Cooking and Household
Management Books of the 19th Century
Household Management
Alcott, William Andrus. The Young House-Keeper: or, Thoughts on Food and
Cookery, Boston: Waite, Peirce, 1846, c1838.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_15.cfm
Beecher, Catharine Esther. The American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of
Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of
Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes., New York: J.B.
Ford and Company; Boston: H.A. Brown & Co., 1869.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_26.cfm
Beecher, Catharine E. Miss Beecher's housekeeper and
healthkeeper: containing five hundred
recipes for economical and healthful cooking; also, many directions for
securing health and happiness ... New York, Harper & brothers,
1873.
http://hdl.loc.gov/umich.dli.moa/AEK7243
Campbell, Tunis. Hotel Keepers, Head Waiters, and Housekeepers' Guide.,
Boston, Print. by Coolidge and Wiley, 1848.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_17.cfm
Carter, Susannah. The Frugal Housewife: Or, Complete Woman Cook; Wherein
the Art of Dressing All Sorts of Viands is Explained in Upwards of Five
Hundred Approved Receipts..., New York, Printed and sold by G. & R. Waite,
no. 64, Maidenlane, 1803.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_02.cfm
Child, Lydia Maria Francis. The Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who
Are Not Ashamed of Economy., Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1830.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_06.cfm
De Voe, Thomas Farrington. The Market Assistant, Containing a Brief
Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold in the Public Markets of the
Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn..., New York: Hurd
and Houghton, 1867.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_25.cfm
Roberts, Robert. The House Servant's Directory, Or A Monitor For Private
Families: Comprising Hints On The Arrangement And Performance Of Servants'
Work… And Upwards Of 100 Various And Useful Receipts, Chiefly Compiled For The
Use Of House Servants…, Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York,: C.S.
Francis, 1827.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_05.cfm