To Keep a Home: Advice to Women on the Domestic Arts, 1870-1960

The exhibit To Keep a Home: Advice to Women on the Domestic Arts, 1870-1960 was on display on both UNE campuses in 2015 and 2016. The exhibit consisted of materials pulled from MWWC periodicals, the book collection, and numerous manuscript collections. Included in the physical exhibit were the personal recipe books of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat and Elizabeth Coatsworth, along with Marie Donahue's Gold Medal Flour cookbook. Only a portion of the materials in the exhibit have been digitized.

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The Easiest Way to Make a Man Brighten up at Dinner is to Put Hot Biscuits at the Table

Ad for Bisquick from Good Housekeeping, 1933 April.
The Modern Way to be Old-Fashioned!

Ad from American Family, 1949 May, for Certo brand pectin.
To Keep a Home: Advice to Women on the Domestic Arts, 1870-1960

Exhibit poster created for: To Keep a Home: Advice to Women on the Domestic Arts, 1870-1960.
To Keep a Home Quotes

Quotes used in the exhibit: To Keep a Home: Advice to Women on the Domestic Arts, 1870-1960. To see all the quotes, go here.
Can Your Daughter Depend on You?

Magazine clipping giving mother/daughter advice.
Are You Setting Your Husband a Good Example?

Magazine clipping giving marriage advice.