World War II Food Ephemera Collection
Scope and Content
The World War II Food Ephemera Collection consists of pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, and canning labels. They contain topics on canning, home economics, meats, nutrition, hospitality, meal planning, wheat and flour, menus, vegetables, and desserts. Many of the materials describe the signficance of rationing during the wartime.
Series I: Desserts contains pamphlets that have dessert receipes for wartime rationing.
Series II: Hospitality includes a booklet on how to host guests.
Series III: Kitchen Equipment includes booklets for information on oven drying and refrigerators.
Series IV: Meal Planning contains materials to help with meal planning recipes and workbooks.
Series V: Meats consists of materials on meat cuts and recipes during wartime. One pamphlet features Uncle Sam with the quote "I Must Have MORE CHICKS Raised in 1942!" and other cartoon drawings of eggs and chickens.
Series VI: Menus contains two menus for wartime recipes.
Series VII: Newsletters includes newsletters from corporations on food during wartime.
Series VIII: Nutrition has booklets and pamphlets for nutritional information. One booklet "Eat Right to Work and Win" contains cartoons featuring characters, such as Popeye, Toots and Casper, and the Phantom, to teach nutrition.
Series IX: Vegetables has pamphlets and canning labels. There are 8 copies of the canning labels from Veg-All, mixed vegetables.
Series X: Wheat and Flour contains pamphlets. One pamphlet includes information on enriched flour and bread during the wartime, with information on what this means and how it helps the wartime U.S.
Dates
- 1941 - 1945
Language of Materials
Materials in this collection are in English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Abstract
The World War II Food Ephemera Collection consists of pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, and canning labels. They contain topics on canning, home economics, meats, nutrition, hospitality, meal planning, wheat and flour, menus, vegetables, and desserts. Many of the materials describe the signficance of rationing during the wartime.
Arrangement
The collection is organized by types of kitchen and food items.
Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased by Special Collections in February 2024.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the World War II Food Ephemera Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the World War II Food Ephemera Collection was completed in April 2024.
- Title
- World War II Food Ephemera Collection, 1941 - 1945
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kaitlynn Harless, Graduate Assistant
- Date
- 2024 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu