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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Subjects Traditional medicine
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Book for Receipts Recipe Book

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The collection consists of a recipe book titled "Book for Receipts" written in England in 1731 by at least two authors--names unknown. Recipes focus largely on delicacies, not on staple meals, and home remedies.
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Book for Receipts Recipe Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The collection consists of a recipe book titled "Book for Receipts" written in England in 1731 by at least two authors--names unknown. Recipes focus largely on delicacies, not on staple meals, and home remedies.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Culinary Pamphlet Collection

8.6 Cubic Feet 8 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The collection includes small publications and pamphlets created and distributed by culinary, appliance, and food-related companies from about the 1870s to the 1990s. Most pamphlets contain advertisements, recipes, product information, testimonials, or some combination of all four.
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Culinary Pamphlet Collection 8.6 Cubic Feet 8 boxes; 1 oversize folder

The collection includes small publications and pamphlets created and distributed by culinary, appliance, and food-related companies from about the 1870s to the 1990s. Most pamphlets contain advertisements, recipes, product information, testimonials, or some combination of all four.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook

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The collection includes a manuscript cookbook containing recipes, home remedies, and crochet instructions written in several different hands.
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Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Starbird, Daisy B. (Brunswick, Maine)
The collection includes a manuscript cookbook containing recipes, home remedies, and crochet instructions written in several different hands.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection

8 Cubic Feet 8 boxes (not including the artifact collection)
This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.
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Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection 8 Cubic Feet 8 boxes (not including the artifact collection)

Palmer, Earl, 1905-1996
This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

English Receipt/Home Remedy Book,

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The collection contains a handwritten book of English recipes and home remedies, with the last few pages devoted to a description of quilting designs and a "list of plate in use" for 1838.
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English Receipt/Home Remedy Book, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The collection contains a handwritten book of English recipes and home remedies, with the last few pages devoted to a description of quilting designs and a "list of plate in use" for 1838.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hertford Receipt Book

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This collection consist of a handwritten book from Hertford, England, containing recipes for home remedies, household items, rat poison, cakes, breads, meats, stews, beverages (ales), and more.
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Hertford Receipt Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection consist of a handwritten book from Hertford, England, containing recipes for home remedies, household items, rat poison, cakes, breads, meats, stews, beverages (ales), and more.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Home Remedies Manual

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This collection is a circa 1921 home remedies manual created by Samuel Hodgkins, a New York farmer. The manual contains recipes for making household items like paint and illness remedies for both humans and horses.
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Home Remedies Manual 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Hodgkins, Samuel (New York)
This collection is a circa 1921 home remedies manual created by Samuel Hodgkins, a New York farmer. The manual contains recipes for making household items like paint and illness remedies for both humans and horses.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Household Management Ledger

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
The collection consists of a daybook containing recipes, household remedies, and household cleaning tips, both handwritten and clipped from newspapers.
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Household Management Ledger 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

The collection consists of a daybook containing recipes, household remedies, and household cleaning tips, both handwritten and clipped from newspapers.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James R. Perdue Family Collection

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This collection includes the papers of James R. Perdue and his family. Items include a program for the Battle of the Crater reunion, a Sunday School concert flyer, seven obituaries for Perdue, a letter from J. R. Perdue, Jr., and two ledgers. Perdue (1837-1915) was a banker from Manchester, Virginia, and served as a Confederate soldier in the Otey Battery, Virginia Artillery during the American Civil War.
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James R. Perdue Family Collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Perdue, James Robert, 1837-1915
This collection includes the papers of James R. Perdue and his family. Items include a program for the Battle of the Crater reunion, a Sunday School concert flyer, seven obituaries for Perdue, a letter from J. R. Perdue, Jr., and two ledgers. Perdue (1837-1915) was a banker from Manchester, Virginia, and served as a Confederate soldier in the Otey Battery, Virginia Artillery during the American Civil War.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book

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The Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book includes directions for desserts and savory dishes, as well as things like boot black, cast iron stove cleaner, and cures for dysentery and hydrophobia, among others.
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Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book includes directions for desserts and savory dishes, as well as things like boot black, cast iron stove cleaner, and cures for dysentery and hydrophobia, among others.

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