Access
Publication Rights
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