"Aunt Wyck Jane": the material life of Jane Reuben Haines
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2000
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University of Delaware
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This thesis examines the material which Jane Reuben Haines, a Germantown, Pennsylvania resident in the latter half of the nineteenth century, left for future generations. I have focused my study on the correspondence, account books, artifacts and home of Jane Reuben Haines. ☐ This thesis analyzes how Jane lived her life as a single woman in the nineteenth century, ran her household, managed servants and participated in the material marketplace of the nineteenth century. ☐ Wyck, Jane’s family home, defined Jane both by her nickname, Aunt “Wyck” Jane and by the way she lived her life. Both her home and the material artifacts (both in paper and in three dimensional form) which she left behind tell a more complete story of life in the second half of nineteenth century America.
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"Copyrighted materials in this document have not been filmed at the request of the author. They are available for consultation, however, in the author's university library. Page 94"--Unnumbered page inserted by UMI.