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 (43 total)
We'll Have Lots to Eat this Winter, Won't We Mother?
Date: 1943
Original Format: poster
Creator: Alfred Parker, Office of War Information
North Carolina Fights With Extra Food
Date: 1943-11
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Basic Seven Poster
Date: ca. 1943
Original Format: poster
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
Henry Browne, Farmer
Date: 1942
Original Format: film
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
Storage of Canned Food
Date: 1941
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Save Waste Fats for Explosives
Date: 1943
Original Format: poster
Creator: Henry Koerner, United States Office of War Information
Food is a Weapon: Don't Waste It!
Date: 1943
Original Format: poster
Creator: United States Office of War Information, Division of Public Inquiries
Where Our Men Are Fighting, Our Food Is Fighting
Date: 1943
Original Format: poster
Creator: United States Office of War Information
A Message About Food from the President of the United States
Date: 1946
Original Format: poster
Creator: Harry S. Truman, United States Department of Agriculture
Save Waste Fats
Date: 1942
Original Format: poster
Creator: War Production Board, United States Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Dazelle Foster Lower at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Date: 1940-06-27
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Club Girl Posing in Kitchen with Jars of Preserved Food
Date: 1940s
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Drying Foods for Victory Meals
Date: 1942
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
Food Preservation Workshop
Date: 1942-03-05
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Ways of Using 48 Points
Date: ca. 1942-1945
Original Format: report
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Dorothy E. Shank to Miss Ruth Current
Date: 1943-03-13
Original Format: correspondence
Creator: Dorothy E. Shank, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Important Pressure Canner Announcement, Burpee Can Sealer Company
Date: ca. 1943
Original Format: correspondence
Creator: Burpee Can Sealer Company