Department of Clothing and Textiles records
Scope and Contents
Contains program reviews, minutes, correspondence, photographs, and other material on the department. Includes information on curriculum for courses in the Department of Clothing and Textiles, faculty from the deparment including those involved in scholarship programs of the department, students, and events including the Mormon Festival of Arts. Dated approximately 1870-1999.
Dates
- approximately 1870-1999
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Department of Clothing and Textiles (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Department of Clothing and Textiles records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Administrative History
The Department of Clothing and Textiles (1955-1999) was an academic department at Brigham Young University.
The department was established in 1955 in a reorganization of the earlier Department of Home Economics. It provided instruction and training on the apparel and textile industries. This included coursework in clothing design; understanding, selection, use and careof fabrics; and an appreciation for the history of costume and textiles.
The Department of Clothing and Textiles was placed in the College of Family Living in 1955. Previously it was a division within the Department of Home Economics. The Department of Clothing and Textiles was placed in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences in 1981. Department chairs included Eleanor Jorgenson (Acting Chair 1955-56 and Chair 1959-1961, 1966-1974), Margaret Schow Potter (1956-1959, 1961-1966), Charlene Lind (1974-1982), Marion C. J. Kuchar (1982-1987), Marvin J. Kuchar (1987-1995), and Charlene Lind (1995-1999).
Extent
11 boxes (5.5 linear ft)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in five series: 1. Department of Clothing and Textiles administrative records, 1932-1987. 2. Department of Clothing and Textiles records on faculty, 1947-1999. 3. Department of Clothing and Textiles correspondence, 1974-1987. 4. Department of Clothing and Textiles records on labs, approximately 1965-1981. 5. Department of Clothing and Textiles photographs, approximately 1870-1991.
Other Finding Aids
Finding aid available online and in the Special Collections Reference Room.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA1125.xml
Custodial History
Transferred from Records Management, August 2004.
Transferred from Historic Clothing Collection by Kayla Willey, February 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Records Management; August 2004.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Historic Clothing Collection; Kayla Willey; February 2017.
Appraisal
Departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
Processing Information
Processed; Jennifer Kim; September 2011.
Processing Information
Addendum processed; Itza Mostert; June 2017.
- Title
- Register of Department of Clothing and Textiles records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jennifer Kim
- Date
- 2011 September 9
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Revision Statements
- 2017 June 22: Additional materials added to series 5 and descriptions updated; Itza Mostert.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US