Scope and Contents
The journal, written in Hartland, Vermont, contains household hints, remedies for illnesses, lists of herbs and their uses, and a recipe for madder. The journal is accompanied by a four-page document, which contains dye recipes for red, green and other colors.
Dates
- 1820-1838
Creator
- Barrett, Anne B. (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Extent
.1 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Arthur D. Larson and Katharine Larson Kreiser.
Processing Information
The ATHM # references the accession number given to collections by the American Textile History Museum (ATHM). These numbers have been kept and tracked for researchers looking for former citations. The ATHM accession numbers for this collection were 1992.148.59 and 1992.148.60.
- Barrett, Anne B.
- Commonplace books.
- Cotton manufacture
- Durfee High School (Fall River, Mass.)
- Dyes and dyeing
- Handicraft
- Hartland (Vt.)
- Industrial arts
- Industries -- Massachusetts -- Fall River
- Madder
- New Bedford (Mass.)
- Newspapers.
- Providence (R.I.)
- Textile industry
- Textile research
- Traditional medicine.
- Whitney, Eli
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository