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Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection: Selected digitized BC titles

A Special Collection of culinary titles from the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Selected BC Titles

Here are links to selected B.C. titles that have been digitized and are available in HarvestIR, UFV's institutional repository.  Finding for their digitization was provided by the B.C. History Digitization Program, from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC.

Access to the complete digitized content of the Newman Collection is available here: https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3Acookbook

The King’s Daughters Cookery Book:

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A38239#page/1/mode/2up

Edith Adams

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A37359#page/1/mode/2up

Church cook book

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A36264#page/1/mode/2up

This book is in the “handwritten” style with some funny little hand-drawn illustrations.  Not sure if she is appropriate to highlight, but this recipe looks like it was submitted by Nellie McClung.

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A40025#page/234/mode/2up

A catchy cover

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A40773#page/1/mode/2up

Typical of the time.  This one has some interesting old ads.

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A39935#page/1/mode/2up

The Real Home Keeper – Vancouver Bride. 

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A37610#page/1/mode/2up

Susan made this recipe, called “Fly Cemetery”

https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv%3A36797#page/40/mode/2up

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