Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood Virginia Cookbook Collection, 1881-1926 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Eddie Woodward

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Collection Overview

Title: Mary Ferebee Taylor Wood Virginia Cookbook Collection, 1881-1926

ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-031

Primary Creator: Wood, Mary Ferebee Taylor (1922-2015)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.

Date Acquired: 07/13/2015

Subjects: Community cookbooks, Cookbooks--Virginia

Forms of Material: Cookbooks

Languages: English

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.

Subject/Index Terms

Community cookbooks
Cookbooks--Virginia

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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.

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