Browsing by Author "Marshall, Mary Helen"
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- Appalachian quilts of Floyd County, VirginiaDavis, Susan L. (Virginia Tech, 1980-05-09)The purpose of the research was to study the evolution of quilts in Floyd County, Virginia, as a means of documenting the life and culture of the county natives. Both documents and relics were examined and methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis were utilized. The relics were any existing quilts made in Floyd County, while the documents included not only those in traditionally written form, but those in the unwritten form--in this case, twenty-two oral interviews. A visual instrument was developed to substantiate subject responses to interview questions. Geographic, economic and cultural factors were shown to have played an important part in determining the characteristics of Floyd County quilts. County aesthetic values were determined to be closely related to nature. Design lines were moderately complex and color preferences fell in the primary and secondary color range. Due to the historic functional use of quilts, no relation was found between the women's craftsmanship and design ability.
- ButtonholesMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Extension, 1974-04)Presents fundamental principles of making buttonholes on garments.
- Clothing availability from department and speciality stores: implications for self-esteem, body satisfaction, and design line preference of large-size womenDoss, Farrell Dean (Virginia Tech, 1990-04-05)Clothing can be used as a tool to adjust one’s image in society. Western society’s infatuation with the slim body type has caused great discomfort for the large-size female. Hence, the effective use of the clothing "tool" is most important for the large-size female. This study was designed to determine if the place of purchase of clothing limited or enhanced the effectiveness of the clothing "tool". The objectives of this study were to determine if large-size women who shopped in department stores differed in self-esteem, body satisfaction, and design line preference from large-size women who shopped in specialty stores and to determine if relationships existed among these variables. Data were collected using a modified version of the Baggs Scale. The Likert type instrument was comprised of 10 self-esteem, 7 body satisfaction, and 14 design line preference items. The remainder of the instrument was composed of demographic information. The instrument was pre-tested twice using the female employees of The College of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. The final sample of 59 large-size females was derived from a random sample of female employees at Virginia Tech. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, and Pearson Product Moment Correlations. The sample exhibited a high positive self-esteem, low body satisfaction, and a preference for clothing with vertical orientations. Significant correlations were found to exist among the variables.
- Clothing in the elderly yearsBaker, Marjorie Y. (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1972)Discusses stylish and comfortable clothing for older people, particularly women, and presents examples of alterations for a better fit.
- Clothing interest and self-perception of female adolescents with scoliosisLiskey, Natalie A. (Virginia Tech, 1989-05-05)This research investigated the relationships between clothing interest and self-perception among scoliosis patients and their non-handicapped peers. The objectives were (1) to investigate the differences in selected clothing interest factors and self-perception domains between female adolescents with scoliosis and non-handicapped female adolescents and (2) to investigate relationships between clothing interests and self-perception among female adolescents with scoliosis and non-handicapped female adolescents. Data were obtained from 70 female adolescents of which 35 had scoliosis and 35 were non-handicapped. A clothing inventory, developed by Creekmore in 1963 and revised by Borsari in 1978, titled "Dimensions of Clothing Interest," was used to measure clothing dimensions of interest, conformity, modesty, psychological awareness, and self concept. A second instrument, the "Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents", developed by Harter in 1988, was used to measure five domains of self-perception which were: social acceptance, athletic competence, romantic appeal, physical attractiveness, and global self-worth.
- Domestic-made versus imported men's dress shirts:college men's attitudes and quality perceptionLin, Shiouh-Miin (Virginia Tech, 1987-07-05)The purposes of this study were (1) to identify selected consumers' attitudes toward purchasing domestic- made shirts and those imported from a low-wage country, and (2) to evaluate the relative effects of price, brand name, and country-of-origin on perception of quality of men's dress shirts. A convenience sample of 120 male undergraduate students registered at Virginia Tech completed questionnaires in selected classes. Research hypotheses that consumers' attitudes toward selected beneficial and imagery attributes would be more positive for domestic shirts than for imported shirts were supported in the single cue situation. The effects of price, brand name and country-of-origin on consumers' quality perception were significant with price and brand name slightly more important than country-of-origin. The interactions between price and country-of-origin, and between brand name and country-of-origin were not significant.
- Ideas for Lengthening GarmentsMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1978-04)Describes several ways to up-date the length of garments by lengthening them.
- The impact of married women's employment on household expenditures for clothingDeWeese, Gail (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987)The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of wives’ employment status and occupation on household expenditures for clothing, when controlling for income and various sociodemographic variables. The sample consisted of 2,285 households selected from the public use tapes of the Quarterly Interview component of the 1980-81 Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A four-stage econometric analysis of the data included: (1) probit analysis to obtain predicted probabilities of wives’ labor force participation; (2) tobit analysis to predict wives’ wage rates; (3) tobit analyses of six separate clothing expenditure models that contained predicted values from (1) and (2); and (4) tobit analysis of a clothing expenditure model that contained predicted values from (2) in addition to dummy variables for wives’ occupations. The predicted probability of the wife’s employment status was not significant in explaining expenditures for household, women’s, boy’s, or infant’s clothing. Expenditures for men’s clothing were positively affected by an increase in the predicted probability of the wife’s employment, while expenditures for girl’s clothing were negatively impacted by an increase in the predicted probability. Households with women employed in Professional, Traditional, or Uniformed occupations exhibited higher expenditures for clothing than did households with women who were homemakers.
- Virginia 4-H fashion revue record for (year)Marshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1984-07)A record of a participant's activities in the Virginia 4-H fashion revue program.
- Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue Record for (Year)Marshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1980-10)A report used to detail one's participation in the Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue Program.
- Virginia 4-H fashion revue tabulation card for grand scoreMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Extension Division, 1982-05)This is a score card for the 4-H fashion revue.
- Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue. Part 1, Score Sheet for Judging the ContestantMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1980-03)A score card used to judge Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue contestants.
- Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue. Part 2, Score Sheet for Judging the Record of the ContestantMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1980-04)A score card used to judge Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue contestants.
- Virginia 4-H fashion revue. Part I, Score sheet for judging the contestantMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1983-12)A score sheet for judging contestants in the Virginia 4-H fashion revue project.
- Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue. Tabulation Card for Grand ScoreMarshall, Mary Helen (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1979-06)A tabulation card used to calculate the grand score of a contestant in Virginia 4-H Fashion Revue.