A number of books, periodicals and articles have been helpful as references in recording the events of the times. Synopsis of History, a folder issued by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston gives an excellent chronological chart of the ancient world. The Customs of Mankind by Lillian Eichler Watson, A Handy Book of Curious Information by William Shepard Walsh and A History of Industry by Ellen Louise Osgood have been useful, the first for the customs of the past, and the latter one for the development of industry and its effect upon society.
Historical and political events that have influenced the customs of the times have been found in A Short History of the Ancient World by Charles Edward Smith, The World of the Middle Ages by John L. La Monte, A Survey of European Civilization by Wallace K. Ferguson and Geoffrey Bruun, The Growth of Western Civilization by A. E. R. Boak, Albert Hyma, and P. W. Slosson, and American Political and Social History by Harold Underwood Faulkner.
Numerous magazines present aspects of daily living, a helpful one being Weekly World News Digest. References to historical, economic, and cultural events of other years have been obtained from various sources, such as Annual of The Americana, Book of the Year of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, An Encyclopedia of World History by William H. Langer, A Dictionary of Contemporaries, and Who Was Whom by Miriam Allen de Ford, Historical Tables by S. H. Steinberg, Famous First Facts, and More First Facts by Joseph Nathan Kane, Dictionary of Dates by Helen Rex Keller, and The Collectors Reference Books of Dates by Percy Jackson Higgs.
Many books are available in which reference is made to activities of women in the history of the world, namely: Womankind in Western Europe by Thomas R. Beard, Womans Place in Industry and Labor Organization. a chapter by Sophie Yudelson, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. XXIV, A Comparison of the Political and Civil Rights of Men and Women in the United States, a booklet published by the Government Printing Office, A Short History of Women by Sir John Langdon-Davies, Women from Bondage to Freedom by Ruby Husted Bell, Sumptuary Legislation and Personal Regulation in England, a chapter by Elizabeth Baldwin, in Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Vol. XLIV, and Womankind in Western Europe by Thomas Wright.
BOOKS ON COSTUME
Adam, Frank, The Clans, Septs and Scottish Highlands, by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney (London, W. and A. K. Johnston, Ltd., 1952).
Alexander, Christine, Jewelry (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1928).
French Ministry of War, Arme Franais Uniforms, Documents stables sous les Auspices du Ministre de la Guerre (Paris, LUniform Officiel, 1951).
Baker, Blanch, Dramatic Bibliography (New York, The H. W. Wilson Co., 1933).
Barton, Lucy, Historic Costume for the Stage (Boston, Walter H. Baker Co., 1935).
Beaulieu, Michle, Contribution ltude de la Mode Paris (Paris, R. Munier, 1936).
Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine Franais, The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria (London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1804).
Blanc, Auguste Alexander Philippe Charles, Art in Ornament and Dress (London, Chapman and Hall, 1877).
Blum, Andr, Histoire du Costume en France (Paris, Hachette, 1924).
Boeheim, Wendelin, Handbuch der Waffenkunde (Leipzig, H. A. Seemann, 1890).
Boehn, Max von, Modes and Manners, 4 vols., translated by Juan Joshua, (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, Co., 1932-36 ) .
Braun, Louis, and others, Zur Geschichte der Kostme (Munich, Braun and Schneider, 1909).
Brooke, Iris, Western European Costume and Its Relation to the Theatre (London, G. G. Harrap Ltd., 1939).
Brooklyn Public Library, A Reading and Reference List on Costume (Brooklyn, 1909).
Bruhn, Wolfgang, Das Kostmwerk (Berlin, E. Wasmuth, 1941).
Brummell, George Bryan (Beau Brummell), Male and Female Costume (Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday and Co. Inc., 1932).
Burris-Meyer, Elizabeth, This Is Fashion (New York, Harper and Brothers, 1943).
Calderini, Emma, Il Costume Popolare en Italia (Milan, Sperling and Kupfer, 1934).
Chalif, Louis Harvey, Russian Festivals and Costumes for Pageants and Dances (New York, Chalif Russian School of Dancing, 1921).
Challamel, Jean Baptiste Marie Augustin, The History of Fashion in France (New York, Scribner and Welford, 1882).
Chalmers, Helena, Clothes on and off the Stage (New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1928).
Chuse, Anne R., Costume Design (Pelham, N. Y., Bridgman Publishers, 1930).
Clifford, C. R., Period Furnishings (New York, Clifford and Lawton, 1927).
, C. R., The Lace Dictionary (New York, Clifford and Lawton, 1913).
Colas, Ren, Bibliographie Gnral du Costume et de la Mode (Paris, R. Colas, 1933).
Crawford, Morris de Camp, The Ways of Fashion (New York, Fairchild Pub. Co., 1948).
Cunnington, Cecil Willet, The Art of English Costume (London, Collins, 1949).
Cunnington, C. Willet and Phillis, The History of Underclothes (London, Michael Joseph, 1951).
Dabney, Edith, and Wise, C. M., A Book of Dramatic Costume (New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1931).
Davenport, Millia, The Book of Costume, 2 vols. (New York, Crown Publishers, 1948).
DIvori, Joan, pseud. see Vila-Puig, Juan.
Doten, Hazel R., Fashion Drawing: How to Do It (New York, Harper and Brothers, 1939).
Downey, John Godwin, CosmeticsPast and Present, Journal of American Medical Association (June, 1934).
Evans, Mary, Costume Throughout the Ages (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1950).
, How to Make Historic American Costumes (New York, A. S. Barnes and Co., 1942).
Fairholt, Frederick W., Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the 18th Century, 2 vols. (London, G. Bell and Sons, 1909-10).
, Satirical Songs and Poems on Costume from XIII-XIX Century (London, Pearcy Society, 1849).
Funk, Wilfred J., So You Think Its New (New York, Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1927).
Gallois, mile, Costumes de lUnion Franaise (Paris, Editions Arc-en-Ciel, 1946).
, Costumes Espagnols (New York, French and European Publications, 1939).
, Provinces Franais (New York, French and European Publications, 1936).
Garavito, H., 6 Pinturas de Chichicastenango, Guatemala (Guatemala, C. A., B. Zadik and Co., Editores, n. d.).
Garcia Boiza, Antonio, El Traje Regional Salmantino (Madrid, Spain, Espasa-Calpe, 1940).