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  • Success in a clothing construction course and self esteem in a women's penal institution

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    Hall, Terry Lynn
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    The purpose of this study was to examine self-perceived success as experienced in a learning environment, and its association with self esteem. The relationships between pretreatment-self esteem, posttreatment-self esteem, and perceived success experienced in a five-week clothing construction course were investigated. Measures of perceived sewing ability, perceived success, and course...
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    much about our personality. Morton suggested that changes in dress produced perceived differences in

  • The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Salem, Oregon, 1900-1959

    Creator:
    Gertenrich, Caryl
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    The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill once manufactured cloth with a reputation renowned throughout the United States. This study is an attempt to report the history of the mill. Data are categorized by: the Kay family; production including plant, machinery, raw materials used, goods manufactured; management including the effects of national...
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    . Kay-Slingsby Certified Copy of Marriage. Charles Pleasant Bishop Clarence Morton Bishop 18

  • Consumers of used clothing

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    Richardson, Susan Ogawa
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    The study was undertaken to investigate characteristics of consumers of used clothing and the outlets in which used clothing is sold. The investigation of consumer characteristics involved demographic factors such as sex, age, educational level, employment status, family composition, income level, user of clothing purchased, use of clothing, reasons for...
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    class was not a good predictor of fashion leadership. Hiller (1971:66), Myers (1971:64), and Morton

  • Body awareness as related to clothing interest of college men and women

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    Paeth, Linda Kirk
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    The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between clothing interest and body awareness, between clothing interest and selected demographic variables for college men and women, and between body awareness and selected demographic variables for college men and women. To assess these relationships two measures were used. Body awareness,...
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    , emotions, and attractiveness. Sociologist Charles Horton Cooley (1902) stated that an individual develops

  • Clothing behavior related to certain personality traits of a selected group of Japanese and American men and women

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    Sugimura, Diane Maeda
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    The study was undertaken for the purpose of investigating the relationship between clothing behavior and sex, Japanese and American cultures, feminine or masculine personality types, and sex-role concepts. The aspects of clothing behavior included in the study are interest, tolerance, acceptance, and innovation of uni-sex clothing items, and the femininity-masculinity...
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    clothes especially, are now more comfortable and more colorful. Social scientist Charles Winick feels

  • Norwegian-American ethnicity and ethnic clothing, textiles, and household objects

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    Jacobsen, Mary Ann
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    The study investigates relations among Norwegian-American ethnicity, ownership of ethnic articles, and selected other factors. Articles include clothing, textiles, and certain household objects. Hypotheses were drawn predicting relations between ethnic article ownership and ethnicity as expressed by ethnic practices and attitudes, and between ethnic article ownership and generation in America...
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