Cookbooks, Guidebooks, and Ephemera, 1900-1932
Scope and Contents
Contains 27 items documenting the domestic, agricultural, and personal interests of the Rice family. Materials include the personal cookbook of Olivia Johns Rice; a receipt book dated 190_; a set of No-Show Lace Collar Supporters; a pamphlet by J. H. Kellogg promoting the health benefits of oranges; and an order book for eggs and milk. Also present are several books, pamphlets, and manuals on the care, feeding, breeding, and hatching of chickens and ducks (1914-1924), along with promotional recipe booklets from Sunkist, Burt Olney’s Canning, Minute Tapioca, Gelatine, Malted Cereal Coffee, and Jelly Crystals. Additional items include an unused photograph-album page; a promotional pamphlet for Great White Frost Refrigerators; a book on mathematical shorthand; and a laundry manual distributed with Fels-Naphtha soap. A baby-care book published in 1906 by Ivory Soap contains handwritten information on Lois Rice from 1913. The box also includes a 1932 church handbook of daily prayers and Sunday School guidance; a dime saver from Citizens Savings Bank in Providence, Rhode Island; and a cancelled bank book belonging to Olivia J. Rice from the Savings Bank of Newport with entries from 1919 to 1933. Other materials include a fact book on President Herbert Hoover and the Republican administration produced in 1932 by the Women’s Division of the Republican National Committee; a tourist guidebook to Jamestown and Newport, Rhode Island; a pamphlet from Hood Sarsaparilla and Pills describing ailments and treatments; a 1917 yearbook and almanac with information on poultry care; and a personal phonebook belonging to Olivia J. Rice.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1932
Creator
- From the Collection: Rice, Olivia Johns, 1880-1973 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rice family (Family)
- From the Collection: Johns family (Family)
Access Ristrictions
RIBHS staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
From the Collection: 2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society Repository
600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Building 8
Providence Rhode Island 02908 USA
