History of Food and Drink
Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:
Hallett Swift Account Book,
Account book maintained by resident of Wareham (Plymouth County), Massachusetts, detailing sales of produce (chiefly corn and potatoes) and other goods, with credits to customers for cash, goods, labor and services. Also used as recipe book, featuring both handwritten and clipped recipes.
The Greenbrier (Resort), West Virginia, Menus,
The collection contains 12 menus from lunches and dinners at the Greenbrier Resort (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia) between 1973 and 1976, as well as one from a dinner in 1986.
The Major School of Bartending Manual
This binder contains a 1965 revised edition of a 1937 manual for students at the Los Angeles Modern Bartending School, later The Major School of Bartending. The manual has directions for tips and hints for bartenders, as well as a wide selection of standard and tropical cocktail recipes.
Thomas Family Recipe Books,
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.
William S. Tippett Letter,
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.
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue Distillery Forms
The colletion contains a set of forms used by the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue in the regulation of distilled spirits.
United States Internal Revenue Special Tax Stamps,
This collection includes a United States Internal Revenue Retail Liquor Dealer Stamp for Special Tax for the year 1876.
Ventilating Rocking Churn Patent,
The collection contains a handwritten copy of 1848 patent for a ventilating rocking butter churn.
Virginia Brewing Company Letter,
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.
Virginia Congress on Hunger 1988 Report Collection,
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.