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History of Food and Drink

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this heading for collections that relate to the History of Food and Drink Collection, the Peacock-Harper Collection, the Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbook and Nutritional Literature Collection, the Cocktail History Collection, the Food Technology and Production Collection, and any materials related to social, economic, and domestic aspects of food and drink history.

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Janet L. Cameron Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-021
Abstract

The collection includes biographical information about the life and career of Janet L. Cameron, a food and nutrition specialist with the Virginia Cooperative Extension from 1931-1964. Most of the collection consists of publications written by Cameron and others.

Dates: 1931 - 2001

Frank Leslie Campbell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-005
Abstract

This collection includes wine bottle labels collected by Frank Campbell, an entomologist with the National Academy of Science - National Research Council, and a manuscript draft of his European travel memoir, titled "Better Late."

Dates: 1953 - 1979

Katherine G. Cary Manuscript Recipe Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-005
Abstract

This collection consists of a recipe book containing printed and handwritten recipes compiled by Katherine G. Cary. Recipes include soups, breads, fish, salad dressing, sauces, pickles, and more.

Dates: c.1915?

CDV of Buttermilk Drinkers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-070
Abstract

This collection contains a printed image of five soldiers gathered around, pouring and drinking buttermilk from a jar, possibly during or shortly after the American Civil War.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1864 - 1866

Cocktail Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-027
Abstract

The Cocktail Ephemera Collection is a collection that was created in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (i.e., postcards, pamphlets, and adverstising ephemera) relating to the history of the cocktails, spirits, and wine, dating from the about the 1870s to the present.

Dates: c.1870s-2000s

Cocktail Manual (Typed)

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-027
Abstract

This resource is a typed instruction manual for creating cocktails from the 1950s. It includes ingredients, desciptions about how to make cocktails, glassware and tools, as well as prices.

Dates: After 1951

Colgate Books and Sample Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-005
Abstract

This collection contains Mother Goose nursery rhyme booklets and a sample tube of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream from 1908.

Dates: 1908

Jessie Willcox Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-038
Abstract

The Jessie Willcox Smith Collection (1898-1934) is a collection of illustrations by Willcox used for advertisements, magazine covers, and stories.

Dates: 1898 - 1934

"Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-023
Abstract

This collection includes a recipe book containing hand-written recipes for soups, salads, puddings, cookies, cakes, icings, and biscuits. The date, location, and full author name remain unknown.

Dates: n.d.

"Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008_023_CookingRecipes_RecipeBook