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AMID-Digital Libraries
Digital Libraries
Below is a list of digital libraries that contain historical primary source materials which have been digitized and made accessible for individuals. These resources include photographs, manuscripts and other useful research tools for understanding fashion and design from a historical perspective.
The Library of Congress has developed a portal to digitized primary source materials including but not limited to photographs, manuscripts, sound recordings and moving images relating to American history.
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html)
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material
Culture
The University of
Wisconsin-Madison Libraries has compiled a collection of
electronic resources on the Early American decorative arts, which
includes texts and journals, image databases, and information on
organizations, museums and research facilities.
(http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/index.html)
Fashion Study Columbia Collection – Women’s Costume Collection
“The Women's Costume Collection exists
primarily as a research study collection documenting the
evolution of 20th- century fashion, mainly in the second half of
the century.”
(http://fashioncollection.colum.edu/womens.php)
Texas Fashion Collection
“The Texas Fashion Collection
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and
documentation of historically significant fashion.”
(http://web2.unt.edu/tfc_test/main/Index.htm)
