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Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library Opens Two Special Collections for Research The Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library announces the opening for research of two collections of records that complement the Museum’s holdings in the Costume Institute. Bernice Shaftan papers, 1950s-2009 (bulk 1960s-1980s) Bernice Shaftan is a factory-trained American shoe designer and consultant to shoe and leather manufacturers in the United States and Europe. The collection includes sketches and other designs by Shaftan for a variety of shoe manufacturers, as well as promotional and publicity materials in the form of press releases, brochures, forecasts, photographs, and clippings that document Shaftan and the companies for which she designed. Valentina collection, 1920s-1980s, [2000-2009] Russian-born American designer Valentina Sanina von Schlee (1904–1989), known professionally as Valentina, designed for prominent society women and for notable actresses both on and off stage. From 1928 to 1956 Valentina Gowns was the most exclusive and most expensive American house of couture, providing a lavish lifestyle for Valentina and her husband/business manager George Schlee that was widely reported on in the popular press. The collection includes photographs, drawings, original muslin patterns, correspondence, press clippings, and ephemera created and collected by Valentina. Also included are materials from the personal collection of Kohle Yohannan, curator of the 2009 Museum of the City of New York exhibition “Valentina: American Couture and the Cult of Celebrity” and materials specifically created to support research for the exhibition and an accompanying publication of the same title. The collections are available, by appointment only, to qualified researchers onsite at the Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/the-irene-lewisohn-costume-reference-library). For information about scheduling an appointment, please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or visit our website<https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/the-irene-lewisohn-costume-reference-library>. These collections are a final group to be opened for research as part of a two year project to make available approximately 25 special collections housed in the Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~