Food & Agriculture: Historical Materials
- Library of Congress: American HistoryThis page provides access to primary source materials (including letters, maps, images, and manuscripts) from a range of historical periods in America.
- Agriculture Collections @ Smithsonian InstitutionCollections from the National Museum of American History
- Encyclopedia of Food & Culture
A three-volume survey of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others. Includes photographs, illustrations, sidebars, recipes, menus, and timelines.
Keyword Suggestions
In addition to "recipes," also try "receipts"
In addition to "cookbooks," also try "cookery"
In addition to "food," also try "comestibles"
In addition to "beverages" or "drinks," also try "potables"
Local Sources
- 1823 History of Schoharie Countyfull-text of John M. Brown's 1823 "A Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of the County of Schoharie by the Germans."
History of Schoharie County and Border Wars of New York, by Call Number: F127.S3S56 1991Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Harvest of Dissent: agrarianism in nineteenth-century New York by Call Number: F123 .S86 2005ISBN: 0252029763Publication Date: 2005
