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Recipe Scrapbook [School Project],

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-055

Scope and Content

The collection includes clipped recipes, magazine images of food, household and kitchen tips. Most of the food images and recipes are for desserts. Included is a grade on the bottom of the first page, suggesting it was a for a class assignment or project. Many of the clippings have come unglued and the back cover is missing. Though the collection is undated and unattributed, on the back of one of the clippings is an article about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency, dating the collection to no earlier than 1933.

Dates

  • after 1930

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Recipe Scrapbook [School Project] must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection includes clipped recipes, magazine images of food, household and kitchen tips. Though the collection is undated, an article about Franklin Delano Roosevelt suggests the scrapbook was composed no earlier than 1933.

Acquisition Information

The Recipe Scrapbook [School Project] collection was purchased in March 2013 by Special Collections.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Recipe Scrapbook [School Project] was completed in August 2013.

Title
Recipe Scrapbook [School Project], after 1930
Status
Completed
Author
Hannah Bochain, Student Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
Date
© 2013 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308