Eleanor Walsh sewing thesis
Scope and Contents
Eleanor Walsh's sewing thesis, a graduation requirement, is a paper book with hand drawn patterns and handwritten explanations of pattern making and garment construction. It includes sample miniature cotton and muslin garments and wax paper pattern pieces used to construct some of them. Sister Virginia Jung, OSB prepared the transcript of the text of the paper book.
Dates
- Creation: 1910
Creator
- Walsh, Eleanor Elizabeth, 1889-1973 (Person)
- Jung, Virginia, 1958- (Transcriber, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The materials in this collection are unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Eleanor Walsh (1889-1973) was a student at Saint Scholastica Academy in Cañon City, COlorado and later, the mother of Sister Kathleen McNamara, OSB. Eleanor Walsh graduated from hisgh school in 1910 and the sampler represents her senior sewing thesis.
Extent
1.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Source
- St. Scholastica Academy (Cañon City, Colo.) (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Eleanor Walsh sewing thesis
- Author
- Virginia Jung
- Date
- 2023-12-20
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives Repository
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