De Renne family recipes and remedies, 1860-1949

Summary

Creator:
De Renne family
Date:
1860-1949
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet 17 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

De Renne family recipes and remedies, ms 1120. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of cooking and medicinal recipes spanning several generations of the DeRenne family. In addition to recipes for various dishes, there are numerous remedies and prescriptions for household time-savers and minor illnesses, as well as newspaper clippings covering the a broad range of topics.

Biographical / historical:

Between 1844 and 1969 the first three generations of the De Renne family of Savannah made notable contributions to Georgia history by collecting materials relating to the state's past and by printing primary sources and other historical works relating to Georgia as colony and state." George Wymberley Jones De Renne (1827-1880), planter and bibliophile, (son of George Jones (1766-1838), physician), was known for his collection of over 1300 volumes collected from 1844-1861; most of this collection pertained to Georgia history. He had three children with his wife Mary Wallace Nuttall De Renne: Wymberley Jones De Renne (1853-1916), Letitia De Renne (1860-1890), and Kentwyn De Renne (1862-1891), who continued their father's legacy of collecting and printing books related to Georgia's history. Wymberley Jones De Renne married Laura Norris and their children included Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne (b. 1891) and Elfrida De Renne (Barrow).

For more information, see the article De Renne Family in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

De Renne family recipes and remedies, ms 1120. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.