Ruth Byrns and Jean McLaren Manhattan Turn-Style periodical
Content Description
This collection contains nineteen privately printed pages using a mimeograph type process, addressed to women readers. The feature is authored by two women in Sunnyside, Queens and covers "fashions, theatre, shop windows... all of the kaleidoscope that is New York, seen through women's eyes and written for women to read." The authors write much about fashion, particularly with regards to the seasonal styles worn by glamorous women promenading on New York's avenues.
Dates
- Creation: 1939
Creator
- McLaren, Jean (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is minimally processed and open for research.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter sized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a purchase from Jeffrey Rovenpor by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on December 13, 2018.
Condition Description
good
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Ruth Byrns and Jean McLaren Manhattan Turn-Style periodical
- Author
- Rose Oliveira
- Date
- 20 May 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States