The Shaker Historical Society & Museum is proud to announce that Kate Connors will present her experience working on the Shaker Historical Society’s Textile Collection on Sunday, May 17th at 3pm with a free lecture entitled Fashion and Fabric with Kate Connors. This program is presented to complement our current exhibit- Out of the Closet: Rarely Seen Textiles from the Collection.
Kate interned at the Shaker Historical Society during the summer of 2014. During her internship, Kate organized, photographed and inventoried our textile collection.
Fashion and Fabric with Kate Connors
Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 3pm
FREE
RSVP to Ruth at 216-921-1201
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Kate Connors was a summer 2014 collections intern at the Shaker Historical Society. She is currently an undergraduate student at the College of William and Mary, where she has studied early American history with the National Institute of American History and Democracy. Growing up in Shaker Heights, Kate fostered an early appreciation for the past by memorizing revolutionary war information in first grade. It is fitting, therefore, that Kate attends college in a town whose main attraction is a living history museum. When not taking in the colonial sights, Kate spends her time on the water with the Tribe sailing team, in the library, or drinking coffee (on the way to the library).
Her close inspection of the SHS’s entire textile collection gives her a unique perspective from which to speak about it in its entirety. Learn from her observations and many other textiles that remain inside the closet!