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Department stores

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Goodman interview, 1973

 Collection
Identifier: SC.473
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a 187 page transcript of an oral history with Andrew Goodman.

Dates: 1973
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Bergdorf Goodman oral history, 1977 and 1994, bulk 1994, 1977 and 1994, bulk 1994

 sub-sub-sub-series
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.2
Scope and Contents

This series consists of oral history interviews that discuss the history of Bergdorf Goodman, as well as the store's status and future plans as they stood at the time. Interviews were conducted first in December 1977 by Robert Riley, and subsequently in July 1994 by Valerie Steele and Estelle Ellis with Stephen Elkin, Chairman, Berdorf Goodman, Dawn Mello, President, Bergdorf Goodman, Nena Goodman, widow of Andrew Goodman, Edwin Goodman, son of Andrew Goodman.

Dates: 1977 and 1994, bulk 1994
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection

Fashion sketches and illustrations, 1940-1959, 1940-1959

 folder
Identifier: SC.111.2.2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 100+ women's fashion sketches with attributions to clients, designers, and department stores; 1 children's sketch.

Dates: 1940-1959
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Fashion plates and images from the sixteenth to twentieth century / Fashion sketches and illustrations, 1920-1960

Jeanette Jarnow interview, 1994 December 20, 1994 December 20

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.15
Scope and Contents Jeannette Jarnow, former Chair of the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM), discusses the small and intimate nature of FIT when she joined in 1956. She discusses the founding of the school by Morris Haft, Virginia Pope, and a handful of fashion industry insiders. She then describes the birth of the FBM department thanks to an endowment by Bergdorf Goodman as well as close relationships with Lord & Taylor, Abraham and Strauss, and Bloomingdale's. Jarnow touches on influential...
Dates: 1994 December 20
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT 50th Anniversary oral history series, 1994-1996

Retail Stores - Bergdorf Goodman, 1960-1992, 1960-1992

 folder
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.121
Scope and Contents

Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the retailer Bergdorf Goodman, including articles from Crain's New York Business.

Dates: 1960-1992
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Reference and Instructional Services / FIT Library Marketing Files, 1949-1995

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