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The Ruth Ketterer Harris Special Collection is devoted to the study of textiles and design. It is named in honor of Ruth Ketterer Harris, a weaving professor who served as the first curator of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection.


library The nucleus of this special noncirculating collection was a gift from Helen Louise Allen. Generous support over the years has resulted in a growing collection that now includes more than 4,000 books, pamphlets and journals. A bequest from the estate of Ruth Ketterer Harris doubled the library's holdings and in 1993, integrated the collection within the School of Human Ecology. The library is cataloged in the UW-Madison's electronic library system.

 

Highlights from the Harris Library


Shibori Textiles of Southeast Asia

We invite you to read these books from the Harris Library using Google Books. To read them, just click on the cover images to the left.

 

The library is currently closed. We hope to reopen for limited weekday hours this fall. Please explore our online resources to pursue your textile research, and visit us in person when we reopen in our new building in September 2012.

 

The Harris Library is in Room 2409 of Sterling Hall 475 North Charter Street. Library hours vary each semester. For information please email harrislibrary@mail.sohe.wisc.edu or call 608-262-0060.

 

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