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 (33 total)
Burgaw Home Demonstration Club Giving a Canning Demonstration
Date: c. 1923
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Five 4-H Club Girls, Canning Winners from the Southeast 4-H District
Date: 1905-03-19
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Agents in Training to Can Tomatoes and Green Beans
Date: 1920s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Display of Canned Fruits and Vegetables to Supply a Family of Five
Date: 1950s
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
Woman Presenting on North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Date: 1950s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
You and your 4-H dairy foods demonstration
Date: 1958
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Carnation Company
Summary of Home Demonstration Work in North Carolina
Date: 1917
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon
Foods Produced, Conserved and Used at Home
Date: 1964
Original Format: memorandum
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
Organization of Home Demonstration Work
Date: 1929
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon
Statistics of Negro Home Demonstration Agents
Date: 1929
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon
Statistics of Negro Home Demonstration Agents
Date: 1929
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon
4-H Food Preparation Demonstration on Good Nutrition
Date: 1940s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Five Lessons in Preparation of Food for North Carolina Home Demonstration Club Girls
Date: 1924-01
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Cornelia C. Morris, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service