Document written by UNT College of Visual Arts and Design Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker as part of a university award recognizing outstanding staff members. The essay, titled "Edward the Great," outlines the ways that UNT Special Collections librarian and TFC collection manager Edward Hoyenski supported and advanced the TFC from 2011 through when this letter was written in the spring of 2014.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate assistant Janelle McCabe and volunteer Heather mounting a garment as part of collection digitization in in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection volunteer photographer Joe Barentine documenting a Victor Costa suit as part of collection digitization in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker standing with TFC donor Ina Rose Bogen and examining garments in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection volunteer photographer Joe Barentine documenting a Bonnie Cashin tunic as part of collection digitization in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection volunteer photographer Joe Barentine documenting artifacts as part of collection digitization in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph from an event themed around the popular period television show "Downton Abbey" held at the Kathy Adams furniture and design showroom. In this image, exas Fashion Collection artifacts from the 1910-1930s on display on a raised platform.

Photograph from an event themed around the popular period television show "Downton Abbey" held at the Kathy Adams furniture and design showroom. In this image, UNT College of Visual Arts and Design art history professor Mickey Abel and design department chair and professor Cindy Mohr look at Texas Fashion Collection artifacts on display.

Photograph from an event themed around the popular period television show "Downton Abbey" held at the Kathy Adams furniture and design showroom. In this image, Texas Fashion Collection director and UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor Myra Walker stands next to UNT CVAD Dean Robert Milnes next to a display of TFC artifacts.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate student assistant Annette Becker pulling a clear thread to balance a mannequin as part of collection digitization in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate student assistants Janelle McCabe and Annette Becker talking in the entry area of the TFC's space in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph from an event themed around the popular period television show "Downton Abbey" held at the Kathy Adams furniture and design showroom. In this image, Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker (left) speaks with a visitor and UNT College of Visual Arts and Design advancement officer Susan Sanders.

Photograph of members of a sewing guild examining an ensemble in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection staff celebrating Mardi Gras around a dress by Arnold Scaasi, including TFC graduate area assistant and UNT College of Visual Arts and Design art history graduate student Annette Becker, TFC collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski, and TFC director and UNT CVAD fashion design professor Myra Walker, shown in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of members of a sewing guild examining an ensemble in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1. Texas Fashion Collectiondirector Myra Walker stands on the far left.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker next to TFC donor Ina Rose Bogen in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker standing next to TFC donor Ina Rose Bogen and TFC collection manager Edward Hoyenski in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a group of metalsmiths including Umut Demirguc (left), James Thurman (middle), and a visiting artist (right) with Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker (grey vest) in Texas Fashion Collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1. They are all posing together for their portrait.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski leading a group of visitors from Fossil on a tour of TFC storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski leading a group of visitors from Fossil on a tour of TFC storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski leading a group of visitors from Fossil on a tour of TFC storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a San Antonio Art Institute instructor, Alisa Otto, drawing students' attention to the pattern marking on the back of a Givenchy jacket in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of two students from the San Antonio Art Institute mounting a Norman Norell dress in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of metalsmith Umut Demirguc (in blue) examining jewelry in a flat file draw in Texas Fashion Collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1.