# Need historical research source(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-historical-research-source-s/689561 "2014-05-29T14:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-historical-research-source-s/689561/1 "2014-05-29T14:52:04Z")
I need to find out how an American upper-class household was run in (or close to) the 1870s. How many servants, what each one’s duties were, stuff like that. Recommendations of books, articles, websites, or anything else would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Fishtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@Fishtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fishtar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-historical-research-source-s/689561/2 "2014-05-29T15:31:45Z")
This page seems useful, and gives more links to servant stuff. > **[Upstairs Downstairs in Gilded Age America](https://www.edwardianpromenade.com/servants-2/upstairs-downstairs-in-gilded-age-america/)** > > Millionaires of the Gilded Age looked to Europeans–or more specifically, the British–for cues on how to recreate the leisured life in America, copying them from the construction of coun… Also “The Gilded Age” by Twain… Perhaps not an an accurate account of the upper class themselves, but an accurate account of what he thought about them. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-historical-research-source-s/689561/3 "2014-05-31T14:41:55Z")
Excellent. Thank you!