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I first heard about the Avenir about a month after moving to Colorado in early 2019. I attended a public lecture given by Dr. Knowles about working with textile collections in the class room and creating a more global syllabus. I met Terri, a…

I’d love to do an underwear exhibit! Or an 19th century accessories exhibit, like what’s in your pocket/pocketbook?

In the Spring of 2019, I was enrolled in a Care and Exhibit of Museum Collections class with Dr. Katie Knowles. For one class period, about eight graduate students and I were instructed to make custom hat mounts for headwear in the Avenir’s…

Newspaper articles from The Coloradoan about the lace collection of Ruth Payne Hellmann, donated to CSU by daughter, Margaret Hellmann. Includes photographs of lace being examined by Linda Carlson.

Newspaper article from The Coloradoan about African textile collection donated by Rob Udall, professor emeritus in the College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, and his late wife, Dorothy Udall. Includes photograph of Linda Carlson holding…

Thank you letter to Historic Costume & Textiles Collection supporters from Craig Birdsong and Linda Carlson regarding grants and further donations needed.

Handwritten letter from Mr. Blackwell to Linda Carlson thanking her and museum colleagues for work on Mr. Blackwell exhibit premiere.

Nude illusion gown designed by Mr. Blackwell, United States, 1965, donated by Richard Blackwell and Robert Spencer, 961.14

Article from Empire Magazine about the historic costume collection in Gifford Building. Includes photographs of artifacts in the collection.

Handwritten thank you note from Curator, Linda Carlson, to exhibit designer, Jack Curfman.