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[Letter from Linnet Taylor to a CAN Gathering Participant - June 2, 2004]

Description: Letter from Linnet Taylor, program assistant of creativity and culture of the Rockefeller Foundation. She sends the letter to a "CAN gathering participant" with a copy of Creative Community: the Art of Community Cultural Development; presumably, a publication by the Foundation.
Date: June 2, 2004
Creator: Taylor, Linnet
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004

Description: Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cro… more
Date: January 15, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Hopkins, Lewis R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Dress

Description: A) Dress of light green satin; knee-length; sheath silhouette; round neckline; sleeveless; neckline and armhole princess seams; flounce at mid-thigh has 12 gathered sections making puffs; green lining; invisible zipper in left back neckline princess seam; Designer's label at center back neckline: "Oscar de la Renta" Size label: "6" "Made / In U.S.A." Care label. B) Stole of matching fabric, rectangular, 80" x 30"
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: De la Renta, Oscar
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dress

Description: Strapless evening dress of black net with black nylon ruffles and beads. Ruffles on bodice/upper part of dress are placed in horizontal rows ½ to 1" wide creating a chevron pattern and are accented with rows of tiny black beads. Dropped waistline; Skirt is full, and has 4 wide ruffled tiers which are each covered with tiers of narrow ruffles with accent rows of tiny black sequins at the top of each narrow ruffle. Center back zipper; interior corset of beige silk, and inner beige silk lining for… more
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: De la Renta, Oscar
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Skirt

Description: Full-length straight skirt of black sheer chiffon lined with beige chiffon; covered with tiny black sequins; embroidered with silver sequins, beads, and small brown and white feathers in a foliate/floral motif. Invisible zipper with hook and eye at left side. Designer's label at cb waistband: "Oscar de la Renta" Size: "6" "Made / in U.S.A."
Date: 2004
Creator: De la Renta, Oscar
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wool and fur suit

Description: Skirt suit of brown, grey and white wool and fur. wool forms a subtle plaid with slub yarns. Fur is gray close to clothing and brown at ends. A) Jacket. Hip-length with standing collar. Long sleeves and center-front opening with no closure. Neckline, opening, hem, and cuffs trimmed with variegated fur, grays to black. Sleeves with 2" vent, at top of which is a large brown tooth-shaped bead. Around neckline, opening, hem, cufs, and above vents is a wide band of embroidery and beading in stylized… more
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: de la Renta, Oscar
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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