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Series 1: Flour includes publications from a range of companies promoting flour products. Most publications focus on recipes for sweet baked goods, such as cake, pie, quickbreads, and cookies, but some provide recipes for sandwiches or other savory dishes. Although the inclusive dates are 1869-2002, most publications date from the 1910s-1970s. In addition to numerous flour companies, including Robin Hood Flour Mills, Washburn Crosby Company, and King Arthur Flour, among others, this series includes publications from corporations that produced both flour and baking mixes, such as various iterations of the Pillsbury company.

Series 1: Canning includes publications dating from the 1860s to the 1990s, with the bulk of items from the 1920s-1960s. It includes both publications on how to preserve food at home and those selling equipment and supplies for this purpose, such as glass jars, labels, and pectin. Of particular note are several editions of the Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving Recipes (1930s-1940s) and the Kerr Home Canning Book (1940s).

Series 1: Major Appliances consists of publications promoting major kitchen and household appliances, such as washing machines, dishwashers, and televisions. Publications in this series date from circa 1860s to the 1970s. Corporate authors of particular note include General Electric Company, Whirlpool Corporation, and Zenith Radio Corporation.

This series does not include refrigerators and freezers, which are described in the the Culinary Ephemera: Refrigerators and Freezers finding aid.

Beverages - Non-Alcholic includes promotional materials dating from 1889 to 1999, with bulk of publications from the 1930s-1960s and the 1980s-1990s. The principal non-alcoholic beverage documented is coffee, but there is some material on tea, herbal teas, carbonated beverages, and juice.

Series 1: University Extension Service includes publications from the extension services at various universities throughout the United States, dating from the 1910s-1980s, with most falling in the 1930s-1960s. In 1914, the Smith Lever Act established a formal partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and land-grant universities, to address rural, agricultural issues, and it is within this context that Extension Services published on various household topics, such as cooking, canning and preserving, nutrition, budgeting, home appliances, and the like.