FOOD IS HISTORY — COMMUNITY ARCHIVE CONTRIBUTION FORM
Share a recipe, food story, oral history, photo, or other culinary history—no historian knowledge needed.
What Are You Contributing?
What are you contributing?
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Recipe
Foodway or Tradition
Family Food Story
Cooking Technique
Oral History
Photograph
Menu or Document
Person
Restaurant or Food Business
Place
Ingredient Story
Migration Story
Audio / Video
Other
I'm not sure — help me identify it.
Submission Title
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Tell us about your contribution
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Your Connection to the Material
Your Name
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First Name
Middle Name
Last Name
Email Address
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example@example.com
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
How should we contact you?
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Email
Phone
Text
What is your connection to this material?
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Where did this material or story come from?
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About when is it from?
What place is connected to this story?
Conditional Recipe / Foodways Questions
What is the name of the dish, recipe, technique, ingredient, or tradition?
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Who taught you or your family this?
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What ingredients are important?
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How is it prepared or practiced?
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When or why is it made, served, or practiced?
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Everyday meals
Holidays
Church gatherings
Family reunions
Celebrations
Mourning
Migration
Seasonal traditions
Work
Business
Another occasion
What story or lineage should be preserved with it?
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Has this recipe, technique, or tradition changed over time?
Conditional Person / Place / Business Questions
Who or what are you documenting?
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Why is this person, business, or place important to food history?
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What years or time period are connected to this person, business, or place?
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What neighborhood, city, state, country, or community is associated with it?
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Are there particular dishes, techniques, people, events, or traditions connected to it?
Conditional Oral History Questions
Whose story would you like to preserve?
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What would you like future generations to know from this story?
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Do you already have an audio or video recording?
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Yes
No
Not yet, but I would like help recording one.
Would you be interested in speaking with the Food Is History team for an oral history interview?
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Yes
Maybe
No
Conditional Photo / Document / Media Questions
What is shown, heard, or documented in this material?
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Who created or originally owned this material, if known?
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About when was it created?
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Who or what appears in it?
Where was it created or used?
Who currently owns the original material?
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Additional Context
Is there anything else you'd like us to know?
Would you be willing to speak with the Food Is History team about your submission?
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Maybe
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Permissions / Acknowledgement
I confirm that I have the right to submit these materials or have permission to share them with the James Hemings Society. I understand that submitting material does not automatically mean it will be publicly displayed or published. The James Hemings Society may contact me to discuss the submission, attribution, permissions, preservation, and potential uses.
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I understand and agree.
May the James Hemings Society contact you about future Food Is History programs, interviews, exhibitions, publications, or related opportunities?
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