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Thomas Coode manuscript recipe book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0098
Abstract

Thomas Coode’s nineteenth-century manuscript recipe book contains instructions for domestic and trade processes ranging from plate cleaning and preserving meat to preparing fireworks and varnishes. The volume also features notes on book-binding and glazing mezzotint prints.

Dates: 1816-1868

John L. Davis medicinal formulae and household recipes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0108
Abstract

Philadelphia chemist John Davis’s manuscript book is filled with medicinal formulae and numerous laid-in receipts and household hints. There are over 135 items as varied as medicinal receipts, graduation announcements, poetry, sketches, and a silhouette.

Dates: 1861-1896

Lucie Jenkins Johnson culinary ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0794
Abstract

The Lucie Jenkins Johnson culinary ephemera collection contains recipe booklets, periodicals, pamphlets, books, and recipe cards related to twentieth-century American foodways. The collection is a rich source of materials from corporations, trade associations, and government agencies that highlight contemporary ideas about advertising, nutrition, and household technology.

Dates: 1904-2015

Manuscript formulae and receipts book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0109
Abstract

This nineteenth-century American manuscript contains approximately eighty-five pages of medicinal formulae and household receipts along with notes and sketches of plants and their medicinal properties. The volume dates from approximately 1861 to 1877 and may have been created by a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident with a medical or scientific background.

Dates: 1861-1877

F.L. Toppin collection of branded product cookbooks and recipes, 1920s-1950s

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0830
Abstract

This collection consists of cookbooks, recipe booklets, and newspaper clippings with household hints incorporating brand-name products, dating from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Dates: approximately 1920s-1950s