History of Food and Drink
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 110 Collections and/or Records:
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.
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.
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
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.