HIST 150: Southern Foodways

Use this guide to locate library resources for research in your HIST 150: Southern Foodways course. 

• Search for Books: Search PRIMO to locate books held within W&M Libraries' collections.
• Letters, Magazines, Manuscripts & Newspapers (Primary Sources): A list of different databases containing magazines articles, historic newspapers, books, and ephemera. Focus on keywords like cookery, etc to locate materials. 
• Scholarly Articles (Secondary Sources): Find scholarly articles on your topic using these recommended databases, including those focused on history, culture and identity.
• Oral Histories & Cookbooks: A curated list of archives containing digitized historic cookbooks and oral histories about southern foodways.

If you're having any trouble finding what you're looking for, please make a research appointment with a research librarian, chat us, come up to the desk and ask a question, or send us an email. You're not alone - we are here to help you.