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Hickey (Alice) Home Economics Workbook
MS.P.061  
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  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Historical Background
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Title: Alice Hickey home economics workbook
    Creator: Hickey, Alice
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.061
    Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
    Date (inclusive): 1934-1935
    Abstract: This collection consists of a scrapbook or home economics workbook created by Alice Hickey in the 1930s. The materials include hand-drawn and painted fashion designs along with color samples illustrating basic design principles. In addition to fashion design, black and white and color newspaper clippings demonstrate furniture and architectural styles of the 1930s. This scrapbook also contains hand-written homework assignments by author.
    Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    Alice Hickey Home Economics Workbook. MS-P61. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Acquisition Information

    Purchased, 2003.

    Processing History

    Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2012.

    Historical Background

    Alice Hickey attended San Angelo College in the 1930s.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    This collection consists of a scrapbook or home economics workbook created by Alice Hickey in the 1930s. The materials include hand-drawn and painted fashion designs along with color samples illustrating basic design principles. In addition to fashion design, black and white and color newspaper clippings demonstrate furniture and architectural styles of the 1930s. This scrapbook also contains hand-written homework assignments by author.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Architectural drawings -- 20th century.
    Fashion design drawings -- 20th century.
    Home economics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- 20th century.
    Scrapbooks.
    Home economics -- Study and teaching.
    Hickey, Alice -- Archives