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 (249 total)
Jelly, Perserves, Jam, and Pickle
Date: 1931-06
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon and Cornelia C. Morris, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Live at Home Program
Date: 1932
Original Format: report
Creator: Jane S. McKimmon, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Statistics for Girls' 4-H Club Work
Date: 1931
Original Format: report
Creator: Elizabeth Cornelius, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Jell-O: America's Most Famous Dessert At Home Everywhere
Date: 1922
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Genesee Pure Food Co.
Interior View of Piggly Wiggly Supermarket, Tennessee
Date: ca. 1918
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Clarence H. Saunders
Aisle of Piggly Wiggly Supermarket, Tennessee
Date: ca. 1918
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Clarence Saunders
