History of Food and Drink
Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:
Evaporated Milk Association Pamphlet Collection
The Evaporated Milk Association Pamphlet Collection consists of a binder of pamphlets explaining evaoprated milk and the benefits of its use and consumption. The binder was sent as a group to libraries and includes two introductory letters, 26 pamphlets, and 4 scientific reports, the majority of which date from about the 1920s.
Timothy Fletcher House Expense Book
This collection contains three items pertaining to Timothy Fletcher between the years of 1825 and 1833: a home expense ledger filled mostly with foodstuff purchases running from 1825 to 1833 and two papers dating to 1832, selling personal effects such as books, maps, and furniture.
Food Advertisement Collection
The Food Advertisement Collection consists of single page advertisements for a variety of food products, largely pulled from magazines. Items dates from 1894 to 1962, with the majority from the 1910s-1940s.
Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports
The collection contains statistical data compiled by the Food and Agricultural Education Information System regarding college enrollment and degrees in such majors as Agriculture, Family and Consumer Science, Forestry, Home Economics, and Renewable Natural Resources.
Food and Household Advertising Ephemera Collection
The Food and Household Advertising Ephemera Collection consists of trading cards, pamphlets, and large advertisements for food and households goods. They contain topics related to Stoves and Stove Polish, Iron Ware, Prepared or Convenience Food, and Refrigerators. There is also a series for the Enterprise Innovations and Convenience advertising materials.
Geneva Preserving Company Photograph Album
The collection consists of a small album of photographs of the Geneva Preserving Company Factory in Geneva, New York. Photos include women working the factory line, a patient in the company infirmery, production lines, canning, tinsmiths, and a Geneva farm.
Gary Ann Giovanni Culinary Papers
This collection includes the papers of Gary Ann Giovanni, a chef, caterer, and cooking teacher active in Blacksburg, Virginia. The collection contains records, menus, and recipes from her catering jobs and from the cooking classes she taught for the local YMCA Open University. Materials also relate to the various community organizations for which Gary worked or volunteered, and some materials are associated with her sister, poet Nikki Giovanni.
Mrs. C. H. Hales Recipe Book
The collection contains a recipe book, likely created by Mrs. C. H. Hales, possibly of Portland, Oregon.
Handwritten Receipt Book
This collection includes a notebook with dessert, baked goods, and pickling recipes. Also includes some home-related recipes (cleaning products).
Handwritten Recipes on Thompson, De Hart & Co. Letterhead
The collection consists of a sheet of letterhead from Thompson, De Hart & Co. of Portland, Oregon, with several handwritten recipes, likely from about the 1880s.