Dayle:
We have copies of the Womens City Club cookbook in the bookstore at the
Stowe House. The two primary editors (many are listed) were wonderful, one
is graphic artist--I think at the Art Museum and the other is her mother
who was a professional editor if I recall--they love to talk about the
project and the contents. I have to have the book in front of me to give
you details, but can connect you up with the right people at WCC if you
would like to talk with them.
As mentioned by our lovely friends at the Taft Museum, the founders of home
economics in the 19th century were essentially Catharine Beecher, older
sister of Harriet, and Harriet Beecher Stowe; we have several of their
housekeeping/recipe manuals at the Stowe House as they have been reprinted;
I think we may have some other old-style cooking/recipe books in our
library collection. I would be happy to go through these with you at the
House anytime soon.
Ann Lugbill
Stowe House Volunteer
513-784-1280 (work)
alugbill@xxxxxxxxx
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Mary Ladrick <MLadrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dayle,
Speaking of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a great resource for your exhibit (and
inclusion for display if you can find an original) would be the book she
wrote with her sister Catherine, *The American Woman's Home.* Originally
published in 1869, it contains a wealth of information on how to properly
set up of a kitchen and much more.
Sounds like a great exhibit - have fun with it!
Mary
Mary Ladrick
Manager of Public Programs
*Taft Museum of Art*
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*From:* mhsgreatercinci-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
mhsgreatercinci-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Caitlin Tracey-Miller
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2015 9:29 AM
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*Subject:* [mhsgreatercinci] Re: Cooking and food prep info needed! Late
19th Century....
Hi Dayle,
We recently hosted a panel for the Woman's City Club at the Harriet
Beecher Stowe House, and one of the books they discussed was a centennial
cookbook of Cincinnati recipes. The Woman's City club was founded in 1915,
so later than you are looking, but that book and that group might be good
resource for you. The book is called *Stirring the Pot in the Kitchen and
the Community for 100 Years.*
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Information - Betts House <
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all-
We are exploring assembling an exhibit for this fall on past cooking
methods, gadgets, utensils and food preparation processes.
If you have any narratives, materials or fun gadgets that you could share,
please let me know!
Appreciatively-
Dayle
Dayle D. Deardurff
Executive Director
The Betts House
416 Clark Street
Cincinnati, OH 45203
P: 513-651-0734
www.thebettshouse.org
