Phillips, Seymour (Unknown)
Person
Dates
- Existence: Unknown
Biography
Seymour J. Phillips was chairman of the board of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and vice president of Beth Isreal Medical Center. This Manhattan-based company sold homemade shirts to coal miners, becoming a major manufacturer and retailer of men's apparel.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Seymour Phillips interview, 1984 February 03, 1984 February 03
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.92
Scope and Contents
From the sub-sub-sub-series:
The Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries began informally in the late 1970s, and was officially funded by a grant from the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries beginning in 1981. The project was guided by an industry advisory committee chaired by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., and was largely guided by then director of the Gladys Marcus Library at FIT, John Touhey.
Dates:
1984 February 03