The Portland Observer Cook Book collection
Collection — Folder: S3404
Identifier: S3404
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typeset, printed cookbook and autographed notes and recipes from The Portland Observer, compiled by Mrs. Neva Crane Tomy in Portland, Michigan, circa 1900-1922 regarding recipes, cooking and household tips.
Dates
- circa 1900-1922
Creator
- Tomy, Reva Russell Crane, 1879-1960 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Historical Note
The Portland Observer was established October 24, 1867, by J. H. Wickwire. The next year the office was sold to Joseph W. Bailey, the present proprietor. It is located at Portland, and is independent in politics.
Portland Observer began publishing on Aug. 16, 1870 by Joseph W. Bailey. From 1876-1886 it published as Portland Weekly Observer before going back to the earlier title. In July 1939 it merged with Portland Review to form Portland Review and Observer."
Reva Russell Crane Tomy, the compiler of the cookbook, was born to Wallace D. and Ida Russell [Rossell] Crane on Oct. 19, 1879 in Michigan. She married Cornelius D. Tomy on Feb. 17, 1904 in Portland, Michigan, and they had two children, Wallace D. and Dorothy R. She was a widow when she died, on Feb. 23, 1960, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sources:
(From Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Collections Volume 6 (1884) pages 79-80) A HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MICHIGANPREPARED FOR THE CENTENNIAL BY ORDER OF GOV. JOHN J. BAGLEY TOM S. APPLEGATE, COMPILER. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://ionia.migenweb.net/history/IoniaCoPress.pdf.
"Portland Observer began publishing on Aug. 16, 1870 by Joseph W. Bailey. From 1876-1886 it published as Portland Weekly Observer before going back to the earlier title. In July 1939 it merged with Portland Review to form Portland Review & Observer."
"Michigan newspaper history / Ionia County." Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://michigannewspaperhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/20854468/Ionia%20County
"Crane, Reva Russell". Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com
"Tomy, Reva C.". 1920 United States Federal Census. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com
"Tomy, Reva Crane". Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com
Portland Observer began publishing on Aug. 16, 1870 by Joseph W. Bailey. From 1876-1886 it published as Portland Weekly Observer before going back to the earlier title. In July 1939 it merged with Portland Review to form Portland Review and Observer."
Reva Russell Crane Tomy, the compiler of the cookbook, was born to Wallace D. and Ida Russell [Rossell] Crane on Oct. 19, 1879 in Michigan. She married Cornelius D. Tomy on Feb. 17, 1904 in Portland, Michigan, and they had two children, Wallace D. and Dorothy R. She was a widow when she died, on Feb. 23, 1960, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sources:
(From Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Collections Volume 6 (1884) pages 79-80) A HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MICHIGANPREPARED FOR THE CENTENNIAL BY ORDER OF GOV. JOHN J. BAGLEY TOM S. APPLEGATE, COMPILER. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://ionia.migenweb.net/history/IoniaCoPress.pdf.
"Portland Observer began publishing on Aug. 16, 1870 by Joseph W. Bailey. From 1876-1886 it published as Portland Weekly Observer before going back to the earlier title. In July 1939 it merged with Portland Review to form Portland Review & Observer."
"Michigan newspaper history / Ionia County." Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://michigannewspaperhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/20854468/Ionia%20County
"Crane, Reva Russell". Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com
"Tomy, Reva C.". 1920 United States Federal Census. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com
"Tomy, Reva Crane". Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011. Retrieved 2017/03/01. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Diane Zortman on 10/24/1917.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2017/03/01 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2017/03/01 by Edythe Huffman.
Creator
- Tomy, Reva Russell Crane, 1879-1960 (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- The Portland Observer Cook Book collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
