Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Food Preservation and Home Canning Literature
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Green, Mary E.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries
NMAH.AC.1061
Archival Resource Key
2.5 Cubic feet
6 boxes and 1 map-folder
1883-1980
Over a period of approximately 25 years, Dr. Mary Eloise Green of Ohio State University collected a wide variety of materials pertaining to food preservation and home canning techniques. She acquired associated pamphlets, manuals, and recipe booklets from companies as well as governmental agencies.
English
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Processing Information
Processed by Robert Ageton (volunteer) and Beatrice Kelly (intern), 2009; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Preferred Citation
Food Preservation and Home Canning Literature Collection, 1883-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Mary E. Green, a professor in the Food and Nutrition Division of the School of Economics at Ohio State University, studied and collected documentation and artifacts pertaining to the home preservation of food.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains printed materials on various aspects of food preservation, which includes canning, pickling, freezing, and other methods. Recipe books, instruction manuals, posters, brochures and pamphlets issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, by manufacturers of food products, and by manufacturers of canning and preserving products and devices; also newsletters published by bottle and jar collecting hobby groups. A large percentage of the publications in the collection were published during World War II, and relate to preserving food to ensure an adequate food supply during the war years.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series.
Series 1, Product Literature, 1880s-1970s
Series 2, Price Guides, 1970-1977
Series 3, General Publications, 1934-1980
Series 4, Posters, undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Mary E. Green on October 1, 1976.
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2006.
Related Materials
Researchers should also consult the Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers, 1927-2002 (AC #862).
Separated Materials
The Division of Work and Industry holds artifacts related to this collection (Accession #322793) including canning jars and food preservation devices.
Cookery, American
Manuals
Frozen foods
Canning and preserving
Food industry and trade
Brochures
Food conservation
World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply
advertising
Posters
Pamphlets
Newsletters
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries
Product Literature
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1880s-1970s
Ball Brothers Company (pamphlets), 1930s-1960s
Archival Resource Key
1
1
Ball Brothers Company (book, columns, pamphlets), 1970s and undated
Archival Resource Key
1
2
Bernardin (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
3
Canco: American Can Company (pamphlets, manuals, periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1945-1959
1
4
Container Corporation of America (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
5
Cornell Bulletin (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1939-1954
1
6
Corning Glass Works (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1956
1
7
Diamond Crystal Salt Company (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
8
Dow Chemical Company (pamphlet, recipes)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
9
Florida Agricultural Extension Service (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1960
1
10
General Foods Corporation (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
11
Georgia Experiment Station (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1946
1
12
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
13
Good Housekeeping Institute (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
14
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
15
H.J. Heinz Company (book, pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1943
1
16
International Harvester Company (pamphlets, manual) 1949-1950
Archival Resource Key
2
1
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
1941-1949
2
2
Karo, Corn Products Refining Company (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
3
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation (pamphlets, recipes), 1940s
Archival Resource Key
2
4
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation (pamphlets, manual), 1950s
Archival Resource Key
2
5
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation (pamphlets, periodical, manual), 1970s and undated
Archival Resource Key
2
6
Libby, McNeill & Libby (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
1950
2
7
Michigan State College (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1945
2
8
National Canners Association (periodicals, pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
1937-1960
2
9
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1951
2
10
Ohio State University (periodicals, pamphlets, manuals)
Archival Resource Key
1938-1966
2
11
Rutgers, the State University, College of Agriculture (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1958
2
12
Sears, Roebuck and Company (manual)
Archival Resource Key
1946
2
13
United States Department of the Interior (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1943-1955
2
14
United States Department of Agriculture (periodicals, pamphlets), 1880s-1930s
Archival Resource Key
3
1
United States Department of Agriculture (pamphlets, radio scripts, manuals, posters), 1940s
Archival Resource Key
3
2
United States Department of Agriculture (pamphlet, periodicals), 1940s
Archival Resource Key
3
3
United States Department of Agriculture (pamphlets, manual), 1950s
Archival Resource Key
3
4
United States Department of Agriculture (pamphlets, periodicals), 1960s
Archival Resource Key
3
5
University of California at Berkeley (pamphlet, periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1946-1958
3
6
University of Delaware (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1927-1931
3
7
University of Maryland (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1949
3
8
University of Massachusetts (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1951
3
9
University of Minnesota (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1951
3
10
State College of Washington (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1951
3
11
Wear-Ever (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
undated
3
12
West Virginia University (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1951
3
13
University of Wisconsin (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1935
3
14
Miscellaneous Product Literature (pamphlets, dust cover), undated and 1957-1958
Archival Resource Key
3
15
Price Guides
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1970-1977
The Red Book of Fruit Jars #1, 2 (manual)
Archival Resource Key
1970-1973
4
1
The Red Book of Fruit Jars #3 (manual)
Archival Resource Key
1977
4
2
Fruit Jar Manual and Price Guide (manual)
Archival Resource Key
1973
4
3
Canning Jars of Canada, A Colcasea's Record Book and Price Guide
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
1
General Publications
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1934-1980
General Articles (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1969-1977
4
4
General - Frozen Foods (pamphlets, periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1949-1967
4
5
General - History (comic, pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
6
General - Dehydration (pamphlets), 1943 and undated
Archival Resource Key
4
7
General - Manuals
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
4
8
General -Milk Bottles (books)
Archival Resource Key
1970-1972
4
9
General -Pontilled Fruit Jars (pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
10
A Century of Antique Canadian Glass Fruit Jars (book)
Archival Resource Key
1970
4
11
Canadian Fruit Jar Collector (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1976
5
1
From Great Aunt May's Cellar (book)
Archival Resource Key
1967
5
2
Fruit Jars: Canister to Kerr (book)
Archival Resource Key
1971
5
3
Fruit Jar Clearing House (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973
5
4
Fruit Jar Forum (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973
5
5
Fruit Jar News (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1975
5
6
Fruit Jar News (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
5
7
Fruit Jar News (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
5
8
Fruit Jar Newsletter/News (periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
5
9
Granny Kath's Kitchen(periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
5
10
Granny Kath's Kitchen(periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
5
11
Granny Kath's Kitchen(newsletter)
Archival Resource Key
1977-1979
6
1
Granny Kath's Kitchen(newsletter)
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
6
2
Industrial Progress, U.S.A.(pamphlet)
Archival Resource Key
1954
6
3
Journal of Home Economics(periodical)
Archival Resource Key
1934
6
4
Sugar Information, Inc. (pamphlets)
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
5
Western Collector (periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1969
6
6
Westinghouse (pamphlet, periodicals)
Archival Resource Key
1949
6
7
Bottle Makers and Their Marks(book)
Archival Resource Key
1971
6
8
Posters
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
undated
The Pressure Cooker Method of Home Canning, National Pressure Cooker Company, undated 30.75" x 17.25"
Archival Resource Key
1
The "Inside Story" of a Modern Home Freezer (series of 10 units) 16.76" x 21.75"
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
Food Preservation: From Cave Man to Kitchen 26.75" x 39.75"
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
Food Preservation: From Cave Man to Kitchen 26.75" x 39.75"
Canned Food Buying Guide: Common Container Sizes, National Canners Association 24" x 37"
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
Archival Resource Key
1943
1
Scope and Contents
Set of 20 posters.