Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959 (1893-1959)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1893-1959
Biography
Dorothy Shaver was born in 1893 and moved to New York with her sister Elsie, an artist, in the 1920s. Dorothy sold her sister's fashion drawings to Lord & Taylor and was hired by the department store to head its Comparative Shopping Bureau. Shaver worked her way up the ranks at Lord & Taylor and became the first American woman to head a major department store when she was named President in 1945. Shaver helped establish the Fashion Group International in 1931 and Museum of Costume Art which became the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1944.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dorothy Shaver, 1945-1959, 1945 - 1959
Sub-Series
Identifier: SC.125.2.8
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains biographical information, speeches, correspondence, press clippings, and photographs of Dorothy Shaver, president of Lord and Taylor, 1945-1959.
Dates:
1945 - 1959
Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010
Collection
Identifier: SC.125
Scope and Contents
This collection contains scrapbooks and company records related to the Lord and Taylor department stores, primarily focused on the original stores in New York City. The scrapbook series consists of unbound pages of newspaper and magazine clippings of Lord and Taylor stores in New York City and the greater New York Area. Company records include advertising, photographs and illustrations of Lord and Taylor buildings, company catalogs, press releases and clippings, as well as internal company...
Dates:
1826-2010
Found in:
Special Collections and FIT Archive