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)
4-H Food Preparation Demonstration on Good Nutrition
Date: 1940s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Roadside Markets on the Trunk Highways of North Carolina are being Encouraged by agricultural Extension Workers
Date: 1932
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Kitchen Improvement Project in Pamlico County, North Carolina
Date: 1930-04
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Kitchen Improvement Project in Pamlico County, North Carolina
Date: 1930-04
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Picture of a Kitchen in Pamlico County, North Carolina, before a 4-H Kitchen Improvement Project
Date: 1938
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Picture of a Kitchen in Pamlico County, North Carolina, Before a 4-H Kitchen Improvement Project
Date: 1938
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Products from Various North Carolina County Girls Canning Clubs on Display at North Carolina State Fair
Date: 1918
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Club Girls Preparing Dinner at Encampment, Biltmore, Buncombe County, NC
Date: 1919
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Mobilization Week
Date: 1942-12
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
4-H Mobilization for Victory Report
Date: 1942-12
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Join the 4-H Club in the Food for Freedom Fight
Date: ca. 1944
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Eat Three Meals a Day the Victory Way
Date: 1943-02
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Mary E. Thomas and Sallie B. Venters, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Winners in North Carolina's Feed a Fighter Program
Date: 1944-01-21
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Alexander County 4-H Contribution to War Effort
Date: 1945
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
The 4-H Victory Garden
Date: 1943
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: State 4-H Club Office, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service