In teaching home economics students the rudiments of historic costume and furnishings, Dr. Tortora describes her approach in helping students understand these two aspects of applied art better by setting them within the historic and artistic framework. (Author)

This annotated bibliography, designed for secondary and postsecondary teachers and practitioners of theatre costuming, contains a basic listing of recent and reprinted works on costume history. Most of the books included in this bibliography are in print, are easily obtainable, and contain reproductions of contemporary art and garments.…

Five seminar papers on women's studies and a paper providing an overview of the papers and the Michigan Seminar on Research and Teaching about Women are presented. Catharine R. Stimpson considers the field of women's studies as an area of research and teaching and discusses the current diversity of topic, theory, and method. She notes national and…