PUBLIC "-//Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society//TEXT (US::vicahi::vicahi00058::A Guide to the A Table: New England, New York, Europe, Virginia, 1996)//EN" "vicahi00058.xml" A Guide to the A Table: New England, New York, Europe, Virginia, 1996 MS 695 Miranda Burnett © 2023 By Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Miranda Burnett, 31 August 2023 Description is in English A Guide to the A Table: New England, New York, Europe, Virginia, 1996 A Collection in the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society MS 695

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. All rights reserved. 2023 Miranda Burnett Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Descriptive Summary Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society A Table: New England, New York, Europe, Virginia, 1996 MS 695 Archive Room File Cabinet 1 item.. English Hamilton, Rebecca Stickney Magoon, Emily Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

A Table: New England, New York, Europe, Virginia, MS 695, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Biographical Information

Rebecca Stickney Hamilton (1902-1994) attended Wellesley College and worked as a fashion editor for Harper's Bazaar. She married Pierpont Morgan Hamilton in 1930. The couple had no children and later divorced. During World War II she worked as assistant director of the Red Cross on Rainbow Corner in London. Rebecca died in Albemarle County, Virginia in 1994.

Scope and Content

This is a recipe book containing the favorite recipes of Rebecca Stickney Hamilton (1902-1994). Included are printed photographs and illustrations from Hamilton. "These recipes were gleaned from a collective memory of foods eaten with Rebecca, requested by her, and sometimes wistfully remembered by her. We are sure that you could add many more." On verso: "Development and design by Betsey Coe; technical assistance by Carol Jaeger; original idea by Emily Magoon and remarkable patience by Peter Coe; Damariscotta, Maine, 1996." One of the recipes included is Charlottesville Wedding Punch.

Index Terms Persons: Hamilton, Rebecca Stickney Subjects: Cookbooks--Virginia