Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising
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The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising is Colorado State University’s historic apparel and textiles collection. It weaves scholarly appreciation of the material culture of dress and textiles as a vital strand in the fabric of our communities. Included here are materials from two Avenir exhibitions, Kuna Molas: Sewn Stories and the Interplay of Tradition and Change (2014-2015) and Threads of Our Community: A History of the Avenir Museum (2020).
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Item Open Access ABCs of the Avenir installation(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of "ABCS of the Avenir" gallery installation for fall 2012. Includes table with mannequin parts lined up, and mannequin parts along the walls. In the background, is a rack full of clothes.Item Open Access Ali Rahimi discussing designs(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of designer Ali Rahimi discussing his designs with students in 2010. Rahimi is examining a garment on a clothing rack while students are gathered around him.Item Open Access All dolled up - new future for Avenir(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016-02-12) Young, Quentin, authorArticle from A&E Spotlight about the renovations and exhibits at Avenir Museum.Item Open Access All dolled up attendees(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-06-02) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of attendees at All Dolled Up fundraiser tea party. Eight women are seated around a table.Item Open Access All dolled up flyer(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-06-02) Unidentified authorAdvertisement flyer for All Dolled Up, a fundraiser tea party for Gustafson Gallery held at Fort Collins Country Club.Item Open Access All dolled up invitation(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-06-02) Unidentified authorInvitation for All Dolled Up, a fundraiser tea party for Gustafson Gallery held at Fort Collins Country Club by the Friends of the Gustafson Gallery on June 2, 1994.Item Open Access Allure of the Moroccan caftan exhibit installation(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2017) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of caftans in the exhibit installation “The Allure of the Moroccan Caftan,” held in The Richard Blackwell Gallery in the fall of 2017. A violet caftan with embroidery down the length of the front is positioned on a standing mannequin. A white caftan with blue embroidery along the next is positioned on a seated mannequin.Item Open Access Anne Kylen and Jan Else storing historic clothing(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000-05) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of two volunteers identified as Anne Kylen and Jan Else placing historic clothing into new storage units during a May 2000 storage upgrade project, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant.Item Open Access Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising building exterior(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016-01-30) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of the exterior of the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising building on opening day January 30, 2016.Item Open Access Brenda Brandt, Reta Ralph, Linda Carlson at fateful forties event(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1995-05-20) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of faculty member, Dr. Brenda Brandt, volunteer, Reta Ralph, and Curator, Linda Carlson, at the “Fateful Forties” opening gala held on May 20, 1995 at the One West Arts Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. All three women are standing in front of a decorated table with a poster on display.Item Open Access Brochure for Gustafson Gallery(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990-1995) Unidentified authorBrochure for Gustafson Gallery from the early 1990s. Contains general information about the gallery.Item Open Access Brochure for Mary Seacole exhibit(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000-10-30-2000-04-30) Carlson, Linda, author; Sanders, Eulanda, authorInformational flyer for the exhibition “Understanding History through Appearance: An Analysis of a Black Woman in the 19th Century” held in the Gustafson Gallery from April 30 to October 30, 2000. Includes biography of Mary Seacole, a Black businesswoman in the 19th century, and the research process of Dr. Eulanda A. Sanders.Item Open Access Clothes museum at CSU provides a unique insight(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1978-09-17) Cashman Rosemary, authorArticle by The Coloradoan about the clothing and textile collection in Gifford Building. Includes images of garments in collection.Item Open Access Collection storage room(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000-05) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of the collection storage room on the third floor of the Gifford Building prepped for new storage unit installation during a May 2000 storage upgrade project, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant. There are several empty tables used for new storage unit installation prep.Item Open Access Costume museum Miss Gustafson's hope at CSU(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1967-06-11) Woodworth, Betty, authorNewspaper article from The Coloradoan about Dagmar Gustafson, head of textiles and clothing department in the College of Home Economics, discusses the creation of a costume museum for CSU.Item Open Access Department of design and merchandising newsletter, spring 2003(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Unidentified authorNewsletter from the Department of Design and Merchandising for Spring 2003. Includes information and updates for the department.Item Open Access Design museum set to open doors(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009-04-09) Wittry, Chloe, authorNewspaper article about the opening of the Avenir Gallery in the University Center for the Arts. Includes photograph of Ashley Carpenter, a senior history major, preparing an exhibit.Item Open Access Doreen Beard unpacking books(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of Director Doreen Beard unpacking books in the new reading room of the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in 2015.Item Open Access Dry Goods exhibit installation(Colorado State University. Libraries) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of "Dry Goods" exhibit installation. Fabrics, texts, spools of thread, and spools of ribbon are displayed on a table in front of a mannequin in historical dress. Shoes, stockings, and dress forms are displayed in the background.Item Open Access Evelyn Gustafson and Janet Hethorn(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1987) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of Evelyn Gustafson and Janet Hethorn at the Old Beginnings exhibit in the Gustafson Gallery. Gustafson is sitting down, and Hethorn is leaning down towards her.