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:
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.
Bertha R. Wildasin Collection,
The Bertha R. Wildasin Collection contains two series--Culinary Papers and Ephemera--whose materials range from 1946 to 1987. Some material is undated. Ephemera includes genealogy notes, newspaper clippings about famous people, and sewing/home craft information.
Sallie Wilson Recipe Book
Collection of recipes compiled by a woman in Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia.
Marion Windle Recipe Book,
The collection includes a compiled recipe book with recipes dated from 1918 to 1974. The recipes were most likely collected by Marion Windle, whose name is found on the cover.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Collection
The collection contains three flyers for the national and Virginia branches Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), dating from about 1929.
World War II Civilian Ration Books
Packet of ration books used by the Porterfield family of Newport, Virginia, during World War II.
World War II Ration Book Four
This collection contains a war ration book printed during World War II.
World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets,
The World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets include four pamphlets published during the height of food rationing in the United States during the Second World War. The pamphlets promote rationing of sugar at the homefront and provide recipes that can be made using a substitute for sugar.