History of Food and Drink
Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Rule Letter
Letter written by Joseph Rule from his camp at Petersburg, Virginia, December 15th, 1864 to his friend Silas. Letter details Rule's Company B, 50th New York Engineers involvement in the December, 1864 raid on the Weldon Railroad which was a major supply line for Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Sallie Wilson Recipe Book, n.d. (Ms2009-002)
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection
The collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, 1783-1878 (Ms2000-092)
Spring Housekeeper's List
The Spring Housekeeper's List is from a store called Francisco in Danville, VA. It includes a list of food offerings and varieties, some with prices.
St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco, CA) Liquor Store Scrapbook
The collection contains a scrapbook of images from the liquor store window at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The collection likely dates from about the 1950s, though none of the items are specifically dated.
Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook
The collection includes a manuscript cookbook containing recipes, home remedies, and crochet instructions written in several different hands.
State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications,
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.
Stimmel Distilling Company Form,
The Stimmel Distilling Company Form consists of a single form with a price list on one side and an order blank on the reverse.
Sweet 'N Low and Butter Buds Promotional Materials,
The collection includes promotional materials for two Cumberland Packing Corporation Products: Sweet 'N Low and Butter Buds from 1979-1985.