This course explores the multiple ways the clothes we wear tell stories about our life’s journey and are embedded with meaning and memory. How do our clothes communicate identity, offer protection, and celebrate the past? How do we read or interpret the performance of ourselves and others by the garments we inhabit? How have the rapid changes in fashion and technology since the 16th century altered our physical bodies and rewritten the narrative of our clothing choices? Through the reading of historical and contemporary fiction and non-fiction, personal narrative, and essays, we will explore and make sense of the meaning and memories created by the clothes hanging on our bodies and in our closets. Our goal will be to focus on how scholarly based inquiry can help us to answer our questions, and how this inquiry can inform current discussions about cultural memory. Projects may include oral history, material culture curation, short essays, and the manipulation of garments.
The “Library of Things” is a collection of non-traditional items and materials for extracurricular and leisure activities that the library provides to the Willamette Community. It includes tools, outdoor items, electronics, craft supplies, and more. The Library of things catalog is available at the circulation desk:
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Library Hours Reference Hours
Mon-Thu 8 am - Midnight Mon-Wed 10 am - 5 pm & 6 pm - 9 pm
Fri 8 am - 6 pm Thu 10 am - 5 pm
Sat 10 am - 6 pm Fri 1 pm - 4 pm
Sun 10 am - Midnight Sat-Sun (Closed)
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The library is open to the general public Mon-Fri 8 am - 6 pm and Sat 10 am - 6 pm.
Listed below are the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress (LC) Classification. Click on any class to view an outline of its subclasses in an interactive PDF format. This list is based off of the Library of Congress Classification Outline.
