Publications

The Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Newsletter, published annually for friends and supporters, contains articles about the activities and acquisitions of the collection. Other publications are produced in conjunction with exhibitions and research projects.

Huipil, as pictured on the cover of the exhibition catalog Identity in Cloth by Beverly Gordon with Mary Ann Fitzgerald (1993).

HUIPIL(woman's blouse)
Pocomchi people
by AJ Kemmol Women's Weaving Cooperative
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Tactic
1995
cotton 
Private Collection

HELEN LOUISE ALLEN TEXTILE COLLECTION

Publications List

• Pixels and Textiles: Digital Close-ups and Objects from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection.  HLATC.  Exhibition catalog, 2001.  32p., 1 color illus., bibliography. $4.50.
• Nothing To Sneeze At: Handkerchiefs from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection.  HLATC.  Exhibition catalog, 1999.  30p., 1 b&w illus., bibliography.  $3.50.
• TANA BANA: The Woven Soul of Pakistan.  HLATC.  Exhibition catalog, 1998.  28p., 7 color illus., bibliography. $4.50.
• Stories To Tell: Recent Acquisitions from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection.  HLATC.  Exhibition catalog, 1996.  20p., 1 b&w illus., bibliography.  $2.50.
• Identity in Cloth: Continuity and Survival in Guatemalan Textiles. Beverly Gordon with Mary Ann Fitzgerald. Exhibition catalog, 1993. 38p., 32 b&w illus., 1 map, bibliography. $10.00
• Exploring the World of Textiles: Study Modules for the Helen Allen Collection Videodisc. Beverly Gordon. 1991. 247p., bibliography. $10.00
• Handkerchiefs and History. Josephine H. Pollock. 1990. 101p., bibliography. Index included. $15.00
• Imagery in Copperplate-Printed Textiles from the Helen Allen Textile Collection. Reed McMillan. 1990. 11p., 4 b&w illus., bibliography. $2.50
• An Intricacy of Design: Kashmir Shawls in the Helen Allen Textile Collection. Rae Atira-Soncea and Beverly Gordon. 1990. 11p., 4 b&w illus., bibliography. $2.50
• Kasuri: Japan's Ikat Tradition. Kristine Louise Hastreiter. 1990. 9p., 9 illus., bibliography. $2.50
• A Wealth of Pattern: Northern European and Middle Eastern Folk Knitting in the Helen Allen Textile Collection. Ruta Saliklis. 1990. 12p., 10 b&w illus., bibliography. $2.50
• Textiles from the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. Lisa Richmond. Exhibition catalog, 1989. 10p., 6 b&w illus., bibliography. $ .50
• Andean Aesthetics: Textiles of Peru and Bolivia. Blenda Femenias, et al. Exhibition catalog, 1987. 84p., 122 b&w illus., 1 map, bibliography. $19.95
• Costumes of Five Continents. Elvehjem Museum of Art. Exhibition catalog, 1984. unpaged, 5 b&w illus. $ .50
• Two Faces of South Asian Art: Textiles and Painting. Blenda Femenias and Joan Raducha. Exhibition catalog, 1984. 135p., 165 b&w illus., 11 color illus., 1 map, bibliography. $17.95
• Shapes and Designs of Ancient Peru. Elvehjem Museum of Art. Exhibition catalog, 1977. unpaged, 11 b&w illus., 1 map. $ .50
• A Catalogue of Berlin Wool Work in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection (photocopy edition). Otto Charles Thieme. 1976. unpaged, 67 b&w illus., bibliography. $20.00
• American Coverlets of the Nineteenth Century from the HLATC.  Elvehjem Museum of Art.  Exhibition catalog, 1974.  85 p., 38 b&w illus., 24 drafts.  $8.00

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