Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Scope and Contents The Integrated Service-Learning Project is an extension of the Interior Design Relief Project which was founded in 2013. It aims to integrate the efforts of like-minded interior designers, architects, and contractors who believe that the design of the physical environment matters, shapes lives, and can empower people. Documents relate to projects conducted with FIT Interior Design students and various New York and New Jersey area organizations including the Bowery Mission Women’s Center in...

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This folder contains typed notes and excerpts from lectures given by Vera Maxwell. The lecture notes account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion as well her career journey. One lecture was given at the Brooklyn Museum in 1959 and another one is related to The Fashion Group.

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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles, especially from Crain's New York Business, concerning retail business in Brooklyn and Brooklyn neighborhoods in terms of demographics and urban development. This folder also contains booklets from the City of New York's Department of City Planning concerning neighborhoods and revitalization in Brooklyn.

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This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collection for Fall 1967. The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included is a reference list of garments with prices for the Fall 1967 collection and a promotional postcard related to the Brooklyn Museum.

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This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Spring 1969 and Fall 1969. The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included is an invitation of a lecture given by Vera Maxwell at the Brooklyn Museum, another invitation for a presentation of a Summer collection, a handout related to a fashion show for the Sewickley Valley Hospital, and news clippings.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of sketches, shoe patterns, embellishments, photographs, promotional materials, scrapbooks, and metal stamps from women's footwear company Seymour Troy Originals. The majority of the collection is undated, although it is estimated that most of it is from the 1930s and 1940s. At least one piece of promotional material is from yrto, and there is a scrapbook cover stamped with yrto. Previous documentation of the collection noted that some sketches were by other...