BIBLIOGRAPHIES & RESEARCH RESOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHIES BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND DISSERTATIONS ON CLOTHING, 1840-1865:  Includes a mix of scholarly and non-scholarly sources. CONSUMER CULTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY:  Extensive bibliography. FASHION DESIGN & MERCHANDISING ONLINE:  Resources compiled by the Kent State University library. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COSTUME AND FASHION IN THE VICTORIAN PERIOD:  From the Victorian Web. VIVA:  BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WOMEN'S HISTORY: Citations to articles in historical and women's studies journals.

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PRIMARY SOURCES ONLINE

• A&L TIROCCHI DRESSMAKERS PROJECT:  Detailed online exhibit focused on a Providence, RI dressmakers shop from 1915-1947.  Resources include detailed background information on the shop and proprietors, essays, timelines, correspondence, business records (including client measurement charts), images, and teaching resources.
• AD*ACCESS:  Documents the history of advertising from 1911-1955.
• AMERICA AT WORK, AMERICA AT LEISURE:  MOTION PICTURES FROM 1894-1915:  Early films documenting work, school, and leisure activities.
• AMERICAN VARIETY STAGE, VAUDEVILLE AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT, 1870-1920:  From the Library of Congress.
• AMERICAN WOMEN:  A gateway to Library of Congress collections related to women in American history. 
• AN AMERICAN BALLROOM COMPANION:  DANCE INSTRUCTION MANUALS, CA. 1490-1920:  Many include etiquette advice related to fashion, beauty, and grooming.
• BY POPULAR DEMAND:  "VOTES FOR WOMEN" SUFFRAGE PICTURES, 1850-1920:  From the Library of Congress.
• DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITS AND VIEWS, 1839-1864:  Portrait photographs from the Library of Congress.
• EMERGENCE OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICA, 1850-1920:  Documents the early history of advertising in the United States.
• FASHION PLATE COLLECTION:  Plates from 1806-1914 from many leading fashion publications in the collections at the University of Washington.
• GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK:  1850 issues.
• LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART COLLECTIONS ONLINE:  Highlights of the Doris Stein Research Center (under "Browse by Depart - Costume and Textiles") include a number of rare books and fashion plate images.
• MAKING OF AMERICA:  Nineteenth-century books and journals. 
• NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL LIBRARY:  Images from books, newspapers, and magazines, as well as photographs, prints, and postcards.  Most images created pre-1923. 
• NINETEENTH CENTURY IN PRINT:  Popular, literary, and political magazines.
• PROSPERITY AND THRIFT:  THE COOLIDGE ERA AND THE CONSUMER ECONOMY, 1921-1929:  Documents relating to advertising, shopping, and consumption.
• REAL WOMEN'S CLOTHING, 1750-1919: Directory of images of extant women's clothing in museums around the world.

ORGANIZATIONS

• COSTUME SOCIETY OF AMERICA:  Advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance, stimulates scholarship, and encourages study in the field of costume.  Includes regional sub-groups.  Publishes the journal Dress and an electronic newsletter.  Organizes national symposia and study tours.  Site includes calendars and a business directory.
• THE COSTUME SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN:  Encourages and supports the study of all aspects of clothing.  Publishes the journal Costume and a biannual newsletter.  Organizes symposia.
• THE NORTHERN (ENGLAND) SOCIETY OF COSTUME & TEXTILES:  Encourages the study and preservation of costume and textiles, and research into the history of their origins and use.
• TEXTILE SOCIETY OF AMERICA:  Provides a forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about all aspects of textiles:  historic, artistic, cultural, social, political, economic, and technical.