History of Food and Drink
Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Master Gardener Program
This collection contains four boxes of slide sets, some with related scripts, for the Virginia Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener Program. Most materials are undated, but likely date from between the 1970s and early 2000s. Topics include flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees, landscaping, gardening, composting, and careers in horticulture.
McCormick & Co. Advertising Collection,
The collection consists of a letter, booklet, and circular addressed to McCormick & Co. distributors in 1905. All three items address a change in advertising and/or updates on spice markets.
Menu Collection
The Menu Collection contains 118 menus from across the world. The bulk of the menus are from the United States and Europe. Most of the menus are from the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, along with some menus dating earlier in the twentieth century. The menus contain a wide variety of cuisines. The collection also contains additional papers, including restaurant business cards, a recipe pamphlet, and exchange rate document from the Icelandic bank.
Military & Wartime Cookery Collection
The Military & Wartime Cookery Collection consists of a variety of manuscript and ephemeral materials relating to the history of military and wartime food and cooking. Items in the collection date from 1884 to 1965, though the bulk of the collection covers parts of World War I through World War II (1917-1945).
John M. Miller & Son Price List
The collection contains an 1886 price list for John M. Miller & Son, purveyors of confectionery, novelty boxes, Christmas goods, and fireworks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Minor/Harland Manuscript Recipe Book,
The collection, a manuscript cookbook, dates to the late 19th century and only some of the recipes are attributed. Attributees include Mrs. E. J. Minor, Marion Harland (cookbook/household management author), Dr. Louis W. Minor, "mother's recipe book"/my mother, Mrs. Venable, Mrs. Gen(?) Maury, and others.
Myers Bros. & Co. Trade Card,
The Myers Bros. and Co. Trade Card shows a Confederate soldier swapping tobacco with a Union soldier in exchange for a bag of coffee.
Myrtle Creek, Oregon, Recipe Book,
The collection includes a book of recipes compiled from the Myrtle Creek, Oregon area sometime in the late 19th Century or early 20th Century.
National Agricultural Publications,
The collection contains United States Department of Agriculture, War Food Administration, and other national agency publications from the early 20th century to the present day.
National Biscuit Company Package Catalog
The collection contains a single package catalog for the National Biscuit Company. Although the catalog is not dated, one item is from June 1931, suggesting the catalog is from about that time. It includes labels for more than forty crackers, cookies, and other snack items, and the back pages include sample display racks for stores.