Fashion Collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 2925 Fashion |
Held at | : Middlesex University: University Collections Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/collections/ › |
Full title | : Fashion Collection |
Date(s) | : 1880s-1970s |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : c 90 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Robinson | Julian | fl 1970s | lecturer on fashion |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The collection was collated by Julian Robinson, Head of the Fashion School, in the 1970s.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Large collection of garments and accessories, dating from the late Victorian period to the 1970s, including dresses, shoes, hats, bags, underwear, jewellery, haberdashery and perfume bottles. The majority of the collection dates from the 1920s and 1930s, and is mainly comprised of women's clothing, though there are items of menswear such as uniforms, overcoats and suits.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The collection is arranged by type of item.
Conditions governing access:
By appointment. Users should contact the Learning Resource Manager.
Conditions governing reproduction:
At the discretion of the Learning Resource Manager.
Finding aids:
Partial finding aid. This comprises a simple catalogue, which includes slides of some of the items with notes on historical background (date, description, country of origin and condition).
Archival Information
Archival history:
The various garments and accessories were acquired by purchase and donation, and were initially housed in the department.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was placed in the Library for safekeeping in 1980.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2002
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