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Here are some ideas of collections that might hold physical samples: The Textile Museum <https://museum.gwu.edu/> The Sage Collection at Indiana University <https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/exhibitions/sage-collection/index.html> National Museum of American History Textile Collection <https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/subjects/textiles> Tatter has an interesting collection <https://www.libib.com/u/tatterblue> of darning tools with digitized images linked on its website. The Costume Society of America also has a webpage listing different textile collections <https://costumesocietyamerica.com/resources/collections/> across the US and Canada. *Beth Goodrich* Librarian [log in to unmask] Direct: 612-206-3118 1224 Marshall Street NE, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55413 craftcouncil.org Sign up here to receive news of the ACC Library & Archives through our newsletter <https://www.craftcouncil.org/library-archives/newsletter> If you value the rich resources available through the ACC Library & Archives, please consider a donation to the American Craft Council. <https://www.craftcouncil.org/support> We champion craft, and we'll continue to do so with your partnership! On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:03 AM Marcie Suzanne Farwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I’m writing on behalf a textile author who is looking for darning/mending > samples from around the world. Cornell has some examples in our Home > Economics collections but I’m wondering what other repositories might also > have samples - and from what countries/time periods? > > > > She is mainly looking for physical samples. > > > > Any thoughts would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Marcie Farwell > > Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Textile Industry Curator > > Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives > > Martin P. Catherwood Library | ILR School > > Cornell University > > 227 Ives Hall > > Ithaca, NY 14853-3901 > > Phone: 607.254-1549 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > Pronouns: she/her > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~