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Section D. Home Economics.
The most extensive collection of books on home economics is
at Hampton Institute. This contains 674 volumes, including files,
none being complete, of American Cookery, the Journal of Home
Economics, and Practical Home Economics.
At the College of William and Mary there are 395 volumes on
this subject and sets of American Cookery, American Home, Forecast,
Home Economic News, the Journal of Home Economics, the
Parents Magazine, and Vogue. This library has a number of volumes
of early cook-books used in Virginia.
Among other collections in Virginia are those at the University
of Virginia (382 volumes), at the State Teachers College at
Fredericksburg (377 volumes), at the Richmond Public Library (375
volumes), and at the State Library (305 volumes).
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