J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Helen B. Andelin papers
Andelin, Helen B.
ACCN 0551
9.25 linear feet
17 boxes
1932-2007
The Helen B. Andelin papers (1932-2007) contain correspondence, news clippings, teacher application forms, newsletters, day planners, brochures, pamphlets, and a scrapbook. Helen began sharing the secrets of her own happy marriage with small groups of women in Fresno, California, in the early 1960s. Her first book, Fascinating Womanhood, was published in 1963 as a text for her classes. By the mid-1970s the book had become the basis for courses taught across the country designed to teach women how to be happier in marriage by winning a man's complete love and adoration. The Fascinating Womanhood Foundation was established to train women in the techniques of feminine enchantment.
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Helen Andelin was born in Mesa, Arizona. She majored in home economics at Brigham Young University (BYU), and later transferred to the University of Utah. She went on to marry her former classmate, Aubrey P. Andelin. The couple had eight children. Helen began sharing the secrets of her own happy marriage with small groups of women in Fresno, California, in the early 1960s. She expanded on the topic in 1963 when she began working with the adult education department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her first book,
Fascinating Womanhood, was published in 1963 as a text for her classes. By the mid-1970s the book had become the basis for courses taught across the country designed to teach women how to be happier in marriage by winning a man's complete love and adoration. The Fascinating Womanhood Foundation was established to train women in the techniques of feminine enchantment. Aubrey Andelin died in 1999. Helen continues to be active in spreading the Fascinating Womanhood concepts.
The Helen B. Andelin papers (1932-2007) contain correspondence, news clippings, teacher application forms, newsletters, day planners, brochures, pamphlets, and a scrapbook.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-16 were donated by Helen Andelin in 2002.
Materials in box 17 were donated by Helen Andelin in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Materials in box 18 were donated by Helen Andelin in 2006.
See also the Helen B. Andelin photograph collection (P1106) and the Helen B. Andelin audio collection (A0754) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processed by Karen Carver in 2003, 2006 and 2007.
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Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Andelin, Helen B.--Archives
Fascinating Womanhood--Records and correspondence
Marriage--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Sex role--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Marriage mentoring--United States
Latter Day Saint women--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
Women--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches
Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
Women in church work--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Archives
Church work with women--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Archives
Home and Family
Sexuality
Scrapbooks
Instructional and educational works
Newsletters
Personal correspondence
Business correspondence
Correspondence
Phyllis Heald
1964-1967
1
1
"The Joy of Womanhood"
1966-1968
1
2
Contains correspondence related to the Fascinating Womanhood classes taught at BYU under this name.
Letters to Teachers
1960s-1980s
1
3
Foreign
1970s-2002
1
4
Correspondence from Readers
1975-2002
2
Application Forms
Teacher Application Forms
1970-1975
3
Teacher Application Forms
1975
4
Teacher Application Forms
1976-1978
5
Teacher Application Forms
1979-1984
6
Teacher Application Forms
1985-1991
7
Class Sponsorship Application Forms
1971-1973
8
Class Sponsorship Application Forms
1974-1975
9
Fascinating Womanhood Literature
Fascinating Womanhood Principles Applied to Sex
1974
10
1
Fascinating Womanhood Success Stories
1975
10
2
Fascinating Womanhood Study Guide
1977
10
3
Fascinating Womanhood Workbook for Students
10
4
The Secrets of Winning Men Study Guide
1993
10
5
Fascinating Womanhood Teachers Lesson Guide
1997
10
6
Scriptural Review of Fascinating Womanhood
2000
10
7
Instructional Pamphlets
10
8
Brochures
10
9
Certificates
10
10
Reprint Permission Requests
1970s-1980s
10
11
Olive White Forenbacher, "When Queens Ride By"
1932
10
12
Pike's Peak Family Counseling and Mental Health Center, "Fascinating Womanhood as Mental Health"
1970s
10
13
Taylor Caldwell, "Women's Lib, They're Spoiling Eve's Great Con"
1970
10
14
Womanhood Day
1970
10
15
Interview and Lecture List
1965-1998
10
16
Newsletters
1968-1981
11
Marriage, The Fascinating Way
1997-2002
12
This box contains printouts of Helen's web site pages.
Man of Steel and Velvet and The Fascinating Girl
1970s-1980s
Fascinating Girl Class Permission Requests
1970s
13
1
Fascinating Girl Lesson Outlines
1971
13
2
Fascinating Girl Workbook
13
3
Man of Steel and Velvet Teacher Application Forms,
1979-1984
13
4
Man of Steel and Velvet Lesson Outlines
1973
13
5
General Materials
Domestic Goddess Planning Notebooks
1978-1982
14
News Clippings
1965-1986
15
Scrapbook and Oversize Material
16
Marriage, The Fascinating Way
2003-2007
17
This box contains printouts of Helen's web site pages.