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 (13 total)
Corner of Kitchen, Home of Tobacco Sharecropper, Person County, North Carolina
Date: 1939/07
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Dorothea Lange
"Wear-Ever" New Method of Cooking
Date: 1929
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company
Electric Refrigerator Recipes and Menus
Date: 1927
Original Format: book
Creator: General Electric Co.
Planning Your Kitchen for Easier Work
Date: 1963-07
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
For Goodness Sake! Know Your Freezer (Inside and Out)
Date: 1958-06
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Nita Orr, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Smart or Lazy?
Date: 1961-07-14
Original Format: script
Creator: Nita Orr, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Oven Meals
Date: 1957-05
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: S. Virginia Wilson, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
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