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 (24 total)
Storage of Canned Food
Date: 1941
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Report on Home Demonstration Work and Girls' Clubs, 1917
Date: 1916
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon
Canning and Preserving with 4-H Recipes
Date: 1917
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Dazelle Foster Lower at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Date: 1940-06-27
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Exhibit on Canning at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh
Date: 1959
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Burgaw Home Demonstration Club Giving a Canning Demonstration
Date: c. 1923
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Exterior View of Three Women Inspecting Bread Loaves
Date: 1930s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Woman Presenting on North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Date: 1950s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
African American Home Demonstration Agent Demonstrating Child Care Skills
Date: 1930s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Smart or Lazy?
Date: 1961-07-14
Original Format: script
Creator: Nita Orr, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
A Study of North Carolina Negro Homemakers, A Brief History
Date: 1964
Original Format: report
Creator: Minne Miller Brown