Alice Shotwell Dell Shivers cookbooks : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Shivers, Alice Shotwell Dell, 1876-1933, compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

Cooking, American.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, American -- 20th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Rebecca Heider and the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, 2026.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (146, 110 leaves) ; 18 x 11 cm (v. 1), 18 x 12 cm (v. 2)

Production:

Gloucester County, New Jersey, 1898, circa 1920s.

Summary:

These cookbooks were written and compiled by Alice Shotwell Dell Shivers in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Volume 1 was compiled in 1898 and includes around 100 recipes. Volume 2 was compiled at a later date, possibly the 1920s, and includes copies of many of the recipes found in volume 1. Many of the recipes are attributed to members of the Dell and Shivers families. Volume 1 is bound in cloth and has significant damage to the binding. Volume 2 is bound in black leather and has had several pages cut out. A significant portion of volume 2 is blank (p. 22-31, 42-47, 50-110). Volume 1 is directly attributed to Alice Shotwell Dell Shivers. Based on the family relationships noted, she appears to have compiled volume 2 as well. Examples of recipes in volume 1 include Mrs. Bean’s chop suey (p. 3), terrapin dressing Mrs. C.M. Dell (p. 6), John’s Delight pudding Mrs. F. Dell (p. 18), pumpkin pies (p. 31), steamed huckleberry pudding Aunt Ida (p. 45), egg foo fong (p. 70), Nellie Shivers’ cream pie (p. 92), Helen D. Shivers’ ice box rolls (p. 95), Mrs. Prentiss Ross deviled crabs (p. 99), Mrs. Bean’s India relish (p. 113), and chow chow (p. 140). The volume also includes accounts (p. 143-156). Volume 2 contains a few unique recipes, but most appear to be copies of those from volume 1, including John’s delight pudding (p. 18), Grandma Dell’s terrapin dressing (p. 35), and Helen D. Shiver icebox rolls (p. 41). The front and back pastedown and last flyleaf include arithmetic problems and there is a list of family members’ names on the front pastedown.

Cited as:

Alice Shotwell Dell Shivers Cookbooks (Ms. Codex 2411). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1613783605

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