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To Keep A Home Quotes, Maine Women Writers Collection, University Of New England Jan 2015

To Keep A Home Quotes, Maine Women Writers Collection, University Of New England

To Keep A Home: Advice To Women On The Domestic Arts, 1870-1960 (Multi-Page Items)

Quotes used in the exhibit: To Keep a Home: Advice to Women on the Domestic Arts, 1870-1960.


Eva A. Twist Diary, Eva A. Twist Jan 1933

Eva A. Twist Diary, Eva A. Twist

Eva A. Twist and Bertha M. Connor Diaries

In this diary from 1933, Eva Twist writes about her life and family in Waterville, Maine. She also writes about her relationships with men, most notably the end of her affair with "R.H.G." This diary is significant because it features the first instances of Twist writing in shorthand.


We Had A Pretty Party Last Night..., Sarah Orne Jewett Aug 1900

We Had A Pretty Party Last Night..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing visit with Mr. Howells and Josie Dexter, Cousin Fanny, land.


I Was Very Much Obliged To You For The Copy Of Those Verses..., Susan Perkins May 1871

I Was Very Much Obliged To You For The Copy Of Those Verses..., Susan Perkins

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Susan Perkins to Sarah Orne Jewett discussing May Day traditions, spring, theater, Jewett's dog, Jewett's grandmother.