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. This collection is important not only to document the roles of Missourians in local, regional and national history, but also for reasons of equity and inclusion by providing opportunities to acquire objects owned and made by diverse individuals. These acquisitions help educate audiences on fashion’s far broader social and cultural heritage. Continue below to view a sampling of MHCTC objects from notable Missourians and Tigers! Click on the images below to explore this collection.

Pictured above: University of Missouri felted wool pennant of former MU student John Dorsey (1921-24) Gift of S. Durrett and M. Krauss

Barbara Buffaloe, BS ’02, MS ’07

University of Missouri
Second Female Mayor of the City of Columbia

Jean Carpenter Carnahan

First Lady of Missouri and Missouri’s First [Appointed] Female U.S. Senator

Ann Covington, JD ’77

University of Missouri
First Female Judge and Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court

Simone Esters, BJ ’20

Miss Missouri 2019, National and World Champion Baton Twirler, U.S. Twirling Ambassador to Peru

Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk

Pioneering Aviator, First Female Air Safety Investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, First Female Inspector for the Federal Aviation Agency, and Second Oldest Person in Space

Vicky Hartzler, BA, Political Science; BS, Education

University of Missouri
U.S. Congresswoman

Warren E. Hearnes, JD ’52

University of Missouri
46th Governor of Missouri

Ella Jones, BA

University of Missouri-St. Louis
First Black and Female Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri

Claire McCaskill, JD ’77

University of Missouri
Missouri’s First [Elected] Female U.S. Senator

Mary Anne McCollum, BA ’72, Political Science; BS ’76, Education

University of Missouri
First Female Mayor of the City of Columbia, Missouri

Michael Middleton, BA ’68, JD ’71

University of Missouri
Third Black Graduate of MU School of Law and First Black Faculty Member in MU School of Law

Ellen Quinlan Donnelly Reed

Major Kansas City Apparel Manufacturer and One of the First Self-Made Female Millionaires in the U.S.

Carolyne Roehm, BA ’73
Washington University

Fashion and Floral Designer, Taste Maker, Decorator

Ginger Rogers

Academy Award Winning Entertainer!

George W. Smith, JD ’75
University of Missouri

University of Missouri’s First Nobel Laurette Awardee

Kate Spade

Founder of Kate Spade New York

Barbara Uehling

First and Only Female Chancellor of the University of Missouri Columbia Campus