2019-09-24 Guide to the Justine Rita Sleboda Recipe Book, 1920s-1940s SPEC.RARE.MMS.0122 Finding aid prepared by Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2019 August This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-09-25T11:01-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Justine Rita Sleboda Recipe Book SPEC.RARE.MMS.0122 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections MMS 17 0.02 Cubic feet 1920s-1940s Recipes are a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required. They have been written for many centuries for food dishes, as well as cosmetics and medicinal cures, but the compilation of recipes into cookbooks and recipe books became popular in 17th century English homes when England’s literacy rate among women improved. The modern recipe book format was established in 1845 by Elizabeth Acton. The Justine Rita Sleboda Recipe Book is a handwritten notebook dated 1920s-1940s. The front cover reads, "This book belongs to Miss Justine Rita Sleboda." Sleboda was likely a resident of the Scranton, Pennsylvania area. The book includes clippings on various topics, and handwritten dessert recipes as well as recipes for salad dressing, creamed ham, and several other side dishes. (1) letter file folder English Sleboda, Justine Rita Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2015.0019: Purchased, 2015 June

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 Historical Note

Recipes are a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required. They have been written for many centuries for food dishes, as well as cosmetics and medicinal cures, but the compilation of recipes into cookbooks and recipe books became popular in 17th century English homes when England’s literacy rate among women improved. The modern recipe book format was established in 1845 by Elizabeth Acton and her book for domestic cooks called Modern Cookery for Private Families.

Justine Rita Sleboda was a resident of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1920s-1940s.

 Scope and Contents

The Justine Rita Sleboda Recipe Book is a handwritten notebook dated 1920s-1940s. The front cover reads, "This book belongs to Miss Justine Rita Sleboda." The cookbook includes recipes such as Swan’s Down White Cake, Imperial Sunshine Cake, cream puffs, eclairs, and many other dessert recipes, as well as recipes for salad dressing, creamed ham, and several other side dishes. Clippings were also collected inside the book, and include instructions on menus for birthday parties, headlines about the health benefits of radium, and a Scranton Times article about the Dickinson City High School debate team.

 General Note

Fragile, brittle pages.

 Sleboda, Justine Rita Cooking, American--Pennsylvania--20th century Notebooks Recipes