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As a rule, when we consider the effects of technology
upon society we think of the golden spike, Kitty Hawk, UNIVAC, the
horseless carriage, the Bomb -- developments somewhat removed from
our personal knowledge and experience. But during the 19th and early
20th century important interactions between technology and society
took place closer to home, indeed, in the home, and this
technological revolution, if you will, transformed our daily lives
in myriad ways. In chronicling the development and evolution of
our homes -- the way we clean, furnish, repair, and launder, and
acquire, prepare, cook, and preserve food, we have a wonderful opportunity
to celebrate human ingenuity, invention, and the leisure that time-
and labor-saving devices have afforded us. Today's children, accustomed
to microwave ovens, perma-press, fish fingers, TV snacks, and built-in
vacuum systems, are truly fascinated by the artifacts of their culture
-- the hows and whys -- and it prompts the older generations to
reminisce on the changes that they have experienced and how technology,
or its absence, has affected their lives and the lives of their
children. The Library's collections can illuminate the hows
and whys of domestic technology because of their depth and breadth.
Its holdings include old trade catalogs, a plethora of 19th-century
magazines reporting invention over a wide range of household technology
in articles, advice columns, and advertisements, books describing
new products and recording the history of housewares, diaries of
women recounting their everyday struggles to feed and clothe their
families, and illustrations depicting the evolution of many household
objects. This compilation lists sources useful in examining
the history of household technology, primarily in the United States
during the last half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th
century. Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide
is designed -- as the name of the series implies -- to put the reader
"on target."
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Andrews, William D., and Deborah C. Andrews. Technology and the
housewife in nineteenth-century America. Women's studies,
v. 2, no. 3, 1974: 309-328.
HQ1101.W77 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz. The "industrial revolution" in the home:
household technology and social change in the 20th century. Technology
and culture, v. 17, Jan. 1976: 1-23.
T1.T27 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
Glazer-Malbin, Norma. Housework. Signs, v. 1, summer 1976:
905-922.
HQ1101.S5 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
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Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books
on the history of household technology can be located in most card,
book, and online catalogs include the following:
DOMESTIC ENGINEERING--HISTORY (Highly relevant)
HOME ECONOMICS--UNITED STATES--HISTORY (Highly relevant)
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES--HISTORY (Highly relevant)
See
also individual items, e.g., "Irons (pressing)," "Vacuum cleaners,"
"Stoves"
HOME ECONOMICS--EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Relevant)
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, ELECTRIC--HISTORY (Relevant)
HOUSEWIVES--HISTORY--NINETEENTH CENTURY (Relevant)
HOUSEWIVES--UNITED STATES--HISTORY (Relevant)
KITCHEN UTENSILS--UNITED STATES--HISTORY (Relevant)
COOKWARE INDUSTRY--UNITED STATES--HISTORY (Related)
DOMESTIC ECONOMY--EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Related)
DOMESTICS--UNITED STATES--HISTORY (Related)
DWELLINGS--UNITED STATES--HISTORY (Related)
ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES INDUSTRY--HISTORY (Related)
HOUSE FURNISHINGS INDUSTRY AND TRADE--HISTORY (Related)
MANUFACTURERS--CATALOGS (Related)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS--SOCIAL ASPECTS (More general)
TECHNOLOGY--SOCIAL ASPECTS (More general)
UNITED STATES--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS (More general)
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American home life, 1880-1930: a social history of spaces and
services. Edited by Jessica H. Foy and Thomas J. Schlereth.
Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, c1992. 284 p.
E168.A513 1992
Includes bibliographical references.
Cohen, Daniel. The last hundred years, household technology.
New York, M. Evans, c1982. 184 p.
TX298.C58 1982
Bibliography: p. 177-178.
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz. More work for mother: the ironies of
household technology from the open hearth to the microwave.
New York, Basic Books, c1983. 257 p. TX23.C64 1983 <SciRR>
"Bibliographic essays:" p. 220-233.
"Notes:" p. 234-249.
Du Vall, Nell. Domestic technology: a chronology of developments.
Boston, G. K. Hall, c1988. 535 p.
TX15.D8 1988 <SciRR>
Includes bibliographical references.
Hardyment, Christina. From mangle to microwave: the mechanization
of household work. Cambridge, Eng., Polity Press; Oxford, New
York, Basil Blackwell, 1988. 220 p.
TX298.H37 1988
Bibliography: p. 203-209.
Lifshey, Earl. The housewares story: a history of the American
housewares industry. Chicago, National Housewares Manufacturers
Association, 1973. 384 p.
HD9773.U5L5
Includes bibliographical references.
Seymour, John. Forgotten household crafts. lst American
ed. New York, Knopf, 1987. 192 p.
TX15.S49 1987
Strasser, Susan. Never done: a history of American housework.
New York, Pantheon Books, c1982. 365 p.
TX23.S77 1982 <SciRR>
"Source notes": p. 313-355.
Yarwood, Doreen. Five hundred years of technology in the home.
London, B. T. Batsford, 1983. 184 p.
TX298.Y38 1983
Bibliography: p. 176-177.
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Brooke, Sheena. Hearth and home: a short history of domestic
equipment. London, Mills and Boon, 1973. 168 p.
TX298.B76
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover title: Hearth & home: a short history
of domestic equipment in England.
Buehr, Walter. Home sweet home in the nineteenth century.
New York, Crowell, 1965. 159 p.
TX19.B83
De Haan, David. Antique household gadgets and appliances, c.
1860 to 1930. Poole, Eng., Blandford Press, 1977. 165 p.
TX298.D4
An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology. Edited
by Ian McNeil. London, New York, Routledge, 1990. 1062 p.
T15.E53 1989 <SciRR>
Includes bibliographical references.
See especially "The domestic interior: technology
and the home": p. 902-948.
Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. At home: the American family, 1750-1870.
New York, H. N. Abrams, 1990. 304 p.
TX23.G37 1989
Bibliography: p. 288-297.
Glassie, Henry H. Pattern in the material folk culture of the
Eastern United States. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Press, 1969, c1968. 316 p. (University of Pennsylvania monographs
in folklore and folklife, no. 1)
GR105.G56
Bibliography: p. 243-316.
Hechtlinger, Adelaide. The seasonal hearth: the woman at home
in early America. Woodstock, N.Y., Overlook Press, 1986, c1977.
256 p.
TX23.H4 1986
Making the American home: middle-class women & domestic
material culture, 1840-1940. Edited by Marilyn Ferris Motz
and Pat Browne. Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green State University
Popular Press, c1988. 212 p.
TX23.M35 1988
Includes bibliographical references.
Morse, Sidney Levi. Household discoveries. Rev. ed. Petersburg,
N.Y., etc., Success Company's Branch Offices, c1913. 1173 p.
TX145.M82 1913
The Official from hearth to cookstove: an American domestic
history of gadgets and utensils made or used in America from 1700
to 1930. By the House of Collectibles, Inc. Editor, Thomas
E. Hudgeons III. 3rd ed. Orlando, Fla., House of Collectibles, c1985.
271 p.
TX656.O35 1985 <SciRR>
Revised ed. of From hearth to cook stove
by Linda Campbell Franklin. 2nd ed. c1978.
Bibliography: p. 254-258.
Plante, Ellen M. Women at home in Victorian America: a social
history. New York, Facts on File, c1997. 242 p.
HQ1418.P53 1997
Bibliography: p. 231-237.
Smith, Robert Paul. Lost & found: an illustrated compendium
of things no longer in general use: the hatpin, the icebox, the
carpet beater, and oven; household possessions they don't make that
way any more. New York, Charterhouse, 1973. 158 p.
TX298.S64
Talbot, George. At home, domestic life in the post-centennial
era, 1876-1920. An exhibition, spring 1976 through fall 1977
at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Prepared with the
assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts. Madison, State
Historical Society of Wisconsin, c1976. 88 p.
E168.T13
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Ahern, Eleanor. The way we wash our clothes. New York,
M. Barrows & Co., c1941. 140 p.
TT985.A43
Babcock, Emma Whitcomb. Household hints. New York, D.
Appleton and Co., 1881. 144 p. (Appleton's home books, v. 6)
HQ734.A6, vol. 6
Beecher, Catharine Esther. A treatise on domestic economy.
New York, Source Book Press 1970, c1841. 441 p.
TX145.B46 1970
Reprint of the ed. published by Marsh, Capen,
Lyon, and Webb, Boston.
Berney, Esther S. A collector's guide to pressing irons and
trivets. New York, Crown Publishers, c1977. 182 p.
TX298.B44 1977
Bibliography: p. 175-176.
Child, Lydia Maria Francis. The frugal housewife: dedicated
to those who are not ashamed of economy. 8th ed., corr and
arr. by the author, to which are added, hints to persons of moderate
fortune, some valuable receipts, etc., etc. London, T. Tegg, 1832.
176 p.
TX154.C47 1832 <Rare Bk Coll>
Published also under title, The American frugal
housewife.
The Country house kitchen, 1650-1900: skills and equipment
for food provisioning. Edited by Pamela A. Sambrook and Peter
Brears. Phoenix Mill, Far Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, A. Sutton
Pub., in association with the National Trust, 1996. 266 p.
TX653.C69 1996
"Based on papers from the Eighth Leeds Symposium
on Food History, April 1993 and the Ninth, April 1994."
Includes bibliographical references.
Davidson, Caroline. A woman's work is never done: a history
of housework in the British Isles, 1650-1950. London, Chatto & Windus, 1982. 250 p.
TX57.D38 1982
Includes bibliographical references.
Green, Harvey, and Mary-Ellen Perry. The light of the home:
an intimate view of the lives of women in Victorian America.
New York, Pantheon Books, c1983. 205 p.
HQ1419.G73 1983
Includes bibliographical references.
Grier, Katherine C. Culture & comfort: parlor making and
middle-class identity, 1850-1930. Washington, Smithsonian Institution
Press, 1997. 267 p.
E166.G83 1997
Revised and slightly condensed version of Culture
& comfort. Rochester, N.Y., Strong Museum, c1988.
Bibliography: p. 223-257.
Jones, Joseph C. American ice boxes: a book on the history,
collecting, and restoration of ice boxes. Humble, Tex., Jobeco
Books, 1981. 100 p.
TP496.J66
Bibliography: p. 99-100.
Laughlin, Clara E., ed. The complete home. New York, D.
Appleton and Co., 1907. 313 p.
TX145.L3
Lupton, Ellen, and J. Abbott Miller. The bathroom, the kitchen,
and the aesthetics of waste: a process of elimination. MIT
List Visual Arts Center. Cambridge, Mass., the Center; New York,
Distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, c1992. 74 p.
TD6.A1L87 1992
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition
: The process of elimination: the kitchen, the bathroom, and the
aesthetics of waste, MIT Visual Arts Center, May 9-June 28, 1992."
Bibliography: p. 74-75.
Mayhew, Edgar de Noailles, and Minor Myers, Jr. A documentary
history of American interiors: from the colonial era to 1915.
New York, Scribner, c1980. 399 p.
NK2002.M39
Bibliography: p. 389-392.
Peet, Louise Jenison, and Lenore E. Sater. Household equipment.
New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1934. 315 p.
TX298.P4
Plante, Ellen M. The American kitchen, 1700 to the present:
from hearth to highrise. New York, Facts on File, c1995. 340
p.
TX653.P56 1995
Bibliography: p. 314-319.
Thuro, Catherine M. V. Oil lamps: the kerosene era in North
America. Repr. with updated prices. Radnor, Pa., Wallace-Homestead
Book Co., 1992. 364 p.
NK5440.K44T49 1992
Bibliography: p. 346-347.
Williams, Susan. Savory suppers & fashionable feasts: dining
in Victorian America. New York, Pantheon Books in association
with the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, c1985. 335 p.
TX715.W7293 1985
Bibliography: p. 315-320.
Wright, Lawrence. Clean and decent: the history of the bath
and loo and of sundry habits, fashions & accessories of the
toilet, principally in Great Britain, France & America.
Rev. ed., with additional material by Dave Larder. London, Boston,
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. 211 p.
GT2845.W74 1980
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Anderson, Oscar Edward. Refrigeration in America: a history
of a new technology and its impact. Port Washington, N.Y.,
Kennikat Press, 1972, c1953. 344 p.
TP494.U5A7 1972
Bibliography: p. 321-325.
Boorstin, Daniel J. The Americans, the national experience.
New York, Vintage Books, c1965. 517 p.
E162.B68 1965 <Rare Bk Coll: Boorstin Coll>
"Bibliographical notes": p. 433-495.
Cummings, Richard Osborn. The American and his food. New
York, Arno Press, 1970, c1941. 219 p.
TX360.U6C8 1970
Includes bibliographical references.
Dudden, Faye E. Serving women: household service in nineteenth-century
America. Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press; Scranton,
Pa., Distributed by Harper & Row, c1983. 344 p.
HD6072.2.U5D82 1983
Early American technology: making and doing things from the
colonial era to 1850. Edited by Judith A. McGaw. Chapel Hill,
Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture,
Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, c1994.
482 p.
T21.E24 1994 <SciRR>
Bibliography: p. 358-460.
An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology. Edited
by Ian McNeil. London, New York, Routledge, 1990. 1062 p.
T15.E53 1989 <SciRR>
Includes bibliographical references.
See especially "The domestic interior: technology
and the home": p. 902-948.
Giedion, Sigfried. Mechanization takes command, a contribution
to anonymous history. New York, Oxford University Press, 1948.
743 p.
T19.G54 <SciRR>
Includes bibliographical references.
Gowans, Alan. The comfortable house: North American suburban
architecture, 1890-1930. Bibliography by Lamia Doumato. Cambridge,
Mass., MIT Press, c1986. 246 p.
NA7571.G68 1986
Bibliography: p. 224-239.
Katzman, David M. Seven days a week: women and domestic service
in industrializing America. New York, Oxford University Press,
1978. 374 p.
HD6072.2.U5K37
Bibliography: p. 341-365.
Martin, Edgar Winfield. The standard of living in 1860; American
consumption levels on the eve of the Civil War. Chicago, The
University of Chicago Press, 1942. 451 p.
HD6983.M34
Includes bibliographical references.
Matthews, Glenna. "Just a housewife:" the rise and fall of
domesticity in America. New York, Oxford University Press,
1987. 281 p.
HQ1410.M38 1987
Bibliography: p. 227-262.
Panati, Charles. Extraordinary origins of everyday things.
New York, Perennial Library, c1987. 463 p.
AG6.P37 1987 <SciRR>
Rybczynski, Witold. Home: a short history of an idea.
New York, Viking, 1986. 256 p.
NA7125.R9 1986
Bibliography: p. 233-244.
See paricularly "Efficiency": p. 144-171.
Schlereth, Thomas J. Victorian America: transformation in everyday
life, 1876-1915. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, c1991.
363 p.
E168.S35 1991
Bibliography: p. 307-343.
Stanley, Autumn. Mothers and daughters of invention: notes
for a revised history of technology. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow
Press, 1993. 1116 p.
T36.S73 1993 <SciRR>
Bibliography: p. 917-1041.
See particularly, "Labor-saving (domestic)": p.
455-465.
Sweet's architectural trade catalog file, Avery Library, Columbia
University [microform]. New York, Clearwater Pub. Co., 1987.
2334 microfiches.
Microfiche 90/7075 (T) <MicRR>
Catalogs for 1906-1949.
Technology and women's voices: keeping in touch. Edited
by Cheris Kramarae. New York, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988.
246 p.
T36.T43 1988
Bibliography: p. 224-239.
Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Mothers of invention: from
the bra to the bomb: forgotten women & their unforgettable ideas.
New York, Morrow, c1988.
T36.V36 1988 <SciRR>
Voices of American homemakers. Eleanor Arnold, editor
and project director. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1993.
295 p.
TX23.V65 1993
"From an oral history project of the National
Extension Homemakers Council, on the occasion of their fiftieth
anniversary."
Originally published in Hollis, N.H., National
Extension Homemakers Council, c1985.
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Dissertations can be located by using the following indexes located
in the Library's Main Reading Room or on FirstSearch:
Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861/1972- (1973- annual)
Z5053.X47 1973
Dissertation Abstracts International (1938- monthly)
Z5053.D57
Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc
(CD-ROM--same coverage as print volumes)
Masters Abstracts International (1962-1985)
Z5055.U49M3
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Bacon, Elizabeth Mickle. The growth of household conveniences
in the United States from 1865 to 1900. Cambridge, Mass., Radcliffe
College, 1944. 301 leaves.
Bibliography: leaves 265-301. Smithsonian Library
Thesis (doctoral)--Radcliffe College, 1944.
Microfilm available from Harvard University Library.
Ogle, Maureen. All the modern conveniences: American household
plumbing, 1840-1870. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms,
1992. 276 p.
UMI Microfiche AAG9223954 <MicRR>
Includes bibliographical notes.
Thesis (doctoral)--Iowa State University, 1992.
Strasser, Susan. Never done: the ideology and technology of
household work, 1850-1930. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms,
1977. 422 p.
UMI Microfiche AAG7803167 <MicRR>
Includes bibliographical notes.
Thesis (doctoral)--State University Of New York
at Stony Brook, 1977.
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Bindocci, Cynthia Gay. Women and technology: an annotated bibliography.
New York, Garland Pub., 1993. 229 p. (Women's history and culture,
v. 7) (Garland reference library of social science, v. 517)
Z7963.T43B55 1993 <SciRR>
Current bibliography in the history of technology. 1990-
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992-
TI.T27
Issued by the Society for the History of Technology.
Previously (1964-1990) appeared annually in issues
of Technology and culture.
Also available online (1976- ) through RLIN's
Eureka as part of HST, History of science and technology, file.
ISIS cumulative bibliography: a bibliography of the history
of science formed from ISIS critical bibliographies 1-90, 1913-65.
Edited by Magda Whitrow. London, Mansell in conjunction with the
History of Science Society, 1971-1984. 6 v.
Z7405.H6I2 <SciRR>
ISIS cumulative bibliography 1966-1975: a bibliography of the
history of science formed from ISIS critical bibliographies 91-100
indexing literature published from 1965 through 1975. Edited
by John Neu. London, Mansell in conjunction with the History of
Science Society, 1980-1985. 2 v.
Z7405.H6I2 Suppl <SciRR>
ISIS cumulative bibliography 1976-1985: a bibliography of the
history of science formed from ISIS critical bibliographies 101-110
indexing literature published from 1975 through 1984. Edited
by John Neu. Boston, G. K. Hall in conjunction with the History
of Science Society, c1989. 2 v.
Z7405.H6I2 Suppl 2 <SciRR>
ISIS cumulative bibliography 1986-1995: a bibliography of the
history of science formed from the annual ISIS current bibliographies.
Edited by John Neu. Canton, Mass., Science History Publications,
1997. 4 v.
Not Yet in LC Collections
Romaine, Lawrence B. A guide to American trade catalogs, 1744-1900.
New York, Dover, 1990. 422 p.
Z7164.C8R6 1990 <SciRR Desk>
Reprint. Originally published in New York, R.
R. Bowker, 1960.
Bibliography: p. 397-399.
United States. Patent Office. Subject-matter index of patents
for inventions issued by the United States Patent Office from 1790
to 1873, inclusive. New York, Arno Press, 1976. 3 v. (1951
p.)
T223.D7A45 1976 <SciRR>
Reprint of the 1874 ed. published by the Government
Printing Office, Washington.
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Abstracting and indexing services that index relevant journal articles
and other literature on household technology are listed below. Some
suggested terms for searching are "Household Appliances," Kitchen
Utensils," "Electricity in the Home," "Stoves," "Vacuum Cleaners,"
"Electric Apparatus and Appliances," "Domestic Economy," "Fireless
Cookers," "Carpet Sweepers," "Laundry," "Cookery," "Kitchens--Equipment,"
"Refrigerators," "House Cleaning," "Housework," "Housewives," and
variations of these terms. Several of these titles may also be available
online. FirstSearch and Eureka, available on workstations in the
Science Reading Room and the Computer Catalog Center, contain additional
files. Consult reference librarian for the location of abstracting
and indexing (A&I) services and computer terminals.
Applied Science & Technology Index (1913-)
Z7913.I7 <SciRR> and Computer Format
America, History and Life (1964-)
Z1236.A488. etc. <MRR Alc>
Bibliographic Index (1937-)
Z1002.B595 <SciRR>
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
(1895-)
Z1223.A18 <SciRR> and Computer Format
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)
AI3.P7 <BRS>
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-)
AI3.R48 <BRS> and Computer Format
Writings on American History (1902-)
Z1236.L331 <MRR Alc>
Women Studies Abstracts (1972-)
Z7962.W65 <MRR Alc>
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American Heritage
E171.A43
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
T1.A455
American Home
NA7100.A45
Better Homes and Gardens
NA7100.B45
Collier's
AP2.C65/MicRR 06253
Early American Homes
E162.E213
Early American Life
E162.E214
Everyday Housekeeping
TX1.E8
Godey's Lady's Book
AP2.G56 <Rare Bk Coll> Microfilm 01104 <MicRR>
Good Housekeeping
TX1.G75
Harper's Bazar
TT500.H3
House and Home
NA7100.H63
House Beautiful
NA7100.H65
Housewares
HF6201.H8H6
Journal of American Culture
E169.1.J7
Ladies' Home Journal
Microfilm 05422 (1884-1907) 06262 (1908-) <MicRR>
Material Culture
E179.5.P46
Montgomery Ward Company Catalog
TS199.W25
Scientific American
Tl.S5 (1845-1920 T1.S5 folio)
Sears Roebuck and Company Catalog
TS199.S43
Signs
HQ1101.S5
Technology and Culture
T1.T27
Woman's Home Companion
AP2.W714
Women's Studies
HQ1101.W77
Winterthur Portfolio
N9.W52
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Bonney, A. M. Old pots, trammels and trivets. House
beautiful, v. 46, Dec. 1919: 360-361.
NA7100.H65
Bowden, Sue, and Avner Offer. Household appliances
and the use of time: the United States and Britain since the 1920s.
Economic history review, v. 47, no. 4, 1994: 725-748.
HC10.E4
Brewer, Priscilla J. "We have got a very good cooking
stove:" advertising, design, and consumer response to the cookstove,
1815-1880. Winterthur portfolio, v. 25, spring 1990: 25-54.
N9.W52
Clark, Clifford E., Jr. Domestic architecture as an
index to social history: the romantic revival and the cult of domesticity
in America, 1840-1870. Journal of interdisciplinary history,
v. 7, summer 1976: 33-56.
D1.J59
Hoy, Suellen. The garbage disposer, the public health,
and the good life. Technology and culture, v. 26, Oct. 1985:
758-784.
T1.T27
McMahon, R. Making housekeeping automatic. Ladies'
home journal, v. 37, Sept. 1920: 3-4.
Microfilm 06262 <MicRR>
Ogle, Maureen. Domestic reform and American household
plumbing, 1840-1870. Winterthur portfolio, v. 28, spring
1993: 33-58.
N9.W52
Ravetz, Alison. The Victorian coal kitchen and its
reformers. Victorian studies, v. 9, June 1968: 435-460.
PR1.V5
Rockwood, Laura C. Food preparation and its relation
to the development of efficient personality in the home. Popular
science monthly, v.79, Sept. 1911: 277-298.
AP2.P8
Russell, Malcolm B. Cleaner clothes for less work:
the Upton Machine Company, 1911-1929. Essays in economic and
business history, v. 12, 1994: 383-397.
HC10.E73
Schroeder, Fred E. H. More "small things forgotten:"
domestic electrical plugs and receptacles, 1881-1931. Technology
and culture, v. 27, July 1986: 525-543.
T1.T27
Summers, John. Beyond brown bread and oatmeal cookies:
new directions for historic kitchens. Material history bulletin,
v. 27, spring 1988: 1-13.
F1021.N37a
Thrall, Charles A. The conservative use of modern
household technology. Technology and culture, v. 23, Apr.
1982: 175-194.
T1.T27
Two forms of a new dish-washing machine. Scientific
American, v. 82, Feb 14, 1900: 116.
T1.S5 Folio
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Selected Materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet
boxes include the following:
Bache, Rene. Easy ways to save work in the home: how
Uncle Sam, inventor, is constantly devising little things to help
women. Popular mechanics, v. 48, Oct. 1927: 578-582.
Busch, Jane. Cooking competition: technology on the
domestic market in the 1930's. Technology and culture, v.
24, Apr. 1983: 222-245.
Cooper, Carolyn C. The ghost in the kitchen: household
technology at the Brattleboro Museum, Vermont. Technology and
culture, v. 28, Apr. 1987: 328-332.
Cowan, Ruth Swartz. Less work for mother. American
heritage of invention & technology, v. 2, spring 1987: 57-63.
Kline, Ronald R. Idealogy and social surveys: reinterpreting
the effects of "laborsaving" technology on American farm women.
Technology and culture, v. 38, Apr. 1997: 355-385.
The Planning and furnishing of the kitchen in the
modern residence. Architectural record, v. 16, Oct. 1904:
384-392.
Santiago, Chiori. It all comes out in the wash. Smithsonian,
v. 28, Sept. 1997: 84-92.
Sipe, Brian M. Earth closets and the dry earth system
of sanitation in Victorian America. Material culture, v.
20, summer/fall 1988: 27-37.
Some early history of domestic gas appliances. American
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Hagley Museum and Library
P.O. Box 3630
Wilmington, DE 19807-0630
Telephone: 302-658-2400
Fax: 302-658-0568
URL: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us
A division
of the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, the library has an excellent
collection of books, pamphlets, trade catalogs, manuscripts, photographs,
ephemera, and adiodvisual materials documenting the history of technology.
The trade catalogs, especially useful in studying domestic technology,
and books may be searched in its online catalog by keyword, company
name, personal author or title. Researchers are invited to call
the library when they cannot locate the material needed.
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
20900 Oakwood Boulevard
Dearborn, MI 48121
Telephone: 313-271-1620
Fax: 313-271-9652
URL: http://www.hfmgv.org
Twelve
acres of exhibit space with 80 historic structures. Research fields
of interest include domestic life and the history of technology.
The museum maintains a research library pertaining to the exhibits
for the use of staff and visitors.
The Strong Museum
1 Manhattan Square
Rochester, NY 14607
Telephone: 716-263-1700
Fax: 716-263-2493
URL: http://www.strongmuseum.org
A 19th
and 20th century material culture museum with strong collections
in household technology. Publishes widely on the social and cultural
development of northeastern America from 1820 to the present; has
a 60,000-volume library pertaining primarily to its collections.
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
Telephone: 202-357-2700
Fax: 202-357-1853
URL: http://www.si.edu/nmah/nmah.htm
Exhibits
on the history of domestic life and technology; researchers may
use 165,000-volume library chronicling the history of technology
in America.
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The Internet offers a growing number of sites useful in the study
of domestic and household technology. The National Museum of Science
and Technology of Canada (http://www.nmstc.ca)
has an active site that includes articles on housework in the 19th
century, including information on various appliances. Use your favorite
search engine and the terms "household technology" or "domestic
technology" and the terms "museum," "America(n)," or "history" when
searching the web for bibliographies, descriptions of courses, museum
exhibits, and links to other topics of interest.
Compiled by Constance Carter
June 1998 |