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)
This was taken the 8th of July, when my corn was in full growth, 1915
Date: 1915
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Club Corn Exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair
Date: 1938
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Absenia Johnson and Aron Johnson, 4-H Corn Club members of the Dawson 4-H Club in Scotland Neck
Date: 1939-11-08
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Biographical Sketch of John D. Wray
Date: 1950s
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Timeline of 4-H Club Work Among Negro Youth
Date: 1959
Original Format: memorandum
Creator: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
The Junior Homemaker: A Project Book for Older 4-H Club Girls
Date: 1936
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Mary E. Thomas and Sallie Brooks, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
"Wear-Ever" New Method of Cooking
Date: 1929
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company
War Gardening and Home Storage of Vegetables
Date: 1919
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: National War Gardening Commission
Virginia Dare Flavoring Extracts Advertisements
Date: ca. 1923
Original Format: pamphlet
Creator: Garrett & Co. Food Products
Electric Refrigerator Recipes and Menus
Date: 1927
Original Format: book
Creator: General Electric Co.
Breakfast Pals, TV Ad for Kellogs Rice Krispies
Date: 1939
Original Format: film
Creator: Cartoon Films, Limited and Kellogg (W.K.) Company
