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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M74- 60
Creator: Alberson, Sara Dillingham.
Title, Dates: Sara D. Alberson scrapbooks, 1946-1974.
Amount: 2.00 v.
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Biographical/Historical:     Sara D. Alberson was a home economist and sportswoman whose goal was to promote Florida throughout her varied career. She advocated for the active participation of women and young people in outdoor sports and promoted the conservation of Florida's natural resources. Holding many posts in her career, she served as executive secretary of the Eustis Chamber of Commerce and worked as associate editor of "Florida Sportsman" and "Florida Wildlife." She authored "Florida, Your Land and Mine," "Predatory Animals and Birds of Florida," and the "Blue Sea Cookbook," which Evelyn Oppenheimer named best cookbook of 1968. In 1957, Alberson was hired as Florida's home economist and was in charge of promoting the state's seafood. Beginning in 1965, she worked as Home Service Director for the Florida Gas Company.

Summary:     The collection contains the Sara D. Alberson's scrapbooks in which she pasted magazine and newspaper articles and columns touching mostly on cooking (especially seafood), outdoor recreation and sports, old Florida, and some society news. There are also photographs, recipes and correspondence, most of which concerns her "Blue Sea Cookbook."

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Subject Access Fields: Outdoor recreation Florida
Cookery (Seafood)
Women History 20th century Florida
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