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Invoice from A. Werner
An invoice from A. Werner - Silversmiths and Electro Platers 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.
This invoice refers to the 4 buttons for the dress that Sister Rosemarita Huebner created. The invoice is dated 11/24 (1967) and according to Sister Aloyse's notes, the buttons were ready by 11/28. -
Note from Ronald Amey to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, April 6, 1966
Note from Ronald Amey, New York fashion designer, to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, head of the fashion design program at Mount Mary College, discussing Sister Aloyse's upcoming visit to the Burke-Amey fashion workroom and expressing gratitude for his recent trip to Mount Mary (in March 1966, to receive the Gold Needle Award, most likely). -
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.
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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). -
Letter from Bonnie Cashin to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, October 1, 1980
A brief handwritten note from Bonnie Cashin to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, written on Cashin's personal stationery. -
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. -
Letter from Hildegarde to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, April 26, 1982
Letter from Hildegarde to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, April 26, 1982, in which Hildegarde discusses the upcoming fundraiser at Mount Mary College at which she will be performing. -
Custom Tailoring Manual
This fashion design manual was written by three staff/faculty members in the fashion design program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, around 1980.
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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). -
Letter from Charles Kleibacker to Sister Mary Nora Barber, May 16, 1971
Letter from Charles Kleibacker, New York fashion designer, to Sister Mary Nora Barber, President of Mount Mary College, from May 16, 1971, about Kleibacker's receipt of Mount Mary's Gold Needle Award and his return to the Mount Mary Fashion Design program for the 1971-72 school year.
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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 Robert C. Landsiedel to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, December 13, 1967
A letter from Robert C. Landsiedel, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs at Drexel Institute of Technology (where Sister Aloyse earned her master's degree in textiles) to Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Mr. Landsiedel extends congratulations to Sister Aloyse on her design of Mrs. James [Frances Howard] Robb's mother-of-the-groom dress for the wedding of her son Charles to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. He also asks for a photograph and a brief biography to use when mentioning her achievement in the spring 1968 alumni newsletter. -
Letter from Avon Lees Jr. to Sister Mary Nora Barber, April 23, 1974
Letter from Avon Lees Jr., president and director of the Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers in New York City, to Sister Mary Nora Barber, president of Mount Mary College. The letter concerns the awarding of a full-tuition Fashion Fellowship at the Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers to Mary Ellen Wiczynski, who was graduating from Mount Mary College that spring. -
Mount Mary Fashion Department classroom
Instructor and students in a Mount Mary Fashion Department classroom. -
Hildegarde fundraiser program, September 1982
Cover of program for Hildegarde's performance at Mount Mary in September 1982 to raise funds for the maintenance of campus buildings. -
Announcement for Mount Mary College's Gold Needle Award 1970
The 1970 Gold Needle Award was presented to Bonnie Cashin at Mount Mary College on April 15, 1970. -
Bonnie Cashin: Form Follows Function flyer
A flyer for a show sponsored by the Mount Mary College Fashion Department featuring Bonnie Cashin's designs at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in February 1991. Cashin attended the show in person. The "Historic Costume Collection" was the previous name of Mount Mary's Fashion Archive. -
Fashion show program 1982: Flights of fantasy
Program from the "Flights of Fantasy" event at Mount Mary University, May 7 and 8, 1982. Charles Kleibacker was the commentator and the event was underwritten by Florence Eiseman, Inc.
The program contains sketches of the students' designs alongside the students' names (given here in alphabetical order): Diana Banks (2 designs), Pamela Calbaum (2 designs), Hi-Ja Lee Choi, Katie Corcoran, Barb Crawford (3 designs), Karen Davidson, Michele DuPont, Debra Eauslin, Cherie Eckmann (3 designs), Rhea L. Graham, Karen Haviland, Melanie Helminski (2 designs), Mary A. Herman, Kathy A. Hillery (2 designs), Julie Kaderabek (2 designs), Ingrid Kozulis, Paula F. Mahan, Debbie McKay, Lisa Nazer, Tina Pozorski, Melissa Puls, Donna Ricco, Gayle Strege, Sara Weber (2 designs).
Donna Ricco's design (Object ID #2013.14.01.ab) is available in the Digital Fashion Archive.
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram1982.pdf). -
Fashion show program 1971
Program from the 1971 fashion show, which includes the presentation of the 1971 Gold Needle Award to Charles Kleibacker.
To see the entire program, click on the pdf file beneath the image (FashionShowProgram1971.pdf). -
Fashion show program 1968: Mount Mary student designer fashions 1968
This program includes the names Jackie Asti (possibly Asty), Pat Day, Cindy Gefke, Kathy Himmelspach, and Donna Mayer.