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 (38 total)
Report of Work Done in Growing One Acre of Corn
Date: 1924
Original Format: report
Creator: Lester Freeman
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
Canning and Preserving with 4-H Recipes
Date: 1917
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
This was taken the 8th of July, when my corn was in full growth, 1915
Date: 1915
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Club Corn Exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair
Date: 1938
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
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
Timeline of 4-H Club Work Among Negro Youth
Date: 1959
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
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
Five 4-H Club Girls, Canning Winners from the Southeast 4-H District
Date: 1905-03-19
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Club Girl Posing in Kitchen with Jars of Preserved Food
Date: 1940s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Negro 4-H Club Mirror
Date: 1939
Original Format: newsletter
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service