Guide to the Dept. of Textiles And Apparel Records,
1942-2005

Collection Number: 23-19-2807

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
Eileen Keating
Date completed:
Nov. 10, 2003
EAD encoding:
KJ Hillgren
Date modified:
RMC Staff, July 2012

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Dept. of Textiles and Apparel records, 1942-2005.
Collection Number:
23/19/2807
Creator:
New York State College of Human Ecology. Department of Textiles and Apparel
Quantity:
3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Syllabi, reports, minutes, publications, and audiocasettes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Annual reports, faculty meeting minutes, department newsletters, committee minutes, and other papers of the department; includes a history of the evolution of the department. Also, material on course syllabi, outlines and descriptions of exhibits, featuring Mary McFadden, and Jon Haggins; audiocassettes of talks by Mary Purchase and Anita Racine.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Department was formed in 1985 upon the dividing of the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis into Textile and Apparel Department and Department of Interior Design, Planning and Management; Design and Environmental Analysis had evolved from the Department of Textile and Clothing, which was formed in 1925.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Annual reports, faculty meeting minutes, department newsletters, committee minutes, and other papers of the department; includes a history of the evolution of the department. Also, material on course syllabi, outlines and descriptions of exhibits, featuring Mary McFadden, and Jon Haggins; audiocassettes of talks by Mary Purchase and Anita Racine.

SUBJECTS

Names:
New York State College of Human Ecology.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Haggins, Jon.
McFadden, Mary
Purchase, Mary E.(Mary Elizabeth), 1921-
Racine, Anita.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics--Study and teaching.
Textile schools--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Clothing and dress--Study and teaching.
Clothing trade--Study and teaching.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

See also Dept. of Fiber Science and Apparel Design records #23-19-3780
Cite As:
Dept. of Textiles and Apparel records, #23-19-2807. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Course Material Box 3, folders 7-17
Series II. Exhibits Box 3, folders 18-26, Box 4 folder 18
Series III. Meeting Minutes Box 1, folders 14-23, 25-26
Series IV. Newsletters Box 1, folders 27-30; Box 2 folders 10-20
Series V. Reports Box 1, folders 3, 8-17, 34; Box 2, folders 107
Series VI. Subject Files Box 1, folders 1-2, 4-7, 24, 31-33, Box 4 folders 1-11
Series VII. Audiocasette tapes tr. 7767a and tr. 7768a
Series VIII. Projects and Proposals Box 4 folders 12 - 17
Series IX. Graduate Programs Box 5 folders 1 - 4, 11
Series X. Publicity Box 5 folders 5 - 7

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1985-1986
Course Descriptions (TXA and DEA)
Box 3 Folder 7
1986-1993
New Course Proposals in TXA
Box 3 Folder 8
TXA Course Syllabi
Box 3 Folder 9
1986-1990
TXA Course Schedules
Box 3 Folder 10
Transfer, Orientation, General TXA Information
Box 3 Folder 11
1982-1987
TXA/DEA 264 Course Information and Slides
Box 3 Folder 12
1979-1982
DEA 230, DEA, 232, DEA 240, DEA 330
Box 3 Folder 13
1978-1982
DEA Course Information and Syllabi
Box 3 Folder 14
1985-1988
TXZ/DEA 465 Course Outlines, Beate Ziegert, Slides
Box 3 Folder 15
1979
Course Syllabi, DEA 335, 401, 436, 439, 600, 635
Box 3 Folder 16
1982-1986
Course and Course Enrollment--Peter Schwartz
Box 3 Folder 17
1982,1983,1986
TXA Exhibits and Display-Slides
Box 3 Folder 18
1990-1992
American Clothing: Identity in Mass Culture Exhibit--Beate Ziegert [1/3]
Box 3 Folder 19
1990-1991
American Clothing: Identity in Mass Culture Exhibit--Beate Ziebert [2/3]
Box 3 Folder 20
1990-1991
American Clothing: Identity in Mass Culture Exhibit--Beate Ziebert [3/3]
Box 3 Folder 21
Spring 1991
American Clothing: Identiy in Mass Culture Exhibit--Human Ecology Forum
Box 5 Folder 8
1986,1987
Apparel Design Exhibit
Box 3 Folder 22
1988
Jon Haggins: A Designer and His Dresses Exhibit
Box 3 Folder 23
1988-1989
Mary McFadden, Apparel Design Work Exhibit
Box 3 Folder 24
1989
Ryozo Morishita Exhibit
Box 3 Folder 25
1990
Medieval Legend Exhibit--Niezelski/VanZile
Box 3 Folder 26
1994-1995
Workshop -CAD Design
Box 4 Folder 18
A. Faculty
August 1985-July 1986
TXA Faculty Meeting Minutes
Box 1 Folder 18
August 1986-July 1987
TXA Faculty Meeting Minutes
Box 1 Folder 19
August 1987-July 1988
TXA Faculty Meeting Minutes
Box 1 Folder 20
August 1988-July 1989
TXA Faculty Meeting Minutes
Box 1 Folder 21
August 1989-July 1990
TXA Faculty Meeting Minutes
Box 1 Folder 22
August 1990-July 1991
TXA Faculty Meeting Minutes
Box 1 Folder 23
B. Extension-TXA
1986-1994
TXA Extension Minutes
Box 1 Folder 25
C. Graduate Field-TXA
1986-1993
TXA Graduate Field Minutes
Box 1 Folder 26
A. Extension-TXA
1950-1951
Extension Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 16
1951-1953
Extension Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 17
1953-1957
Extension Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 18
1958-1960
Extension Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 19
1960-1969
Extension Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 20
B. Housing and Design
1948-1949
Housing and Design Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 10
1950
Housing and Design Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 11
1951
Housing and Design Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 12
1952
Housing and Design Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 13
1953
Housing and Design Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 14
1955,1959,1968-1969
Housing and Design Extension Newsletter
Box 2 Folder 15
C. TXA News
1986-1987
TXA News
Box 5 Folder 29
1988-1989
TXA News
Box 6 Folder 30
1990-1992
TXA News
Box 6 Folder 31
1992-1994
TXA News
Box 6 Folder 32
1995-1997
TXA News
Box 6 Folder 33
1999-2001
TXA News
Box 6 Folder 34
2002-2006
TXA News
Box 6 Folder 35
D. Topstitch
1998-2003
Newsletter--"Topstitch"
Box 5 Folder 9
A. Annual
1966-1968
Annual Report: Department of Textiles and Clothing
Box 2 Folder 3
1970-1971,1975-1976
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 8
1976-1977,1977-1978
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 9
1978-1979
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 10
1982-1983
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 11
1979-1982
TXA Annual Report and Salary Recommendations
Box 1 Folder 12
1987-1988
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 13
1983-1984,1985-1986
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 14
1986-1987
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 15
1988-1989
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 16
1989-1990
TXA Annual Report
Box 1 Folder 17
B. Extension-TXA
1942-1950
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 1
1950-1955
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 2
1955-1958
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 3
1958-1960
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 4
1958-1964
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 5
1964-1966
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 6
1967-1971
Department of Textiles and Clothing: Extension Annual Reports
Box 2 Folder 7
C. Faculty Annual Reports
1991-2003
Ashdown, Susan - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 13
1987-2002
Breen, Nancy - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 14
1983-2003
Chu, Chin-Chang - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 15
1989-2003
Coffman, Charlotte - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 16
2002-2003
Darling,Susan - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 17
2000-2002
DiTella, Katrie - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 18
1992-2003
Jirousek, Charlotte - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 19
1995-2003
Kozen, Frances - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 20
1988-2003
Lemley, Ann - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 21
2001-2003
Lewis, Van Dyke - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 22
1998-2003
Loker, Suzanne - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 23
1987-2003
Netravali, Anil - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 24
1984-2003
Obendorf, S. Kay - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 25-26
1983-2003
Racine, Anita - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 27
1984-2000
Schwartz, Peter - Annual Reports
Box 5 Folder 28
D. Various Reports
1968
"Recommendations of an Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Textiles and Clothing in a Reorganized College"
Box 1 Folder 30
1974
Guide to the Cornell Costume Collection
Box 4 Folder 19
March 1985
Proposal to Establish a PhD Degree in Textile Science in the Field of Design and Environmental Analysis.
Box 1 Folder 5A
1991
Program Resources and Visual and Demonstration Aids and Study Packets
Box 2 Folder 23
1992
4-H Survey on Youth Programming in Textiles and Apparel
Box 2 Folder 21
1991
"Summary of Review of Graduate Program in the Field of Textiles" Prepared by Peter Schwartz and Kay Obendorf.
Box 1 Folder 34
2003
External Review
Box 5 Folder 10
2005
TXA Lending Library
Box 2 Folder 22
1985
Definition TXA
Box 1 Folder 1
1984-1985
Department Split
Box 1 Folder 2
1978
Department Review
Box 1 Folder 4
1965-1986
PhD Proposal-background information
Box 1 Folder 5
June 1989
TXA Apparel Design Program Consultation
Box 1 Folder 6
April 1994
CSRS Review
Box 1 Folder 7
Protective Clothing for Youth-Watkins
Box 1 Folder 24
1989
Helen Bull Vandervort Alumni Achievement Award
Box 1 Folder 27
July 1977
Reclassification to Extension Associate I
Box 1 Folder 28
Apparel Textile Advisory Committee
Box 1 Folder 29
1962-1965
Institute
Box 2 Folder 8
1965-1967
Institute
Box 2 Folder 9
1979,1982
American Association for Textile Technology, Inc. (AATT): Documents and Photograph
Box 3 Folder 1
February 1967,1968-1977
AATT Charter, By-Laws, Student Awards
Box 3 Folder 2
AATT Member Lists, Photographs, Cornell Student Chapter Information
Box 3 Folder 3
October 1987,May 1988,October 1988
Agent/Faculty Meeting Notes (TXA)
Box 3 Folder 4
Cooperative Extension Programs in TXA
Box 3 Folder 5
October 1987-November 1991
Cooperative Extension (TXA) Meeting Notes
Box 3 Folder 6
Textiles and Apparel Faculty
Box 3 Folder 27
Undergraduate Education: Resident Instruction, Misc. Photographs of TXA Students
Box 3 Folder 28
Undergraduate Education, Research, and Graduate Education
Box 3 Folder 29
Graduate Research Position, TXA Publicity
Box 3 Folder 30
1982
Graduate Student Projects
Box 3 Folder 31
1986-1987
Student Guide-TXA/DEA
Box 3 Folder 32
Undergraduate Admissions/TXA Recruitment Materials
Box 3 Folder 33
1989
Graduate Field Information
Box 3 Folder 34
1986-1987
TXA-Policy and Procedure Manual
Box 3 Folder 35
1997
Cornell Design League Publicity Flyers
Box 3 Folder 36
1992-August 1994
Consortium for Apparel Research, Education and Training (CARET)
Box 4 Folder 1
September - November 1994
Consortium for Apparel Research, Education and Training (CARET)
Box 4 Folder 2
December 1994-January 1995
Consortium for Apparel Research, Education and Training (CARET)
Box 4 Folder 3
February-May 1995
Consortium for Apparel Research, Education and Training (CARET)
Box 4 Folder 4
September 1994-1999
Consortium for Apparel Research, Education and Training (CARET)
Box 4 Folder 5
CARET - Cornell Resources
Box 4 Folder 6
1992
Extension Associate Position
Box 4 Folder 7
1980s
New York State Apparel Industry
Box 4 Folder 8
1992-1995
Corporate Development - Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Policy Board
Box 4 Folder 9
1997
American Textile Partnership (AMTEX) Information
Box 4 Folder 10
2005
Conflicts Oversight Process
Box 4 Folder 11
2006
SUNY Approval of Dept. Name Change
Box 5 Folder 12
August 1989
Mary Purchase--tr.7767a
October 6, 1990
Anita Racine: "Dresses: A Reflection of Women's Roles"--tr. 7768a
1989-1991
Extension Project Proposals
Box 4 Folder 12
1993
Proposal - Extension program for Apparel Industry
Box 4 Folder 13
1998-2000
Student Project - Da'Spot Clothing Store, Ithaca
Box 4 Folder 14
1986-1991
Southern Tier Industrial Technology Extension Pilot Program
Box 4 Folder 15
1993
Proposal for a Center for Apparel Science and Technology
Box 4 Folder 16
1992
Proposal for a Center for Advanced Technology
Box 4 Folder 17
1986
MPS in Apparel Design
Box 5 Folder 1
1979-1985
PhD in Fiber Science
Box 5 Folder 2
1985-1986
PhD in Fiber Science
Box 5 Folder 3
2004-2005
PhD in Apparel Design
Box 5 Folder 4
2005
PhD in Apparel Design
Box 5 Folder 11
1980s
Publicity
Box 5 Folder 5
1990-1995
Publicity
Box 5 Folder 6
1996-2006
Publicity
Box 5 Folder 7