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Home > Special Collections > MOTHERHOMEHEAVEN

Mother Home & Heaven

 

Aimed primarily at women, this is a monograph collection of popular advice literature. Books cover topics from cooking and cleaning to marriage and birth control. Many of the titles are manuals that offer guidelines for self-improvement. The collection demonstrates how self-improvement advice has been redefined to meet the needs of popular culture.


The Victorian notion of the woman as the "Angel in the House" is well-represented, with many of the texts proposing that every young woman should be prepared to be the guardian of her home and to provide heaven on earth for her family. Later imprints document the change in social constructs.


The original collection consists of approximately 800 titles that were collected by Harrison Hayford. In 1990, his wife, Josephine Wishart Hayford (Class of 1937), donated the bulk of the collection in honor of her mother, Josephine Long Wishart, wife of President Charles F. Wishart. This collection is currently in progress and is being added to by Digital Collections staff.

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  • Room at the Top: Or, How to Reach Success, Happiness, Fame and Fortune by A. Craig

    Room at the Top: Or, How to Reach Success, Happiness, Fame and Fortune

    A. Craig

  • The Highway to Fortune, Happiness & Heaven (Part Three) by Jerome Paine Bates

    The Highway to Fortune, Happiness & Heaven (Part Three)

    Jerome Paine Bates

  • The Highway to Fortune, Happiness & Heaven (Part One) by Jerome Paine Bates

    The Highway to Fortune, Happiness & Heaven (Part One)

    Jerome Paine Bates

  • The Highway to Fortune, Happiness & Heaven (Part Two) by Jerome Paine Bates

    The Highway to Fortune, Happiness & Heaven (Part Two)

    Jerome Paine Bates

  • Hand-Book for Home Improvement (Part Three) by Unknown

    Hand-Book for Home Improvement (Part Three)

    Unknown

  • Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society: Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture (Part One) by H. O. Ward

    Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society: Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture (Part One)

    H. O. Ward

  • Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society: Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture (Part Three) by H. O. Ward

    Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society: Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture (Part Three)

    H. O. Ward

  • Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society: Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture (Part Two) by H. O. Ward

    Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society: Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture (Part Two)

    H. O. Ward

  • Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women on the Various Duties of Life by Rev. G. S. Weaver

    Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women on the Various Duties of Life

    Rev. G. S. Weaver

  • Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society (Part One) by Unknown

    Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society (Part One)

    Unknown

  • Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society (Part Two) by Unknown

    Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society (Part Two)

    Unknown

  • The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation by John Ruskin M.A.

    The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation

    John Ruskin M.A.

  • The Art of Conversation with Directions For Self Education (Part 1) by George W. Carleton

    The Art of Conversation with Directions For Self Education (Part 1)

    George W. Carleton

  • The Art of Conversation with Directions For Self Education (Part 2) by George W. Carleton

    The Art of Conversation with Directions For Self Education (Part 2)

    George W. Carleton

  • Anecdotes for Girls by Harvey Newcomb

    Anecdotes for Girls

    Harvey Newcomb

  • Sweet Home; or, Friendship's Golden Altar by Frances E. Percival

    Sweet Home; or, Friendship's Golden Altar

    Frances E. Percival

  • The Young Woman's Friend; or the Duties, Trials, Loves, and Hopes of Woman by Daniel C. Eddy

    The Young Woman's Friend; or the Duties, Trials, Loves, and Hopes of Woman

    Daniel C. Eddy

  • The Young Man's Friend (Part One) by Daniel C. Eddy

    The Young Man's Friend (Part One)

    Daniel C. Eddy

  • The Young Man's Friend (Part Two) by Daniel C. Eddy

    The Young Man's Friend (Part Two)

    Daniel C. Eddy

  • Sweet Home; or, Friendship's Golden Altar by Frances E. Percival

    Sweet Home; or, Friendship's Golden Altar

    Frances E. Percival

  • The Hearth Stone: Thoughts Upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Samuel Osgood

    The Hearth Stone: Thoughts Upon Home-Life in Our Cities

    Samuel Osgood

  • Young Lady's Gift: Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects (Part One) by Rev. John Bennett

    Young Lady's Gift: Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects (Part One)

    Rev. John Bennett

  • Young Lady's Gift: Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects (Part Two) by Rev. John Bennett

    Young Lady's Gift: Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects (Part Two)

    Rev. John Bennett

  • Considerations for Young Men (Part 1) by Rev. J. B. Waterbury D.D.

    Considerations for Young Men (Part 1)

    Rev. J. B. Waterbury D.D.

  • Considerations for Young Men (Part 2) by Rev. J. B. Waterbury D.D.

    Considerations for Young Men (Part 2)

    Rev. J. B. Waterbury D.D.

 
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