George Shoemaker Record Books
An inventoryof the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 28 Sep 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 28 Sep 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Shoemaker, George, 1792-1865. |
| Title: | George Shoemaker Record Books |
| Dates: | 1841-1856 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Flour inspector for the Port of Georgetown. Collection contains three inspection record books and one scrapbook of receipts and recipes compiled by Shoemaker. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
George Shoemaker (1792-1865) was Deputy Flour inspector and then Flour Inspector of Washington, DC for 48 years. His diligence in this capacity helped make the Georgetown flour trade well-respected and popular. (See William Tindall's Standard History of the City of Washington from a Study of the Original Sources, p. 234.)
The George Shoemaker Record Books consists of four volumes. Three record Shoemaker's inspections of various flour mills over a fifteen-year span. The fourth is a scrapbook of home remedies and recipes compiled by Shoemaker, containing clippings, pasted-in letters, handwritten items, etc. Formulas cover a wide range, from whooping cough cures to colored inks.
Chronological.
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Persons
Shoemaker, George, 1792-1865.
Subjects
Flour.
Food adulteration and inspection -- United States.
Food inspectors -- United States.
Traditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Places
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Administrative records.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Scrapbooks.
Occupations
Food inspectors.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
George Shoemaker Record Books,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from Rare Books, 1969.
Record books
| Record books | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Inspection books 1841-1856 - flour inspection, Georgetown, Washington DC (3 volumes) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Recipe book - scrapbook of home remedies and recipes | ||||||||||