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  • Photographs of teenage life in America [graphic] / Esther Bubley.

    • Still image
    • 1945-1950's.
    • 1945-1959
  • The English housekeeper; or, Manual of domestic management: containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions ...

    • Text
    • London [183-?]
    • 1830-1839
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VSB (Cobbett, A. English housekeeper)Offsite
  • Miss Beecher's domestic receipt-book : designed as a supplement to her Treatise on domestic economy.

    • Text
    • New York : Harper & Brothers, [185-?, c1846]
    • 1869-1846
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KU 00-264Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A new system of domestic cookery : formed upon principles of economy: and adapted to the use of private families / by a lady.

    • Text
    • London : Printed by S. Hamilton for John Murray : Sold also by Longman, Baldwin, Richardson ... [et al.], and by every bookseller and newsman in town and country, 1812.
    • 1812
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KU 01-243Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • American domesticity : from how-to manual to Hollywood melodrama / Kathleen Anne McHugh.

    • Text
    • New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 99-8252Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The Treasurie of hidden Secrets. Commonlie called, The Good huswiues Closet of prouision, for the health of her Houshold. Gathered out of sundry experiments ... And now newly enlarged, with ... names and naturall disposition of diseases ...

    • Text
    • London, Printed by I.R. for Edward White, 1600.
    • 1600
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KC 1600 (Partridge, J. Treasurie of hidden Secrets)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • No place like home : relationships and family life among lesbians and gay men / Christopher Carrington.

    • Text
    • Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 00-1802Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • From rugs to riches : housework, consumption and modernity in Germany / Jennifer A. Loehlin.

    • Text
    • Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 00-4192Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: an analysis for Switzerland using data from the 1997 Swiss Labour Force Survey / Alfonso Sousa-Poza.

    • Text
    • Bern : P. Haupt, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JBD 00-466Offsite
  • Dwell.

    • Text
    • San Francisco, CA : Pixie Communications, Inc.
    • 2000-present
    • 66 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFM 01-432Schwarzman Building - Dewitt Wallace Reference Desk Room 108
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    Text JFM 01-432Schwarzman Building - Dewitt Wallace Reference Desk Room 108
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  • The wartime house : home life in wartime Britain, 1939-1945/ Mike Brown & Carol Harris.

    • Text
    • Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFF 01-2743Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • House and garden / John Engels.

    • Text
    • Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 02-1526Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Arbeitsanalyse im Haushalt : Erhebung und Bewertung von Tätigkeiten ausserhalb der Erwerbsarbeit mit dem AVAH-Verfahren / Marianne Resch.

    • Text
    • Zürich : vdf, Hochschulverlag an der ETH, c1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JBE 02-1129Offsite
  • Contribuciones ocultas de las mujeres a la economía / Edgar Pape Yalibat (coordinador), Elizabeth Quiroa, Sofía Vásquez.

    • Text
    • [Guatemala] : Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Académica Guatemala, [2001]
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 02-21026Offsite
  • Flatters.

    • Text
    • 2001
  • Emancipatie en taakverdeling : niewe randvorwaarden voor het emancipatiebeleid? / onderzoekster, Ceulemans, Christine ; promotor, Michielsens, Magda.

    • Text
    • Antwerpen : Universiteit Antwerpen--UIA, Centrum voor Vrouwenstudies, 2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFF 03-1576Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The English housekeeper, or, Manual of domestic management : containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy : the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping / by Anne Cobbett.

    • Text
    • London ; Glasgow : Richard Griffin and Company, [184-]
    • 1840
    • 1 Item

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    Text Pforz (Cobbett, A./English) 1840Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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  • Weltmarkt Privathaushalt : bezahlte Haushaltsarbeit im globalen Wandel / Claudia Gather, Birgit Geissler, Maria S. Rerrich (Hrsg.).

    • Text
    • Münster : Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JBD 03-954Offsite
  • Husmorhistorier : norske husmødre om menn, barn og arbeid / Hilde Danielsen.

    • Text
    • Oslo : Spartacus, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 04-8923Offsite
  • Wie viel ist eine Stunde Haus- und Familienarbeit wert? : Fachtexte zum Stellenwert der unbezahlten Arbeit / Christof Arn (Hrsg.).

    • Text
    • Bern : H.E.P. Verlag, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JBF 04-210Offsite
  • Home truths : gender, domestic objects and everyday life / Sarah Pink.

    • Text
    • Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004020620.html
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    Text JFE 05-1656Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The Canadian housewife : an affectionate history / Rosemary Neering.

    • Text
    • North Vancouver, B.C. : Whitecap Books, 2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 06-81Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Sweeping beauty : contemporary women poets do housework / edited by Pamela Gemin.

    • Text
    • Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 06-3563Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The National Trust manual of housekeeping : the care of collections in historic houses open to the public.

    • Text
    • Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFF 06-1319Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Pakharʹ [microform]= The Plowman.

    • Text
    • Nʹ︠i︡u Iork : izd-vo "Pakharʹ ", 1920-
    • 1920-19
    • 2 Items
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    Text *QCA (Pakhar) no. 1-9 (1920)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text *ZAN-*Q2033 v. 1, no. 1-9 (Mar. -Sept 9, 1920)Offsite
  • "Die Erfindung der Hausfrau" : 2000 Jahre Haus-Halten / Industriemuseum Elmshorn ... [et al. ; Gesamtredaktion, Bärbel Böhnke].

    • Text
    • Elmshorn : [Industriemuseum, 2000?]
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 06-7271Offsite
  • Die Frauenarbeit im Hause, ihre ökonomische, rechtliche und sociale Wertung / von Käthe Schirmacher.

    • Text
    • Leipzig : F. Dietrich, 1905.
    • 1905
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *CBSE p.v. 22Offsite

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  • Cleaning up : the transformation of domestic service in twentieth century New York City / Alana Erickson Coble.

    • Text
    • New York : Routledge, 2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005035747.html
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 07-2617Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Organizacja gospodarstwa domowego.

    • Text
    • Warszawa : Instytut nauk. organizacji
    • 1927-19
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *QPA 80-508 v.1, nr. 2 (maj 1927)- r. 1, nr. 9 (grudz. 1927).Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Philosophie du ménage / Sébastien Groyer.

    • Text
    • Paris : Cygne, c2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 08-14755Offsite
  • Music for washing and ironing [sound recording] / the Somerset Strings.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : Epic, [1954?]
    • 1954
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LZR 60808 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Personenschäden bei unbezahlter Arbeit / Andreas Sidler ; [FAA, Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht an der Universität St. Gallen].

    • Text
    • Bern ; Stuttgart ; Wien : Haupt, 2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 08-6181Offsite
  • Encuesta del uso del tiempo en Ecuador 2005.

    • Text
    • Quito : CONAMU : INEC : UNIFEM, c2006.
    • 2006
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *WSC-6747Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 09-15239Offsite
  • Partnerschaftliche Arbeitsteilung und Elternschaft : Analysen zur Aufteilung von Hausarbeit und Elternaufgaben auf Basis des Generations and Gender Survey / Annelene Wengler, Heike Trappe und Christian Schmitt.

    • Text
    • Wiesbaden : BiB, Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung, 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 08-0227Offsite
  • Children's domestic work : children speak out for themselves / Vinod Chandra.

    • Text
    • Delhi : Manak Publications, 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 09-3165Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective / edited by Judith Treas and Sonja Drobnič.

    • Text
    • Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
    • 2010
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 10-2030Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Home sweat home : perspectives on housework and modern relationships / edited by: Elizabeth Patton, Mimi Choi.

    • Text
    • Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
    • 2014
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 14-2737Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Recollections of a housekeeper [electronic resource] / by Mrs. Clarissa Packard.

    • Text
    • New York : Harper & Bros., 1836.
    • 1836
    • 1 Resource

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  • Dividing the domestic [electronic resource] : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective / edited by Judith Treas and Sonja Drobnič.

    • Text
    • Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
    • 2010
    • 2 Resources

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  • Common sense for housemaids [electronic resource] / by a Lady.

    • Text
    • London : T. Hatchard, 1853
    • 1853
    • 1 Resource

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    http://ncco.galegroup.com/gdc/ncco/MonographsDetailsPage/MonographsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&prodId=NCCO&action=1&activityType=BasicSearch&javax.portlet.action=viewPortletAction&documentId=GALE%7CAOBKLR622538757&dviSelectedPage=1&userGroupName=nypl
  • American home magazine [electronic resource].

    • Text
    • Chicago : American Fashion Co., 1897-
    • 1897-1898
    • 1 Resource

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    http://ncco.galegroup.com/gdc/ncco/atp/AboutThisPublicationPortletWin?mCode=5KOQ&action=e&windowstate=normal&mode=view&userGroupName=nypl
  • Millionaire households and their domestic economy, with hints upon fine living [electronic resource] / by Mary Elizabeth Carter.

    • Text
    • New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1903.
    • 1903
    • 1 Resource

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  • "Boarding out" [electronic resource] : a tale of domestic life / by the author of "Keeping house and housekeeping," &c., &c.

    • Text
    • New York : Harper & Bros., 1855 [c1846]
    • 1855
    • 1 Resource

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  • The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing / Marie Kondo ; translated from Japanese by Cathy Hirano.

    • Text
    • Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2014]
    • 2014
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFC 15-44Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Useful suggestions favourable to the comfort of the labouring people, [electronic resource] : and of decent housekeepers. Explaining how a small income may be made to go far in a family, so as to occasion a considerable saving in the article of bread. A circumstance of great importance to be known at the present juncture.

    • Text
    • London : printed for the author by Henry Fry, No. 8, Middle-Moorfields, and sold by J. Parsons, No. 21, Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.XCV. [1795]
    • 1795
    • 1 Resource

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    http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1212902100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nypl
  • Useful suggestions favourable to the comfort of the labouring people, [electronic resource] : and to decent housekeepers. Explaining how a small income may be made to go far in a family, so as to Occasion a Considerable Saving in the Article of Bread. A Circumstance of Great Importance to be Known at the Present Juncture.

    • Text
    • London : printed by Henry Fry, No. 8, Middle-Moorfields, M.DCC.XCV. [1795]
    • 1795
    • 1 Resource

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    http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0340701300&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nypl
  • The little housekeeper / by Aunt Edith ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

    • Text
    • London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; New York : E. & J.B. Young & Co., [1889?]
    • 1889
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KH 1889 Aunt Edith 14-743Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Madeleine Neel diaries, 1914-1937.

    • Mixed material
    • 1914-1937
    • 6 Items

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/mss/22989
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    Mixed material MssCol 22989 box 4Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Mixed material MssCol 22989 box 5Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Mixed material MssCol 22989 box 6Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • The Mary Frances housekeeper, or, Adventures among the doll people [electronic resource] / by Jane Eayre Fryer ; cover, dolls & silhouettes by Julia Greene ; frontispiece & furniture by Albert C. Mowitz.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia, Pa. : John C. Winston Co., c1916.
    • 1916
    • 1 Resource

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    http://WU9FB9WH4A.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WU9FB9WH4A&S=JCs&C=TC0000515877&T=marc&tab=BOOKS
  • Uso del tiempo en la Gran Área Metropolitana : una mirada cuantitativa del trabajo invisible de las mujeres / autoras del documento, Irma Sandoval Carvajal (IDESPO-UNA), Lidia González Vega (INEC), Guiselle Rodríguez Villalobos (INAMU), Laura Guzmán Stein (consultora independiente).

    • Text
    • San José, Costa Rica : INEC, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos : UNA, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica : INAMU, Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres, [2012]
    • 2012
    • 1 Item
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    Text ReCAP 15-26527Offsite

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