![Item #2622 [ARCHIVE] International Pastry Chef's Career Journals; 16 Volumes. Michel Egoroff](/pictures/thumb/2622.jpg?v=1626817408)
Michel Egoroff was a working chef whose long career is detailed in this comprehensive collection of handwritten journals. Egoroff worked in no less than 8 countries: France, Monaco, Italy, England, Croatia, Serbia Slovenia, and the United States. This ambitious chef specialized in patisserie and worked at upscale hotels around the..... More
![Item #2567 [MANUSCRIPT] [HIGH SCHOOL] [DIVORCE] Gladstone Reed's Journal; March 11, 1910 -...](/pictures/thumb/2567.jpg?v=1623793095)
Cardboard covers. Unpaginated (135 pages). 20 x 12.5 cm. "Friday, March 11, 09 - No letters, Borrowed a paper at noon. There was nothing about the divorce." This is the first three sentences Gladstone Reed wrote in his journal at the age of 16 while he attended boarding school (we..... More
![Item #2554 [MANUSCRIPT] [WHALING] A Glimpse of An Old Industry; "FLUKES" A TALE/TAIL](/pictures/thumb/2554.jpg?v=1622759474)
c. 1920. 36 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Typed manuscript recalling the life of the vanishing whaling industry in New Bedford, MA. The author makes reference to his father who at one point in his career was a New Bedford master whalemen, a captain of the Bark Canton. The author..... More
![Item #2569 [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKERY] Receipt Book. Wm. S. Bradbury, L?](/pictures/thumb/2569.jpg?v=1629484442)
Newport, RI: 1839. Wraps. Unpaginated (32 pages - handwritten). 23 x 19 cm. Manuscript in English with over 50 recipes in the same script. Owner's signature and date on paste-down end paper. Recipes for both savory and sweet dishes - Venison (to stew), Gooseberry Pudding, Vermicelli Pudding, Lemon Sauce for..... More
![Item #2568 [MANUSCRIPT] [ESSAY] [COOKBOOK] Dos-a-dos Essay and Cookbook. William J. Hoyt,...](/pictures/thumb/2568.jpg?v=1623793084)
1830's. Hardcover. 23 x 19 cm. Two separate owner's signatures on paste-down end papers. Arranged dos-a-dos with 36 pages of recipes and remedies in at least three different scripts. Some intriguing recipes such as "Receipt to make Whigs" - a yeast leavened bun or tea bread, "Domestic Yeast" - a...... More
![Item #2538 [MANUSCRIPT] Peanuts; Comprehensive essay written by 16 year old girl. Florence J. Steele](/pictures/thumb/2538.jpg?v=1620250507)
1917. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20.5 x 13.5. 48 pages, including title page, dedication, and index. Florence J. Steele, a Black young woman from Jersey City, NJ, created this manuscript and dedicated it to her Mother and Father - "Whom I Love Most Dearly." A truly extensive piece of writing, singularly focused..... More
![Item #2460 [LEDGER] [MANUSCRIPT] Jacob Suydam His Book 1762; 10 pages laid in - family history....](/pictures/thumb/2460.jpg?v=1614272521)
Township of Flushing Queens: 1762 - 1819. Hardcover. Unpaginated [304 pp]. 32.5 x 21 cm. Autograph manuscript, ink and pencil on paper. Accounts penned on both rectos & versos. This manuscript account book records the iron trade and farm business of Jacob Suydam (c. 1730 - 1809) in the Township..... More
![Item #2555 [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKBOOK] [RADIO] Personal Cookbook of "Home Forum" Radio Personality;...](/pictures/thumb/2555.jpg?v=1622759414)
1925-1935. Hardcover. 200 pages. 24 x 15 cm. Handwritten recipes along with laid in ephemera provide this manuscript with a glimpse into the active life of radio host Mildred Davis Terman. Born in 1897, Mildred Hazel Davis went on to host "Home Forum" - broadcast by KDKA radio station in..... More
![Item #2550 [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKBOOK] Private Family Cook's Notebook. Nettie Wilder](/pictures/thumb/2550.jpg?v=1622759407)
New Haven, Oswego, NY: 1890-1930's. Hardcover. 107 pages. 21 x 17.5 cm. 58 laid-in papers with recipes, which are the bulk of the manuscript. Handwritten pagination. Miss Nettie Wilder was the private family cook for the wealthy Buffalo, NY area Shepard family. C. Sidney Shepard and his mother Elizabeth (Wells)..... More