WAR RECORDS COMMISSION: MINNESOTA FEDERAL FOOD
ADMINISTRATION AND STATE FOOD CONSERVATION COMMITTEE:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota
Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Minnesota Federal Food Administration
and State Food Conservation Committee.
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| Title: | Records. |
| Dates: | 1917-1919. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Files of Mildred Weigley, as home economics director of the
Minnesota Federal Food Administration; and as chairman of the State Food
Conservation Committee, a project of the Woman's Committee, Council of National
Defense (and Public Safety Commission). |
| Quantity: | 1.3 cubic feet (1 box and 1 partial
box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Includes correspondence with county food
conservation chairmen or food administration committees; bulletins and circulars of
the U.S. Food Administration; press releases from the office of A. D. Wilson,
federal food administrator for Minnesota; and brief notes or reports on the
organizational history and membership of county food administration
committees.
Most of the materials relate to food conservation, particularly to the use of sugar
and wheat substitutes (with recipes), and to home economics education through
distribution of literature and the use of demonstration agents.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Minnesota Federal Food Administration and State Food Conservation
Committee. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001704152
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | |
| 103.K.17.1B | | Counties: Anoka-Yellow Medicine. 11 folders. |
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| | Bulletins and correspondence. 2 folders. |
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| | Exhibits: Food conservation. |
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| | Commodity Reports (U.S. Food Administration), February-November 1918. 3 folders. |
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| | Federal government bulletins. |
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| | Food Administration press releases. 2 folders. |
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| | Food Administrators (by County) History. |
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| | Government form letters and circulars. |
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| | Home Economics Committee. |
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| | Home Economics: Trained women. |
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| | Lists of County and Town Chairmen (Women's Division, Public Safety
Commission, and Conservation). |
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| Location | |
| 103.K.17.2F | | Publicity. |
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| | Food: U. S. Food Administration. |
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| | Minnesota Food Administration, J. A. Vye. |
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| | Outlines for Smith-Hughes Courses, Miss Weigley. |
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| | Reports of war work from counties. |
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| | Weight of various food materials. |
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| | Mildred Weigley. |
| | | Includes many recipes. |
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| | Wheat, general: Bulletins and form letters. |
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| | Wheat: Recipes for yeast breads with wheat substitutes. |
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| | Wheat: Recipes for quick breads with wheat substitutes. |
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| | Wholesale and retail pledges on sugar sale. |
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| | Judge Wilson; Mrs. T. G. Winter. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Food conservation.
- Home demonstration work -- Minnesota.
- Home economics extension work -- Minnesota.
- Rationing -- Minnesota.
- Sugar substitutes -- Recipes.
- Wheat-free diet -- Recipes.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Minnesota.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply --
Minnesota.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work --
Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Weigley, Mildred.
- Wilson, A.D. (Archie Dell),
1875-1952.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota War Records
Commission.
- United States. Food and Drug
Administration.
- United States. Council of National
Defense.
- United States. War Food
Administration.
- Document Types:
- Press releases.
- Recipes.
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