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The Times article: "News in Brief"
This is a clipping from the Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) school newspaper, The Times. It describes Ronald Amey's visit to the fashion drawing class. -
The Times article: "Inaugural Gown Premiers MMC Costume Collection"
This is a clipping from the Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) school newspaper, The Times. It describes the donation by Mrs. Dorothy (Warren) Knowles of her inaugural gown, designed by Ronald Amey and worn to her husband's inaugural ball in 1967 after he was re-elected Wisconsin governor, to Mount Mary College. -
Announcement of guest speaker William Herrmann at Mount Mary College, February 1988
An announcement from the Mount Mary College Fashion Group inviting faculty and students to attend a lecture by guest speaker William Herrmann, Vice President of Advertising and Sales Promotion of JOCKEY International. The event was scheduled for February 10, 1988, on the Mount Mary College campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
Fashion show program 2016: Synergy
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram2016.pdf). -
Fashion show program 2023: Supernova
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram2023.pdf).
This program was originally a website. Each webpage has been collected into the single pdf attached here. The list of designers and items (beginning on page 3 of the pdf) is followed by information about each designer and the concepts behind their designs (beginning on page 15 of the pdf). While the list of designers and items is numbered, the information about each designer and their designs is not, but it follows the same order. Not every designer/item has a section with additional information, however. This is followed by information about the "Super Six," the Fashion Show Coordination class (beginning on page 89 of the pdf). -
Fashion show program 2024: Aura
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2013 Gold Needle Award program
A program for the 2013 Gold Needle Award event, where Sister Aloyse Hessburg received the award from Mount Mary University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). The program is subtitled "Fifty Years of Fashion" in honor of Sister Aloyse's decades of service to Mount Mary's fashion program. It contains an extensive overview of the fashion program and Sister Aloyse's contributions to it.
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (2013 S Aloyse Gold Needle Award.pdf). -
Fashion show program 2014: Pulse
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram2014.pdf). -
Fashion show program 2015: Ignite
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram2015.pdf). -
Fashion show program 2017: Transcend
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram2017.pdf). -
Fashion show program 2019: Unscripted - off the cuff
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Letter from Frances Howard Robb to Sister John Francis Schuh, December 20, 1967
A letter from Mrs. Frances Howard Robb, mother of Charles Robb, to Sister John Francis Schuh, president of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Mrs. Robb discusses the reaction to the dress she wore at her son's wedding to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. Sister Aloyse designed and created the dress and Sister Rosemarita created the buttons. Mrs. Robb indicates that she will return the dress to Mount Mary College; it is part of the Fashion Archive and has been digitized for the Digital Fashion Archive. -
Letter from Aileen Ryan to Sister Mary Nora Barber, February 7, 1970
A letter from Aileen Ryan to Sister Mary Nora Barber, president of Mount Mary College, confirming Aileen's continuation as a visiting instructor for the fashion design program at Mount Mary for the 1970-71 academic year. -
Letter from Aileen Ryan to Sister John Francis Schuh, February 6, 1967
A letter from Aileen Ryan, women's editor at the Milwaukee Journal, to Sister John Francis Schuh, president of Mount Mary College, thanking her for the invitation to the presentation ceremony of Mrs. Knowles' inaugural gown and providing information about gowns Ryan would be adding to Mount Mary's collection. -
Speech by Aileen Ryan accepting the 1965 Pro Urbe Civic Award
This speech was given by Aileen Ryan when accepting the 1965 Pro Urbe Civic Award from Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
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Letter from Harry D. Schmidt to Sister Mary Nora Barber, February 6, 1976
Letter from Harry D. Schmidt, president of T.A. Chapman Co. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Sister Mary Nora Barber, president of Mount Mary College, mentioning Mr. Schmidt's visit with Sister Aloyse Hessburg (head of the fashion design program at Mount Mary) and complimenting the training Ruth McDuffie, a Chapman Co. employee and Mount Mary graduate, received at Mount Mary. -
Letter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg to Bonnie Cashin, March 5, 1979
A brief letter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg to Bonnie Cashin in which the former discusses her trip with Mount Mary College students to visit the latter's New York studio. -
Note from Sister Aloyse Hessburg to Sister Mary Nora Barber, undated
Note from Sister Aloyse Hessburg, head of the fashion design program at Mount Mary College, to Sister Mary Nora Barber, President of Mount Mary College, describing the professional accomplishments of fashion design program alumnae. The note is undated but is likely from the late 1970s or early 1980s; Tracy Toth and Karen Green (mentioned in the note) were both seniors at Mount Mary College in 1977. -
Newsletter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg, fall 1978
Newsletter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg, head of the Mount Mary College fashion design program, to fashion design program alumnae (and possibly other program supporters) in late fall 1978. It includes descriptions of Homecoming and of a November 3rd workshop, information about graduates' jobs and families, job openings, and more.
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Newsletter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg, March 1981
Newsletter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg, head of the Mount Mary College fashion design program, to fashion design program alumnae (and possibly other program supporters) in March 1981. It includes descriptions of curriculum changes, requests for support, information about graduates' jobs and families, and more.
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