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Heather Zbinden will investigate women's fashion using photographs from the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies as she traces the evolution of trends from 1850s to 1929.
What do the clothes in the photographs tell us about Arkansas women? Did Arkansas women conform to the fashion trends of the day or was the fashion superhighway delayed because of geography and economics? Fashion historian Heather Zbinden will investigate these questions using photographs from the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies as she traces the evolution of women's fashion trends from 1850s to 1929.
Heather Register Zbinden is the Adult Programming Coordinator for the Central Arkansas Library System. She has a Master’s Degree in Public History from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock and has worked on public history projects in central Arkansas for over 20 years. She worked on Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience In World War II Arkansas as well as projects at the Old State House Museum, the Central High School National Historic Site, and the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Her thesis is the biography of Katherine Carson Breckinridge, wife of the United States Minister to Russia from 1894 to 1898 and includes a material culture study of Breckinridge's court gown (which is part of the Old State House Museum Collection).
Legacies & Lunch is a hybrid program offering participants the opportunity to attend either in person or virtually via Zoom. To participate in person, join us at - NEW LOCATION - UA Little Rock Downtown (333 President Clinton Ave). Parking is available in the surface lot or the CALS Parking Deck which you can access from Rock Street. Parking will be validated. Bring your lunch; we will provide drinks and cookies. To participate virtually, register for the webinar using the button above. This program will be live-streamed to YouTube and the recording will be available immediately following the event.
Legacies & Lunch is a free monthly program of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies about Arkansas-related topics.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy |
TAGS: | WomensHistoryMonth | RobertsLibrary | LegaciesAndLunch |
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The Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art is the special collections branch of the Central Arkansas Library System. It houses the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
The mission of the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art is to engage the people of Central Arkansas in meaningful conversations about our rich history and artistic heritage and its impact on our present.
