Betty Williams Collection


University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2009

Collection Overview

Title: Betty Williams Collection
Date range: 1796-1995
Creator: Williams, Betty Vickery
Extent: 29.5 linear feet
59 box(es)
Abstract: This collection was begun by Betty Vickery Williams (1931-1996) in 1974 and encompasses a portion of the material collected for research on the history of primarily western clothing fashions and accessories, tailoring and cutting, and documentation of commercial clothing patterns dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
Language of materials: English
Repository: University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number: Mss. Gr. 213

Scope & content

This collection comprises hand written notes, letters, photocopies of patterns, articles, journals, advertisements, pamphlets and book chapters. The focus of Williams' work is the history of western clothing fashion, commercial clothing pattern companies and the documentation of commercial patterns, men’s and women’s tailoring, and accessorizing.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into four series:

  • 1. Pattern Companies
  • 2. Women's Fashions
  • 3. Men's Fashions
  • 4. Subject File

Biographical note

Betty Vickery Williams began her extensive collection of research notes, commercial clothing patterns, periodicals, books, and catalogues in 1974. This was born out of what she saw as the increasing lack of cutters and drapers in the theater profession with skills based on, in Williams' words, “a sound knowledge of the cut of historical clothes”. Discovering that collections of historical materials on clothing patterns were scant to non existent, she began collecting materials through photocopying research materials from institutional collections such as the Smithsonian and private sources. She also purchased a wide variety of original source material, scouring attics and church bazaars for old patterns. Her work inspired a resurgence of interest in commercial dressmaker patterns. Williams was a theatrical costume maker in New York City. Her work, spanning over four decades included creating the costumes for the original productions of The Fantasticks, Dames at Sea, The Boys in the Band, Oh Calcutta, Alfie, and Philadelphia Here I Come. She worked extensively with the New York City Opera, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Jose Limone Company, The New York Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed Opera Company and "The Lost Colony" in North Carolina. She was a founding member of The Studio, now known as Timberlake Studios which nourished and influenced thousands of young designers and provided a workplace for the development of hundreds of off-Broadway and regional productions. Williams held a BA in English/Music from Jacksonville State University, and an MA in Theater Arts from the University of North Carolina. In 1994, she received the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT) Citation of Excellence for her lifetime achievements. Betty Williams died on June 26, 1996.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Open for research.
Use of the materials: Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation: Betty Williams Research Collection, Mss. Gr. 213, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information: University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The collection was donated by Williams' husband, Gene Williams, after her death. The University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections Unit received the material in 1998.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Sarina R. Wyant.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Sarina R. Wyant, updated by Hailie D. Posey 2009 August 04, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 6
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory


Inventory

Series 1. Pattern Companies, 1860-1978
37 box(es)
(18.5 linear feet)

Contains notes, bibliographical and descriptive information on pattern companies. Also contains photocopies of individual pattern descriptions and envelope covers.

Arrangement:

Arranged in alphabetical order by pattern company and chronologically thereunder.

Container Description Date
Box 1 , Folder 1 Advance
1930s?-1939
Box 1 , Folder 2 Advance
1940-1943
Box 1 , Folder 3 Advance
1944-1945
Box 1 , Folder 4 Advance
1946-1947
Box 1 , Folder 5 Advance
1948-1949
Box 2 , Folder 6 Advance
1950
Box 2 , Folder 7 Advance
1951
Box 2 , Folder 8 Advance
1952
Box 2 , Folder 9 Advance
1953
Box 3 , Folder 10 Advance
1954-1955
Box 3 , Folder 11 Advance
1956-1957
Box 3 , Folder 12 Advance
1958-1959
Box 3 , Folder 13 Butterick
1867-1869
Box 3 , Folder 14 Butterick
1870-1889
Box 4 , Folder 15 Butterick
1890-1899
Box 4 , Folder 16 Butterick
1900-1909
Box 4 , Folder 17 Butterick
1910-1911
Box 4 , Folder 18 Butterick
1912-1914
Box 4 , Folder 19 Butterick
1915-1919
Box 5 , Folder 20 Butterick
1920-1921
Box 5 , Folder 21 Butterick (pattern 3445-3745)
1922 Jan-Mar
Box 5 , Folder 22 Butterick (pattern 3749-4132)
1922 Mar-Dec
Box 5 , Folder 23 Butterick
1923-1924
Box 5 , Folder 24 Butterick
1925
Box 6 , Folder 25 Butterick (pattern 6509-6794)
1926 Jan-Mar
Box 6 , Folder 26 Butterick (pattern 6805-6996)
1926 Mar-Jun
Box 6 , Folder 27 Butterick (pattern 7001-1156)
Jun-Dec 1926
Box 7 , Folder 28 Butterick (pattern 1159-1499)
1927 Jan-Mar
Box 7 , Folder 29 Butterick (pattern 1501-1801)
1927 Mar-Dec
Box 7 , Folder 30 Butterick
1928-1929
Box 7 , Folder 31 Butterick
1930-1934
Box 8 , Folder 32 Butterick
1935-1939
Box 8 , Folder 33 Butterick
1940
Box 8 , Folder 34 Butterick
1941
Box 8 , Folder 35 Butterick
1942-1943
Box 8 , Folder 36 Butterick
1944-1945
Box 9 , Folder 37 Butterick
1946-1947
Box 9 , Folder 38 Butterick
1948-1949
Box 9 , Folder 39 Butterick
1950-1951
Box 9 , Folder 40 Butterick
1952
Box 9 , Folder 41 Butterick
1953
Box 9 , Folder 42 Butterick
1954
Box 9 , Folder 43 Butterick
1955
Box 10 , Folder 44 Butterick
1956
Box 10 , Folder 45 Butterick
1957-1958
Box 10 , Folder 46 Butterick
1959
Box 10 , Folder 46A Butterick: Metropolitan Fashion Vol.XLV No.1; flyers In oversize
1897, 1892-1898
Box 10 , Folder 47 Demorest's
1860-1897
Box 10 , Folder 48 Domestic
1873-1883
Box 10 , Folder 49 Du Barry
1932-1935
Box 10 , Folder 50 Du Barry
1936-1938
Box 10 , Folder 51 Du Barry
1939-1940
Box 11 , Folder 52 Du Barry
1941
Box 11 , Folder 53 Du Barry
1942
Box 11 , Folder 54 Du Barry
1943
Box 11 , Folder 55 Du Barry
1944-1946
Box 11 , Folder 56 Et Cetera
1826-1908
Box 11 , Folder 57 Et Cetera
1909-1927
Box 11 , Folder 58 Et Cetera
1928-1936
Box 11 , Folder 59 Et Cetera
1937-1951
Box 12 , Folder 60 Et Cetera
1952-1959
Box 12 , Folder 61 Excella
1920-1926
Box 12 , Folder 62 Excella
1927
Box 12 , Folder 63 Excella
1928-1936
Box 12 , Folder 64 Harper's Bazaar
1880's
Box 12 , Folder 65 Hollywood
1932-1936
Box 13 , Folder 66 Hollywood
1937-1938
Box 13 , Folder 67 Hollywood
1939
Box 13 , Folder 68 Hollywood
1940-1941
Box 13 , Folder 69 Hollywood
1942-1943
Box 13 , Folder 70 Hollywood
1944
Box 13 , Folder 71 Hollywood
1945-1949
Box 14 , Folder 72 Journal Des Demoiselles
1890-1913
Box 14 , Folder 73 Ladies Home Journal
1905-1919
Box 14 , Folder 74 Ladies Home Journal
1920-1922
Box 14 , Folder 75 Ladies Home Journal
1923-1924
Box 14 , Folder 76 Ladies Home Journal
1925-1927
Box 14 , Folder 77 Ladies Home Journal
1928-1929
Box 15 , Folder 78 Ladies Home Journal (pattern 6140-6345)
1929
Box 15 , Folder 79 Ladies Home Journal (pattern 6348-6522)
1930
Box 15 , Folder 80 Ladies Home Journal (pattern 6523-6660)
1930
Box 15 , Folder 81 Ladies Home Journal
1931-1938
Box 16 , Folder 82 May Manton
1900-1921
Box 16 , Folder 83 McCall's
1870-1899
Box 16 , Folder 84 McCall's
1900-1905
Box 16 , Folder 85 McCall's
1906-1911
Box 16 , Folder 86 McCall's
1912-1915
Box 17 , Folder 87 McCall's
1916-1919
Box 17 , Folder 88 McCall's
1920-1923
Box 17 , Folder 89 McCall's
1924-1926
Box 17 , Folder 90 McCall's
1927
Box 18 , Folder 91 McCall's (pattern 4950-5132)
1927
Box 18 , Folder 92 McCall's
1928
Box 18 , Folder 93 McCall's
1929
Box 18 , Folder 94 McCall's
1930-1933
Box 19 , Folder 95 McCall's
1934-1935
Box 19 , Folder 96 McCall's
1936
Box 19 , Folder 97 McCall's
1937
Box 19 , Folder 98 McCall's
1938-1940
Box 20 , Folder 99 McCall's
1941-1942
Box 20 , Folder 100 McCall's
1943-1944
Box 20 , Folder 101 McCall's
1945
Box 20 , Folder 102 McCall's
1946
Box 20 , Folder 103 McCall's
1947
Box 21 , Folder 104 McCall's
1948
Box 21 , Folder 105 McCall's
1949
Box 21 , Folder 106 McCall's
1950
Box 21 , Folder 107 McCall's
1951-1952
Box 21 , Folder 108 McCall's
1953
Box 22 , Folder 109 McCall's
1954
Box 22 , Folder 110 McCall's
1955-1956
Box 22 , Folder 111 McCall's
1957-1958
Box 22 , Folder 112 McCall's
1959
Box 23 , Folder 113 McCall's
1960-1978
Box 23 , Folder 114 McCall's Book of Fashion (in oversize)
1913-1919
Box 23 , Folder 115 McCall's Couture
1925-1929
Box 23 , Folder 116 McCall's Couture
1925-1928
Box 23 , Folder 116A McCall's Pattern Book (in oversize)
1910-1919
Box 23 , Folder 117 McCall's Pattern Book 4 vol.(in oversize)
1910-1939
Box 23 , Folder 117A McCall's Pattern Book (in oversize)
1920-1924
Box 23 , Folder 117B McCall's Pattern Book (in oversize)
1925-1929
Box 23 , Folder 117C McCall's Pattern Book (in oversize)
1930-1939
Box 23 , Folder 118 Modern Priscilla
1926-1928
Box 23 , Folder 119 New Idea
1901-1911
Box 24 , Folder 120 New Idea
1912-1919
Box 24 , Folder 121 New York Pattern Company/Hollywood
1920s
Box 24 , Folder 122 New York Pattern Company
1920-1940
Box 24 , Folder 123 New York Pattern Company
1908-1932
Box 24 , Folder 124 New York Pattern Company
1933
Box 24 , Folder 125 New York Pattern Company
1934
Box 24 , Folder 126 New York Pattern Company
1935
Box 25 , Folder 127 New York Pattern Company
1936-1939
Box 25 , Folder 128 New York Pattern Company
1940-1942
Box 25 , Folder 129 Peerless Pattern
1908-1923
Box 25 , Folder 130 Paris Pattern
1929-1933
Box 25 , Folder 131 Photoplay
1947-1951
Box 25 , Folder 132 Pictorial Review
1899-1912
Box 25 , Folder 133 Pictorial Review
1913-1917
Box 26 , Folder 134 Pictorial Review
1918-1921
Box 26 , Folder 135 Pictorial Review
1922-1925
Box 26 , Folder 136 Pictorial Review
1926-1929
Box 26 , Folder 137 Pictorial Review
1930-1939
Box 26 , Folder 138 Silver Screen
1934 -1949
Box 26 , Folder 139 Simplicity
1927-1929
Box 27 , Folder 140 Simplicity
1930-1933
Box 27 , Folder 141 Simplicity
1934-1935
Box 27 , Folder 142 Simplicity
1936
Box 27 , Folder 143 Simplicity
1937
Box 27 , Folder 144 Simplicity
1937
Box 27 , Folder 145 Simplicity
1938
Box 27 , Folder 146 Simplicity
1938
Box 28 , Folder 147 Simplicity
1939
Box 28 , Folder 148 Simplicity
1940
Box 28 , Folder 149 Simplicity
1941
Box 28 , Folder 150 Simplicity
1942
Box 28 , Folder 151 Simplicity
1942
Box 28 , Folder 152 Simplicity
1943
Box 29 , Folder 153 Simplicity
1943
Box 29 , Folder 154 Simplicity
1944
Box 29 , Folder 155 Simplicity
1944
Box 29 , Folder 156 Simplicity
1945
Box 29 , Folder 157 Simplicity
1946
Box 30 , Folder 158 Simplicity
1947
Box 30 , Folder 159 Simplicity
1948
Box 30 , Folder 160 Simplicity
1948
Box 30 , Folder 161 Simplicity
1949
Box 30 , Folder 162 Simplicity
1949
Box 30 , Folder 163 Simplicity
1950
Box 30 , Folder 164 Simplicity
1950
Box 31 , Folder 165 Simplicity
1951
Box 31 , Folder 166 Simplicity
1952
Box 31 , Folder 167 Simplicity
1953
Box 31 , Folder 168 Simplicity
1954
Box 31 , Folder 169 Simplicity
1954
Box 31 , Folder 170 Simplicity
1955
Box 32 , Folder 171 Simplicity
1955
Box 32 , Folder 172 Simplicity
1956
Box 32 , Folder 173 Simplicity
1956
Box 32 , Folder 174 Simplicity
1957
Box 32 , Folder 175 Simplicity
1958
Box 32 , Folder 176 Simplicity
1959
Box 33 , Folder 177 Standard Design
1892-1912
Box 33 , Folder 178 Standard Design
1913-1917
Box 33 , Folder 179 Standard Design
1918-1926
Box 33 , Folder 180 Universal Fashion Company
1883-1886, late 1880s
Box 33 , Folder 181 Vogue
1899-1907
Box 33 , Folder 182 Vogue
1913-1916, 1919
Box 33 , Folder 183 Vogue
1920-1925
Box 34 , Folder 184 Vogue
1926-1929
Box 34 , Folder 185 Vogue
1930-1932
Box 34 , Folder 186 Vogue
1933-1935
Box 34 , Folder 187 Vogue
1936-1937
Box 34 , Folder 188 Vogue
1938-1939
Box 34 , Folder 189 Vogue
1940-1941
Box 35 , Folder 190 Vogue
1942-1943
Box 35 , Folder 191 Vogue
1944-1945
Box 35 , Folder 192 Vogue
1946-1947
Box 35 , Folder 193 Vogue
1948
Box 35 , Folder 194 Vogue
1949
Box 35 , Folder 195 Vogue
1950
Box 35 , Folder 196 Vogue
1950-1951
Box 36 , Folder 197 Vogue
1951
Box 36 , Folder 198 Vogue
1952
Box 36 , Folder 199 Vogue
1953
Box 36 , Folder 200 Vogue
1954
Box 36 , Folder 201 Vogue
1955-1956
Box 36 , Folder 202 Vogue
1957
Box 36 , Folder 203 Vogue
1958-1959
Box 36 , Folder 204 Women's Home Companion with dating sheets
1906-1931
Box 37 , Folder 205 Weldon's
1936-1939
Box 37 , Folder 206 Women's World
1917
Box 37 , Folder 207 Women's World
1928-1935

Series 2. Women's Fashions
2 box(es)
(1 linear feet)

Contains articles, photocopies, clippings. The bulk contains a fashion chronology comprising pictorial representations of women's clothing fashions.

Arrangement:

Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

Container Description Date
Box 1 , Folder 1 The American delineator
1864
Box 1 , Folder 2 The American ladies memorial: Boston
1850
Box 1 , Folder 3 The American woman's home or principles of domestic science, excerpts
1870
Box 1 , Folder 4 Blouses and shirt-waists excerpt from The new dressmaker: Butterick
1921
Box 1 , Folder 5 Cornwell's Columbian sewing book: history of sewing, excerpt
1892
Box 1 , Folder 6 Diderot Garment excerpt (includes information on glove making and tailoring equipment) (in oversize)
undated
Box 1 , Folder 7 A Domestic cyclopaedia of practical information, excerpts
1877
Box 1 , Folder 8 Englishwoman's domestic magazine
1858
Box 1 , Folder 9 A Estacao jornal para familia, supplemento do
1884
Box 1 , Folder 10 Fashion catalogue
Fall and Winter 1912-1913
Box 1 , Folder 11 Fashion chronology
before 1800
Box 1 , Folder 12 Fashion chronology
1800-1870s
Box 1 , Folder 13 Fashion chronology
1855
Box 1 , Folder 14 Fashion chronology
1860s
Box 1 , Folder 15 Fashion chronology
1890s
Box 1 , Folder 16 Fashion chronology, Modele Costume Tailleur (In oversize)
1907-1909
Box 1 , Folder 17 Fashion chronology, Jupes Parisiennes
1908-1909
Box 1 , Folder 18 Fashion chronology, Le Grand Tailleur
1912
Box 1 , Folder 19 Fashion chronology
1913-1927
Box 1 , Folder 20 Fashion chronology
1900-1919
Box 2 , Folder 21 Fashion chronology, Store and Home, Winter Fashions, John Wanamaker, Philadelphia
1920-1923
Box 2 , Folder 22 Fashion chronology
1925
Box 2 , Folder 23 Fashion chronology
1926-1929
Box 2 , Folder 24 Fashion chronology
1930
Box 2 , Folder 25 Fashion chronology, Die modenwelt
1930 Nov, 1938 Oct
Box 2 , Folder 26 Fashion chronology
1940s
Box 2 , Folder 27 Godey's lady's book and magazine
1859
Box 2 , Folder 28 Journal des desmoiselles
1841
Box 2 , Folder 29 The Moulding method of practical dressmaking in Woman At Home
1908 May-Sep
Box 2 , Folder 30 McCall needlework and decorative arts (1934-fabric swatches description)
1930-1931,1934
Box 2 , Folder 31 Sweaters
1920s
Box 2 , Folder 32 Victor ladies tailoring co. fashion book
Spring and Summer 1918
Box 2 , Folder 33 Women's world: amateur dressmaking by Mary Billington
1890

Series 3. Men's Fashions
13 box(es)
(6.5 linear feet)

Contains articles, photocopies, clippings, and pictorial information pertaining to men's fashions and accessories.

Arrangement:

Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

Container Description Date
Box 1 , Folder 1 American tailor and cutter
1872
Box 1 , Folder 2 Aviation attire
1927-1928
Box 1 , Folder 3 "The Autobiography of a tailor" in The Sartorial Art Journal
1913 Sep
Box 1 , Folder 4 Bernard-Hewitt and Company: Fine tailoring, Chicago
1919
Box 1 , Folder 5 Mens's and boy's caps fabrics and trimmings
1935
Box 1 , Folder 6 Clothier and furnisher
1906-1907
Box 1 , Folder 7 Collars: Wm. Barker and Co.
1929
Box 1 , Folder 8 Cluett, Coon and Co.
1897-1899
Box 1 , Folder 9 Cluett, Coon and Co.
1894-1896
Box 1 , Folder 10 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1900-1902
Box 1 , Folder 11 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1903-1904
Box 1 , Folder 12 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1905
Box 1 , Folder 13 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1907
Box 1 , Folder 14 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1908
Box 2 , Folder 15 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1909
Box 2 , Folder 16 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1910
Box 2 , Folder 17 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1914,1916,1918
Box 2 , Folder 18 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1920,1922
Box 2 , Folder 19 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1922-1925
Box 2 , Folder 20 Cluett, Peabody and Co.
1923-1925
Box 2 , Folder 21 Cluett, Peabody and Co. and Geo. P. Ide and Co.
1926, 1928, 1929
Box 2 , Folder 21 Geo. P.Ide and Co.
1928
Box 3 , Folder 22 Coats and jackets
1890-1899
Box 3 , Folder 23 Collars: P. Ide Co. and Corliss Coon
1930-1932[?]
Box 3 , Folder 24 Collars
1890-1899
Box 3 , Folder 25 Collars and cuffs
1886
Box 3 , Folder 26 Collars and cuffs, manufacturers
1895
Box 3 , Folder 27 The complete bachelor: manners for men
1896
Box 3 , Folder 28 Cravats: The Art of tying the cravat
1828
Box 3 , Folder 29 Cutting: a practical treatise on cutting
1840
Box 3 , Folder 30 Cutting
1879, 1885
Box 3 , Folder 31 Drafting
1840s
Box 3 , Folder 32 Drafting
1860-1870
Box 3 , Folder 33 Fashion chronology
before 1790
Box 3 , Folder 34 Fashion chronology
1790s
Box 4 , Folder 35 Fashion chronology
1800-1820
Box 4 , Folder 36 Fashion chronology
1820s
Box 4 , Folder 37 Fashion chronology
1820-1830
Box 4 , Folder 38 Fashion chronology
1830s
Box 4 , Folder 39 Fashion chronology
1840s
Box 4 , Folder 40 Fashion chronology
1850s
Box 4 , Folder 41 Fashion chronology
1860s
Box 4 , Folder 42 Fashion chronology
1870s
Box 4 , Folder 43 Fashion chronology
1880-1881
Box 4 , Folder 44 Fashion chronology
1880-1885
Box 5 , Folder 45 Fashion chronology
1886-1889
Box 5 , Folder 46 Fashion chronology
1890-1895
Box 5 , Folder 47 Fashion chronology: The Sartorial Art Journal
1890-1898
Box 5 , Folder 48 Fashion chronology
1896-1899
Box 5 , Folder 49 Fashion chronology
1900-1904
Box 6 , Folder 50 Fashion chronology
1900-1905
Box 6 , Folder 51 Fashion chronology
1905
Box 6 , Folder 52 Fashion chronology
1906-1907
Box 6 , Folder 53 Fashion chronology
1906-1909
Box 6 , Folder 54 Fashion chronology
1908
Box 6 , Folder 55 Fashion chronology
1909
Box 7 , Folder 56 Fashion chronology
1910
Box 7 , Folder 57 Fashion chronology
1911
Box 7 , Folder 58 Fashion chronology
1910-1912
Box 7 , Folder 59 Fashion chronology
1912
Box 7 , Folder 60 Fashion chronology
1913
Box 8 , Folder 61 Fashion chronology
1914
Box 8 , Folder 62 Fashion chronology
1913-1915
Box 8 , Folder 63 Fashion chronology
1915
Box 8 , Folder 64 Fashion chronology
1916-1919
Box 8 , Folder 65 Fashion chronology
1920s
Box 8 , Folder 66 Fashion chronology
1927-1929
Box 8 , Folder 67 Fashion chronology
1930s
Box 8 , Folder 68 Fashion chronology
1930-1933
Box 8 , Folder 69 Fashion chronology
1930-1936
Box 9 , Folder 70 Fashion chronology
1931-1933
Box 9 , Folder 71 Fashion chronology
1934-1936
Box 9 , Folder 72 Fashion chronology
1937
Box 9 , Folder 73 Fashion chronology
1938
Box 9 , Folder 74 Fashion chronology: Men's Wear
1938
Box 9 , Folder 75 Fashion chronology
1939
Box 9 , Folder 76 Fashion chronology
1940s
Box 9 , Folder 77 Gentleman's Tailor
1909
Box 10 , Folder 78 Gentleman's Tailor
1910-1915
Box 10 , Folder 79 The Haberdasher
1900
Box 10 , Folder 80 Hearn's
1819
Box 10 , Folder 81 LaMode illustrated
1870-1871
Box 10 , Folder 82 LaMode illustrated
1872-1874
Box 10 , Folder 83 LaMode illustrated
1875-1877
Box 10 , Folder 84 LaMode illustrated
1875-1879
Box 10 , Folder 85 LaMode illustrated
1880
Box 10 , Folder 86 London fashion review
1903
Box 10 , Folder 87 Masquerade costumes
1905
Box 10 , Folder 88 Minister's gazette of fashion
1900,1901,1908
Box 10 , Folder 89 Montgomery Ward and Co.'s Catalogue No. 57
Spring, Summer 1895
Box 10 , Folder 90 Neckties: knitted and woven
1930s-1940s
Box 10 , Folder 91 Occupational clothing
1600s-1900s
Box 10 , Folder 92 Occupational clothing: Geo. Master Garment Corp.
1938
Box 10 , Folder 93 Ready made clothing: Sears, Roebuck Co.
Fall, Winter 1902-1903
Box 11 , Folder 94 Ready to wear: tailors' catalogs
1920s
Box 11 , Folder 94A Selection of diagrams and figures drawn and designed by Mr. W.D.F. Vincent to illustrate a lecture entitled "Cutting for disproportionate figures" (in oversize)
1920
Box 11 , Folder 95 Shirts
before 1800
Box 11 , Folder 96 Shirts
1800s
Box 11 , Folder 97 Shirts
1800-1866
Box 11 , Folder 98 Shirts
1880s
Box 11 , Folder 99 Shirts
1890-1898
Box 11 , Folder 100 Shirts
1900s
Box 12 , Folder 101 Shirts
1909-1940
Box 12 , Folder 101A Shirts: broadside of Carson Pirie Scott and Co. (in oversize)
undated
Box 12 , Folder 102 Shirts: photos and notes from New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
1800s
Box 12 , Folder 103 Shirts, collars, cuffs and handkerchiefs
1928?
Box 12 , Folder 104 Shoes
1880s
Box 12 , Folder 105 Sporting clothes
1928-1939
Box 12 , Folder 106 Sportswear
1902-1918
Box 12 , Folder 107 Suits: coats, vests, and breeches
1700s
Box 12 , Folder 108 Sweaters: needle-art
Fall 1925
Box 12 , Folder 109 Tailor and cutter fashions
1925
Box 12 , Folder 110 Tailoring
1888-1900
Box 12 , Folder 111 Tailoring
1900-1902
Box 12 , Folder 112 Tailoring
1903-1905
Box 13 , Folder 113 Tailoring
1906-1908
Box 13 , Folder 114 Tailoring
1909
Box 13 , Folder 115 Tailoring and ready-to-wear
1890-1896
Box 13 , Folder 116 Tailoring lessons
circa 1900
Box 13 , Folder 117 Tailor's trimmings catalog
1928-1929
Box 13 , Folder 118 The tailor’s hand-book of cutting
1856
Box 13 , Folder 119 Trousers
1890
Box 13 , Folder 120 Trousers
1900-1909
Box 13 , Folder 121 Trousers
1910-1919
Box 13 , Folder 122 Underwear
1928-1929
Box 13 , Folder 123 Weldon's home dressmaker: day and night wear
1932
Box 13 , Folder 124 Wells of Mayfair
1970s?
Box 13 , Folder 125 West end gazette
1888-1889
Box 13 , Folder 126 Vests
1890-1899

Series 4. Subject File
7 box(es)
(3.5 linear feet)

Contains clippings, notes, articles correspondence, and papers. Includes a variety of subject matter regarding accessories, children's fashions, sewing and tailoring, descriptive information on pattern companies

Arrangement:

Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

Container Description Date
Box 1 , Folder 1 American tailor and cutter
1890 Jan - Dec
Box 1 , Folder 2 Arthur's illustrated home magazine
1874
Box 1 , Folder 3 Bibliography and publications lists E - Q
1970
Box 1 , Folder 4 Bibliography - American periodicals A - D
undated
Box 1 , Folder 5 Bibliography - American periodicals E - M
undated
Box 2 , Folder 6 Bibliography - American periodicals Mc - Z
undated
Box 2 , Folder 7 Bibliography - American periodicals
undated
Box 2 , Folder 8 Bibliography - American periodicals - English
undated
Box 3 , Folder 9 Blacket, Basil: "Technical education amongst women" in The Dressmakers's chart and cutter
1889 Apr
Box 3 , Folder 10 Childrens clothing
1920s - 1930s
Box 3 , Folder 11 Cleaning fabrics, clippings
1920s
Box 3 , Folder 12 Clover Leaf Journal : Gage Brothers and Co.
Oct 1895
Box 3 , Folder 13 Cluett, Peabody Co. "History of Arrow Shirt Co." in Fortune
Feb 1973
Box 3 , Folder 14 Cunning's supplementary catalogue: M.J. Cunning Co.
undated
Box 3 , Folder 15 Dating patterns and organizations, notes re.
undated
Box 3 , Folder 16 Domestic Advisor re. collars, caps, frills: men's women's
1826
Box 3 , Folder 17 Dickson, Carol Ann: Patterns for garments: a history of the paper garment pattern industry in America to 1976
1979
Box 3 , Folder 18 Ehrich's fashion quarterly with notes re. dating material
1877, undated
Box 3 , Folder 19 Furs
1919, undated
Box 3 , Folder 20 Gale, Delight: Costume Designing (manuscript)
1937 - 1938
Box 3 , Folder 21 Gale, Delight: Drafting (manuscript)
1938
Box 3 , Folder 22 Hess, Erwin Antiques Fair clippings, re: fashions 1900 - 1920s
1964?
Box 3 , Folder 23 Jordan, Marsh, and Co. catalogue, Fall and Winter
1882 - 1883
Box 3 , Folder 24 Lays
1921 - 1924, undated
Box 3 , Folder 25 Letters
1982 - 1989
Box 3 , Folder 26 Measuring guides
1922, 1925
Box 3 , Folder 27 Merchant Tailor Designers Association 46th annual convention
1922 Jan, 1926
Box 3 , Folder 28 Midwest Hosiery Company - women, men and children
1934 - 1935
Box 4 , Folder 29 Pattern companies: descriptive information A: Advance, Andrew's Bazaar, Alden's, Art et la Mode
undated
Box 4 , Folder 30 Pattern companies: descriptive information B: Bonton, Barbara Bell, Betty Ann Pattern, Butterick, Banner
undated
Box 4 , Folder 31 Pattern companies: descriptive information C: Charm, Chicago Tribune, Clotilde, Country Gentlemen
undated
Box 4 , Folder 32 Pattern companies: descriptive information D: The Designer, Domestic, Demorest, Du Barry E: Economy, Ehrich, Elite, Excella
undated
Box 4 , Folder 33 Pattern companies: descriptive information F:Famous Features, Farmer's Wife, Fashionable Dress, Fashionist, Fashion Service, Fashion World
undated
Box 4 , Folder 34 Pattern companies: descriptive information G: Good Housekeeping H: Harper's Bazaar, Home Notes, Hollywood,Household Journal
undated
Box 4 , Folder 35 Pattern companies: descriptive information I:Ideal, Illustrated Companion
undated
Box 4 , Folder 36 Pattern companies: descriptive information J: Jane Alden, Jennis Miller, Les Jolies Modes, Jones L: Ladies Home Journal, Lady's Friend, The Ladies Treasury, Ladies World, Laura Wheeler, Leslie, Nos Loisirs, Louis Lang patterns
undated
Box 4 , Folder 37 Pattern companies: descriptive information M: Martha Dean, May Manton, May Fair, McCalls, La Mode Chic de Paris, Modele Parisien, Modern Priscilla, Modes Glove Fitting, La Mode Pratique, Modes Royal, Montgomery Ward
undated
Box 4 , Folder 38 Pattern companies: descriptive information M: Marien Martin
undated
Box 4 , Folder 39 Pattern companies: descriptive information N: National Bellas, Hess Company, Needlecraft, New Idea, New Picture Pattern, New York
undated
Box 4 , Folder 40 Pattern companies: descriptive information P: Paris Fashion, Paris Modes Company, Paris Pattern Company, Patterns by Yvonne, Patt-O-Rama, Peerless Photoplay, Pictorial Review, Popular Fashions
undated
Box 4 , Folder 41 Pattern companies: descriptive information R: Reader's Mail, Reliable Seam-Allowance Patterns, Ringwood's, Royal, Rose Mary Patterns
undated
Box 4 , Folder 42 Pattern companies: descriptive information S: El Salon de la Moda, Sears Roebuck, Sew-Rite, Silver Screen, Simplicity
undated
Box 4 , Folder 43 Pattern companies: descriptive information Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc.
undated
Box 5 , Folder 44 Pattern companies: descriptive information S: Smith, Spader, Standard Design, Style, Style-Arts, Superior
undated
Box 5 , Folder 45 Pattern companies: descriptive information T: Town and Country, U: Universal, V: Vanity Fair, Vogue
undated
Box 5 , Folder 46 Pattern companies: descriptive information W: Woman's Home Companion, Woman's Institute, Woman's Magazine, Woman's Weekly, Woman's World
undated
Box 5 , Folder 47 Pattern companies: descriptive information Y: Young Ladies Journal, Library of Congress Pattern Catalog, misc.
undated
Box 5 , Folder 48 Pictorial Review: list of patterns found in
1899 - 1939
Box 5 , Folder 49 Quinn, Janet H. Sewing note book manuscript
undated
Box 5 , Folder 50 Schmidt, Victoria: How to custom fit your pattern
1953
Box 6 , Folder 51 Seligman, Kevin, Letters to
1991 Jan - 1995 Aug
Box 6 , Folder 52 Seligman, Kevin, Letters to
1984 Apr -1989 May
Box 6 , Folder 53 Seligman, Kevin, Letters to
1989 Aug - 1991 Jan
Box 6 , Folder 54 Sewing tips, projects, misc. publications
1972, 1976, undated
Box 6 , Folder 55 Shirt, history of
undated
Box 6 , Folder 56 Sports wear: men's and women's
1936 - 1939, undated
Box 7 , Folder 57 Stitchery and knitting: womens magazine
1914, 1916
Box 7 , Folder 58 Tailoring information and notes
1889, 1926, undated
Box 7 , Folder 59 Terms, definition of: various sources
1858 - 1920
Box 7 , Folder 60 Terms, technical used in tailoring, The American tailor and cutter by S.S. Rathvon
1899
Box 7 , Folder 61 Tailoring, ladies history re. in The Cutter's practical guide to ladies' tailoring
1920
Box 7 , Folder 62 Tailoring: The improved tailor's aera: London, 2nd Edition by John Jackson
1831
Box 7 , Folder 63 Tailoring manual
1796
Box 7 , Folder 64 Tinting, dyeing and practical art craft
1926
Box 7 , Folder 65 Walsh, Margaret: "The Democratization of fashion: the emergence of the women's dress pattern industry" in Journal of American history, vol.66 no.2
Sep 1979
Box 7 , Folder 66 Williams, Betty: On the dating of tissue paper patterns
n,d.
Box 7 , Folder 67 Wright's bias folding tape and trimmings, sewing book no.22
1930
Box 7 , Folder 68 Womens Wear Daily
May 5, 1950
Box 7 , Folder 69 Zippers, history of, miscellaneous
1940s?,1991