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Newsletter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg, February 1983
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 February 1983. It includes information about the upcoming fashion show and trip to Europe, information about graduates' jobs and families, a description of the September 1982 "Evening with Hildegarde" fundraiser, a request for help in moving the historic costume collection to a new storage room, details of the fashion program's internship program, 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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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. -
Objectives for Mount Mary College clothing and textiles minor for the fashion design major
A list of objectives for the clothing and textiles minor for the fashion design major at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
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.
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Ronald Amey with students and Sister Aloyse Hessburg at Mount Mary College
This photograph appeared on page 44 of Arches 1968 (Mount Mary College's yearbook) with the following caption: "Cindy Gefke, Pat Day, Ellen Van Horn, and Sister M. Aloyse [Sister Aloyse Hessburg] listen attentively as Mr. Ronald Amey, New York designer, gives a critique on a budding designer’s sketch."
The exact date of the photograph is unknown, but Amey first visited Mount Mary College in 1965 and returned for student counseling sessions in 1966 (among possible other trips). -
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. -
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 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. -
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. -
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 holding Mrs. Robb's dress
Sister Aloyse Hessburg holds a dress she designed and created, standing in what appears to be a fashion department classroom. The dress was worn by Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb) at the White House wedding of her son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, on December 9, 1967. -
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 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. -
Sister Aloyse Hessburg with Mrs. Robb's dress
Sister Aloyse Hessburg, SSND, of Mount Mary College stands with the dress she designed, made, and fitted on Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb), worn at the White House wedding of Mrs. Robb's son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, on December 9, 1967.
The picture was likely taken at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This photograph appeared in the Sunday Post-Tribune on March 17, 1968. No photographer was credited. It may have also appeared in other newspapers; it was likely an AP or UPI photograph. -
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, 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).