Centennial Clothing Collection Style Shows collection

Collection

Identifier: 5009

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection of records related to the Centennial Clothing Collection Style Shows performed from 1976 to 2013. The collection includes correspondence, administrative and organizational records, a scrapbook, photographs, and video recording. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials. Materials in the collection are drawn from several sources, including Marian Keehn, Phyllis Reller, Joanne Coyle, and Deadwood History, Inc.

Dates

1976 - 2013

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center with no restrictions to access. The collection may be utilized during normal operating hours or by appointment.

Biographical / Historical

As part of its celebratory offerings in 1976, the Deadwood-Lead ’76 Centennial Committee inaugurated a style show of historical fashions under the leadership of Allegra Aldrich, Marion Keehn, and Mrs. Robert Ruth. The show, in which local residents modeled historic and historically accurate replica clothing from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was presented to conventions meeting in the Northern Black Hills during the centennial year. One public showing was also offered. Through the 1980s and 1990s, the style shows were performed for local meetings, conventions, and public gatherings. In 2013, a show was performed in coordination with the grand opening of the Days of ’76 Museum’s new building. The historic clothing used in the style shows, the Centennial Clothing Collection, was owned by the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce before being transferred to the Adams Museum. It is now owned by the Days of ’76 Museum.

Extent

2.0 Linear feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This is an artificial collection of records related to the Centennial Clothing Collection Style Shows performed between 1976 and 2013. The collection includes correspondence, administrative and organizational records, a scrapbook, photographs, and video recordings. The historic clothing used in the style shows, the Centennial Clothing Collection, is owned by the Days of ’76 Museum.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series Series 1: Administrative Records, Series 2: Photographs, and Series 3: Audiovisual Materials. Materials are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within series. Portions of this collection were previously assigned object numbers within the Adams Museum Collection. Such records are arranged together by folder, and the previous numbers are included in the folder titles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--This artificial collection includes materials from several donations, including accessions PHO.2008.096, ARC.2006.046, ARC.2008.040, PHO.2006.003. Donors include Phyllis Reller, Louie LaLonde, and Joanne Coyle..