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Agricultural Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-053
Abstract

The Agricultural Ephemera Collection was established in 2015. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (advertisements, order forms and blanks, postcards, clippings, and more) that relate to agriculture, farming, livestock, and poultry & fowl, dating from the late 19th century to the present.

Dates: c.1900s-present

William Bradford Alwood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-003
Abstract

William Bradford Alwood was a professor of horticulture, entomology, and mycology at Virginia Tech (1891-1904) and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His collection includes research papers, theses, brochures, and notebooks on such subjects as cider, wine making, grapes, and pellagra.

Dates: 1854 - 1927

American Egg Board Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-124
Abstract

This collection contains educational pamphlets, recipe cards, and other materials created by the American Egg Board and previously used as part of an exhibit. Also included are issues of the American Egg Board bulletin "Sunny Side Up" and reprints of Reader's Digest articles about the American Egg Board.

Dates: 1974 - 2004

"An Ideal Home" Illustrated Scrapbook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-026
Abstract

The collection consists of an illustrated scrapbook, detailing the set up for a household, possibly compiled for a new bride or a school assignment.

Dates: c.1940s?

Anti-Saloon League of Virginia Notice

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-039
Abstract

This collection includes an undated Notice of Temperate Meetings held by Rev. J. W. West, Field Secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia. It includes subjects discussed and testimonials and probably dates between 1903-1909. The Anti-Saloon League of Virginia existed from 1901 to 1933, at the end of prohibition.

Dates: ca. 1903-1909

Atlas Flour Mills [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] Cabinet Cards

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-051
Abstract

The collection contains a series of cabinet card advertisements for the Altas Flour Mills of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, probably from the early part of the 20th century.

Dates: likely early 20th century

Ballard and Ballard Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-032
Abstract

The collection includes a string of cardboard cut-out advertisements for Ballard's Obelisk Flour and a booklet with recipes and cooking tips from the Ballard and Ballard Company. In addition, it has a small pocket mirror with an advertisement on the back.

Dates: c.1925, n.d.

Judith Fenner Barnard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-056
Abstract

This collection includes a memobook and journal owned by Judith Fenner Barnard (1896-1984), a teacher in Roadsville, Virginia, and Prince George County, Virginia. The memobook, dated July 1964, contains recipes, addresses, hospital records, and a seating arrangement for a dinner party. The journal, 1914-1972 includes journal entries about the Barnard family's lives and handwritten recipes.

Dates: 1914 - 1974

Janet Barnhill Collection on Cora Bolton McBryde

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-019
Abstract This collection consists of a handwritten recipe book belonging to Cora Bolton McBryde, as well as three peraonal artifacts: an anniversary plate, a Tiffany & Co. silver spoon, and a metal mold. Most of the materials are undated, other than the plate (1913), but they likely date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Cora Bolton McBryde was the wife of John McLaren McBryde, president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College before and during the transition to Virginia...
Dates: c. 1860s-1910s

Bartender's Cocktail Mixing Notebook [San Francisco, CA]

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-002
Abstract

The Bartender's Cocktail Mixing Notebook [San Francisco, CA] contains typed cocktail recipes with directions for their creation in a small binder. Different sections include lesson plans for specific types of drinks, suggesting this was used in a bartending school or for bartending instruction.

Dates: n.d.

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Atlas Flour Mills (Milwaukee, WI) 1
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Ballard and Ballard Company (1880-1951) (Louisville, KY) 1
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Barton, JoAnn 1
Bernard Food Industries (Evanston, Illinois) 1
Bluthentahl & Bickart (1880-1919) (Georgia) 1
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Bridges & Sanders. New River Nursery 1
Brown, Alexander W. , 1878-? 1
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Cushen, Helen 1
De Laval Separator Company 1
Dill, Joseph G., 1828-1886 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
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Giovanni, Gary Ann, 1940-2005 1
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 1
Hauser, Bengamin Gayelord, 1895-1984 1
Hertzler, Ann A., 1935-2014 1
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Hotel Roanoke 1
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J. E. Cooley, General Commission Merchant (New York, (N.Y.)) 1
J. H. Filbert, Inc (1917-1986) 1
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Jordan, Joseph V. (Los Angeles Modern Bartending School) 1
Kammerer, Joseph 1
Keyes, Ralph 1
LactAid, Inc 1
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Loomis, Julia 1
Los Angeles Modern Bartending School (before 1965) (Los Angeles, CA) 1
Lowenbach Brothers (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Luke(?), Edith 1
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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
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Ross, Alice, 1930- 1
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