After a year of unboxing, researching, cataloging, photographing, rehousing, and, yes, writing, my thesis project is complete. I'm extremely proud of my end products: the physical and digital forms of the Bates College Clothing Archive, accompanied by a written portion explaining the reasoning behind the choices I made …

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I’ve been an explorer the past few weeks. As I begin working with my thesis collection, I am in a rather puzzling position: nobody actually knows what is in the collection. That’s the whole point of my thesis; the Bates College theater department owns boxes and boxes of historic dress, but there are no records or …

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