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🚨Attention: Cornell undergrads!🚨

Apply to the Kheel Center Undergraduate Research Award!

Submit your research project - completed between fall and spring of the current academic year - using the archival collections held at the Kheel Center or other archival repositories at Cornell.

Applications are due May 31st.

APPLY & FIND MORE INFO HERE: http://tinyurl.com/kheelprize. Link is also in our bio.

#kheelcenter #ILR #cornelluniversity #rarecornell #cornelllibrary by @kheelcenter

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🚨Attention labor relations scholars! 🚨

The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library is offering 3 travel grants for this interested in conducting at the Kheel Center.

🗓️Application Deadline: May 31st
Learn more and apply at the link in our bio

#travelgrant #archivalresearch #kheelcenter by @kheelcenter

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Denim was once made for labor. Today, it walks the runway. What changed?

Now on view at Catherwood Library, “Weathering the Storm: The Role of Labor in an Era of Climate Change” explores the connections between clothing, labor history, and environmental change through historical photographs, environmental reports, and garments selected by Cornell students.

Featuring archival materials from the Kheel Center (@kheelcenter) at the ILR School (@cornellilr) and garments from the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (@cornellhumec), the exhibit traces the evolution of workwear, from red bandanas worn by striking coal miners to clothing that has become everyday fashion and luxury.

On view through August 2027.
Learn more at the link in bio. taken in Cornell University ILR School by @kheelcenter

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For the first time in over a decade, garments from fashion designer Ralph Rucci’s atelier collections have been brought together under one roof as part of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC) at @cornellhumec.

Documentary materials, including thousands of original sketches, patterns and swatches, are housed by the @kheelcenter at @cornell_library. The collection includes 125 cubic feet of paper materials: approximately 8,000 sketches, 3,000 patterns, thousands of fabric swatches and hundreds of photographs.

📝 The archive is accessible to students, researchers and the public, ensuring Rucci’s legacy lives on and inspires future generations of designers.

“One can see the evolution of ideas from Rucci’s sketches with handwritten notes appended with feathers, fabrics and color schemes in the Kheel Center to the final garments in Cornell’s Fashion and Textile Collection,” said Steven Calco, head of the Kheel Center. “Studying the design from inception to execution will be invaluable for students learning these fashion design skills at Cornell and the profession at large. Preserving these records ensures students and future researchers can study the relationship between design, craft, labor and production in the fashion and textile industries.”

Read more via the link in bio! taken in Kheel Center for Archives by @kheelcenter

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Celebrating Catherwood Library’s annual Cookie Day! 🍪📚

Each year, the ILR community comes together to enjoy cookies, connect with one another, and take home free books. We hope everyone enjoyed this iconic tradition! Students smiling and holding free cookies from the ILR School's annual Cookie Day at Catherwood Library taken in Cornell University ILR School by @kheelcenter

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We are humbled and honored to care for such an important part of fashion history.

In 2002, Chado Ralph Rucci became the first fashion house established in the United States to be invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to present on the official Paris haute couture calendar. When you encounter the garments in person, you’ll understand why.

The archive documenting Ralph Rucci’s extraordinary design practice, process, and métier is now preserved at @cornelluniversity 🖤 Nearly 500 individual garments and accessories are stewarded by the @cornellfashioncollection in the College of Human Ecology and 125 cubic feet of sketches, patterns, textile swatches, photographs, and other documentary records are held by the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives within @cornell_library

The Ralph Rucci Collection preserves not only the finished garments, but the ideas, processes, materials, labor, and extraordinary skill behind their making — for students, designers, researchers, and generations still to come.

#ralphrucci #fashioncollection #americancouture #fashionhistory #cornellfashion @ralphrucci taken in Hotel D' Evreux Place Vendome by @kheelcenter

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Inside a long-unopened garment bag was a fashion time capsule. ✨

As Cornell fashion design students carefully lifted out an intricate bolero, porcupine quills tinkled, revealing one of nearly 500 garments by legendary American designer Ralph Rucci that now have a new home at Cornell.

For the first time in more than a decade, pieces from Rucci’s acclaimed haute couture and ready-to-wear collections have been brought together under one roof in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC), alongside thousands of his original sketches, patterns, swatches and other archival materials preserved by Cornell University Library’s Kheel Center.

“I remember feeling a combination of awe, responsibility and urgency, because I immediately wanted students to be able to see what I was seeing – to understand that fashion can be this complex, this demanding and this moving,” said Denise Green, director of the CF+TC and Lau Family Associate Professor in Fiber Science and Apparel Design.

For students, the collection offers a rare opportunity to study couture from the inside out, examining everything from hidden seams, intricate handwork and structural construction to Rucci’s unexpected use of materials including porcupine quills, horsehair, feathers, gemstones and glass beads. Thousands of sketches, patterns and fabric swatches preserved alongside the garments also allow students to trace his designs from initial idea to finished piece.

“Getting to experience Ralph Rucci’s work up close reminded me of the endless possibilities to innovate in the field of fashion,” said Tabitha Mueller-Schrader ’26.

Three Rucci garments are currently on view in “Approaching America: Myth, Dress, and Belonging” through Sept. 16 in the Gold Gallery in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.

Looking ahead to spring 2027, “Ralph Rucci: Taking Dictation,” a retrospective of Rucci’s work, will open at the Johnson Museum.
Read the full story at the link in bio.

Photo Credit: CF+TC/Galib Braschler/Bil Donovan/Provided by @kheelcenter

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Save the date for the sweetest day of the year: Cookie Day! 🍪

Join the ILR School in Catherwood Library this Thursday, ✨September 17✨ for free cookies (and free books)! 📚

Stop by early (starting 9am), because the cookies disappear fast! Vegan and gluten-free options will be available. taken in Cornell University ILR School by @kheelcenter

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#Onthisday we remember all those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, as well as those who later died from illnesses linked to their exposure to the attacks and recovery efforts.
The collection of hardhats from various unions in the building trades contains one which was worn at Ground Zero after the attacks of September 11, 2001. After 9/11, the ILR School partnered with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York to create a building trades support network for members who were impacted by their recovery and clean up efforts. The program includes educational workshops on stress and anxiety, special events for workers and their families and referrals for additional support services.
#kheelcenter #september11 #neverforget #ILRschool by @kheelcenter

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Labor Day, through the archives.

This Labor Day, we’re looking back through selections from the @kheelcenter collections that offer a glimpse into the history of labor and the workplace.

The Kheel Center, part of Catherwood Library, is home to special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. taken in Cornell University by @kheelcenter

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“If you get lit, don’t shine.”
This labor poster promotes Operation Red Block, a program supported by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to combat alcohol and drug abuse among railroad workers. The campaign emphasized workplace safety and encouraged workers to help one another address substance abuse.
#laborhistory #laborarchives #kheelcenter #unionhistory #railroadhistory by @kheelcenter

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We join millions in remembering Dolly Parton, who passed away on August 25 at age 80.

From her music to her work as an advocate for workers and working people, Dolly’s voice resonated across generations. Her iconic song “9 to 5” became an enduring anthem about the frustrations of working life.

These photographs from the Kheel Center’s ACTWU Labor Unity Photograph Files capture Dolly in the comedy movie 9 to 5. The collection consists of over 12,000 photographs, covering over sixty years of history of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union.

We remember Dolly Parton and the lasting impact of her music, generosity, and unmistakable voice.
#DollyParton #LaborHistory #LaborArchives #KheelCenter #9to5 by @kheelcenter

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