Augusta Foote Arnold family papers

id
10070
origination
Arnold, Augusta Foote, 1844-1903
date statement
1893-1903
key date
1893
identifier (local_mss)
23064
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 23064
b-number
b20315236
total components
4
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2015-09-22 21:15:25 UTC
updated
2017-05-24 19:41:41 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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date_inclusive_start
1893
date_inclusive_end
1903
keydate
1893
date_start
1893
date_end
1903
unittitle
{"value"=>"Augusta Foote Arnold family papers"}
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repository
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abstract
{"value"=>"The Augusta Foote Arnold family papers contain ledger books, typescripts and manuscripts relating to her three published books and a cookbook written by her daughter, Frances."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Augusta Foote Arnold family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Arnold, Augusta Foote, 1844-1903", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Augusta Foote Arnold (1844-1903) was born in New York and married Francis Benjamin Arnold in 1869. They had three children, including a daughter, Frances A. Arnold (1874-1975). Augusta Foote Arnold was the author of three books: <span class=\"title\">The Century Cook Book</span> (1895), <span class=\"title\">The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide; A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tide-marks</span> (1901) and <span class=\"title\">Luncheons, A Cook's Picture Book; A Supplement to the Century Cook Book</span> (1902). The cookbooks were written under the pseudonym Mary Ronald.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The papers contain ledger books, typescripts and manuscripts relating to Augusta Foote Arnold's three published books and a cookbook written by her daughter, Frances A. Arnold. The papers span from 1893 to 1903. Augusta Foote Arnold wrote her two cookbooks under the pseudonym Mary Ronald.</p> <p>One ledger contains handwritten entries describing Augusta Foote Arnold's writing of <span class=\"title\">The Century Cook Book</span> (1895), and later activities surrounding its publication (proofreading, financial agreements, sales, and royalties and how she invested them). It also contains a short list of her published articles, mostly on cooking (1896-1897) and sheets describing the illustrations used in the book.</p> <p>The second ledger, inscribed <span class=\"title\">Account Book of the Sea Beach at Ebb-Tide Issued May 15, 1901,</span> describes in a few pages the work's history and production (start and completion dates, dates of first and last page proof readings, and date contract was signed), as well as financial matters, such as copies sold and expenses relating to the work.</p> <p>Also included in the papers is a typescript of <span class=\"title\">Luncheons, A Cook's Picture Book; A Supplement to the Century Cook Book</span> (1902) with numerous corrections and changes.</p> <p>The manuscript cookbook by Augusta's daughter, Frances A. Arnold, contains recipes for soups, meats, fish, desserts, etc., with the inscription <span class=\"title\">Frances Arnold Oct – 8 – 1893 – Bryn Mawr – Penn. Private</span>.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino, Rare Books and Manuscripts, 2014</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">cdee</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
dsc_type
combined
extent_statement
.4 linear feet (1 box)

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