Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Browse Items (28 total)

  • Child's white cotton/polyester blend dress; A-line; sleeveless; scoop neckline; two buttons at each shoulder; 4 silk tassels on front, going from long to short: black, red, green, and yellow; attached half belt in back with one button closure.

    This dress has features similar to Florence Eiseman's "Functional Fashions" line for children with disabilities from the early 1960s. It is unknown if this dress was officially part of that line or merely uses similar design elements.
  • Child's white polyester ensemble; fabric looks like linen. Dress; sleeveless; navy blue braid with white flowers at dropped yoke; inverted front pleats; center back zipper closure with ties; fully lined.

    Worn with coat (Object ID #1987.151.a).
  • Child's white polyester ensemble; fabric looks like linen. A. Coat; Peter Pan collar piped in navy; four navy button front closure; navy braid with white flowers applied at cuffs; fully lined. B. Dress; sleeveless; navy blue braid with white flowers at dropped yoke; inverted front pleats; center back zipper closure with ties; fully lined
  • Green cotton/polyester blend dress; white rib turtleneck collar; long one-piece sleeves with white rib cuffs; A-line skirt to knee; appliqué of red mushroom with 3 white dots and 3 leaves, forms pocket on right front side; self-fabric ties in back at waist; unlined.
  • Child's green cotton/polyester blend dress; A-line; white rib crew neck collar; long one-piece sleeves with white rib cuffs; no fitting darts or seams; stripes near hem: 2 white, 1 red, 1 navy blue, and 1 green; appliqué of tree outlined in red.
  • Child's green cotton/polyester blend dress; white cotton broadcloth roll collar; rib knit bodice and long sleeves; double knit A-line skirt; appliqué of 3 flags in red, yellow, and navy blue on white flagpole at skirt front; green fabric waist tie; center back zipper closure; knee length.
  • A. Black wool twill worsted nun's habit; jewel neckline; shoulder yoke; large sleeves with turned-back cuffs; 2 black safety pin closure; 8 tucks into shoulder yoke; unfitted waist; ankle length. B. Black herringbone weave, possibly nylon, cinture belt; hook and eye closures in front under flap. C. Black cotton slip; scoop neckline; sleeveless; princess seams; right inseam pocket; knee length. D. White plain weave cotton forehead cover; rectangle; two pairs of ties on short ends. E. White starched cotton wimple; two connected rectangles; two ties; tied at top of head and pinned in back, making two horizontal pleats at neck across shoulders; should have vertical fold lines in front when worn. F. Black worsted wool veil; white starched linen underveil glued to front underside; connects with snaps at back underside; veil pinned at center front forehead to forehead cover. G. Nine straight pins with black or white heads; used to pin veil to forehead cover. H. White polyester knitted skullcap; worn under veil.

    This style of habit was worn by Sister M. Jovanna and all School Sisters of Notre Dame before 1964.
  • Black sheer polyester sewn braid picture hat; large brimmed; large black silk flower sewn to left side front; no hatband; white label.
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