Home Economics sewing sample, 1921, French seam

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Creator

Unknown

Date Created

1921

Subject

Information forms; Information artifacts; Books; Blank books; Notebooks

Description

Sewing sample pages from the Home Economics 3 class notebook kept by Olive True Smith, UNH Class of 1921. At the time of her attendance, the University of New Hampshire was called New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Irma Bowen came to New Hampshire College in 1920 to teach textile classes, focusing both on techniques and the history of clothing. She began gathering garments for students to examine in class for enlightenment and inspiration, the beginnings of what is known today as the Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection.

Extent

Width: 21 cm / 8.25 in.
Length: 27.3 cm / 10.75 in.

Provenance

Gift of Olive True Smith, UNH 1921

Museum Number

96.11

Publisher

University of New Hampshire Library

Medium

Paper, cotton, paper rivet

Contributor

Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator

Date Digitized

4-30-2019

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Comments

The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.