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Department stores

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 89 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

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

Ellen Chester Ostrower tearsheets and catalogs, circa 1964

 Collection
Identifier: SC.498
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of tearsheets of B. Altman ads, seven B. Altman catalogs and three copies of Ellen Chester Ostrower's resume.

Dates: circa 1964

Everfast Fabrics collection, 1921-1967

 Collection
Identifier: SC.411
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of three series. The first series has 217 folders containing 190 scrapbooks that document the publicity, promotions, and advertising undertaken by the textile converting firm Everfast Fabrics, Inc. from 1921-1967. The second series has two folders containing loose swatch cards from the 1930s-1959 and the third series has one folder containing label samples from the 1930s-1967, all from Everfast Fabrics, Inc.

Dates: 1921-1967

Everfast Fabrics collection, Label Samples, 1930s-1967, 1930s-1967

 Series
Identifier: SC.411.3
Scope and Contents

This series has one folder containing loose pages with over 200 woven fabric labels and printed hang tags from Everfast Fabrics' collaborations with department stores and designers in the 1930s-1960s.

Dates: 1930s-1967

Everfast Fabrics collection, Scrapbooks, 1921-1967, 1921-1967

 Series
Identifier: SC.411.1
Scope and Contents

This series has 217 folders containing 190 scrapbooks that document the publicity, promotions, and advertising undertaken by the textile converting firm Everfast Fabrics, Inc., from 1921-1967. There are newspaper and magazine clippings, promotional materials, photographs, fabric swatches, business correspondence, and other miscellaneous paper ephemera.

Dates: 1921-1967

Fashion plates and images from the sixteenth to twentieth century

 Collection
Identifier: SC.111
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of primary source material from various fashion-related sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The majority of the sources are fashion plates and tear sheets, but there are also sketches, photographs, and advertisements. Most of the images reflect women's and men's fashions, with some children's fashions, as indicated.

Dates: 1590-1960

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

Geraldine Stutz, 1963-1977, 1963-1977

 folder
Identifier: SC.214.2.666
Scope and Contents

This folder contains correspondence and press clippings.

Dates: 1963-1977

Jane Barton store catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: SC.481
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of one Banana Republic catalog (Summer 1988), two Bonwit Teller catalogs (1973-undated 1970s), and eleven Lord & Taylor catalogs (1974-undated 1970s).

Dates: 1973 - 1988