Margaret Shacklett handwritten cookbook

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16151, Margaret Shacklett handwritten cookbook, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet One folder in a document box BW 7.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16151, Margaret Shacklett handwritten cookbook, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

Margaret Shacklett handwritten cookbook, 1876, full of detailed recipes for dishes and meals of all types and totals 0.03 cubic feet. The books was once bound but the back board is wanting, the text block has sewn binding and the front board has hand marbled paper.

Biographical / historical:

Margaret Shacklett became the wife of General John Edwin Roller.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Franklin Gilliam Rare Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on May 19, 2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
cookbook