Food Studies

Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.

ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.

The ASFS was founded in 1985, with the goals of promoting the interdisciplinary study of food and society. It has continued that mission by holding annual meetings; the first was in 1987 and since 1992, the meetings have been held jointly with the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society, https://afhvs.wildapricot.org/.

An 'online collection of some of the most influential and important American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century.’

Blog by Marion Nestle, scholar and premier authority on nutrition, food studies, food policy, and public health. Contains excellent resources about food policy, litigation, and news.

The Cookbook and Home Economics Collection includes books from the Young Research Library Department of Special Collections at UCLA, The Bancroft Library at The University of California, Berkeley, and the Prelinger Library. These fascinating books take us back to an America in the early decades of the 20th century covering topics on cookery, textiles, family and home, budgeting, domestic sciences, and many other delightful topics.

Search for your topic using the main search box or browse the digital collections for food and food industry content and all other primary source collections.

The scope of the Food and Foodways collection of archived websites is broad, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of food studies. The collection provides an inclusive space for food-related sites proposed by nominators from a wide spectrum of subject areas and specialties.
Because food intersects with our lives in so many ways, this collection includes sites that relate to food through a variety of lenses, including culture, science, history, policy, health, business, agriculture, and technology.
The sites represent various organizations and non-profits, government agencies, and food-related projects–as well as food bloggers and individual chefs, scholars, educators and farmers. Websites in the collection focus on food systems, recipes, food history, food waste, sustainability, foodways of various diaspora and geographic areas–and more.

The LAPL has one of the largest culinary collections in the country, with holdings in periodicals, manuscripts and rare book. Site includes links to online content, from menus to advertising ephemera and photographs.

This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

The NYPL holds an extensive collection of cookbooks, menus and food-related manuscripts. Visit NYPL for in person research at the Schwartzman building on 42nd St. and 5th Ave. See also their Digital Menus Collection at http://menus.nypl.org/

National collection of primary source materials related to the United States' history, including documents, photos, and records. Also includes excellent education resources about finding, working with, and analyzing primary sources.

Newspaper pages from 1836-1922. Also includes information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

Feeding America is an online collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century. The digital archive includes 76 cookbooks from the MSU Libraries' collection as well as searchable full-text transcriptions.

"Not by Bread Alone" explores the influences and inventions that have shaped American food habits over the past two hundred years.

A 'clearinghouse of information on farmland protection and stewardship' developed and maintained by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the American Farmland Trust. The site includes news and links to reports, articles, and datasets. Encompasses many topics, from food systems, to eminent domain, and provides sources from local, state, and federal agencies. Statistics provided through many resources, including the Natural Resources Inventory and the Census of Agriculture.

The infographic shows how 10 companies make most of the foods we eat.
Launched in 2013, [Oxfam’s "Behind the Brands"]... campaign takes a closer look at the “big 10” food companies’ policies, encourages them to do more for people and the planet, and, when needed, harnesses the power of consumer action to convince them to do better.

Includes links to company information and statistics.

You will need to scroll through the list to identify food companies. Includes Mars, Perdue, Gallo Winery, Rich Products, Nature's Bounty, etc.