Goodman, Shirley, 1915-1991 (1915-1991)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1915-1991
Biography
Shirley Goodman came to the college in 1949 to help draft the legislation making FIT part of the SUNY system. She was a key figure in the college’s development and served for many years as the executive vice president of FIT as well as the executive director of FIT’s Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries (now the FIT Foundation) until her death in 1991.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Shirley Goodman interview, 1984 February 7, 1984 February 7
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.8
Scope and Contents
This is an interview with Executive Vice President Emeritus and Executive Director of the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries Shirley Goodman. She discusses her family history and first job in Washington D.C. This led her to a string of other opportunities including cooperating with Robert Moses to plan the 1939 World’s Fair in New York and participating in New York’s “Golden Anniversary,” in 1948. That year she was introduced to FIT; the start of a very long relationship....
Dates:
1984 February 7
Shirley Goodman records, 1966-1971, 1966-1971
Series
Identifier: SC.FITA.2.8
Scope and Contents
The records of Shirley Goodman include speeches, correspondence, and press clippings about her activities on behalf of the college.
Dates:
1966-1971
Susan Rietman interview, 2019 February 20, 2019 February 20
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.23
Scope and Contents
Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Susan Rietman, a professor from FIT's Textile Service Design and Fabric Styling program. Susan recalls her childhood and how her life led to fashion, particularly how a serigraphy course led her into the field textiles. She talks about her mother's designer clothing collection that she has kept, and about her move to New York right after college in 1961. Her first job was with Leslie Tillet at "D.D. and Leslie Tillett" where she...
Dates:
2019 February 20
The Reminiscences of Theodore Fred Kuper, 1967 September 29 and 1969 August 15, 1967 September 29 and 1969 August 15
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.9
Scope and Contents
Articles and interview of Theodore Fred Kuper about the origins of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.), conducted by the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University in 1969. "These reminiscences of Theodore Fred Kuper refer to the creation and development of the Fashion Institute of Technology, a Community College of the City of New York under the program of the University of the State of New York, together with the creation of the Educational Foundation for the...
Dates:
1967 September 29 and 1969 August 15
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