COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes correspondence, course material, awards, and publications documenting her founding of the academic field of functional apparel design and her career at Cornell.
Dates
- 1964-2016
Creator
- Watkins, Susan M., 1943- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Watkins earned a B.S. in consumer services and business in 1965 and an M.S. in textiles and clothing in1967 both from Pennsylvania State University. In 1967 she was hired in the Department of Textiles and Apparel at Cornell University as an assistant professor, becoming a professor emeritus in 1999. She founded the academic field of functional apparel design and in 1991 was inducted as a Fellow into the International Textile and Apparel Association.
Extent
2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Includes correspondence, course material, awards, and publications documenting her founding of the academic field of functional apparel design and her career at Cornell.
Physical Description
Correspondence, course material, memorabilia, and published material.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- December 2017
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, December 2017
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, March 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- December 2017
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu