The Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection

SELF PORTRAIT

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WHO WE ARE

MORE THAN 11,000 DRESS AND ARCHIVAL OBJECTS

Established by Carolyn Wingo in 1967 to support the teaching mission of the Department of Textile and Apparel Management within the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri, the Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection collects and preserves clothing and textiles of historic and artistic value for purposes of teaching, research and exhibition. Over 7,000 dress and textile artifacts range in date from the nineteenth to the twenty first centuries. An additional 4,000 archival resources – books, magazines, illustrations, and photographs – are also maintained within collection holdings. The MHCTC is the premiere repository of University of Missouri-related apparel and textile artifacts, as well as an important resource of local, state and regional history. Artifacts are housed in the climate-controlled Josephine Margaret Holik Conservatory and exhibited in the Abigail and Nicholas Filippello Exhibition Showcase in Gwynn Hall on the University of Missouri campus.

What We Do

Fashion is Change. We Collect Change.
Fashion is defined as the changing styles of dress and appearance adopted by a group of people at any given time and place. The MHCTC collects and preserves examples of changing styles from yesterday and today, including those of notable Missourians and prominent designers, manufacturers and retailers of the past and present. Textile appreciation and scholarship is encouraged through preservation, teaching, exhibition, research, and educational programming. Artifacts are used in a variety of interdisciplinary coursework and programming with campus and community museums, departments and institutions.

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TIGER SPIRIT Collection

“Tiger Spirit – that magical phrase that means everything worthy, courageous, and fine to a student of our University. It is spirit that not only makes dignified men and women rise to their feet and cheer loudly for the wearers of black and gold, but that spirit which follows students into larger fields of endeavor.” MU Savitar 1931

TIGER SPIRIT Collection

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NOTABLE MISSOURIANS AND TIGERS Collection

The MHCTC is the premiere repository of University of Missouri-related clothing and textiles, and actively collects artifacts with Missouri-related provenance from notable individuals who formerly lived and/or worked in Missouri or attended the University of Missouri as students, faculty, or staff.

NOTABLE MISSOURIANS AND TIGERS Collection

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MADE @ MIZZOU TAM Designs

One-of-a-kind apparel designs by students in the Department of Textile and Apparel Management are collected to document department academics and technology and artistic trends within the apparel industry.

MADE @ MIZZOU: TAM DESIGNS

SOCIAL MEDIA