A Victorian woman's material world: the life and legacy of Mary Cowgill Corbit Warner
| Author(s) | Rich, Kimberly A. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2020-05-22T13:27:58Z | |
| Date Available | 2020-05-22T13:27:58Z | |
| Publication Date | 1989 | |
| Abstract | This thesis examines the meanings of objects preserved for posterity by one Delaware woman: Mary Cowgill Corbit Warner (1848-1923). I have focussed my study on those objects which she collected and selected for display in her grandfather's house, the David Wilson Mansion, now called the Wilson-Warner House. This analysis of material evidence explores what Mary's material world signified for her. ☐ Mary's collections are her autobiography; her acquisitions of souvenirs, antiques, and family heirlooms reveal a cogent personal and historical mission. By rehabilitating the David Wilson house, Mary vindicated her grandfather who had lost the property in an 1828 bankruptcy. Mrs. Warner reinterpreted the homestead as a museum that displayed both the artifactual legacy of her colonial forbearers and her own belongings and collections. Thus, the museum served to perpetuate a concept of family unity as well as Mary's personal history. (Abstract from ProQuest citation page.) | en_US |
| Advisor | Robertson, Cheryl A. | |
| Degree | M.A. | |
| Program | University of Delaware, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture | |
| Unique Identifier | 1155198866 | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/27167 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| URI | https://search.proquest.com/docview/303830133?accountid=10457 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Warner, Mary Cowgill Corbit, 1848-1923 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Wilson Warner House (Odessa, Del.) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Antiques -- Private collections -- Delaware -- Odessa | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Material culture -- Delaware -- Odessa | |
| Title | A Victorian woman's material world: the life and legacy of Mary Cowgill Corbit Warner | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |