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 (10 total)
War Gardening and Home Storage of Vegetables
Date: 1919
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: National War Gardening Commission
Home Storage of Vegetables and Fruits
Date: 1958
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
Raise a Square Meal Around Home
Date: 1957-11
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: S. Virginia Wilson, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Making Pickles and Relishes at Home
Date: ca. 1964
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
Facts Relating to Home Food Supply
Date: 1962
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Family Food Conservation Plan for a Year
Date: ca. 1968
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Iola Pritchard and S.Virginia Wilson, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
If You Choose to Eat Good Frozen Pork... Catch the Freshness and Hold It!
Date: 1961-05
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Nita Orr, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Freezing Foods for the Home
Date: 1947
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Foods Produced, Conserved and Used at Home
Date: 1964
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: Minne Miller Brown
Home Food Supply for Victory: Role Call for all Rural Women in the United States
Date: 1943-02-25
Original Format: correspondence
Creator: Estelle Smith, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service