A Guide to the Military & Wartime Cookery Collection, 1884-1965 (Bulk, 1917-1945)
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms2017-029
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USA
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Processed by: Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, Special Collections
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Military & Wartime Cookery Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Military & Wartime Cookery Collection, Ms2017-029, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Military & Wartime Cookery Collection was purchased by Special Collections in April 2017. Possible accruals may be added in the future.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Military & Wartime Cookery Collection was completed in August 2017. Five additional items were received and added to the collection in September 2017
Scope and Content
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). Formats and items include (but are not limited to) menus, U.S. Government publications from various agencies, corporate sponsored pamphlets, ration books, recipes, and a photograph album. While the majority of the collection relates to U. S. military and wartime cooking or food history in America, there are some items relating to British military or U. S. military abroad.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in series by conflict/era using the broadest wartime dates: The American Civil War (1861-1865); Mid- and Late 19th/Early 20th Century (1866-1914); World War I (1914-1919); Between the World Wars (1920-1938); World War II (1939-1945); Post-World War II (1946-). Within each time period, materials are grouped by format. Each folder has a list of individual items in the contents list of the finding aid.
Please note: materials are located within the conflict or era to which they are relate and may not date only from that specific time period. For example, the Civil War series contains menus from reunions that took place between 1884 and 1905.
Related Material
Separated Material
The following books and publications were purchased as part of this collection and are cataloged for Special Collections Rare Book Collection. The list below is organized by conflict/era to reflect the organization of the manuscript materials. Within each era, items are listed in chronological order by publication date.
Index Terms
- Civil War
- History of Food and Drink
- World War I
- World War II
- Culinary pamphlets
- Ephemera
- Menus
- Pamphlets
Subjects:
Genre and Form Terms:
Contents List
- Box-Folder 1 folder: 1
Civil War Reunion Menus, 1884-1905
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Society for the Army of the Potomac Fifteenth Annual Reunion, 1884-06-12
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Receiption Banquet to General R. A. Alger, Commander in Chief, G. A. R., 1890-02-18
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Forty-Second Anniversary 11th Mass. Light Battery, 1905-01-02
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 2
Menus, 1895
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Complimentary Dinner by the 999th Artillery Association to the Champions of the 2d Division Mass. Amateur Bowling League and the Champions of Inter-Club League, 1895-04-02
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 3
Ephemera, 1918, n.d.
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Training School for Bakers and Cooks Certificate of Proficiency (for Pvt. Robert B. Thomas), 1918-10-17
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Welcome Home World War Veterans program (Milford, MA), 1919-06-09
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Snoopy WWI RAF Towel, n.d.
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 4
Menus, 1918-1919
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Dinner, Thanksgiving Day, United States Naval Air base, Eastleigh England, 1918-11-28
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11th Engineers, Hotel Pennsylvania (New York, NY), 1919
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 5
United States Government Publications, 1917-1919
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"A Whole Dinner in One Dish," U. S. Department of Agriculture & U.S. Food Administration, 1917
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"Forty Lessons in Gardening for the Northeastern United States," U. S. School Garden Army, Department of the Interior, 1919
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Menus, 1924, 1935
- Box-Folder 1 folder: 6
Thanksgiving Day, 28th Bomb Squadron, Camp Nichols (framed), 1924-11-27
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Christmas Dinner, United States Ship Nevada, December 25, 1935
- Box-Folder 1 folder: 6
- Box-Folder 1 folder: 7
Corporate Pamphlets, 1942-1944, n.d.
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Ball Brothers Company, "Can with Less Sugar or Can Without Sugar," 1942
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Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., "Don't Let Butter Rationing Scare You!," 1942
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Standard Brands Incorporated, "Ten Victory Cake Recipes," 1942
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Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Pillsbury's Fightin' Food Communique, No. 1, September 1943
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Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Pillsbury's Fightin' Food Communique, No. 3, November-December 1943
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Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Pillsbury's Fightin' Food Communique, No. 4, January 1944
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Beech-Nut Packing Company, "Your Victory Garden Work Sheets," n.d.
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National Live Stock and Meat Board, "Wartime Meat Extenders and Low-Point Meat Cuts," n.d.
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Rockwood & Co., "Bits Sugar Savings Recipes," n.d.
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 8
Ephemera, n.d. (c.1941-1945)
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"Victory" geometric puzzle, n.d.
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Wonderbread, "The Guide to United States Warships" (volvelle), n.d.
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 9
Menus, 1942-1945, n.d.
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Cooley's (Evanston, IL), 1942
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Emergency Menus (American Red Cross), January 1943
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U. S. Naval Receiving Barracks, No. 3 (Auckland, New Zealand), Independence Day Dinner, 1943
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French Lick Springs Hotel (French Lick, IN), 1944
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Hotel New York (New York, NY), 1944
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The Brown Derby (Hollywood, CA), 1945
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Palmer House (Chicago, IL), 1945
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The Corner, n.d.
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Thanksgiving Day (Fort Lewis, WA), n.d.
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 10
Ration Books, n.d. (c.1941-1945)
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Ramsey Family (Maine)
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Perry Family (New Hampshire)
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 11
Recipes (Handwritten), n.d.
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Handwritten recipe for "War Cake no eggs," n.d.
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Handwritten recipe for "War Cake," n.d.
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 12
United States Government Publications, 1942-1946, n.d.
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"Recipes to Match Your Sugar Ration," Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Deaprtment of Agriculture, & Office of Price Administration, 1942
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"Vitamins from Farm to You," U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1942
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"Wartime Canning of Fruits, Vegetables," U. S. Department of Agriculture, June 1943
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"National Wartime Nutrition Guide," U. S. Department of Agriculture, July 1943
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"National Food Guide," U. S. Department of Agriculture, August 1946
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"Fats in Wartime," Massachusetts State College, U. S. Department of Agriculture, & County Extension Services, n.d.
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"Keep the Home Fires Burning," Massachusetts State College, U. S. Department of Agriculture, & County Extension Services, n.d.
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 13
Menus, 1947, 1953, n.d.
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Sachers British Army Officers Hotel (France), 1947-01-12
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U. S. Hotel Thayer (West Point, NY), 1953-10-15
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The General von Stuben (Wiesbaden, Germany), n.d.
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Officers Club (Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone), n.d. (likely after World War II)
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- Box-Folder 1 folder: 14-16
Yokota Air Base Commissary Photograph Album (3 folders), 1965
The album primarily contains a series of photographs of the Yokota Air Base Commissary, taken c.1965. Images include staff, "action" shots of shoppers, displays, and spaces. In addition, there is a series of 8x10 black and white portraits of military officers. The second half of the binder contains mimeographed pages on the Japanese language and culture.