Videotape collection of Mildred Levine Albert, 1985-1991
Overview
Videotapes of Mildred Levine Albert, international fashion consultant and educator.
Dates
- Creation: 1985-1991
Creator
- Albert, Mildred Levine, 1905-1991 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
TERMS OF USE
Access. Unrestricted, except that researchers must inform the executor or his representative about their research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Various copyrights; see individual tape.
Copying. Videotapes may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
8 videotapesIncludes fashion segments narrated by Mildred Albert on the "Good Day" show, a tribute to Mildred Levine Albert on her 82nd birthday documenting the history of Academie Moderne and fashion trends of the previous fifty years, and an interview with Albert about Academie Moderne.
For folders #1-148, Mildred Levine Albert Papers, 1910-1991 (MC 423).
Biography
International fashion consultant, educator, lecturer, columnist, producer of fashion shows, and radio/TV personality, Albert founded the Academie Moderne, a modeling and finishing school in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1936. She was also co-director of the Hart Model Agency, presented lectures and television and radio interviews on fashion, and produced and coordinated fashion shows in Boston and nationally. She was married to James Albert, a lawyer; they had two daughters and a son.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 92-M169
These videotapes were given to the Schlesinger Library in September 1992 by Mildred Elizabeth (Levine) Albert's husband, James Albert, and their three children.
Related Material:
There is related material at the Schlesinger Library; see Mildred Levine Albert Papers, 1910-1991 (MC 423).
Processing Information
Processed: June 1995
By: Katherine Herrlich
Creator
- Albert, Mildred Levine, 1905-1991 (Person)
Subject
- Albert, Mildred Levine, 1905-1991 (Interviewee, Person)
- Title
- Albert, Mildred Levine, 1905-1991. Videotape collection of Mildred Levine Albert, 1985-1991: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00421
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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