# Katherine Grier

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**Katherine C.** "**Kasey**" **Grier** is an American historian and author, known for her work on the history of domestic life in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

## Education and career

She received a B.A. from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in 1975, an M.A. from the [Cooperstown Graduate Program](/source/Cooperstown_Graduate_Program) in Historical Museum Studies in 1980, and a Ph.D. in American Civilization and history from the University of Delaware in 1988. From 1991 until 1998 Grier worked at the [University of Utah](/source/University_of_Utah), and following this period she worked at the [University of South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina).[1] In 2008 she moved back to the University of Delaware to lead the museum studies program.[1] As of 2022 she is professor emerita in the history department at the University of Delaware.[2]

## Writings

Grier is known for her work on material culture studies. In 2010 she published *Culture and Comfort: Parlor Making and Middle-Class Identity, 1850-1930* examined the furnishings in people's parlors.[3] Her 2006 book, *Pets in America: A History* was a result of her investigations of people and their pets.[4] In addition to writing about pets, Grier also developed an exhibit about pets that was presented at the [Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library](/source/Winterthur_Museum,_Garden_and_Library) and toured other locations in the United States.[5]

## Awards and honors

In 2007 The International Society for Anthrozoology award Grier a lifetime achievement award.[6][better source needed]

## References

1. ["Kasey Grier to head Museum Studies Program"](http://www1.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/grier031708.html). *www1.udel.edu*. Retrieved 2022-07-01.

1. ["Personnel"](https://www.history.udel.edu:443/content-sub-site/Pages/Bio2.aspx?uid=kcgrier&Name=Katherine+Grier&TermStoreId=0bdd5ded-ed89-4195-a86c-ef771cc115e4&TermSetId=76dc474b-027c-4164-8c97-f45fd205e5d2&TermId=9c579f41-ed71-436c-a07c-60bd47646fa7&UrlSuffix=kcgrier). *www.history.udel.edu*. Retrieved 2022-07-01.

1. Reviews for *Culture and Comfort* *Wajda, Shirley (1989). ["Be it Ever So Humble"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2713159). *American Quarterly*. **41** (3): 568–576. Motz, Marilyn Ferris (ed.). [doi:10.2307/2713159](https://doi.org/10.2307/2713159). [ISSN 0003-0678](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0003-0678). [JSTOR 2713159](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2713159) *Fabian, Ann (1989). ["Review of Culture and Comfort: People, Parlors, and Upholstery, 1850-1930"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1181250). *Winterthur Portfolio*. **24** (4): 291–294. [doi:10.1086/496450](https://doi.org/10.1086/496450). [ISSN 0084-0416](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0084-0416). [JSTOR 1181250](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1181250)

1. Reviews for *Pets in America* *Kete, Kathleen (2007). "Review of Pets in America: A History". *The American Historical Review*. **112** (3): 899–900. [doi:10.1086/ahr.112.3.899](https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr.112.3.899). [ISSN 0002-8762](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0002-8762). [JSTOR 40006775](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40006775) *Pearson, Susan J. (2006). ["Review of Pets in America: A History"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23388214). *The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society*. **104** (3/4): 796–797. [ISSN 0023-0243](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0023-0243). [JSTOR 23388214](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23388214) *Becker, Alida (2006-03-26). ["Pet Sounds"](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/books/review/pet-sounds.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2022-07-01.

1. Yearian, Denise Morrison (2007-12-06). ["A passion for pet keeping"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104730904/a-passion-for-pet-keeping/). *The News Journal*. p. 68. Retrieved 2022-07-01.

1. Marvin, Garry & McHugh, Susan (2014-04-16). [*Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=WgdgAwAAQBAJ&dq=kasey+grier&pg=PR15). Routledge. pp. xv. ISBN 978-1-136-23788-1.

## External links

- [Official website](https://thepethistorian.com/)

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