Stern and Stern Textile Importers, Inc. logs, 1935-1964

Collection

Identifier: SC.506

Scope and Contents

This is a small collection of textile industry logs created in the day-to-day business activities of Stern and Stern Textile Importers, Inc. They are dated from 1935 to 1965, and were likely used to provide quotes for custom weaving of textiles. In addition to the log pages, there is some correspondence and other documents pertaining to the business.

Dates

Creation: 1935-1964

Creator

Stern and Stern Textile Importers, Inc. (Organization)

Language of Materials

English Latin

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive. If you have any questions, or wish to schedule an appointment contact us at [email protected] or call (212) 217-4385.

Conditions Governing Use

The Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.

Full Extent

1 placeholder : Four 5.5x8" disbound logs with paper documents. Some pages have textile swatches.

Additional Description

Arrangement

Log pages and other documents were removed from their original binders and placed into one folder for each binder.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Log pages were removed from their binders in the order they were found. They are not numbered, and are not in chronological order. Regardless, their order must be retained carefully as some notes on the backs of some pages refer to the facing page. Reordering the pages would cause considerable damage to the context of such notes.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

While the logs were donated by the office of Dean Shannon Maher of the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, who believes the logs belonged to the school’s previous Dean Steven Frumkin, the logs were likely created by the textile company Stern & Stern Textile Importers, Inc., and the connection between Frumkin and Stern & Stern is unclear.