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Eleanor Walsh sewing thesis

 Collection — Box: OSBCHI-B-SSA-52.a.
Identifier: OSBCHI-B-SSA-T53

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

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.
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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