Division of Costume Audiovisual Collection
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Costume
topic: label: Topic
content: Fashion -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Costume design -- 1920-1990
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection transferred by Division of Social History.,National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Costume
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content: Division of Costume Audiovisual Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: These materials were transferred from the Division of Costume to the Archives Center.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
label: Extent
content: 23 Film reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1989
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Costume (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) in 2000. Additional fashion-related films were also transferred at the same time, but were placed in other collections, specifically, the Jantzen Collection and the Dorothy Shaver Collection.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0801
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Scripts (documents)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into four series. 

Series 1: Films, 1920s-1930s, 1970s 
 
Series 2: Videocassettes, undated 

Series 3: Audio Tapes and Cassettes, 1970s-1990s

Series 4: Slides, 1962,1974-1975
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Jennifer Snyder and Vanessa Broussard Simmons, 2002.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs) -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Scripts (documents)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Films, videos, tape recordings, and slides on fashion and clothing.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center


DuPont Nylon Collection, 1939-1977 (NMAH.AC.0007)


Jantzen Knitting Mills Collection, 1925-1977 (NMAH.AC.0233)


Estelle Ellis Collection, 1941-1994 (NMAH.AC.0423)

Priscilla of Boston Collection, 1940-1996(NMAH.AC.0557)


Maidenform Collection, 1922-1997 (NMAH.AC.0585)


Dorothy Shaver Papers, ca. 1922-1959 (NMAH.AC.0631)


Virginia "Jimmie" Booth Collection (NMAH.AC.0729)