By Pam Markel, NCA President
The preservation of our organization's history has been foremost on my mind. In August of 2023, we will be celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Costumers Association. As I have been organizing and sorting through all the historical papers and pictures, I am amazed how dedicated our founding members were. They saw a need to band together and establish an association of businesspeople with like interests and goals. It didn't happen overnight, it took a lot of work and fortitude but in 1923 they succeeded, and the National Costumers Association was born.
I came across an interesting excerpt from The Costumer dated May 1927, written by John Hansen, who at the time was secretary/treasurer of the NCA. Mr. Hansen tells the story of these dedicated individuals and their efforts to work together and establish the organization we have come to love and enjoy.
