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"With The Commodity In The Hand": A Practical Investigation Of The Intersection Of Material Culture With Performance Theory, Katharine M. Given
"With The Commodity In The Hand": A Practical Investigation Of The Intersection Of Material Culture With Performance Theory, Katharine M. Given
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the intersection of performance theory and material culture through the practices of garment reconstruction. In chapter 1, I examine key theorists in the fields of material culture and performance studies and articulate the connections between the two fields. In chapter 2, Using practice as research, I recount the experience of building reproduction garments from the eighteenth century using historically appropriate tools and methods, as well as the experience of wearing those garments. Finally, in Chapter 3, I walk through a possible historical examination of my encounter with these reconstructed garments, and consider the way in which feminine …
Women At The Crossroads, Women At The Forefront, American Women In Letterpress Printing In The Nineteenth Century, Dianne L. Roman Ms
Women At The Crossroads, Women At The Forefront, American Women In Letterpress Printing In The Nineteenth Century, Dianne L. Roman Ms
Theses and Dissertations
The significant role of the female printer in the American home-based print shops during the colonial and early republic periods has been documented in print history, socioeconomic, labor, and women studies, yet with the industrialization of the printing trade, women’s presence is thought to have disappeared. Contrary to the belief that industrialization of the print shop eradicated women’s involvement in skilled employments such as typesetting, the creation of the Women’s Cooperative Printing Union in California and the creation and chartering of the Women’s Typographical Union in New York, both in the late 1860s, clearly indicate that women continued to work …
The Light, Saint Philip Hospital School Of Nursing, 1944
The Light, Saint Philip Hospital School Of Nursing, 1944
St. Philip School of Nursing (1920-1962)
Yearbooks from the Saint Philip School of Nursing include black and white photographs of faculty, clinic instructors, and students. Also included are informational sections such as class histories, information about the school's endowment fund, the class prophecy, student organizations, a class poem and class song, photographs of student activities, and a directory. In this copy, a handwritten inscription on the front endsheet reads: "Sylvia Vaux Daily Hines."
The Light, Saint Philip Hospital School Of Nursing, 1943
The Light, Saint Philip Hospital School Of Nursing, 1943
St. Philip School of Nursing (1920-1962)
Yearbooks from the Saint Philip School of Nursing include black and white photographs of faculty, clinic instructors, and students. Also included are informational sections such as class histories, information about the school's endowment fund, the class prophecy, student organizations, a class poem and class song, photographs of student activities, and advertisements. In this copy, a handwritten inscription on the front endsheet reads: "Miss Jessee Mae Brown, 914 Glasgow Dr., Portsmouth Va." Throughout the yearbook are handwritten notations, including checkmarks next to individual student names and photographs, and the word "Dead" written over some student photographs.