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Letter from Elaine Zarse to Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf, December 20, 1983
A letter from Elaine Zarse, instructor in the Fashion Design Program at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), to Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf, expressing her ideas regarding the organization of the Home Economics Department. Zarse was in favor of making the individual programs (including Fashion Design) into separate departments and had suggestions for department chairpeople. This was in response to the "Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983" (linked below). -
Letter from Sandra Keiser to Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf, December 20, 1983
A letter from Sandra Keiser, instructor in the Fashion Design Program at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), to Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf, expressing her ideas regarding the organization of the Home Economics Department. Keiser was in favor of making the individual programs (including Fashion Design) into separate departments and had suggestions for department chairpeople. This was in response to the "Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983" (linked below). -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg working on a couture fitting with a Mount Mary fashion student
Black and white image of Sister Aloyse Hessburg fitting a dress on a Mount Mary fashion student in front of mirrors in a fashion department classroom at Mount Mary College. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg talking with a Mount Mary fashion student
Sister Aloyse Hessburg and a Mount Mary fashion student looking at a fashion magazine and talking in a fashion department classroom at Mount Mary College. -
Kleibacker couture sewing clinic notes
Notes from Charles Kleibacker's "Couture Sewing Clinic" at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The document contains typed text, fashion diagrams, and handwritten notes. It is undated but likely came from the 1970s or 1980s.
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Kleibacker Sewing Clinic Pages w notes.pdf). -
Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, April 2, 1984
A letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz, president of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), to Sister Aloyse Hessburg approving the proposal to make Fashion its own department and appointing Sister Aloyse to a five-year term as department chairperson. -
Speech by Sister Aloyse Hessburg at Aileen Ryan's funeral
A speech by Sister Aloyse Hessburg of the Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) fashion department at the funeral of Aileen Ryan, former women's editor of the Milwaukee Journal and a longtime and significant supporter of the fashion program. -
Letter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg to Friends of Mount Mary College Fashion Department, September 29, 1995
A letter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg of the Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) fashion department to the Friends of the Mount Mary College Fashion Department shortly after the death of Aileen Ryan, former women's editor of the Milwaukee Journal and a longtime and significant supporter of the fashion program. Sister Aloyse describes Ryan's involvement with the fashion program. -
Norman Norell Remembered program
A program for an event focused on deceased fashion designer Normal Norell and his designs, presented by the Mount Mary College Fashion Department and Steven Stipelman (Fashion Illustrator, Women's Wear Daily) at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) on October 1, 1988.
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Norell Lecture brochure.pdf). -
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. -
Let The Hips Fall Where They Will: Evening Fashion From The 1920's program
A program for an event focused on exhibiting garments from the 1920s, mainly from Mount Mary College's Fashion Archive (likely called the Historic Costume Collection at the time). This item is undated but the event probably took place in the late 1980s or early to mid-1990s. It likely occurred on the Mount Mary College campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Creates Fashion program
A program for the June 28, 1983, event entitled Wisconsin Creates Fashion, a show featuring Wisconsin manufacturers and Mount Mary College student work. The event took place the Hyatt Regency Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (1983 Wisconsin Creates Fashion program.pdf). -
Gimbels Fashion Forum 1975 program
A program for the 1975 Gimbels Fashion Forum, at which Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) received the Gimbels Fashion Forum Annual Award. The award was given annually to "the Wisconsinite who has made the most distinguished contribution to the world of business, community leadership and fashion."
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Gimbels 1975 Award program.pdf). -
Barkin, Herman, Solocheck and Paulsen, Incorporated press release, August 13, 1975
A press release from Barkin, Herman, Solocheck and Paulsen, Incorporated, a public relations firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for release August 13, 1975. The press release contains information about Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) being chosen to receive the 1975 Gimbels Fashion Forum Award. It also contains information about Sister Aloyse's background, the fashion program's history and composition, graduates from the program, and Gimbels Fashion Forum.
To see the entire press release, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Gimbels 1975 Award Press Release.pdf). -
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). -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg at a celebration after receiving the 2013 Gold Needle Award
Sister Aloyse Hessburg (center, in a black dress with red lines) received the Gold Needle Award from Mount Mary University in 2013. This image shows her at a celebration as part of the award ceremony. The event likely took place on the Mount Mary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg and two others after receiving the 2013 Gold Needle Award
Sister Aloyse Hessburg (center) received the Gold Needle Award from Mount Mary University in 2013. This image shows her with two others at a celebration as part of the award ceremony. The event likely took place on the Mount Mary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
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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Handwritten notes on Robb dressmaking
These handwritten notes describe the process of making the mother-of-the-groom dress for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb, for the wedding of her son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. Sister Aloyse Hessburg designed and created the dress and related items (hat, wedding souvenir, etc.), and Sister Rosemarita Huebner made the buttons. -
Invoice from W. Morton Brown, Inc.
An invoice from W. Morton Brown, Inc. - Milliner's Supplies and Ideas listing items purchased by Sister Aloyse Hessburg for the mother-of-the-groom dress she designed and created for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb, for the wedding of her son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. Besides the dress, Sister Aloyse created the matching hat.
According to this invoice, $25.86 was spent on a hat form, ribbons, beads, thread snaps, gloves, and shoes.