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Provenance Is Future Memory

Institutions of One × Fashion, Continue room, dossier CN11

From RN Collins, selected work

The dossier chapter, the sources behind it, further reading and the collection images, each linked to the original.

The articleProvenance Is Future Memory institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1735-40. metmuseum.org
  2. Afternoon dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1900. metmuseum.org
  3. Dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1903. metmuseum.org
  4. Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements, Version 3. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 2023-06. archives.gov
  5. Appraisal Policy of the National Archives. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, current policy; page updated 2026. archives.gov
  6. Collections Care. Smithsonian Institution Archives, current. siarchives.si.edu
  7. Textile Conservation. Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, current. mci.si.edu
  8. FIT oral histories collection, 1967-2023. FIT Gladys Marcus Library, 1967-2023. sparc.fitnyc.edu

Other sources

  1. Smithsonian Open Access. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  2. Dress designed by Ann Lowe. National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1950s; record accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  3. Feedsack dress. National Museum of American History, twentieth century; accessed 2026-09-07. americanhistory.si.edu
  4. Open Access API. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, current; accessed 2026-09-07. metmuseum.github.io
  5. Smithsonian Open Access developer tools. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  6. European Product Registry for Energy Labelling. European Commission, current; accessed 2026-09-07. eprel.ec.europa.eu
  7. Historical Resources: Fashion Industry. Library of Congress, updated 2026. guides.loc.gov
  8. Sustainability of Digital Formats. Library of Congress, current; accessed 2026-09-07. loc.gov
  9. The source notes for dossier CN11: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  10. The CN11 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  11. The rights desk: every source in the exhibition and the terms for using it institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Images, slide by slide

The featured object, "Look closely"
House of Worth, Ball gown, ca. 1872. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 46.25.1a-d. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record

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