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)
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
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
Feed a Fighter: Eat Only What You Need
Date: 1918
Original Format: poster
Creator: Wallace Morgan, United States Food Administration
Food Will Win the War
Date: 1918
Original Format: poster
Creator: Charles Edward Chambers, United States Food Administration
Save Waste Fats
Date: 1942
Original Format: poster
Creator: War Production Board, United States Bureau of Industrial Conservation
10-Year-Old Daughter of Mitch McGahan Who is Dying of Under Nourishment
Date: 1923
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
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
Demonstrating Packing Strawberry Preserves
Date: 1924-05-19
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown