Photography Department photographs
Scope and Contents
The collection is the result of a fundraising effort spearheaded by Tom Caravaglia, the FIT Photography Department chair in 1990. A wide range of photographers, such as Berenice Abbott, Erwin Blumfeld, Russell Kay, Hank O'Neal, and Estelle Wolf were asked to donate examples of their work to "300 Photographs"--An auciton whose proceeds would directly benefit the FIT Photography department. The 139 photographs that were not sold from this collection
Dates
- Creation: 1968-1990
Creator
- Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Photography Department (Organization)
- Caravaglia, Tom (Person)
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.
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Language of Materials
Undetermined
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
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Shell record
- Title
- Photography Department photographs
- Date
- 2025-06-12
- Description rules
- Dacs; Isad(g); Lo C
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository