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The Vegetarian Vol. 1, The Vegetarian Publishing Company

1890-1909

This book is an endorsement of the vegetarian lifestyle. This is the first of four volumes.

Why I Am A Vegetarian, J. Howard Moore

1890-1909

Brochure of an address given by J. Howard Moore to the Chicago Vegetarian Society on the benefits of and reasons for being a vegetarian. This brochure does not contain recipes but is rather an endorsement of the vegetarian lifestyle.

The American Food Problem, Charles Lawrence Sargent

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Explores the importance of food and nutrition science for effective and efficient food production.

Novel Dishes, Mary Pope

1890-1909

A complete and trustworthy guide to vegetarian cookery. Published in London and republished in the United States. Digitized from the Mckee Library collection at Southern Adventist University.

The Buddhist Diet-Book (Excerpts), Laura C. Holloway

1870-1889

Excerpts of a Buddhist Diet Book prepared by Laura Holloway from 1886. 4 photographs of pages of general recipes.

The Hygeian Home Cook-Book, Russell Thatcher Trall

1870-1889

Healthful and palatable food without condiments. Digitized by Sloan Foundation from the Library of Congress. Full text available online at Internet Archive.

Crumbs From The Round Table, Joseph Barber

1850-1869

A Feast for Epicures. A compilation of different articles discussing different foods and in different seasons. Book Digitized from the McKee Library Collection.

The Household Treasure, Andrew F. Smith

1850-1869

Containing several hundred valuable receipts for cooking well at a moderate expense, making dyes, coloring, cleaning and cementin. To which is added a description of medicinal roots and herbs, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases. Excerpts from photographs from NYU Bobst Special Collections SpecCol.

Report Of The Commissioner Of Patents For The Year 1861 Agriculture, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

• - Revenue
• - Factory and trade waste
• - Inventions
• - Patents
• - Inventors
• - Financial statements

Valuable Recipes, A W. Chase

1850-1869

For saloons, inn-keepers, grocers, druggists, merchants, and for families generally. A guide to wealth. Full text digitized and available from the McKee Library collection.

Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book: Designed As A Supplement To Her Treatise On Domestic Economy, Catharine Esther Beecher

1830-1849

While this cookbook does include some meat-based recipes, there are sections on vegetables and plant-based foods. The book was originally downloaded courtesy of Internet Archive.

Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned By Medical Men, And By Experience In Ages., William A. Alcott

1830-1849

Containing hundreds of testimonies of individuals advocating for a vegetarian diet. This work was originally downloaded courtesy of Hathitrust. This copy was digitized by Google books.

The Philosophical Monitor, Friend To Mankind

1810-1829

An investigation of the causes, which the moral and physical perfection of human society; in which many hereditary popular customs, generally supposed innocent, are shown to be productive of indigence, disease, and premature termination of life. Full text digitized and available from the McKee Library collections.

Donovan Family Recipe Book, Donovan Family

Manuscripts

This book was started by Mary Ogle (sometimes called Marie) in 1713. She was the daughter of the Reverend Honourable Samuel Ogle, M.P. for Berswick and Commissioner of Revenue for Ireland who resided at Bowsden, North Cumberland and Stephen’s Green with his wife Elizabeth Pringle Dawson.

Mary married Captain John Broughton of Maidstone, Kent in 1720 and their daughter Mary was born in Jersey in 1724. She was an heiress and married Edward Donovan, Barrister at Law, of Ballymore, Co. Wexford and 24, Peter Street, Dublin in 1747. They had 21 children, sixteen lived and five died unbaptized. Perhaps, some …