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)
Plans for Community Club Work in the Study of Foods and Household Conveniences
Date: 1916-01
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Minnie L. Jamison, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Food Guide Pyramid
Date: 1992
Original Format: graphic
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Fights With Extra Food
Date: 1943-11
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
The Chemical Composition of American Food Materials
Date: 1896
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: W. O. Atwater and Chas. D. Woods, United States Department of Agriculture
Basic Seven Poster
Date: ca. 1943
Original Format: poster
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
How to Select Foods: What the Body Needs
Date: 1917
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Caroline L. Hunt and Helen W. Atwater, Office of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture
Creed for the Home Demonstration Agent
Date: 1950s
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Total Personnel
Date: 1950s
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Structure on County Level - Home Demonstration Work
Date: 1950s
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Corner of Kitchen, Home of Tobacco Sharecropper, Person County, North Carolina
Date: 1939/07
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Dorothea Lange
Henry Browne, Farmer
Date: 1942
Original Format: film
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Opportunities Agricultural
Date: ca. 1934
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
A Mark of Wholesome Meat
Date: 1964
Original Format: film
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service
Poverty in Rural America
Date: 1965
Original Format: film
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service
Storage of Canned Food
Date: 1941
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service