The collections highlighted below are a small part of our 19th and 20th century collections. Most of the materials in these collections and many others can be located through Library Search.

but in the 19th century, much more was packed into trunks ... made the journey 'to gain health' one of the most popular destinations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This was linked to the ...

During the 19th century, the idea that the individual was responsible for their own health was widely accepted. Under this approach, politicians believed that the state only had limited ...

Bathing, from the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, required stamina and fortitude. Without indoor plumbing, bathing involved filling small portable tubs with water, bucket by bucket. This, as ...