The Archive
Explore the surprising history of North Carolina food through the primary documents here, in The Archive. You'll find everything from horseradish Jell-O recipes to a silent film about the newfangled refrigerators of the 1910s. The documents, photographs, and films in The Archive are called primary sources because they offer evidence of what people in the past were thinking, saying, and doing. When a historian or person like you interprets primary sources, their interpretation is called a secondary source. Archives are traditionally places that hold historic materials with enduring value. Archives can be located inside libraries and historical societies, or they may operate indendently. Sometimes, they can be online.
Browse Primary Sources in the Archive (41 total)
Food and Nutrition
Date: 1933
Original Format: report
Creator: Mary E. Thomas, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Vegetable and Fruit Canning Budget for Mountain Counties
Date: 1930s
Original Format: report
Creator: Mary E. Thomas and Sallie Brooks, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Diet for Pellagra Prevention
Date: 1930s
Original Format: report
Creator: Mary E. Thomas, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Corn Club Manual for 4-H Club Members
Date: 1933
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: L. R. Harrill, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Food Preparation for 4-H Club Members
Date: 1936-02
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Mary E. Thomas and Sallie Brooks, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Corner of Kitchen, Home of Tobacco Sharecropper, Person County, North Carolina
Date: 1939/07
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Dorothea Lange
North Carolina Opportunities Agricultural
Date: ca. 1934
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Absenia Johnson and Aron Johnson, 4-H Corn Club members of the Dawson 4-H Club in Scotland Neck
Date: 1939-11-08
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
The Junior Homemaker: A Project Book for Older 4-H Club Girls
Date: 1936
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Mary E. Thomas and Sallie Brooks, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Breakfast Pals, TV Ad for Kellogs Rice Krispies
Date: 1939
Original Format: film
Creator: Cartoon Films, Limited and Kellogg (W.K.) Company
Five 4-H Club Girls, Canning Winners from the Southeast 4-H District
Date: 1905-03-19
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Exterior View of Three Women Inspecting Bread Loaves
Date: 1930s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Mrs. E. L. Minor, the First Winner of the County Kitchen Contest
Date: 1938
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
African American Home Demonstration Agent Demonstrating Child Care Skills
Date: 1930s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
State Staff Personnel Data
Date: 1936-10-01
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Food Preservation for the Farm Home
Date: ca. 1935
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Negro Boys and Girls 4-H Short Course
Date: 1937
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
A Study of North Carolina Negro Homemakers, A Brief History
Date: 1964
Original Format: report
Creator: Minne Miller Brown
Home Demonstration Projects for Girls and Women
Date: 1936
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon
Short Report of Twenty-Five Years of Home Demonstration
Date: 1936
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon