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Speech by Sister John Francis Schuh for 1966 event presenting Ronald Amey and Pierce Rosenberg
This speech was given by Sister John Francis Schuh on March 23, 1966, in the Mount Mary College Theatre. She presents Ronald Amey, visiting fashion designer from New York, and Pierce Rosenberg, president of the Grand Stores. The event was likely in celebration of the establishment of the "Mount Mary College - the Grand Stores Designer Scholarship" program, which enabled Mount Mary to bring in "eight or nine designers of note to lecture in residence during each school year."
To see the entire document, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Schuh speech 1966-03-23.pdf). -
Fashion show with Ronald Amey
This photograph shows a fashion show at Mount Mary College, likely from 1965-1968. Ronald Amey, New York fashion designer, stands on the right side. It is unknown whether the garments being modeled were his work or that of Mount Mary students. -
Pauline Trigère working on a coat (1 of 3)
Pauline Trigère demonstrating her cutting and draping technique with a live model in the Mount Mary Fashion Department during her visit to campus in November or December 1973. The coat she is working on is part of the Digital Fashion Archive (Object ID #2003.04.01). -
Pauline Trigère working on a coat (3 of 3)
Pauline Trigère demonstrating her cutting and draping technique with a live model in the Mount Mary Fashion Department during her visit to campus in November or December 1973. The coat she is working on is part of the Digital Fashion Archive (Object ID #2003.04.01). -
Bonnie Cashin holding her Gold Needle Award
Bonnie Cashin won Mount Mary College's Gold Needle Award in 1970. In this image she is holding the award, presumably shortly after winning it. -
Letter from Judith H. Eiseman to Sister Ellen Lorenz, March 28, 1980
A letter from Judith H. Eiseman, daughter-in-law of Florence Eiseman and public relations manager of Florence Eiseman Inc., to Sister Ellen Lorenz, president of Mount Mary College. The letter was written for the Eiseman family and expresses their appreciation of the Gold Needle Award event (where Florence Eiseman received Mount Mary's Gold Needle Award) and of the award itself. -
Charles Kleibacker with Mount Mary College fashion design students (2 of 3)
Charles Kleibacker (center) with five others in a Mount Mary College fashion design room in Spring 1970. -
Charles Kleibacker with Mount Mary College fashion design students (3 of 3)
Charles Kleibacker (right) with two others in a Mount Mary College fashion design room in Spring 1970. -
Charles Kleibacker with Mount Mary College fashion design student
Charles Kleibacker (left) with a Mount Mary College fashion design student. -
Frances Howard Robb and James Robb at their son's wedding
Mrs. Frances Howard Robb and her husband James Robb descend the stairs together at or shortly after the marriage of their son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, at the White House, December 9, 1967.
Mrs. Robb is wearing a yellow dress designed and created by Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary. -
Letter from Sister John Francis Schuh to Eleanor Coleman, December 12, 1967
A letter from Sister John Francis Schuh, president of Mount Mary College, to Eleanor Colman of the Milwaukee Journal, expressing gratitude for the paper's "fine publicity" of the dress worn by Mrs. Frances Howard Robb at her son Charles Robb's wedding to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. Sister Aloyse Hessburg designed and created the yellow dress that Mrs. Robb wore.
The recipient's last name is misspelled as "Colman" here; "Coleman" is correct. -
Memo regarding Sister Aloyse Hessburg's appointment to Mount Mary's fashion design program, October 10, 1965
Memo from a meeting on October 10, 1965, in which Sister Aloyse Hessburg was appointed coordinator of Mount Mary College's Fashion Design program. The rationale for her appointment is included. -
Memorandum on plans for inauguration of fashion design course
Information about fashion design-related coursework in the first and second 1965 semesters of the fashion design program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
Four School Sisters of Notre Dame from Mount Mary College at New York fashion show
Four School Sisters of Notre Dame from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attend a runway show for fashion designers Burke-Amey in New York City. One of Sister Aloyse Hessburg's designs appeared on the runway.
Original caption: “They are, left to right: Sister Mary Remy [Sister Remy Revor], chairman of the art department; Sister Mary John Francis [Sister John Francis Schuh], president of the college; Sister Mary Aloyse [Sister Aloyse Hessburg], co-ordinator of the school’s new fashion design course, who spent two weeks working on the Burke-Amey collection, and Sister Mary Willann [Sister Willann Mertens], chairman of the home economics department.” -
Itinerary for 1975 tour of fashion manufacturing plants
Itinerary for a five-day trip in August 1975 to visit fashion manufacturing plants in the Midwest. Stops included the Stanbury Band Uniform plant (Brookfield, Missouri), the Allen-A plant (Piqua, Ohio), the Sand Knit plant (either Waupun or Berlin, Wisconsin, or possibly locations in both towns), and the "sox factory" (possibly Portage Hosiery Company) in Portage, Wisconsin. Members of the Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) fashion design program undertook this trip. -
Fashion design program course schedule for 1981-82
A tentative list of courses and the faculty teaching them for the 1981-82 fashion design program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
To see the entire file, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Fashion Design course schedule 1981-82.pdf). -
Fashion design faculty (1973?)
A list of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) fashion design program faculty with their credits, contact hours, and equivalency credit hours, and a list of pre-registration student numbers by course in the fashion design program. The full names of the faculty are almost certainly: Barbara Borgwardt, Elaine Zarse, Carol Stowell, Sister Aloyse Hessburg (Fashion Program Coordinator).
This item is undated but is likely from 1973-74. (According to the fashion show program from spring 1974, there were five faculty members that year, including the four names listed on this item, and the name "Stowell" doesn't appear in the fashion show programs under "Faculty" in any other program 1972-1982.) -
Rationale for the Fashion Department (1984?)
A document giving a brief description of the fashion program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a rationale for why the program should become its own department.
This item is undated but is likely from 1984.
To see the entire file, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Rationale for Fashion Dept mid-1980s.pdf). -
Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983
A letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty in Integrated Home Economics, Home Economics Education, Undergraduate Dietetics, Graduate Dietetics, and Fashion Design at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), asking for ideas regarding department organization and personnel, in terms of separating the Home Economics Department into smaller departments by major areas.
They received at least three responses from Fashion Design program faculty, linked below. -
Letter from Barbara Borgwardt to Sister Luetta Wolf, December 22, 1983
A letter from Barbara Borgwardt, part-time instructor in the Fashion Design Program at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), to Sister Luetta Wolf, expressing support for "keeping this [Fashion Design] program separate from the others." This was in response to the "Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983" (linked below).