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Archive Series: LAVC/FLF/3

B: Livelihood and Household Support

1951-1982

This series contains items largely relating to traditional occupations and industries, and home economics.

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Archive File: LAVC/SRP/1/036

Women's Domestic Crafts in Thornaby

Schrut, Judith Lynne

1977

M.A. thesis written in four parts. The first provides background material to the study, including introductory remarks, some historical background to women's domestic crafts and a discussion of method...

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Archive File: MS 40 Contains digital media

Catalogue entries of cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin on British Museum Reading Room tickets

c.1915

Cardboard cover: entries tied together with string

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Archive File: MS 44

Catalogue entries for cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

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Archive File: MS 499 Contains digital media

A recipe book in various hands, once in the possession of Mrs Green of Penblaith Farm, Llangarron, Herefordshire, from 1741 to 1764

17--

Recipes supplied by: Ann Cutler (f.13r); Mrs Scammell (f.14r); Mr Davie (f.16r); Mrs Indmah (?) (f.17r); Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Richardson (f.18r); Mrs Addams (f.18v); Mrs Green (ff.19v, 24r and 24v), a...

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Archive File: MS 56 Contains digital media

Cookery book

18--

A collection of cookery and general household recipes

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Archive File: MS 58 Contains digital media

Cookery book

18--

A collection of cookery and general household recipes

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Archive File: MS 59 Contains digital media

Cookery book

c.1851

A collection of cookery and general household recipes

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Archive File: MS 68a Contains digital media

Cookery book

18--

Contains: (1) 2 pp. index; (2) 50 pp. cookery and household recipes, the final 9 pp. being unnumbered

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Archive File: MS 69 Contains digital media

Catalogue of a collection of cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

Entries of books on cookery and house-keeping numbered 1-1361, as follows: Vol.1. Nos.1-155, A.,E. to Broderip, Francis Freeling; Vol.2. Nos.156-311, Brooks, Catharine to De Frederic, M.J.N.; Vol.3. N...

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Archive File: MS 899 Contains digital media

Recipes and household hints collected by Dorothy Mary Leak

Leak, Dorothy Mary (1903-1989)

c.1920-1939

Some items are written in various hands, others are press-cuttings from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post', or extracts from Dorothy Leak's copy of 'Beeton's everyday cookery' (London, [ca.1888]). All are m...

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Archive File: MS 37 Contains digital media

Catalogue of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

Black octavo note-book, lettered: Where is it?

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