BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND DISSERTATIONS ON CLOTHING,
1840-1865


Compiled by Vicki Betts
Updated July 8, 2002 

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Scope:  English language books, articles, CD-ROMS, calendars, theses, and dissertations on the civilian clothing of men, women, and children, 1840-1865, focusing primarily on the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. 

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 Aprons
Bowling, Elizabeth.  “How to Make a Dressy Gauged Apron.”  Citizens’ Companion 6 no.
        4 (October-November 1999):  26-30.
Miller, Beth.  “Soutache & the Braided Aprons.”  Civil War Lady no. 15 (1995):  4-8. 

 Ballroom Attire
Aldrich, Elizabeth. From the Ballroom to Hell:  Grace and Folly in Nineteenth Century
        Dance
.  Evanston, Ill.:  Northwestern University Press, 1991.  [Includes dress.]
Grimble, Frances.  “Making Costumes for Victorian Balls.”  Vintage Fashion 2 no.1
        (January/February 1991):  44-49.
Guinca, Mary.  “Fancy That!  Victorian Costume Balls.”  Lady’s Gallery 3 no. 2 (1995):
       
25-30.
Guinca, Mary.  “Party Dresses.”  Lady’s Gallery 1 no.3 (1993):  4-9.
Miller, Beth.  “The Ballgown.”  Civil War Lady 2 no.9 (1993):  2-5.
Miller, Beth.  “Ballgown Bodice Construction.”  Civil War Lady 2 no.10 (1994): 4-7.
On, Maola.  “Les Grande Toilets des Balles.”  Civil War Lady no. 23 (1999):  15-18,
        21-22.
Szatkowski, Karen J.  “What Shall I Wear to the Christmas Ball?”  Citizens’ Companion 2
        no. 5 (December 1995/January 1996):  18-20.
Wong, J. M.  “My Museum Find.”  Civil War Lady 1 no.1 (May/June 1991):  23.  [silk ball
        gown] 

Bloomers and Reform Dress
Bennett, Paul W.  “’Who Wore the Pants?’  Dress, Gender and Power, 1850-1914.”
       
History and Social Science Teacher 25 no. 4 (1990):  221-225.
Coon, Anne C.  “The Bloomer Costume:  Fashion Reform, Folly, and ‘Intellectual Slavery.’”
        Rochester History 57 (3) 1995:  18-24, 28.
Cyr, Paul Albert.  “The Progress of Bloomerism.”  Spinner:  People and Culture in
        Southeastern Massachusetts
5 (1996):  134-141.
Fischer, Gayle V.  “Clothes Make the Woman:  The National Dress Reform Association,
        1856-1865.”  M. A. thesis, Sarah Lawrence College, 1987.
Fischer, Gayle V.  “Dressing to Please God:  Pants-Wearing Women in Mid-Nineteenth
        Century Religious Communities.”  Communal Societies 15 (1995):  55-74.
Fischer, Gayle V.  “’Pantalets’ and “Turkish Trowsers’:  Designing Freedom in the
        Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States.”  Feminist Studies  23 no. 1 (1997):  111-140.
Fischer, Gayle V.  Pantaloons and Power:  A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the
        United States
.  Kent, OH:  Kent State University, 2001.
Fischer, Gayle v.  “’She Ought to be a Female-Man’:  Dress Reform in the Oneida
        Community, 1848-1879.”  Mid-America 77 no. 3 (1995):  237-265.
Foote, Shelly.  “Bloomers.”  Dress 5 (1980):  1-12.
Henshaw, Betty Lou.  “The Bloomer Costume:  The Woman’s Dress Reform Movement of
        the 1850’s.”  M.S. thesis, University of Colorado, 1955.
Kesselman, Amy.  “The ‘Freedom Suit’:  Feminism and Dress Reform in the United States,
        1848-1875.”  Gender & Society 5 no. 4 (1991):  495-510.
Komski, Elizabeth, “Fashion’s Foes:  Dress Reform from 1850-1900.”  M.A. thesis, College
        of William and Mary, 2001.
Kriebl, Karen J.  “From Bloomers to Flappers:  The American Dress Reform Movement,
        1840-1920.”  Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1998.
Merritt, M. Angeline.  “Dress Reform Practically and Physiologically Considered; With Plates,
        Illustrations, Opinions of the Press and the Private Testimony of Various Prominent
        Individuals.”  Buffalo:  Jewett, Thomas, 1852.  2 sheets.
Nelson, Jennifer Ladd.  "Dress Reform and the Bloomer."  Journal of American &
        Comparative Cultures
23 no. 1 (2000):  21-25.
Palmer, Heather.  “Mobility or Tranquility:  Bloomer’s.”  Lady’s Gallery  1 no.5 (1994):
        65-69.
Rice, Carla.  “Fashion, Feminism and Conflict:  The Politics of Dress Reform from 1850 to
        1914.”   M.A. thesis, Harvard University, 1985.
Shaw, Barbara Lorraine.  “Contested Ideologies:  Gender and Social Change in the
        Mid-Nineteenth Century Women’s  Dress Reform Movement.”  M.A. thesis, University
        of Maryland at College Park, 1995.
Smith, Gerrig.  “To the Reform Dress Association:  Peterboro, May 18th 1857.”
       
[Peterboro?, NY:  s.n., 1957].  one sheet.
Sprinthall, Carolyn.  “Nineteenth Century Dress Reform:  Changing the Shapes of Women’s
        Lives.”  Honors paper, Duke University, 1986.
Tinling, Marion.  “Bloomerism Comes to California.”  California History 61 no. 1 (1982):
       
18-25.
Van Bellegham, Patricia.  “Dressing the Part:  Women’s Dress Reform, 1848-1861.”  B.A.
        thesis, California Polytechnic State University, 2001. 

Bonnets, Hats, Sunbonnets, Caps, Hoods, and Nets
Amneus, Cynthia.  “Cynthia Amneus, Costume Technician, Re-Creates a Spoon Bonnet,
        1861-1864.”  Lady’s Gallery 3 no. 4 (1996):  12-14.
Amneus, Cynthia.  “Summertime Spoons:  Bonnets of the Mid-1860’s.”  Civil War Lady 2
        no. 12 (1994):   14-18.
Bowling, Elizabeth.  “Making the Common Slat Bonnet.”  Citizens’ Companion 5 no. 5
        (December 1998-January 1999):  32-37.
Christen, Glenna Jo.  “Slat Bonnets:  Not Just for Work Anymore.”  The Watchdog 8 no. 3
        (Summer 2000):  7-8.
Clark, Fiona.  Hats.  Costume Accessories Series.  New York:  Drama Book Publishers,
        1982.
Darnell, Paula Jean.  Victorian Millinery:  Ladies’ Hats, 1850-1900.  Reno, Nev.:  Fabric
        Fancies, 1995.
Dreher, Denise.  From the Neck Up:  An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking.  Minneapolis:
       
Madhatter Press, 1981.
Dublin, Thomas.  “Women’s Work and the Family Economy:  Textiles and Palm Leaf
        Hatmaking in New England, 1830-1850.”  Tocqueville Review 5 no. 2 (1983):
       
297-316.
Gamber, Wendy.  The Female Economy:  The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades,
        1860-1930
.  Urbana:  University of Illinois Press, 1997.
Gray, Linda.  “The Case of the Hidden Bonnet Pins.”  Citizens’ Companion 8 no. 3
        (August-September 2001):  21-23.
The Ladies’ Self-Instructor in Millinery and Mantua Making, Embroidery and Applique
.
        1853.  Reprint.  Mendocino, CA:  R. L. Shep, 1988.
Langley, Susan and John Dowling.  Vintage Hats and Bonnets, 1770-1970:  Identification
        and Values
.  Paducah, KY:  Collector Books, 1998.
Leisch, Juanita.  “Implementing Historic Accuracy:  A ‘Sharp’ Approach.” Civil War Lady 1
        no. 2 (1991):  5-7.  [head coverings for females according to age]
Leisch, Juanita.  “Topping Off Your Impression.”  Civil War Lady 1, no. 6: 9-11.  [hats]
Liechty, Mindy.  "An Infant's Slat Bonnet from Mrs. Christen's Miscellanea."  The Watchdog 10 
        no. 3 (Summer 2002):  15.
Marsh, Heidi, comp.  Hair, Hat, Hood, and Bonnet, Too, of the Era of the Hoop.
       
Livermore, CA:  by the author, 1993.
Mellish, Susan.  “Romancing the Past with Hats.” Lady’s Gallery 1 no. 5 (1994): 4-13.
Miller, Lynnette.  “Fashionable Bonnets--1860 to 1865.”  Civil War Lady  2 no.9 (1993):
        17-19.
Miller, Lynnette.  “A Hood by Any Other Name...”  Civil War Lady 2 no.10 (1994):  13-15.
Miller, Lynnette.  “Popular Trims for Fashionable Bonnets, 1855-1865,” Citizens’
        Companion
2 no. 2 (June/July 1995):  13-15.
Miller, Lynnette.  “Popular Trims for Fashionable Bonnets, 1855-1865.”  Citizens’
        Companion
2 no.3 (August/September 1995):  14-16.
Miller, Lynette.  “Searching for the Every Day Bonnet.”  Citizens’ Companion 3 no. 5
        (December 1996/January 1997):  24-27.  [sunbonnets]
Miller, Lynnette.  “To Drive the Cold Winter Away.”  Citizens’ Companion 1 no.5
        (December-January, 1995):  13-15.  [hoods, soft bonnets, etc.]
Murphy, Vivian.  “Netting for the Hair:  Simple or Elaborate Headdresses from the Needle
        Arts of the 19th Century.”  Citizens’ Companion 4 no. 3 (August-September 1997):
       
25-29.
Musselman, Anne and Beth Crabb.  “More Slat Bonnet Observations.”  The Watchdog 9 no.
        4 (Fall 2001):  12-14.
Sneathen, Brenda.  “Vive La Belle Chapeaux, or Long Live the Beautiful Hat.” Vintage
        Fashion
2 no.4 (July/August 1991):  32-38.
Wilson, Kax.  “Nineteenth-Century Embroidery on Net” Piecework 2 no.2 (March/April
        1994): 28-30. 

British Clothing
Arnold, Janet.  Patterns of Fashion:  English Women’s Dresses and Their Construction,
        c.1660-1860
.  London:  Wace, 1964.
Bentley, Nicolas.  The Victorian Scene:  A Picture Book of the Period, 1937-1901.
       
London:  George Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 1968.
Cunnington, Cecil Willett.  English Women’s Clothing in the Nineteenth Century.  New
        York:  Dover, 1990.
Cunnington, Cecil Willett, and Phyllis Cunnington.  Handbook of English Costume in the
        Nineteenth
Century.  London:  Faber and Faber, 1970.
Tozer, Jane and Sarah Levitt.  Fabric of Society:  A Century of People and Their Clothes,
        1770-1870
.  Carno, Piwys, Wales:  Laura Ashley, 1983.

Buttons
Dubner, Lindy.  "About Calico Buttons."  Civil War Lady no. 20 (1997):  6.
Fink, Nancy and Maryalice Ditzler.  Buttons:  The Collector’s Guide to Selecting,
        Restoring, and Enjoying
New and Vintage Buttons.  Philadelphia:  Courage Books,
        1993.
Luscomb, Sally C.  The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Buttons. Altglen, PA:  Schiffer, 1999.
Meredith, Alan and Gillian Meredith.  Buttons.  Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire:  Shire
        Publications, 2000.
Nehring, Nancy.  “Crocheted Buttons.”  Piecework  2 no.2 (March/April 1994):  65-67.
        also “Crocheted and Buttons to Make” pp.  68-69.
Nehring, Nancy.  50 Heirloom Buttons to Make.  Newtown, CT:  Taunton Press, 1996.
Osborne, Peggy Ann.  Button, Button:  Identification and Price Guide.  Altglen, PA:
        Schiffer, 1997.
Wisniewski, Debra J.  Antique & Collectible Buttons:  Identification & Values.  Paducah,
        KY:  Collector Books, 1997.
Zaharias, John A.  “Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?”  The Watchdog 7 no. 2 (Spring
        1999):  15. 

Canadian Clothing
Brett, Katharine B.  Clothing Worn in Canada:  Changing Fashions in the Nineteenth
        Century
.  [Ottawa]:  National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1979.
McBride, Sheri.  “Dress Codes: The Etiquette of Dress in 19th Century Charlottetown.”
       
Island Magazine 48 (2000):  31-38.  [Prince Edward Island]

Chemisettes
 “In Detail.”  Threads no.100 (April/May 2002):  back cover.

Children’s Clothing
Bassett, Lynne Zacek.  "'The Great Leap":  Youths' Clothing in the Early Nineteenth
        Century."  Annual Proceedings of the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife.
        22 (1997):  184-202.  [1820's-1850's]
Carpenter, Virginia.  “American Children as Seen in Fashion Publications: 1850-1890.”
        Master’s thesis, Cornell University, 1948.
“Civilian Life Featured in Siege of Charleston Exhibit.”  Citizens’ Companion 7 no. 3
        (August-September 2000):  9.  [Includes photo of child’s dress]
Clark, Elizabeth.  "Dressing Young boys:  Options for Living History."  The Watchdog 10
        no. 2 (Spring 2002):  18-19.
Crocker, Karen N.  “Coming of Age in Victorian America.”  Citizens’ Companion 4 no. 2
        (June-July 1997):  12-16.  [younger girls]
Crocker, Karen N.  “Coming of Age in Victorian America:  A Guide for Dressing the Young
        Lady Reenactor.”  Citizens’ Companion 4 no. 3 (August-September 1997):  12-15.
Crocker, Karen N.  “Dressing the Young Reenactor.”  The Lady Reenactor v.1, pp.
        32-35, 58-59.
Crocker, Karen N.  “Infant Dress--1845-1865.”  Citizens’ Companion 2 no. 4
        (October/November 1995):  10-12.
“Exhibit of Children’s Clothing Explores ABCs of Gender Identity.”  Citizens’ Companion 6
        no. 3 (August-September 1999):  9. [includes photo of boy’s wool plaid skirt suit,
        c.1865]
Harris, Kristina.  The Child in Fashion, 1750 to 1920.  Atglen, PA:  Schiffer Pub. Ltd.,
        1999.
Haug, Joanne.  “Dressing Up:  Boy’s Early Childhood Costume” Lady’s Gallery 1 no.3
        (1993):  44-49.
Helvenston, Sally I.  “American Children’s Costume in the Period 1841-1885 and Its Relation
        to the Child’s Role in Society.” M.S. thesis, Florida State University, 1975.
Kartchner, Grace Joan.  “Dresses of Mormon Girls, Ages One to Twelve, in the Great Salt
        Lake and Utah Valleys from 1847 to 1896.”  M.S. thesis, Oregon State University,
        1975.
Kevill-Davies, Sally.  Yesterday’s Children:  The Antiques and History of Childcare.
       
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England:  Antique Collectors’ Club, 1991.
Leisch, Juanita.  “Advice for Young Mothers.”  Civil War Lady 1 no. 1 (May/June 1991):
        20-22; 1 no. 5: 17; 2 no.8: 19-20.
Leisch, Juanita.  “Advice for Young Mothers:  Sound Advice for Dressing Youngsters.”  Civil
        War Lady
  1 no. 2 (1991): 14-16; 1 no.3 (1992): 19-21; 1 no.4 (1992): 17.
Leisch, Juanita.  “Children’s Corner.”  Civil War Lady 1 no.6: 17; 2 no. 7: 17-18.
MacPhail, Anna.  The Well-Dressed Child.  Atglen, PN: Schiffer, 1999. [British]
Miller, Beth.  “Advice to Young Mothers.”  Civil War Lady 2 no.10 (1994): 18.
Miller, Beth.  “Dressing Baby.”  Civil War Lady 2 no.9 (1993): 10-11.
Miller, Lynnette.  “Infant Caps—A Small Controversy.”  Civil War Lady  2, no. 11 (1994):
        27-28.
Olian, JoAnne.  Children’s Fashions, 1860-1912:  1,065 Costume Designs from "La
        Mode Illustre.”
  New York:  Dover Publications, 1994.
Richards, M. Lynn.  “Memories of a Girlhood Apparel From the United States Indian
        Territory, 1850-1907.”  Costume 29 (1995):  68-81.
Rose, Clare.  Children’s Clothes Since 1750.  London:  Batsford, 1989.

Church of the Brethren
Rupel, Esther Fern.  Brethren Dress:  A Testimony to Faith.  Philadelphia, PA:  Brethren
        Encyclopedia, 1994.

Collars, Cuffs, Neckties, and Wristlets
 Campbell-Shoaf, Heidi.  “Details, Details, Details:  Women’s Neckties & Wristlets.”
       
Citizens’ Companion 7 no. 1 (April-May 2000):  12-18.
“CDVs:  Take a Look at These Collars.”  Costume & Dressmaker no. 3 (1997):  9.
Scalessa, Nicole H.  “Nineteenth-Century American Women’s Collars and Cuffs:  Beautiful
        and Necessary.”  Piecework 10 no. 3 (May/June 2002):  59-62.
Scalessa, Nicole H.  “Point D’Eglantier Collar to Crochet.”  Piecework 10 no. 3 (May/June
        2002:  63-64.  [from June, 1854] 

Corselets
Melcher, Joy and Jen Peterman.  “Corselets.”  Civil War Lady no.21 (1999):  6-9. 

Corsets and Stays
Ambrose, Bonnie Holt.  The Little Corset Book:  A Workbook on Period Underwear.
       
New York:  Costume & Fashion Press, 1997.
Doyle, Robert.  Waisted Efforts:  An Illustrated Guide to Corset Making.  Halifax, N.S.:
       
Sartorial Press Publications, 1997.
Faeth-Greketis, Maryanne. “The Corset Question.”  Citizens’ Companion  1 no.1
        (April/May 1994):  13.
Fontanel, Beatrice.  Support and Seduction:  The History of Corsets and Bras.  New
        York:  Abrams, 1997.
Gray, Linda.  “Stays—An Alternative to Corsets.”  Citizens’ Companion 4 no. 1
        (April-May 1997):  16-17.
Hawthorne, Rosemary.  Chinstraps, Nose-Moulds & Corsets:  A Shopper’s Guide to
        Feminine Beauty, 1800s-1930s
.  London:  Michael O’Mara, 1999.
Kolbe, Val.  “Urban, Middle-Class Women and the Fashion of Corsetry in Nineteenth
        Century.”  M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1984.
Smith, Bernard.  “Market Development, Industrial Development:  The Case of the American
        Corset Trade, 1860-1920.”  Business History Review 65 no. 1 (1991):  l91-129.
Steele, Valerie.  The Corset:  A Cultural History.  New Haven:  Yale University Press,
        2001.
Summers, Leigh.  Bound to Please:  A History of the Victorian Corset.  New York:  Berg,
        2001.
Waugh, Norah.  Corsets and Crinolines.  New York:  Theatre Arts Books/Methuen, 1954. 

Eyeglasses
Corson, Richard.  Fashions in Eyeglasses.  London:  Peter Owen, 1980.
Hughes, Nicky.  “A Closer Look.”  The Watchdog 3 no. 4 (Autumn 1995):  6-7.
        [eyeglasses]
McEvoy, Thomas.  “Civil War Glasses—Or, How Not to Make a Spectacle of Yourself.”
       
The Lady Reenactor v.1, pp.48-49.   
Merta, Matt.  "The Eyes Have It:  A Close Look at Civil War Period Eye Wear."  Camp
        Chase Gazette
20 no. 4 (March 1993):  38-40.

Fancy Dress
Chartrand, Karen.  “Fancy Dress:  A Kaleidoscope of Costume.”  Civil War Lady no. 23
        (1999):  2-7.
Schmitt, Carolann.  “Fancy Dress: Costumes for These Special Occasions Require Originality
        and Creativity.”  Citizens’ Companion 6 no. 3 (August-September 1999):   12-18. 

Fans
Alexander, Helene.  Fans.  Costume Accessories Series.  New York:  Drama Book
        Publishers, 1984.
Alexander, Helene.  Fans.  Princes Risborough:  Shire, 2002.
Blue, Wendy Hamilton.  “Cupid’s Weapon.”  Lady’s Gallery 2 no.4: 4-9.  (fans, including
        two 1850, one mid-19th century, one 1840)
Hart, Avril.  Fans.  London:  V & A Publications, 1998.
Mackay, James.  Fans.  Edison, NJ:  Chartwell Books, 2000.
Rhead, G. Woolliscroft.  History of the Fan.  London:  Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, and
        Co., 1910. 

Fichus
Hughes, Susan Lyons.  “Fishing for a Correct Fichu.”  The Watchdog 2 no. 2 (Summer
      
1994): 5.
Logan, Anisa P.  “The Lacy Fichu.”  Civil War Lady no. 22 (1999):  2-7. 

Frontier Clothing
Campbell, Julie A. and Brenda Brandt.  “’No Seamstresses, No Ready-Made Clothing’:
       
Clothing Consumption on the American Frontier, 1850-1890.”  Clothing and Textiles
        Research Journal
v.12 no. 3 (1994):  16-21.
Carlson, Laurie Winn.  “On Sidesaddle to the Columbia: Pioneer Travel in Feminine
        Fashion.”  Columbia 13 no. 1 (1999):  9-14.
Evenson, Sandra Lee and David J. Trayte.  "Dress and the Negotiations of Relationships
        Between the Dakota and Euroamericans in Nineteenth Century Minnesota" in Religion,
        Dress and the Body
.  Edited by Linda Arthur.  Oxford:  Berg, 1999.  pp. 95-116.
Helvenston, Sally I.  “Fashion on the Frontier.”  Dress 17 (1990): 141-155.
Helvenston, Sally I.  “Feminine Response to a Frontier Environment as Reflected in the
        Clothing of Kansas Women:  1854-1895.”  Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University,
        1985.
Helvenston, Sally I.  “Ornament or Instrument?  Proper Roles for Women on the Kansas
        
Frontier.”  Kansas Quarterly 18 no. 3 (1986):  35-49.  [related to dress]
Holman, David and Billie Persons.  Buckskin and Homespun:  Frontier Texas Clothing,
        1828-1870
.  Austin:  Wind River Press, 1979.
Larson, Joyce Marie.  “Clothing of Pioneer Women of Dakota Territory, 1861-1889.” M.S.
        thesis, South Dakota State University, 1978.
Love, Deanna.  “Dress of American Women Pioneer in the Westward Movement from
        1836-1889.”  Master’s thesis, University of Maryland, 1969.
McMartin, Maria Barbara.  “Dress of the Oregon Trail Emigrants: 1843-1855.” Master’s
        thesis, Iowa State University, 1977.
Richard, K. Keith.  “Of ‘Gingham,’ ‘Barn Doors,’ and ‘Exquisites’:  George H. Himes on
        Pioneer Fashion.”  Oregon Historical Quarterly 90 no. 4 (1990):  385-393.
       
[1850’s-1917]
Walker, Margaret.  “’All the Fantastic Costumes’:  Rags on the Way to Riches (And No
        Skirting Around the Issue of Who Really Wore the Pants).”  Overland Journal 15 no. 4
        (1997-1998):  12-18.  [clothing of women on overland trail to California in the 1850s] 

Fur
Ewing, Elisabeth.  Fur in Dress.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1981. 

Garibaldi Shirts
Gilbert, Pat.  “The Great Cover-Up.”  Civil War Lady 2 no. 12 (1994):  20-21.  [Garibaldi
         shirts]
Schmitt, Carolann.  “Politics and Fashion:  The Garibaldi Shirt.”  Citizens’ Companion 1
        no.3 (August/September 1994): 10-13. 

General
The American Lady and the Lady of London Paper Dolls, Museum of the City of New
        York
.  New York:  Dover Publications, 1994.  [“American Lady” is reproduction of
        1870; “Lady of London” is reproduction of 1850]
Arnold, Janet.  A Handbook of Costume.  New York:  Macmillan, 1974.
Baclawski, Karen.  The Guide to Historic Costume.  New York:  Drama Book Publishers,
        1995.
Bailey, Adrian.  The Passion for Fashion.  Limpsfield:  Dragon’s World, 1988.
Baruma, Anna.  Fashions of the Past.  London:  Collins & Brown, 2000.
Bickford-Swarthout, Doris.  “Victorian Style.”  Lady’s Gallery 4 no. 1 (Dec. 1996):  33-37.
       
[includes fashion plates 1841-1868
Bigelow, Marybelle S.  Fashion in History:  Western Dress, Prehistoric to Present.  2nd
        ed.  Minneapolis, MN:  Burgess Publishing Co., 1979.
Blum, Stella.  Fashions and Costumes from Godey’s Lady’s Book Including Eight Plates
        in Full Color
.  New York:  Dover Publications, 1985.
Bohrer, Norma.  "A Victorian Lady's Accoutrements."  Camp Chase Gazette 20 no. 8
        (July 1993):  38-40.
Bradfield, Nancy.  Costume in Detail, 1730-1930.  Boston:  Plays, Inc., 1968, 1983.
Buck, Anne.  Costume and Costume Accessories.  New York:  Thomas Nelson and Sons,
        1962.
Buck, Anne.  Victorian Costume and Costume Accessories.  London:  Herbert Jenkins,
        1961. Rev. 2nd ed. New York:  Costume & Fashion Press, 1997.
Burch, Janis G.  “The Fashionable Silhouette of American Women Using the Crinoline During
        the Victorian Period of 1850 Through 1870.”  M.S. thesis, University of
        Wisconsin-Stout, 1987.
Burgess, Janet.  Clothing Guidelines for the Civil War Era.  new ed.  Davenport, Iowa:
       
Amazon Drygoods, 1985.
Byrde, Penelope.  Nineteenth Century Fashion.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1992.
Capretz, Marilyn.  “Women’s Dresses (1850-1879):  From Selected South Louisiana
        Costume Collections.”  M.S. thesis, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1994.
Cashen, Marilynn A.  A Moment in Time:  Images of Victorian Fashions from the
        Mid-1800s
.  South Plainfield, NJ:  MAC Publications, 1992.
Cavanaugh, Cheryl Lynn.  “Fashion, Class and Labor:  Clothing in American Women’s
        Fiction, 1840-1913.”  Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
        1998.
Civil War Ladies:  Fashions and Needle-Arts of the Early 1860’s.  Mendocino, CA:  R. L.
        Shep, 1989.
Clark, Elizabeth Stewart.  “Assembling a ‘Best Bet’ Wardrobe:  Good Advice for New
        Reenactors.”  Citizens’ Companion 8 no. 5 (December 2001-January 2002):  12-19.
Colburn, Carol Ann.  “The Dress of the James J. Hill Family, 1863-1916.”  Ph.D.
        dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1989.
Coleman, Elizabeth Ann.  Changing Fashions 1800-1970.  New York:  Brooklyn Museum,
        1972.
Collard, Eileen.  The Cut of Women’s 19th Century Dress, Part 3:  Victorian Gothic.
        Burlington, Ontario:  Costume Society of Ontario, 1978.
Connolly, Marguerite Alexandra.  “Dressing for the Occasion:  The Differentiation of
        Women’s Costume in America, 1770-1910.”  Master’s thesis, University of Delaware,
        1987.
Costume Society.  Early Victorian Costume, 1830-1860:  Proceedings of the Third
        Annual Conference of
the Costume Society, 1969.  London:  Published for the
        Society by Victoria and Albert Museum, 1969.
Costume Society.  High Victorian Costume, 1860-1890:  Proceedings of the Second
        Annual Conference of
the Costume Society, 1968.  London:  Published for the
        Society by Victoria and Albert Museum, 1968.
Covais, Joseph S.  “Women’s Fashion 1830-1870:  A Simplified Perspective.”  Mid West
        Open-Air
Museums Magazine 7 no. 2 (April-June 1986):  14-21.
Crane, Diana.  Fashion and its Social Agendas:  Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing.
        Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 2000.  [1850s-1990s]
Crocker, Karen N.  “Coming of Age in Victorian America:  A Guide for Dressing the Young
        Lady Reenactor.”  Citizens’ Companion 4 no. 3 (August-September 1997):  12-15.
Crocker, Karen N.  “Creating the Proper Impression:  How Did They Make That?”
       
Citizens’ Companion 1 no.1 (April/May 1994):  14-17, 20-22.
Cumming, Valerie.  Costume History, 1500-1900.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1981.
Cumming, Valerie.  The Visual History of Costume Accessories.  New York:  Costume &
        Fashion Press, 1998.
Cunningham, Patricia, ed.  Dress in American Culture.  Bowling Green:  Bowling Green
        State University, 1993.
Cunnington, Cecil Willett.  Feminine Attitudes in the Nineteenth Century.  New York:
       
Haskell House Publishers, 1973.
Davenport, Millia.  The Book of Costume.  Vol. I.  New York:  Crown Publishers, 1948.
DeMarly, Diana.  The History of Haute Couture, 1850-1950.  New York:  Holmes and
        Meier, 1980.
Draper, Allison Stark.  What People Wore During the Civil War.  New York:  PowerKids
        Press, 2001.
During War Times, 1775-1945
[2001 Historic Fashions calendar].  Arlington, VA:  Q
        Graphics Production Company, 2000. 
Evans, Mary.  How to Make Historic American Costumes.  Detroit:  Gale Research Co.,
        1976.  reprint of 1942 ed.
Ewing, Elisabeth.  Everyday Dress, 1650-1900.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1984.
“Fashion Notes from 1864:  Arthur’s Magazine.”  Civil War Lady no. 21 (1999):  14-15.
A Fashion Survey:  Nineteenth Century American Women
.  Published as a Guide for the
        Cincinnati Art Museum.  Cincinnati, OH:  Fashion Group, n.d.
Fertig, Judith M.  “Fashions from the Gilded Age:  The Shelburne Museum Collection”
  
     Vintage Fashion 2 no. 1 (January/February 1991): 28-34. [photo excellent 1860
        gown].
Foster, Vanda.  A Visual History of Costume in the Nineteenth Century.  London:  B. T.
        Batsford, 1984.
Frost, S. Annie.  The Art of Dressing Well:  A Complete Guide to Economy, Style and
        Propriety of
Costume.  New York:  Dick and Fitzgerald, 1870.
Gernsheim, Alison.  Fashion and Reality.  London:  Faber & Faber, 1963.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles H.  The Fashionable Lady in the 19th Century.  London:  Her
        Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1960.
Ginsburg, Madeleine, et al.  Four Hundred Years of Fashion.  London:  Victoria and Albert
        Museum, 1992.
“The Girl I Left Behind Me.”  Military Images 6 no. 4 (January-February, 1985):  3-24.
Godey’s Lady’s Book
.  all years.  often available on microfilm at university libraries.
Goldthorpe, Caroline.  From Queen to Empress:  Victorian Dress, 1837-1877.  New
        York:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988.
Grafton, Carol Belanger.  Shoes, Hats and Fashion Accessories:  A Pictorial Archive
        1850-1940:  2,020
Illustrations.  Mineola, NY:  Dover Publications, 1998.
Grafton, Carol Belanger.  Victorian Fashions:  Over 1,200 Illustrations of Women’s
        Fashions from 1855-1903
.  New York:  Dover, 1999.
Grimble, Frances.  After a Fashion:  How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage
        Styles
.  San Francisco:  Lavolta Press, 1993.
Guinca, Mary.  “Something in the Water:  19th-Century Watering Place Customs and
        Costumes.”  Lady’s Gallery 2, no. 1 (1994): 33-38.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
.  available on microfilm in many university libraries.
Harper’s Weekly Magazine
.  available on microfilm in many university libraries.
Harris, Kristina.  Collector’s Guide to Vintage Fashions:  Identification and Value.
       
Paducah, KY:  Collector Books, 1999.
Harris, Kristina.  Victorian & Edwardian Fashions for Women, 1840 to 1919.  Atglen,
        PA:  Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1995.
Hartley, Florence.  The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness.  Boston:  J.
       
S. Locke and Co., 1860.  Reprint ed.  Davenport, IA:  Amazon Drygoods, 1993.  [See
        chapters “Dress,” “Traveling,” “Receipts for the Complexion, &c,” and suggestions in
        other chapters on proper dress.]
Haug, Joanne.  “The Fashionable Lady.”  Lady’s Gallery 1 no.1 (1993): 29-31.
Hawley, David.  The Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia.  Kansas City:  the author, 1995.
       
[photos of some clothing and related articles.]
Helvenston, Sally I.  “Popular Advice for the Well-Dressed Woman in the 19th Century.”
       
Dress 5 (1980):  31-47.
Holland, Vyvyan.  Hand Coloured Fashion Plates, 1770 to 1899.  London:  B. T.
        Batsford, 1955.
Hoobler, Dorothy.  Vanity Rules:  A History of American Fashion and Beauty.
       
Brookfield, CT:  Milbrook Press, 1999.
Hughes, Susan Lyons.  First Impressions:  Getting Started in Civilian Reenacting.
       
Marietta, OH:  Camp Chase Publishing Co., 1994.
Hunnisett, Jean.  Period Costume for Stage and Screen:  Patterns for Women’s Dress,
        1800-1909
.  Studio City, NY:  Players Press, 1991.
Illustrated London News
.      
Introligator, Meredith Rachel.  “Clothing Storage in Nineteenth Century U.S. Households.”
       
M.S. thesis, Iowa State University, 1989.
Jonston, Susan.  Fashion Paper Dolls from Godey’s Lady’s Book 1840-1854.  New
        York:  Dover Publications, 1977.
Joselit, Jenna Weissman.  A Perfect Fit:  Clothes, Character, and the Promise of
        America
.  New York:  Metropolitan Books, 2001.
Kalman, Bobbie.  19th Century Clothing.  New York:  Crabtree Publishing Co., 1993.
Kidwell, Claudia and Valerie Steele.  Men and Women:  Dressing the Part.  Washington,
       
DC:  Smithsonian Institute Press, 1989.
Kunciov, Robert.  Mr.Godey’s Ladies.  New York:  Bonanza Books, 1971.
Laver, James.  Fashions and Fashion Plates, 1800-1900.  London:  King Penguin Books,
        1943.
Leisch, Juanita.  Civil War Civilians.  Gettysburg:  Thomas Publications, 1994.
Leisch, Juanita.  “An Epistle on Individuality.”  Civil War Lady 1 no.5:  5-8.
Leisch, Juanita.  The Family Album:  Ladies’ Wear Daily.  Berryville, Va:  The Author,
        1986.
Leisch, Juanita.  “A Photographic Survey Made Easy:  How We Know ‘Who Wore What.’”
       
Citizens’ Companion 2 no. 5 (December 1995/January 1996):  21-24.
Leisch, Juanita.  “Studying Original Civil War Bodices.”  Civil War Lady 2 no. 7 (1993):
        12-14.
Leisch, Juanita.  Who Wore What?  Women’s Wear, 1861-1865.  Gettysburg, PA:  Thomas,
        1995.
Leisch, Juanita.  “Who Wore What?  Examining the Methodology.”  Citizens’ Companion 2
        no. 4 (1995):  13-17.
Levitt, Sarah.  Victorians Unbuttoned:  Registered Designs for Clothing, Their Makers
        and Wearers, 1838
-1900.  London:  George Allen and Unwin, 1986.
Look of the Ladies:  Clothing During the Civil War
.  Philadelphia, PA:  Civil War Library
        and Museum, 1995. [exhibit catalog]
Lord, William Barry.  The Corset and the Crinoline:  A Book of Modes and Costumes
        from Remote Periods
to the Present Time.  London:  Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868.
Lowe, Elizabeth D.  “Museum Collections vs. Fashion Magazines:  Aesthetic Rules.”  Home
        Economics
Research Journal 19 no. 3 (March 1991):  233-eoa.
MacDonald, Anne L.  No Idle Hands:  The Social History of American Knitting.  New
        York:  Ballantine Books, 1988.
McClellan, Elisabeth.  History of American Costume, 1607-1870.  New York:  London:  B.
        T. Batsford, 1986.
McKeown, Deborah.  “Crinoline Triumphant!  Women’s Fashions 1860-1865.”  Citizens’
        Companion
1 no.4 (September/October 1994): 21-25; 1 no.5 (December-January
        1995): 21-25.
McMurry, Elsie F.  American Dresses, 1780-1900:  Identification and Significance of
        148 Extant Dresses
.  Ithaca, NY:  Cornell University, 2001.  CD-ROM.
McMurry, Elsie F.  “Reflections of Cultural Change in American Dress from 1850-1890.”
        M.S. thesis, Cornell University, 1966.
Marsh, Heidi, comp.  Knit, Net, Crochet, and More of the Era of the Hoop. Livermore,
        CA:  by the author, 1993.
Marsh, Heidi, comp.  Sew and So Forth of the Era of the Hoop.  Livermore, CA:  by the
        author, 1994.
Marsh, Heidi, comp.  Styles and So Forth of the Era of the Hoop.  Livermore, CA:  by the
        author, 1994.
Martin, Richard and Harold Koda.  Bloom.  New York:  Metropolitan Museum of Art,
        1995. [includes 1864, 1856 gowns]
Martin, Richard and Harold Koda.  Swords Into Ploughshares.  New York:  Metropolitan
        Museum of Art, 1995.
Melcher, Joy.  “Women Who Work.” Civil War Lady no. 20 (1997):  12-16.
Mescher, Virginia.  Historic Accounts:  A Study of Store Ledgers from the Mid-Nineteenth
        Century, With a Searchable Database
.  Burke, VA: Vintage Volumes, 2001.
       
CD-ROM.
“Middle Aged Women and Little Old Ladies.”  Civil War Lady no. 18 (November 1996):
       
14-17.
Mills, Betty J.  Amanda’s New Life:  A Journal of Fashion History  Through Paper
        Dolls
.  Lubbock:  Texas Tech University, 1983.  [Well researched—second of three
        volume set.]
Moore, Doris Langley-Levy.  Fashion Through Fashion Plates:  1771-1970. New York:
       
Clarkson N. Potter, 1971.
Moore, Doris Langley-Levy.  The Woman in Fashion.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1949.
Musser, Cynthia Erfurt.  “Silhouettes in the Past:  A Study in Fashion Trends. The 1840s:
       
End of the Crinoline.”  Vintage Fashions 1 no.3 (May/ June 1990):  18-25.
Musser, Cynthia Erfurt.  “Silhouettes in the Past:  A Study in Fashion Trends. The 1850s:
       
Craze for the Hoop.”  Vintage Fashions 2 no.3 (May/June 1991): 36-42.
Musser, Cynthia Erfurt.  “Silhouettes in the Past:  A Study in Fashion Trends. The 1860s, Part
        I:  Pyramid Shaping, Looped-Up Skirts and Round Waists.” Vintage Fashions 3 no. 1
        (January/February 1992): 12-16.
Norris, Herbert.  Costume & Fashion.  New York:  Dutton, 1933.
“Novelties for December From the Pages of Lady’s Book, 1857.” Lady’s Gallery 1 no.3
        (1993):  50.
“Orientalism:  Visions of the East in Western Dress.”  Lady’s Gallery 2 no. 4: 60, 63.  [photo
        of opera cloak, c1850]
Peacock, John.  Costume, 1066-1990s.  Rev. ed.  London:  Thomas and Hudson, 1994.
Perrot, Philippe.  Fashioning the Bourgiousie:  A History of Clothing in the Nineteenth
        Century
.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 1994.
Peterson’s Magazine
.
Peterson’s Patterns for Civil War Era Ladies
. 2nd ed.  Springfield, OR:  Pioneer
        Printwork, 1994.
Presley, Ann Beth and Martha Jenkins.  “A 19th Century Day Dress, Documentation and
        Reproduction.”  Costume & Dressmaker no. 1 (1996):  5-9.
Rawlings, Eleanor Hasbruck.  Godeys Costume Plates in Color.  New York:  Dover
        Publications, 1979.
Reflections
.  [1998 Historic Fashions calendar].  Arlington, VA:  Q Graphics Production
        Co., 1997.
Richardson, Joanna.  La Vie Parisienne, 1852-1870.  New York:  Viking Press, 1971.
Roberts, Helene E.  “The Exquisite Slave:  The Role of Clothes in the Making of the Victorian
        Woman.”  Signs 2 no. 3 (1977):  554-569.
Rowland-Warne, L.  Costume.  Eyewitness Books.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
       
[Although a children’s book, many excellent color photographs of original and
        reproduction clothing and accessories.]
Ruth, John A.  Decorum, a Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best
        American Society
.  Tyrone PA:  Westvaco, 1979.
Schmidt, Albert J.  Fashioning the Bourgeoisie:  A History of Clothing in the Nineteenth
        Century
.  Princeton, NJ:  Princeton University Press, 1994.
Schmitt, Carolann.  “Some Thoughts on Diversity in Dress:  ‘Playing It Safe’ vs. Finding New
        Information.”  Citizens’ Companion 9 no. 1 (April-May 2002):  25-27.
Setnik, Linda.  Victorian Costume for Ladies, 1860-1900.  Atglen, PA:  Schiffer Pub. Ltd.,
        2000.
Severa, Joan.  Dressed for the Photographer:  Ordinary Americans & Fashion,
        1840-1900
.  Kent, Ohio:  Kent State University Press, 1995.
Sirkis, Susan Bonsall.  The Wish Booklet:  Fashion 1861-1865.  Reston, VA:  the author,
       
1965.  [costuming dolls]
Snyder-Haug, Diane.  Antique & Vintage Clothing:  A Guide to Dating & Valuation of
        Women’s Clothing
1850 to 1940.  Paducah, KY:  Collector Books, 1997.  [pp. 8-19
        is “The Crinoline 1850-1869.”]
Strand, Sandra Lou.  “The Psychology of Dress and Its Effects Interpreted in Nineteenth
        Century Costume of Women.”  M.A. thesis, University of Washington, 1964.
“Swords into Ploughshares:  Military Dress and the Civilian Wardrobe.”  Lady’s Gallery 3
        no. 2 (1995):  58.  [review of an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
        NY]
Tandberg, Gerilyn G.  “Towards Freedom in Dress for the 19th Century Woman.”  Dress
       
11 (1985):  11-30.  [morning gowns, josies, maternity dresses, day gowns]
Taylor, Lauren.  “A Common Thread:  A Review of Civil War Fashions.”  Civil War Times
        Illustrated
24 no. 3 (1985):  32-41.
Thieme, Otto C.  Simply Stunning.  Cincinnati, OH:  Cincinnati Museum, 1988.
Thieme, Otto C., et al.  With Grace & Favour:  Victorian and Edwardian Fashion in
        America
.  Cincinnati:  Cincinnati Art Museum, 1993.
“A Time Line of Influences on American Clothing, 1840-1990.” Human Ecology Forum 19
        no. 3 (Spring 1991):  22-25.
Tortora, Phyllis and Keith Eubank.  A Survey of Historic Costume.  New York:  Fairchild
       
Publications, 1989.
Turza, Beth.  “Women’s Work Dresses.” Midwest Open Air Museum Magazine 21 no. 1
        (2000):  17-21.
Turza, Beth.  “Working Women’s Attire:  A Study of Four Cotton Print Dresses &
        Construction Notes.”  Citizens’ Companion 5 no. 6 (February-March 1999):  18-24.
Tyler, Linda Kartchner.  “Material Culture of Nineteenth-Century America as Reflected in
        Women’s Fashion.”  D.A. thesis, Illinois State University, 1999.
Urbanski, Mary Ellen.  "A Civil War Fashion Dictionary, Part II."  Camp Chase Gazette 18
        no. 5 (April 1991):  26-27.
Urbanski, Mary Ellen.  "The Dilemma of the 'Everyday' Woman."  Camp Chase Gazette 19
        no. 10 (September 1992):  34-35.
Urbanski, Mary Ellen.  “In the Eye of the Beholder.”  Citizens’ Companion 3 no. 6
        (February-March 1997):  11-13.
Urbanski, Mary Ellen.  “Myths, Fallacies and Misinformation.”  Citizens’ Companion 1 no.3
        (August/September 1994): 17-19.
Vansteamburg, Arny.  The Everyday Clothing of Rural Women at the Time of the Civil
        War
.  Rev. ed.  Baltimore:  Mariah Furnace Press, 1993.
Vachon, Diane Leggett.  “Documentation Guidelines for Women’s Day Dress, 1850-1949.”
       
M.A. thesis, University of Kentucky, 1976.
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from “La Mode Illustree”.
  Mineola, NY:  Dover
        Publications, 1998.
Victorian Fashion Designs CD-ROM and Book
.  New York:  Dover, 2002.
Walkley, Christina.  Dressed to Impress:  1840-1914.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1989.
Walkley, Christina and Vanda Foster.  Crinolines and Crimping Irons:  Victorian Clothes,
        How They Were
Cleaned and Cared For.  London:  Peter Owen, 1978.
Warner, Patricia Campbell.  “’It Looks Very Nice Indeed’:  Clothing in Women’s Colleges,
        1837-1897.”  Dress 28 (2001):  23-39.
Warren, Geoffrey.  Fashions & Accessories, 1840 through 1980.  Atglen, PA:  Schiffer
        Pub. Co., 1997.
Waugh, Norah.  The Cut of Women’s Clothes, 1600-1300.  New York:  Theatre Arts
        Boks, 1968, 1985.
Wilcox, R. Turner.  Five Centuries of American Costume.  New York:  Scribner, 1963.
Winter, Janet and Carolyn Schultz.  Victorian Costuming  vol. I:  1840-1865.  Oakland,
        CA:  Other Times Productions, 1980.
Women & Children
.  [1999 Historic Fashions calendar].  Arlington, VA:  Q  Graphics
        Production Co., 1998.
Women’s Fashions at the Time of the Civil War, 1860-1865
, v.1-3.  Beverly Shores, IN:
       
Yesterday in Pictures, 1991.
Worrell, Estelle A.  American Costume, 1840-1920.  Harrisburg:  Stackpole Books, 1979.
York, Kathleen A.  Civil War Ladies Sketchbook, v. 1-3.  Elgin, Ill.:  House of York, 1980.
 
Ziegert, Beate.  “American Clothing:  Identity in Mass Culture, 1840-1990.” Human
        Ecology Forum
19 no. 3 (Spring 1991):  5-11.

Genre and Other Paintings as Sources
American Genre Painting in the Victorian Era
.  New York:  Hirschl & Adler, 1978.
       
[good color illustrations.]
Ayres, William, ed.  Picturing History:  American Painting, 1770-1930.  New York:
       
Rizzoli, 1993.  [good illustrations.]
Burns, Sarah.  Pastoral Inventions:  Rural Life in Nineteenth-Century Art and Culture.
       
Philadelphia:  Temple University Press, 1989.
Clark, H. Nichols B.  Francis W. Edmonds:  American Master in the Dutch Tradition. 
       
Washington, DC:  Published for Amon Carter Museum by the Smithsonian Institution
        Press, 1988.  [good illustrations for fine genre artist.]
Edwards, Lee M.  Domestic Bliss:  Family Life in American Painting, 1840-1910.
       
Yonkers, NY:  Hudson River Museum, 1986.  [Good interior scenes of people at
        home.]
Fischel, Oskar, and Max von Boehm.  Modes and Manners of the Nineteenth Century as
        Represented in the
Pictures and Engravings of the Time. v.3, 1843-1878.  London:
       
J. M. Dent, 1909.
Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy.  At Home:  The American Family, 1750-1870.  New York:
       
Abrams, 1990.  [Useful for illustrations.]
Hills, Patricia.  The Painters’ America:  Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910.  New York:
       
Praeger, 1974.
Holzer, Harold and Mark E. Neeley, Jr.  Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory:  The Civil War
       
in Art
.  New York:  Orion Books, 1993.
Johns, Elizabeth.  American Genre Painting:  The Politics of Everyday Life.  New Haven:
       
Yale University Press, 1991.  [Good illustrations.]
Ormond, Richard and Carol Blackett-Ord.  Franz Zaver Winterhalter and the Courts of
        Europe, 1830-1870
.  London:  National Portrait Gallery, 1987.
Peterson, Harold L.  Americans at Home:  From the Colonists to the Late Victorians.
       
New York:  Scribner’s, 1971.
Spencer, Lily Martin.  Lily Martin Spencer, 1822-1902:  The Joys of Sentiment.
       
Washington:  National Collection of Fine Arts, 1973.  [A wonderful American genre
        artist who focused on the home and family.]
Taylor, Joshua C.  America as Art.  Washington:  National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976.
Williams, Hermann Warner, Jr.  Mirror to the American Past:  A Survey of American
        Genre Painting:
  1750-1900.  Greenwich CT:  New York Graphic Society, 

Gloves and Mitts
Cumming, Valerie.  Gloves.  Costume Accessories Series.  London:  B. T. Batsford, 1982.
Falls, Dixie.  “Fingerless Silk Mitts to Crochet.” Piecework 2 no. 4 (July/August 1994):
        48-51.
Kalil, Lynn.  “Hand in Hand:  Ladies’ Gloves and Reenacting.”  The Watchdog 6 no. 3
        (Summer 1998):  5-6. 

Hair Styles
Byrd, Ayana D. and Lori L. Tharps.  Hair Story:  Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in
        America
.  New York:  St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
Griffin, Bobette.  “Victorian Style Hair.”  The Lady Reenactor v.1, p.22.
Isaacson, Jon.  “What’s Wrong with This Picture? Well, Hair It Is!” [men’s hair styles and
        hair dressing] Citizens’ Companion 2 no. 2 (June/July 1995): 16-18.
Lawhon, Victoria.  “Creating a Period Hairstyle:  A Period Hairstyle for Every Occasion.”
       
Citizens’ Companion 6 no. 2 (June-July 1999):  12-15.
McKeown, Deborah.  “Hairstyles and Head Dress.”  Citizens’ Companion 2 no. 5
        (December 1995/January 1996):  12-17.
Sherman, Ruthann.  1860-65 Victorian Coiffure.  Marietta, GA:  by the author, 1988.
Wong, J.  “Hair Plaiting.”  Civil War Lady  no. 15 (1995):  12-13.
Wong, J.  “In Search of the 1860’s Hairstyle.”  Civil War Lady  2 no. 7 (1993): 25. 

Hoop Skirts and Petticoats
Altman, Saundra.  “Stick-Out Petticoats.”  Civil War Lady no. 17 (1996):  22-24, 26-29.
Clayton-Gouthro, Cecile.  “Social Commentary in Nineteenth Century Crinoline Cartoons
        from Punch.”  Dress 23 (1996):  63-74.
“Exhibit of Hoop Skirts Opens in Philadelphia.”  Citizens’ Companion 6 no. 3
        (August-September, 1999):  10. [includes photo of 1865 hoop skirt]
Gamble, J. G.  “Dressed to Kill:  The Mid-Nineteenth Century Crinoline Craze.”  Pharos of
        Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
63 no. 1 (Winter 2000):  16-21.
Garoutte, Sally, ed.  Undercoverings, 1995.  Volume 6 of the Research Papers of American
        Quilt Study Group.  Mill Valley, CA:  American Quilt Study Group, 1986.  [includes
        article on quilted petticoats]
McKeown, Deborah V.  “The Scarlet Flannel Petticoat:  Origin and Construction of a
        Popular Garment.”  Citizens’ Companion 7 no. 3 (August-September 2000):  21-24.
Miller, Beth.  “Achieving the Look of the 1860’s:  Starching Your Underpinnings.” Civil War
        Lady
1, no. 6: 19-20.
“Petticoats and Pantalettes:  Victorians Undressed:  Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT.”
       
Lady’s Gallery 4 no. 2 (Feb 1997):  44-46.  [shows female manikin in mid-19th
        century underwear]
“Under Wraps, from Crinoline to Crinoline:  Undergarments 1850 to 1950.”  Lady’s Gallery
  
     v.3 no. 2 (1995): 57, 62.  [review of exhibit at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative
        Arts, Bethlehem, PA]
Walkley, Christina.  “’Nor Iron Bars a Cage.’”  History Today 25 no. 10 (October 1975):
       
712-718.  [cage crinolines] 

Jewelry, Watches, and Related Accessories
Armstrong, Nancy.  Victorian Jewelry.  New York:  Macmillan Publishing, 1976.
Baker-Anderson, Catherine. “Cameos in Vogue.”  Vintage Fashion  2 no.1 (January-
        February 1991):  14-17.
Baker, Lillian.  100 Years of Collectible Jewelry, 1850-1950.  Paducah, KY:  Collector
        Books, 1999.
Becker, Vivienne. Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellry:  A Guide for Collectors.  2d
        ed.  Colchester:  NAG Press, Ltd., 1987.
Bell, Jeanenne.  Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry, 1840 to 1950.  3rd ed.
       
Florence, Ala:  Books Americana, 1985.
Bell, C. Jeanenne. Collector’s Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry:  Identification &
        Values
.  Paducah, KY:  Collector Books, 1998.
Bernstein, Michael J.  “Hair Jewelry, Locks of Love.”  Smithsonian  6 no. 12 (1976):
       
997-100.
Blersch, Stuart.  “Victorian Jewelry Made of Hair.”  Nineteenth Century 6 no. 1 (1980):
       
42-43.
Bradford, Ernle.  English Victorian Jewellery.  London:  Spring Books, 1967.
Bush, Nancy.  “The Hair Workers of Sweden.”  Piecework 10 no. 3 (May/June 2002):
       
34-37.
Byassee, Jean L.  "The Civil War Lady's Jewelry."  Camp Chase Gazette 19 no. 8 (July
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