General Orders No. 37

viblbv01880Military & Wartime Cookery CollectionMilitary & Wartime Cookery Collection 1884-1965 (Bulk, 1917-1945) Ms.2017.029Kira A. Dietz, ArchivistSpecial Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:46:54 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Military & Wartime Cookery Collection Ms.2017.029 0.7 Cubic Feet 1 box 1884-1965 1917-1945 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). English . 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 Materials Other World War Food-Related Collections in Special Collections Culinary Pamphlet Collection, c.1870s-1990s (Ms2011-002). Finding aid available online. Food Advertisement Collection, 1894-1962 (Ms2017-020). Finding aid available online. State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications, 1934-present (Ms2012-040). Finding aid available online. National Agricultural Publications, 1917-present (Ms2011-022). Finding aid available online. World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets, 1941-1945 (Ms2015-048). Finding aid available online. Separated Materials

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.

Pre-World War I Military (1897-1908) General Orders No. 37, 1897 The Vital Question and Our Navy, 1898 The Army Baker: A Manual Prepared for the Use of Students of the Training School for Bakers and Cooks, 1908 World War I (1916-1918) Recueil de Recettes Culinaires, c.1914-1918? British French Italian Russian Belgian Cookery, 1916 Manual for Army Cooks, 1916 Mess Accounts and Messing, 1916 Manual for Army Bakers, 1917 War-Time Cook and Health Book, Lydia E. Pinkham Company, 1917 Food and Victory, 1918 How to Use Corn Meal, Oat Meal, Barley, Buckwheat,…,Royal Baking Powder Co., 1918 Mary Elizabeth's War Time Recipes, 1918 Official Recipe Book: What to Eat How to Cook It, 1918 Twentieth Century Club War Time Cook Book, 1918 Post World War I Military (1927-1939) The Cook Book of the United States Navy, 1927 Favorite Navy Recipes, 1931 Army Chow, 1939 World War II (1940-1946) Feeding the People in War-Time, 1940 Food in War Time, 1940 Manuel du Cuisinier a la Campagne, 1940 The Nation's Larder and the Housewife's Part Therein, 1940 Army Baker, TM 10-410, 1941 British War Relief Cookery Book, 1941 Favorite Navy Recipes, 1941 Old and New British Recipes Collected for Your Pleasure…, 1941 Two Hundred War-Time Recipes, 1941 American Woman's Cook Book, 1942? The Army Cook, TM 10-405, 1942 Canned Food Manual, 1942 Recipes Complied by Fort Ord Army Daughters, 1942 Respectfully Yours, Annie, 1942 The Soldier and His Food, 1942 Albers Victory Recipes, 1943 The Bakeshop Trouble Shooter, 1943 Baking Manual for the Army Cook, 1943 Cooking Dehydrated Foods, TM 10-406, 1943 Cooking on a Ration: Food is Still Fun, 1943 Eat to Live: The Blue Book of Cooking, 1943 Food Planning for Victory, 1943 Vegetable Gardening in Wartime, 1943 Victory Vitamin Cook Book for Wartime Meals, 1943 Wartime Cooking Guide, 1943 164 Recipes/Recettes Fare-Ye-Well with Ladies of the Realm, 1944? Food in War and in Peace, 1944 Health for All Wartime Recipe Book, 1944 Health for Victory Meal Planning Guide, March—June, August 1944 Victory Gardening, Cornell Extension Bulletin, 1944 You Said a Mouthful, 1944 The Cook Book of the United States Navy, 1945 The Impact of the War on Civilian Consumption, 1945 Manual of Army Catering Services Part II-Recipes, 1945 An Experimental Study of Rationing, 1946 Recipes Out of Bilibid, 1946 Food Facts for the Kitchen Front 120 Wartime Meat Recipes Pillsbury's 40 War Time Recipes Ration Time Recipes Sun-Maid Wartime Recipes that Taste Good! War Cook Book for American Women Post World War II Military (1948-1990) Naval Catering Handbook and Manual, BR 97 (48), 1948 Operation Vittles, 1949 A Cook's Tour of Quantico, 1952 Army Brats' Cookbook, 1953 Army Recipes (Meat, Poultry, Fish, Gravies, Sauces, and Dressings), TM10-412-1, 1957 Army Recipes (Eggs, Cheese, and Sandwiches), TM 10-412-2, 1957 Cooks' Tour, 1960 Army Recipes (Salads and Salad Dressings), TM10-412-4, 1961 NCOWC Souvenir Cook Book, 1962 Dare to Excel in Cooking, 1966 Peace de Resistance, c.1970 Military Lifestyle: Entertaining and Party Guide, 1990 Manual for the Chef of Staff Civil War History of Food and Drink World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Culinary pamphlets Ephemera Menus Pamphlets Wartime: American Civil War (1861-1865)Civil War Reunion Menus1884-190511Society for the Army of the Potomac Fifteenth Annual Reunion1884-06-12Receiption Banquet to General R. A. Alger, Commander in Chief, G. A. R.1890-02-18Forty-Second Anniversary 11th Mass. Light Battery1905-01-02Military: Mid-and Late 19th/Early 20th Century (1866-1914)Menus189512Complimentary Dinner by the 999th Artillery Association to the Champions of the 2d Division Mass. Amateur Bowling League and the Champions of Inter-Club League1895-04-02Wartime: World War I (1914-1919)Ephemera1918-1919, n.d.13Training School for Bakers and Cooks Certificate of Proficiency (for Pvt. Robert B. Thomas)1918-10-17Welcome Home World War Veterans program (Milford, MA), June 9, 1919Snoopy WWI RAF Toweln.d.Menus1918-191914Dinner, Thanksgiving Day, United States Naval Air base, Eastleigh England1918-11-2811th Engineers, Hotel Pennsylvania (New York, NY), 1919United States Government Publications1917-191915"A Whole Dinner in One Dish," U. S. Department of Agriculture & U.S. Food Administration1917"Forty Lessons in Gardening for the Northeastern United States," U. S. School Garden Army, Department of the Interior1919Military: Between the World Wars (1920-1938)Menus1924, 1935Thanksgiving Day, 28th Bomb Squadron, Camp Nichols (framed)1924-11-2716Christmas Dinner, United States Ship Nevada, December 25, 1935Wartime: World War II (1939-1945)Corporate Pamphlets1942-1944, n.d.17Ball Brothers Company, "Can with Less Sugar or Can Without Sugar"1942Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., "Don't Let Butter Rationing Scare You!"1942Standard Brands Incorporated, "Ten Victory Cake Recipes"1942Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Pillsbury's Fightin' Food Communique, No. 1September 1943Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Pillsbury's Fightin' Food Communique, No. 3November-December 1943Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Pillsbury's Fightin' Food Communique, No. 4January 1944Beech-Nut Packing Company, "Your Victory Garden Work Sheets"n.d.National Live Stock and Meat Board, "Wartime Meat Extenders and Low-Point Meat Cuts"n.d.Rockwood & Co., "Bits Sugar Savings Recipes"n.d.Ephemeran.d. (c.1941-1945)18"Victory" geometric puzzlen.d.Wonderbread, "The Guide to United States Warships" (volvelle)n.d.Menus1942-1945, n.d.19Cooley's (Evanston, IL)1942Emergency Menus (American Red Cross)January 1943U. S. Naval Receiving Barracks, No. 3 (Auckland, New Zealand), Independence Day Dinner1943French Lick Springs Hotel (French Lick, IN)1944Hotel New York (New York, NY)1944The Brown Derby (Hollywood, CA)1945Palmer House (Chicago, IL), 1945The Cornern.d.Thanksgiving Day (Fort Lewis, WA)n.d.Ration Booksn.d. (c.1941-1945)110Ramsey Family (Maine)Perry Family (New Hampshire)Recipes (Handwritten)n.d.111Handwritten recipe for "War Cake no eggs"n.d.Handwritten recipe for "War Cake"n.d.United States Government Publications1942-1946, n.d.112"Recipes to Match Your Sugar Ration," Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Deaprtment of Agriculture, & Office of Price Administration1942"Vitamins from Farm to You," U. S. Department of Agriculture1942"Wartime Canning of Fruits, Vegetables," U. S. Department of AgricultureJune 1943"National Wartime Nutrition Guide," U. S. Department of AgricultureJuly 1943"National Food Guide," U. S. Department of AgricultureAugust 1946"Fats in Wartime," Massachusetts State College, U. S. Department of Agriculture, & County Extension Servicesn.d."Keep the Home Fires Burning," Massachusetts State College, U. S. Department of Agriculture, & County Extension Servicesn.d.Military: Post-World War II (1946-)Menus1947, 1953, n.d.113Sachers British Army Officers Hotel (France)1947-01-12U. S. Hotel Thayer (West Point, NY)1953-10-15The General von Stuben (Wiesbaden, Germany)n.d.Officers Club (Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone)n.d. (likely after World War II)Yokota Air Base Commissary Photograph Album (3 folders)1965114-16Scope and Contents

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.