Film and Theater Costuming Sources

Film & Theatre Costuming: Image Databases

History of Costume
This is a database of historic costume images found in fine art works. It is a great source to find out what costumes, accessories and hairstyles were being worn in a different historical periods in various countries.  It is arranged by historic periods from  ancient Egypt to 1992.
*If accessing off campus, you will be asked for a user name and password. The user name is your EUID and the password is the Eagle Mail password.

Film & Theatre Costuming: Books

Located in Reference, 1st Floor, Willis Library (unless otherwise noted).

*Also see the Historic Costume and  Fashion Identification Sources for great visual reference books.

Survey of Historic Costume GT580. T67 1998
More Costumes for the Stage GT1741. J323 1993
American Costume, 1915-1970: A Source Book for the Stage Costume PN2067.03 1982
Film Costume: An Annotated Bibliography Z5691.P75
Costume on the Stage, 1640-1940 (DeMarly) GT1741.D4 1982 (2nd Floor, Willis Library)
Theatrical Costume, Masks, Make-up and Wigs: A Bibliography and Iconography Z5691 .J68 2000 (Reference, 1st Floor, Willis Library)
Film Literature Index 1973-(Abstracts & Indexes, 1st Floor, Willis Library)