Ruth Finley collection, 1941-2016
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to Ruth Finley. The majority of the collection consists of published versions of the periodicals Fashion Calendar and the Fashion International from 1947-2014. The collection also includes published and draft copies of Fashion Calendar, Fashion International, Home Furnishing Calendar, Fashion Trade Calendar, and New York Fashion Council. It also includes business-related materials in the form of advertising, membership, and subscription information for each publication. The collection includes personal records collected by Ruth Finley, including emails, programs from fashion shows, information about awards, and images.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-2016
Creator
- Finley, Ruth, 1920-2018 (14 January 1920-25 August 2018) (Person)
- Hughes, Frances (Person)
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.
Biographical / Historical
Ruth Finley was born January 14, 1920, in Massachusetts to a Russian immigrant father and New York born mother. She attended Simmons College in Boston and received a Bachelor's of Science in Journalism and Nutrition. During her college education, she interned as a food journalist at the New York Herald Tribune and for Eleanor Lambert's Red Cross Fashion Show in Press Week. Two years after graduating, in 1941, she and a friend founded the Fashion Calendar. From the 1940s to the present, she played many roles in the New York fashion industry, including director of New York Fashion Council, member of Roundtable of Fashion Executives, and board member for philanthropic organizations, including City Meals on Wheels. Finley passed away in 2018.
Biographical / Historical
Founded The Fashion Calendar with Ruth Finley.
Full Extent
1 placeholder : 24 linear feet of material consisting mostly of paper documents with some photographs and sketches.
Custodial History
Personal archive kept by Ruth Finley prior to transfer to FIT
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ruth Finley, facilitated by Natalie Nudell
Existence and Location of Originals
The Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive, 27th St. at 7th Ave., NY, NY , USA, 10001
Existence and Location of Copies
The Fashion Calendar has been digitized and is available through the Fashion Calendar Research Database (FCRD) https://fashioncalendar.fitnyc.edu/
General
Ruth Finley was born January 14, 1920, in Massachusetts to a Russian immigrant father and New York born mother. She attended Simmons College in Boston and received a Bachelor's of Science in Journalism and Nutrition. During her college education, she interned as a food journalist at the New York Herald Tribune and for Eleanor Lambert's Red Cross Fashion Show in Press Week. Two years after graduating, in 1941, she and a friend founded the Fashion Calendar. From the 1940s to the present, she played many roles in the New York fashion industry, including director of New York Fashion Council, member of Roundtable of Fashion Executives, and board member for philanthropic organizations, including City Meals on Wheels. Finley passed away in 2018.
General
Founded The Fashion Calendar with Ruth Finley.
General
Published
Processing Information
Arrangement, description, and/or archival processing by Bethany Gingrich in November 2016, April Calahan in March 2021, and Larissa King in 2023
Subject
- Council of Fashion Designers of America (subject, Organization)
- Title
- Ruth Finley collection, 1941-2016
- Date
- 2025-02-09
- Description rules
- Aat; Ansi; Dacs; Dcmi; Isad(g); Iso; Lo C; Niso; Etc
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository