Collection of newspaper cuttings relating to household management and local news of people and places, 1890-1915

The scrapbook that comprises this collection bears the identification 'Newspaper Cuttings' in gilt on its front cover. The most frequent subjects are recipes for cookery and remedies, such as a recipe for 'Calf's Foot Blancmange'. Other household hints include 'Directions for restoring the apparently drowned', 'How to get to sleep', and 'Care of room plants'. The scrapbook also contains reports of marriages and deaths. The last cutting to be pasted into the scrapbook is an article about the High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham. There are references to Nottinghamshire people in other cuttings.

Journals from which cuttings have been taken include 'The Bolton Evening News', 'The Morning Post', 'The Northampton Daily News', 'The Bolton Advertiser', 'The Kettering Leader', 'The Times', and 'The Guernsey Weekly Press'. Dated items refer to the period 1890-1915. Not all sources can be identified.

No details appear to be present which identify with certainty the compiler of this collection, who appears to have a connection with Nottingham and the surrounding area. Further investigation of the articles which have been collected about individuals within local communities might provide useful evidence.

No archival arrangement has been necessary.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

LANGUAGE: English

NOTE: Copyright on all Finding Aids belongs to the University of Nottingham.

• This description is the only finding aid available for the manuscript.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

COPYRIGHT: Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).

The collection was acquired by the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in August 1988.