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Thomas Family Recipe Books,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-030
Abstract

The collection contains two handwritten recipe books from the Thomas Family of Baltimore, Maryland. These cookbooks highlight Maryland specialities (oysters, clams, crabs, and terrapins), as well as preserves, cakes, puddings, and other dishes. The majority of the recipes range from the 1870s to the 1910s, but at least one dates back to 1831.

Dates: 1831, 1870s - 1910s

William S. Tippett Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-060
Scope and Content

The collection consists of a single letter from Sgt William S. Tippett to his wife, Maggie. Written from a parole camp in Annapolis, Maryland, the letter opens with Tippett's comments on news from home. A majority of the letter, however,details his stay in Belle Island prison (Richmond) from September 1863 until early March 1864. In particular, he describes the food (or lack of) and the poor conditions.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

True & Blanchard Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-004
Abstract

The True & Blanchard Receipt addressed to E. T. Goodnough is dated Febuary 26, 1894. The receipt includes a list of items and their prices bought over the course of a year, it records the payment date of April 16th.

Dates: 1894

Union Soldier "Jesey" Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-024
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by "Jesey", a Union soldier during the American Civil War, to his parents about the gifts they sent him, the food he's eating, and getting sick.

Dates: 1864

United States Bureau of Internal Revenue Distillery Forms

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-095
Abstract

The colletion contains a set of forms used by the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue in the regulation of distilled spirits.

Dates: 1902 - 1913

United States Internal Revenue Special Tax Stamps,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-061
Abstract

This collection includes a United States Internal Revenue Retail Liquor Dealer Stamp for Special Tax for the year 1876.

Dates: 1876 - 1876

Ventilating Rocking Churn Patent,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-044
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten copy of 1848 patent for a ventilating rocking butter churn.

Dates: 1848

Virginia Brewing Company Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-075
Abstract

The Virginia Brewing Company letter was written on September 27, 1909 by Louis A. Scholz, President of the company, and Henry Scholz, Secretary and Treasurer of the company requesting support for anti-Prohibition laws in Virginia.

Dates: 1909 - 1909

Virginia Congress on Hunger 1988 Report Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-050
Abstract

This collection contains the final and draft versions of a 1988 report from the Virginia Congress on Hunger detailing the extent of hunger and poverty in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a news release about the report, and the 1985 report about hunger and poverty.

Dates: 1985 - 1988

Virginia Winery Cooperative Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-059
Abstract

This collection contains a scrapbook made by Carl C. Hilscher about the Virginia Winery Cooperative. The scrapbook mostly contains photographs and newspaper clippings, but also includes several fliers and brochures relating to the Virginia Winery Cooperative and its Dominion Wine Cellars label.

Dates: 1985 - 1989

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Cocktail History Collection 27
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Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
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World War, 1939-1945 8
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Language
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French 1
German 1
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Names
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 4
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 4
United States. Bureau of Internal Revenue 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 3
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 3
National Biscuit Company 2
United States. Department of Agriculture 2
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 2
Alwood, William Bradford, 1859-1946 1
American Agricultural Chemical Company 1
American Egg Board 1
Atlas Flour Mills (Milwaukee, WI) 1
Aumann, James H. S. 1
Ballard and Ballard Company (1880-1951) (Louisville, KY) 1
Barnard, Judith Roane Fenner, 1896-1984 1
Barton, JoAnn 1
Barton, Mart, 1879-1962 1
Bernard Food Industries (Evanston, Illinois) 1
Bluthentahl & Bickart (1880-1919) (Georgia) 1
Brady, Daniel C. E. (Daniel Charles Elliott), 1821-1878 1
Bralley, John, 1797-1866 1
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 1
Bridges & Sanders. New River Nursery 1
Brown, Alexander W. , 1878-? 1
Brown, J. A. (Deputy tax collector, Martinsville, Va.) 1
Burnett, C. M. 1
C. E. Sydnor & Co. (Richmond, Va.) 1
Cameron, Janet L., 1904-1986 1
Campbell, Frank Leslie, 1898-1979 1
Carter, Zoonomia D. Hoxey, fl.1840s-1850s 1
Cary, Katherine Roy Gordon, b.1895 1
Cramer, Bettie (Elizabeth?) D., b. abt. 1838? 1
Cumberland Packing Corporation 1
Cushen, Helen 1
De Laval Separator Company 1
Dill, Joseph G., 1828-1886 1
Elliott, Moses, 1775-1849 1
Elliott, Richard Moses, 1844-1908 1
Elliott, S. Maria (Sophronia Maria), 1854-1942 1
Evaporated Milk Association 1
Figgat, Nancy Godwin, 1835-1919 1
Fletcher, Timothy, 1779-1864 1
Food and Agricultural Education Information System (Texas A & M University) 1
Forman, Elvira Jane Hanna, 1837-1905 1
Giovanni, Gary Ann, 1940-2005 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 1
Hauser Institute of New York City 1
Hauser, Gayelord 1
Hertzler, Ann A., 1935-2014 1
Heuer, Leone Ann 1
Hodgkins, Samuel (New York) 1
Hotel Roanoke 1
Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
J. E. Cooley, General Commission Merchant (New York, (N.Y.)) 1
J. H. Filbert, Inc (1917-1986) 1
Jesey (Union soldier) 1
John M. Miller & Son (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Johnson, Alice Webb 1
Jordan, Joseph V. (Los Angeles Modern Bartending School) 1
Kammerer, Joseph 1
Keyes, Ralph 1
LactAid, Inc 1
Ladies Monumental Association (Columbus, Mississippi) 1
Lake, W. D., Mrs. 1
Lilley, Thomas (distiller) 1
Litchfield, Elizabeth Pannill Pierce, abt. 1844-1892 1
Litchfield, Mary Louisa, abt. 1828-1906 1
Loomis, Julia 1
Los Angeles Modern Bartending School (before 1965) (Los Angeles, CA) 1
Lowenbach Brothers (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Luke(?), Edith 1
McBryde, Cora Bolton, 1839-1920 1
McCormick & Co. (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Myers Bros. & Co (Richmond, Va.) 1
National Printing & Engraving Company (U.S.) 1
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 1
Noyes, William H. (William Hazen), b. abt. 1841 1
Old Kentucky Distillery (c.1880-1919) (Louisville, Kentucky) 1
Olver, Lynne, d.2015 1
Osborn, Marion (Shipley), b. abt. 1842 1
Osborn, Milton A. (Milton Ackerman), 1844-1890 1
Peacock Harper Culinary Friends 1
Pitts, W. H. 1
Porter, A. P. 1
Porterfield family (Giles County, Va.) 1
Powers, John S., 1844-1864 1
Price, Williamson 1
Quality Chemical Company 1
Read, Thomas 1
Ross, Alice, 1930- 1
Rule, Joseph 1
S. Maria Elliott family 1
S. S. Pierce Co (Boston, Mass.) 1
Scholz, Henry 1
Scholz, Louis A. 1
Sears, Roebuck and Company 1
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 1
Snouffer, John H. (133rd Ohio Infantry) 1
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