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Alice Ross Culinary Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-008
Abstract

The Alice Ross Ephemera Collection includes more than 2,000 pieces of ephemera related to food & culinary history, advertising/marketing, food production, agriculture, holidays and celebrations, and domestic culture, dating from the mid-19th to the mid/late 20th century.

Dates: c.1860s-1960s

Shropshire, England, Farm and Household Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-066
Abstract

This collection contains a household and farming ledger owned by a Shropshire, England family, dating 1832-1867. Two articles and a letter report the discovery of coal in Shropshire. The ledger also contains financial records, notes on wine making and farming, instructions for care of cattle and pest control, and various receipes and remedies.

Dates: 1832 - 1867

Soda Fountain Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-017
Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten soda recipe book. Recipes include sundaes, punches, lemonades, egg cream drinks, and more.

Dates: Undated

State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-040
Scope and Content

The collection contains publications on topics including, but not limited to: war-time food use and victory gardens, home planning and organization, food and cooking, home demonstration, and household management. Although the emphasis in on Virginia state and local agencies, materials may also originate from around the United States.

Dates: 1934-present

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 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

World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-048
Abstract

The World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets include four pamphlets published during the height of food rationing in the United States during the Second World War. The pamphlets promote rationing of sugar at the homefront and provide recipes that can be made using a substitute for sugar.

Dates: 1941 - 1945

Z Process Quick Freezing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-055
Abstract

The Z Process Quick Freezing Collection consists of pamphlets and a photograph album. The pamphlets contain information on the quick freezing method developed by Mikhail Trofimovich Zarochentsev. The photograph album consists of images related to the freezing methods and equipments. The quick freezing method acted as a sanitary method to freeze seafood, meats, fruits, and vegetables and to maintain their nutritional values and taste.

Dates: c.1917-1937

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Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 4
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Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 2
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 2
American Agricultural Chemical Company 1