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• Foxfire 10 : railroad lore, boardinghouses, Depression-era Appalachia, chair making, whirligigs, snakes canes, and gourd art.
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• Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses.
• Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses / Jeronima Echeverria.

• Figure 1: Women Owning Boardinghouses .
• Boardinghouses in Beverly, 1880-1920.
• Boardinghouses were an affordable, and often temporary option. ... The owners of boardinghouses were generally more understanding than landlords would have been with their tenants.
• According to the 1880 Census, there were 102 boardinghouses in Beverly. 3 Boarders were ubiquitous in Beverly, even beyond those living in boardinghouses, as Zunz discovered in his research on Detroit. ... " 4 Boardinghouses were convenient places for workers to lodge for a small amount of money, and to make contact with diverse people. ...
• Of these 102 boardinghouses, 90 of them had women who stayed home and kept house. ... In New York in the 19th century, "the management of boardinghouses transformed domestic labor into a service commodity by allowing women to generate additional household income under the cloak of domesticity (women operated 3/5 of boardinghouses). ...
• Beverly was a typical example of a city with a large female ownership of boardinghouses. ...
• The people who boarded in these houses were not from any specific background, nor was there a notable pattern to the types of jobs they held, as Zunz noted in his research on Detroit: "The center city received many newcomers Many dwelled in a variety of boardinghouses But the lack of a strong ethnic concentration did not necessarily indicate strong occupational bonds; in fact, boarders of the hotels and boarding houses were employed in all varieties of jobs. ...
• Boardinghouses weren't just places to eat and sleep. ... people in times past used the words family and household loosely and interchangeably " 14 Most of the inhabitants of these boardinghouses were people in their late teens and early twenties who were trying to make it on their own. ...
• " 17 In their quest for independence, these boarders could also seek support from the owners of the boardinghouses as well as fellow-boarders. ...
• Boardinghouses also attracted married couples. ...
• Boardinghouses were necessary in the late nineteenth century. ... Boardinghouses were convenient, and over time they became socially acceptable places. ...

• Home Away from Home: A History of Basque Boardinghouses (Basque Studies)    by Jeronima Echeverria   Hardcover:     University of Nevada Press     01 December, 1999    US$36. ...
• in the mid-nineteenth century was eased by the numerous Basque-run boardinghouses located throughout the American West. ... "In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a history of the institution that most deeply shaped Basque immigrant life and served as the center of Basque communities throughout the West. ... From the Publisher In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a compelling history of the institution that most deeply shaped Basque immigrant life and served as the center of Basque communities throughout the West. ...

• Home Away from Home: A History of Basque Boardinghouses.
• in the mid-nineteenth century was eased by the numerous Basque-run boardinghouses located throughout the West. These boardinghouses and hotels helped immigrants minimize cultural shock and enjoy the support of their countrymen. ... To the Basque sheepherders, the boardinghouses offered lodging during their rare holidays in town, and for town-dwelling Basques, the boardinghouses were gathering places for the entire community. In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a compelling history of the institution that most deeply shaped Basque immigrant life and served as the center of Basque communities throughout the West. ...

• "Boardinghouses In Beverly In 1880-1920" .
• Figure 1: Women Owning Boardinghouses .
• Percentage of 102 boardinghouses in Beverly.

•  Basque Boardinghouses.
• The larger boardinghouses in sizeable towns were usually two-story buildings with kitchen, bar, dining hall, and card or parlor rooms occupying the first floor. ...
• Of course, there are also examples of smaller one-story and two-story boardinghouses throughout the West. In Ontario and Crane, Oregon for example, there was only one comparatively compact ostatua in town, and each were residences turned into boardinghouses. ...
• Thus, the seasonal nature of the sheep industry dominated the workings of the Basque boardinghouses. ... Whether they were on the range or in boardinghouses, herders used the ostatuak as their permanent mailing address and as a storage facility for their Sunday suit and extra gear. ... Finally, upon retirement, many elderly herders made the boardinghouses their home.
• The twelve boardinghouses found in Boise in 1922, or the seven found in Los Angeles in 1910, or the seventeen different ostatuak that sprang up in Stockton between 1900 and 1950, or the hundreds of others were all part of a critical chapter in Basque-American history -- one which provided a place for newcomers in the American West to ease their transition into new surroundings while still maintaining ties with their Basque homeland.

• Living on the Boott: Historical Archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts .
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• Living on the Boott: Historical Archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts.
• Using a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, the authors create a fresh portrait of nineteenth-century domestic life in the company-owned boardinghouses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. ...
• Living on the Boott: Historical Archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts - by Grace H. ...

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• The tourist trade is one of Amsterdam's most important sources of employment and revenue and is served by the city's numerous hotels and its many boardinghouses, youth hostels, restaurants, and retail businesses. ...

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