewis). Receipt book (paid laid on) , 1776-1826
Box 4
Neilson, Lockhart , 19th century.
Box 4
Receipt book , 18th century.
Box 4
Receipt book , 19th century.
Box 4
Bradford, Edward. Cookery and household receipts , 18th-19th centuries.
Box 4
Receipt book , 19th century.
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Memorie de ce que jay fourni pour Monsieru Ferrier (An account of the food supplied for the wedding of M. de Ferrier) , Circa 1580
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Frederick, Henry, Prince of Wales. Receipts (bound) , Circa 1610
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Petit, Pierre , 1650
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Vontet, Jacques , 1650
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Powell, Elizabeth; Andrew, Tomasine , 1688-1713
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Lady Anderson , 1690 (1660)
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Macies Book , 1691
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Christening feast , 1696
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Maynard, Elizabeth , 1696
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Dashwood, Dorothea (Read). Receipts, Confectionary, etc. , 1718
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E.Kidder's receipts of pastry and coookery for the use of his scholars , Circa 1725
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Interrogazioni da farsi alli Putti che vorrano essere ascritti Confratelli Nell'Arte nostra de formaggieri (Statutes of the Cheesemakers' Guild) (bound) , 1761
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Gerry, Samuel. Songbook and receipt book , 1767, Feb 27
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F, Maria. [Mexican Cookbook]. , Circa 1770
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Early American Receipt book , 1770 - 1812
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Etat et Mena General de la Dispense , 1773
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Lady Bradshaigh & others , 1779
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Hudson, Mary. Receipt book , 1779-1838
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Seward, Anna. Receipt book , 1786
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Receipt book , 1789-1809
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Maldonado, Maria Nicolasa , 1794
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Clothing Worsted Stocking Feet Spinning School Receipt book , 1799-1800
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Reciepts [sic] , 18th century.
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Sistême Complet de Distillation , 18th century.
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Receipt book (bound) , 18th century.
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Complete transcription in unknown hand of François Marin, Les Dons de Comus ou les Délices de la Table , 18th century.
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Receipts (bound) , 19th century.
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Receipts (bound) , 19th century.
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Miss Tyndale, Her book , 1806
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Chartsworth, Mary Ann , 1826 May, 30
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Corcellet, food merchant. Bill for food items supplied to the Countess de Volager , 1831, Feb. 28
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Alexis Benôit Soyer, cook, author. Visiting book. , 1841-1857
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Schmiedling, Christiane , 1845
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Underwood, C, butcher. Butcher's receipt book , 1859, Dec. 21-1863, Oct. 24
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Receipt book, including recipes for food, drink, medicine, and cosmetics. From Kovaszna Transylvnia. In Latin, German, and Hungarian , 1864
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Grant, Lt. Gen. Sir James Hope. Menu book , 1874, June 26-1877 July 5
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Recipe for Boston sausages , 1877, Oct. 29
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Les dix Livres d'Apicius Coelius de la Chose Culinaire translated by Guégan , 1918
Box No Box
Calley, Isabella. Her Resaite Book , Undated.
Box No Box
Receipts (bound) , Undated.
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Receipt book , Undated.
Box No Box
Recipes for "Le Progres" and "Profiteralles au chocolat" , Undated.
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Letter from Aunt Bell to My dear Sale , includes recipe for India relish , Undated.
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3 Receipts: . To make 8 Gallons Small Beer; Undated. To take off Sun Burn; Undated. Currant Wine , Undated., 1829, July 17
Bourgade, Armand. La poule son utilite et sa vie depuis sa sortie de l'oeuf jusqu'a la broche , 1885

Scope and Contents: Collage, ink drawing, and watercolor on card stock. Manuscript for children's book about the life of a chicken, from egg to the kitchen, written in verse