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1835 original handwritten Americana : manuscript recipes, remedies and cookery book
Item
Identifier: MSS 433 codex
Dates:
1835
Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker culinary ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 314 large
Scope and Contents
The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker culinary ephemera collection contains thousands of food and cookery related publications produced primarily by companies in the United States from the late nineteenth century up to the present. The collection provides a rich resource to study the evolution and history of advertising, food products, individual companies, technology, food preparation, and food production. It was organized, described, and donated in 2005 by Shirley Brocker Sliker, who...
Dates:
1850-2010
Antiphonale ; Graduale
Item
Identifier: MSS 269 XX oversize
Dates:
Probably from 13th-14th Centuries
Battle Creek Sanitarium collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 263 large
Scope and Contents
The collection contains articles, pamphlets, menus, and postcards published by the Battle Creek Sanitarium from 1920-1930. Most of the articles and pamphlets were written by John Harvey Kellogg and were published by the Battle Creek Sanitarium in 1929.
Dates:
1920-1930
Chamberlain Warren Samaritan Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 287 large
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a variety of religious and liturgical materials used by the Samaritans that were collected by E.K. Warren, a wealthy businessman of Three Oaks, Michigan, in the early 20th century. A majority of the collection consists of eighteen Pentateuchs, the earliest dating back to the 15th century. Other texts include Passover Prayers, prayers and hymns for the Day of Atonement, parts of the Defter, and liturgy and instructions for the Festival of Booths. Most of these...
Dates:
1470-1918