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Home Economics Pamphlet Collection

The Paul and Janice Hessling Home Economics Pamphlets Collection consists of commercial and government publications on the subject of home management and nutrition and includes educational materials, recipes, household hints, and other materials. The pamphlets were originally published between 1826 and the present.

"Aunt Babette's" cook book
xxiv, 495 pages ; 19 cm
A proper newe booke of cokerye
clxiv pages, 1 leaf, 124 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 22 cm
Camp cookery
xvi, 154 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm, Foreword -- Provisions -- Utensils -- Fires -- Dressing and keeping game and fish -- Meat -- Game -- Fish and shellfish -- Cured meats, etc.: eggs -- Breadstuffs and cereals -- Vegetables: soups -- Beverages and desserts -- Appendix.
Household management
Laundering
Practical cooking and serving
xviii pages, 1 leaf, 679 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 21 cm
Table service
xii, 128 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
The Boston Cooking-School cook book
xvi, 808 pages, 63 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
The art of the table
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm, The dining-room and its appointments -- Waiting at table -- The courses of a menu -- Systematic table service -- Service in private dining-rooms -- Single-handed waiting -- Service of meals in private houses -- Meals in Europe -- Wedding breakfasts -- Care and treatment of wines -- The art of carving -- Hints on table decoration -- Table napkins and how to fold them -- Beverages-cooling cups, etc. -- Cocktails, etc. -- Tea and coffee -- Hints for the pantry.
The chemistry of breadmaking
vi, 230 pages, iv leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
The home economics movement

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