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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

  • Social motivation and clothing selection problems of the classic achondroplastic dwarf

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    Shaw, Linda Louise
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    Achondroplastic dwarf men and women find it difficult to acquire clothing that fits well. Their major problem is that their torso is long in relationship to the length of their arms and legs, but other physical problems do enter into the selection and construction of clothing. The multiplicity of their...
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    . Appreciation is expressed to Dr. Charles Scott for his help in the identification of the subjects

  • The Kwakiutl version of the Chilkat blanket on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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    Horn, Mona Jean
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    the Hudson's Bay Company, Prince Rupert, cousin of King Charles II (26, n. p.). Its present Indian

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

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    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

  • The Porter house in Shedd, Oregon, circa 1874

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    Willson, Mary
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    The 109-year-old Porter house in Shedd, Oregon is one of few remaining, well-preserved examples of Rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. This study attempts to record its history: the economic circumstances which led the pioneering David Putnam Porter family to build this relatively large house, the family background, and...
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    by Charles Eastlake, who had created his own unique style (p. 193). The decades of eclecticism were

  • Maternity dress designs with selected expandable features

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    Furer, Barbara Steinfeld
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    The purpose of this study was to develop some comfortable, expandable maternity garments which were suitable for both home and street wear. These designs were intended to follow the art principles of good design, namely: balance, rhythm, proportion, scale, and emphasis. The first phase in the exploration of maternity designs...
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    wearing and evaluating the designs: Mrs. Dave Knowlton, Mrs. John Block, Mrs. Charles Arrera, Mrs

  • Adaptations of traditional furniture in the contemporary home : 1959-1969

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    Kwallek, Nancy Panak
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the revival trends in furniture design during the period 1959-1969, and to understand the relationship of these adaptations to contemporary cultural objectives. An understanding of the design characteristics from the originals to the modern derivatives is useful for those who wish to...
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    1640 period. 59 16, Charles II arm chair. 59 17. Current adaptations of the English Renaissance style

  • 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