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Sister Aloyse Hessburg in classroom with fashion design students
Color image of fashion design students and teacher working in a classroom at Mount Mary College. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Mount Mary College students
Black and white image of Sister Aloyse Hessburg, in habit, and two Mount Mary College students in fashion department classroom. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg, Hildegarde, Charles Kleibacker
Image of Sister Aloyse Hessburg, Hildegarde, and Charles Kleibacker at Mount Mary College in September 1982. Hildegarde performed as part of a fundraiser for Mount Mary to help maintain the campus. The outfit Hildegarde is wearing is in the Digital Fashion Archive (Object ID #2002.84.25.AB). -
Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles Robb wedding photo
Group photo of the Charles Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson wedding party at the White House, December 9, 1967. President Lyndon Johnson is standing fourth from left. His daughter Lynda Bird Johnson is in the middle, wearing a dress designed by Geoffrey Beene. Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb, mother of Charles Robb) is third from right, wearing a yellow dress designed and created by Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Mount Mary College students with Bonnie Cashin
Sister Aloyse Hessburg, Bonnie Cashin, and Mount Mary College fashion students in Cashin's New York fashion design studio. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Mount Mary fashion students
Black and white image of Sister Aloyse Hessburg and students in a fashion department classroom at Mount Mary College. -
Charles Kleibacker photograph with inscription
This photograph of Charles Kleibacker is inscribed in the upper left corner: "To Sister Mary Aloyse [Sister Aloyse Hessburg] Thanks and thoughts Charles Kleibacker 5/6/71" -
Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles Robb wedding photo with inscription
Group photo of the Charles Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson wedding party at the White House, December 9, 1967. President Lyndon Johnson is standing tenth from left, next to the bride. Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb, mother of Charles Robb) is eighth from right, next to the groom, wearing a yellow dress designed and created by Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary.
An inscription below the photo reads: "With my thanks to Sister John Francis and Sister Aloyse and Sister Rose Marita for their help in making this a most beautiful and historic wedding. With my love - Frances Robb" -
Florence Eiseman holding her Gold Needle Award
Florence Eiseman won Mount Mary College's Gold Needle Award in 1980. In this image she is holding the award. On the left is Sister Ellen Lorenz (president of Mount Mary College) and on the right is Laurence Eiseman Jr. (her son and vice president of Florence Eiseman Inc.) and Sister Aloyse Hessburg. -
Eileen Schwalbach, Karen Davidson, Sister Aloyse, Tom Puls, Donna Ricco, and Sandi Keiser at Treads and Threads fundraiser
Treads and Threads was a 2009 fundraiser for the Mount Mary College fashion design program. This photo shows (left to right): Eileen Schwalbach (president of Mount Mary College), Karen Davidson ('81), Sister Aloyse Hessburg (original chair of the fashion design program), Tom Puls (president of Donna Ricco New York), Donna Ricco ('81), and Sandra (Sandi) Keiser (faculty 1975-2019 and chair of the fashion program for 25 years). -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg and another person at Treads and Threads fundraiser
Treads and Threads was a 2009 fundraiser for the Mount Mary College fashion design program. This photo shows Sister Aloyse Hessburg (left, original chair of the fashion design program) and an unknown person. -
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. -
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.” -
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. -
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."
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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. -
Letter from Mary M. to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, December 14, 1967
A letter from Mary M. of Pekin, Illinois, to Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Mary says she'd read the Lynda Johnson wedding story (for which Sister Aloyse designed the mother-of-the-groom dress for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb) in the newspaper, is interested in fashion design, and would like to learn more, and asks for information about Mount Mary. -
Letter from E.Y. to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, December 8, 1967
A letter from someone whose initials appear to be E.Y. to Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). The writer discusses the mother-of-the-groom dress that Sister Aloyse designed and created for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb for her son Charles Robb's wedding to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. While the dress was "lovely," the writer took issue with the length, saying "but how can anyone in a right-thinking mind sanction the length of it - for a mature woman. This is one of the reasons why the Catholic Religion and the World is going to "POT." But despite their strong opinion, the writer signs off, "Very respectfully yours."
While the letter is dated December 8, 1967, and refers to the December 8 edition of the Milwaukee Journal, the wedding occurred December 9.