<I>Melrose Plantation Cookbook</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: Written by
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Written by
content: Francois Mignon, American, 1899 - 1980
label: Published by
content: Baker Printing & Office Supply, American
label: Subject of
content: Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
label: Signed by
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
notes: label: Description
content: A copy of the Melrose Plantation Cookbook by Clementine Hunter and Francois Mignon. The book is paperback and bound with a plastic binding comb on the left spine. The front and back cover are identical, with a faded photograph of the Melrose Plantation house with wrap-around veranda, gabled roof, and garden taking up the top half of the cover. The bottom half faded yellow field with the title printed in dark ink in a gothic font with the authors names below. The front cover has a white sticker with the library's call number adhered to the upper left corner reading [TX / 715 / .M53x]. The interior of the book has a book plate for the Library of Stephen F. Austin Statue University as well as a Due Date slip. The contents of the book include an illustrated map and several pages of photographs of the Melrose Plantation, Clementine Hunter (one features her signature), and Francois Mignon. The text consists of a seven page introduction, and 31 recipes.
place: label: Place printed
content: Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.238
objectType: label: Type
content: cookbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1956 By Francis Mignon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product), plastic, adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 3/16 in. (20 × 13 × 0.5 cm)