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Warner Perry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0613
Abstract

The Warner Perry papers include personal records related to Perry’s life and many hobbies. The major subjects of the collection are Perry’s magic documents, his personal papers, financial information, written works, invention designs, and family photographs.

Dates: 1900-1997; Majority of material found within 1940-1995

Cours Théoriques de Tissage et de Broderie weaving manual

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0184
Abstract

In this manuscript, entitled “Cours Théoriques de Tissage et de Broderie,” creator Léon Roux described the different methods of weaving and embroidering textiles as well as the patterns one could achieve by employing these techniques. The volume was created in 1902-1903.

Dates: 1902-1903

Emma D. Schall student workbooks for geometric and apparel pattern designs at the Frauenarbeitschule Reutlingen

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0173
Abstract

These two manuscript notebooks are workbooks of geometric drawings and apparel pattern designs created by Emma D. Schall while she was a student at the Frauenarbeitschule Reutlingen in Reutlingen, Germany, in the late-nineteenth or early-twentieth century.

Dates: approximately 1890-1910