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Betty Williams Collection (Mss. Gr. 213)

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections

15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Scope & content

This collection comprises hand written notes, letters, photocopies of patterns, articles, journals, advertisements, pamphlets and book chapters. The focus of Williams' work is the history of western clothing fashion, commercial clothing pattern companies and the documentation of commercial patterns, men’s and women’s tailoring, and accessorizing.