Fashion Library Collections

The June F. Mohler Fashion Library is the primary repository at Kent State University for printed materials on the history of mid-Twentieth Century fashion, the apparel industry, fashion retailing, fashion accessories, and fashion design. The collection includes approximately 3,500 book, about 50 current periodical titles, and over 300 videos. In addition to these resources, one may peruse color microfiche from several historically significant costume collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Fashion forecasting publications, complete with fabric swatches and color palettes are available, as well as recorded interviews with notables in the Fashion World. The Library cooperates with the Kent State University Museum and the Kent State University Rodgers/Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to provide access to a collection of original designer sketchbooks, photo albums, scrapbooks, and slides. The Fashion Library provides computers for public use which are linked to the on-line catalogs KentLINK , OhioLINK , and the World Wide Web. An ample reference collection includes books and original photographs and drawings. The Kent State University Main Library has important collections of relevant subjects including the history of costume design and ornament, theatrical costuming, photography, applied textile design, fabrics, the craft of jewelry making, illustration, and ethnographic costume studies.

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