Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Large (41 x 26 cm) one-volume scrapbook, with eight folder of loose recipes, papers about household products, and advice. The loose materials were detached from the book prior to its arrival at the Clements Library. The volume was originally used as a check book for the Augusta, Georgia, branch of the Bank of the United States. Possibly family of Colonel James Edward Calhoun. Mix of handwritten instructions and clippings from newspapers pasted on pages with handwritten notes written on opposite pages. Handwritten note with folder, dated 1989 explaining contents.