Ann Buermann Wass | Oral History | Costume Society of America

Costume Society of America Parliamentarian and former Board Member Dr. Ann Buermann Wass speaks with CSA about Executive Director Kristen Miller Zohn her fascinating career. Dr. Wass has been a member of CSA since 1986, when she began her Ph.D. studies. Through the years, she has been an adjunct professor, worked in theater costume shops, and was a retail management trainee. For almost two decades, she was a history/museum specialist at Riversdale, a Federal-era house museum of the Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, and her tenure included two years as the acting manager. She researches and makes clothing for living history interpretation of the Federal/Regency era and is the author of many publications, including Clothing through American History: The Federal Era through Antebellum, 1786-1860, which was written with her co-author Michelle Webb Fandrich. Did you enjoy this video? Please consider supporting Costume Society of America’s mission and our free webinar series by clicking here to make a contribution: https://csoa.memberclicks.net/contributions.