Ledger and Cookbook (Saluda, Va.)

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Saluda Ledger and Cookbook, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet 1 legal sized folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Saluda Ledger and Cookbook, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes a manuscript ledger and cookbook from Saluda, Virginia. The item is thought to have originated in the 1880's. About 100 pages are used as a ledger, whereas 16 pages form a recipe book. The cookbook includes pasted recipes taken from newspaper clippings and handwritten ones for vanilla cookies, mince meat and cream cake.

Acquisition information:
Purchased with the assistance of the Nelle Richardson Tonkin fund.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by item.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard