Lucy Barton

American academic (1891–1979)

Lucy Barton
Born	1891
Died	1979
Nationality	American

Lucy Barton (1891 - 1979) was an American academic.

Born in Ogden, Utah, Barton received her bachelor's degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917; in 1943 she received her master's degree at New York University. Four years later she took a position as a theater instructor at the University of Texas at Austin; she would go on to become the head of the drama department at the University of Alabama. She completed a textbook, Historic Costume for the Stage, that was published in 1935. It was followed in 1945 by another book, Period Patters, that acted as a complement to the first.^[1] The former volume has become a standard reference work in the field.^[2]

References

^ James Fisher (1 June 2011). Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7950-8.
^ Elizabeth J. Lewandowski (2011). The Complete Costume Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-0-8108-4004-1.