- Date
- 1957-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagefoodwayspublicationeconomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Christmas 1957 Beaver Beacon reported another recipe contribution to a Historical Society cookbook: Mrs. Giles McCann contributed one of her mother Kitty Gallagher’s favorite recipes. The Society hoped to publish the recipes in longhand during the coming year and use the proceeds for its work.
Evidence and limits
This is a reported recipe-collection and publication plan. It does not provide the manuscript, contributor register, publication contract, price, or later evidence that the cookbook was published.
Sources
- Reports another recipe contribution from Mrs. Giles McCann, identifies it as one of her mother Mrs. Kitty Gallagher’s favorites, and says the Historical Society hoped to publish the recipes in longhand during the coming year, with proceeds used by the Society. It does not provide the recipe manuscript, contributor register, publication contract, price, or later publication evidence. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1957-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the recipe contribution and cookbook plan; it does not expand the manuscript, publication, or financial record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Historical Society plans a handwritten cookbook to support its work, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-cookbook-project-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Christmas 1957, “HISTORICAL SOCIETY COOK BOOK.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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