RE: [h-cost] Costume related Thesis of interest

2008-02-08 Thread Abel, Cynthia
Thanks for the theses list. I do interlibrary loan and getting a thesis loan from another library is about a 10%-25% success rate at best. Dissertation Abstracts International is the best source to actually purchase a copy, but there are many theses that simply aren't available, especially

Re: [h-cost] Costume related Thesis of interest

2008-02-08 Thread Robin Netherton
Beth and Bob Matney wrote: While I was browsing the British Library's Integrated Catalogue (using the search terms costume thesis), I ran across the following of interest. After several years of trying to interlibrary loan British theses and dissertations from every library in the state

[h-cost] more Theses in the UK

2008-02-08 Thread Beth and Bob Matney
I did a bit more literature search through Copac.. Here are some more that I found of interest. I think that another trip to London is in order... (my next scheduled is 2010 when the VA and the Ashmolean expansions are complete). grin Beth Shirazi-Mahajan, Faegheh. Costumes and textile

[h-cost] lace supplier

2008-02-08 Thread Katy Bishop
Has anyone, especially those in the US, used this company for cotton laces: http://cottonlace.com/ Katy -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series

[h-cost] Costume related Thesis of interest

2008-02-08 Thread Beth and Bob Matney
While I was browsing the British Library's Integrated Catalogue (using the search terms costume thesis), I ran across the following of interest. After several years of trying to interlibrary loan British theses and dissertations from every library in the state (universities and my local), I

[h-cost] Grant offer in Germany Pls pass on

2008-02-08 Thread Penny Roberts
I'm not subscribed to any of the sca mailing lists, but i ran into this stipend on my Russian grants LJ group, and maybe people on the SCA lists might be interested. www.hab.de/forschung/stipendien/ http://www.hab.de/forschung/stipendien/post_doc-e.htm This is a grant for library research on

[h-cost] RE: Hawaii

2008-02-08 Thread M311
I was just in Hawaii--the same area in November/December. The Aloha stadium has the market but on game days it closes at 2 pm the other days it is later-- Open every Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays from 6am-3pm. There is a $1 fee per person over age 11 also. There are a number of booths

Re: [h-cost] Costume related Thesis of interest

2008-02-08 Thread Heather Rose Jones
On Feb 8, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Abel, Cynthia wrote: Thanks for the theses list. I do interlibrary loan and getting a thesis loan from another library is about a 10%-25% success rate at best. Just a comment from the university point of view on the question: Very often the university has

RE: [h-cost] OT: quick fabric washing question

2008-02-08 Thread monica spence
I'd dry clean it. Rayon sometimes is not colorfast to washing. If the tag says dry clean, then dryclean. Monica -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cozit / Liz Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:34 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost]

[h-cost] Re: OT: quick fabric washing question

2008-02-08 Thread Pierre Sandy Pettinger
I'd dry clean it also. However, do you have a cleaners that uses the CO-2 cleaning method? It uses far less chemicals and lower temps than regular dry cleaning processes. Since we got one in our town (Here in Lincoln, Nebraska, the chain is Hangers), I haven't used anyone else, and have

Re: [h-cost] lace supplier

2008-02-08 Thread Ann Catelli
No, but I can see why you'd want to, especially if those samples really are cotton lace. Ann in CT --- Katy Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone, especially those in the US, used this company for cotton laces: http://cottonlace.com/ Katy

Re: [h-cost] OT: quick fabric washing question

2008-02-08 Thread Dawn
monica spence wrote: I'd dry clean it. Rayon sometimes is not colorfast to washing. If the tag says dry clean, then dryclean. Most of the time the tag says dry clean because the manufacturer doesn't know how to clean it, and dry cleaning is safe. They are required by law to put care tags on