Collecting Textiles: Is It Worth It?
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Beth Ann Koelsch, Associate Professor and Curator of The Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (Creator)
- Jennifer Motszko, Manuscripts Archivist Librarian (Creator)
- Kathelene McCarty Smith, Associate Professor and Department Head, Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This article describes both the benefits and
disadvantages of collecting textiles in an archival repository
based on an analysis of three different collections housed at
the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and
University Archives at The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. The article details how the curators weighed
concerns regarding preservation and storage against the
value of using textiles for research, instruction, and exhibits
for each of their collecting areas. Their conclusions, and the
rationales behind them, highlight important issues regarding
textile collections within the archival field.
Collecting Textiles: Is It Worth It?
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal for the Society of North Carolina Archivists, 10(2), 2-17
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- textiles, library collections, library special collections, university archives, archival repositories, textile repositories, textile preservation, textile collections