Ritter, Mortimer C. (Unknown)
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Dates
- Existence: Unknown
Biography
Dr. Mortimer C. Ritter served as FIT President from 1951-1952. He is credited with a large part in the development of cooperation between the apparel industry and education in New York City. He was aided in this work by Max Meyer, who had become known as the dean of the fashion industry. Ritter attended Boys High School in Brooklyn and received a Master of Arts degree at the Teachers College, Columbia University. He began his career as a designer of men's apparel. In 1920, he became a teacher of garment design and in 1926, the Board of Education appointed him to create the Central High School of the Needle Trades. He was principal of the High School and then the Director of FIT. In 1951, he was made its first President.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Dean Marion Brandriss interview, 1984 December 19, 1984 December 19
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.5
Scope and Contents
This is an interview with Dean Marion Brandriss, who retired from the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) in 1973. Brandriss explains her work as an English teacher and how she came to work at the City High School of Needle Trades where she met Mortimer Ritter. Brandriss explains how Ritter hand-picked his favorite instructors to help him build what would become the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). She discusses touring high schools in the spring of 1944 to...
Dates:
1984 December 19
Eleanor Fried interview, 1984 November 29, 1984 November 29
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.6
Scope and Contents
Eleanor Fried, the first head of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)’s placement office, discusses her upbringing and the circumstances that led her to the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) in 1947, shortly after its founding. She describes the early academic departments at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) and its demographics. Fried then details the institute’s successful management program and how the placement office went about...
Dates:
1984 November 29
Interview of Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg of the Patternmaking Department, 1995 February 27, 1995 February 27
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.22
Scope and Contents
This is an interview with three professors of the patternmaking department at FIT: Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg. At the time of the interview, Trattner was chair of the department. Greenberg started at FIT in 1947 and describes an incident that occurred during the Board of Education’s two-day exam, which was a prerequisite to patternmaking instruction. The three delve into FIT’s uniquely specialized program wherein students learn to make slopers. Trattner, a 9th...
Dates:
1995 February 27
Interview of Rosalind Snyder, 1984 November 1, 1984 November 1
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.1
Scope and Contents
Rosalind Snyder, Founder Dean Emeritus 1944-1963 of FIT, discusses the Institute’s inception at the Central High School of Needle Trades, it’s founding vision, and it’s progression to a college-level institution. Snyder describes the educational trajectory that led to her initial post as Assistant Director alongside Dr. Mortimer Ritter at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). She describes the early demographics of students and the evolution of the Fashion Institute of...
Dates:
1984 November 1
Mortimer C. Ritter records, 1951-1952, 1951-1952
Series
Identifier: SC.FITA.2.14
Scope and Contents
The records of Mortimer C. Ritter include correspondence.
Dates:
1951-1952
Norman Goodman interview, 1985 February 8, 1985 February 8
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.3
Scope and Contents
This interview is with Norman Goodman, son of one of the original Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) founders, Abe Goodman. Norman discusses his father’s emigration from Romania and subsequent start in the garment business at age 11. Abe’s ascension in the garment business was swift, and he established A. Goodman Company in 1932. Norman describes the company’s set-up, and his father’s decision to largely employ fellow immigrants. In the 1940s, Abe introduced his son to Dr....
Dates:
1985 February 8
The Reminiscences of Theodore Fred Kuper, 1967 September 29 and 1969 August 15, 1967 September 29 and 1969 August 15
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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