By Eddie Woodward
Collection Overview
Title: Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood Virginia Cookbook Collection, 1881-1926
ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-031
Creator: Wood, Mary Ferebee Taylor (1922-2015)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 07/13/2015
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Three Virginia-related cookbooks collected by Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood.
Biographical Note
Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood was born on November 7, 1922 and spent most of her life in the West Ghent section of Norfolk, Virginia. After graduating from the Graham School for girls in Norfolk, she attended Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University. Because of the death of her father, George Emory Ferebee, she was unable to complete her education and had to return to Norfolk to help support her mother and family. She married John C. R. Taylor, Jr. in 1944 and the family resided at the Ferebee family home in Norfolk. After her husband’s death in 1988 she married Surry Wood. At the time of her death she resided at Harbor’s Edge. She died on May 13, 2015 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Randolph Lougee by donation.
Preferred Citation:
Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood Virginia Cookbook Collection, MSS 2015-031, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed December 18, 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood Virginia Cookbook Collection, 1881-1926
- Item 1: The Gem Cook Book, No. 1, 1881
- Poor condition.
- Item 2: Tidewater Virginia Cook Book, 1891
- Published by the Reid Memorial Association of Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk, Virginia: Press of Landmark Publishing Co., 1891. Includes some handwritten recipes. Poor condition.
- Item 3: Selected Recipes, 1926
- Compiled by The Women's Guild All Saints Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.