Teaching

Scope and Contents This is an interview with David Zeigler who began at FIT’s continuing education division in 1956 following a transfer from the Board of Education. At the time, the school was still based in the Central Needle Trades High School. Zeigler discusses contentions within the English department, the formation of a union in response, and how he came to be elected as the first faculty president of FIT. Zeigler mentions various faculty in his department and emphasizes how deeply he became entrenched...

Scope and Contents April Calahan, Curator of Manuscripts at the Special Collections and FIT Archive unit of the Fashion Institute of Technology library, interviews street style fashion photographer Jamel Shabazz. Mr. Shabazz talks of his life growing up in New York City as a child of divorce. He recalls how he started learning photography in Germany while serving in the armed forces. He began documenting his world in 1980 when he began taking photographs of young people who reminded him of his own life growing...

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Random assortment of photographs of students, events, and classes that took place at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Some are dated, while other undated photographs are possibly from the 1950s. Some photographs seem to have been taken with the intention of creating advertising or publication materials.

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Random assortment of photographs of formal events, student socials, and classes that took place at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Some are dated, while other undated photographs are possibly from the 1950s. Some photographs seem to have been taken with the intention of creating advertising or publication materials. Several photographs of groups of students visiting the United Nations, Rockefeller Center, and the Museum of Modern Art.

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Random assortment of photographs and contact sheets of events and classes that took place at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the 1960s. Some photographs seem to have been taken with the intention of creating advertising or publication materials.

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Random assortment of photographs and contact sheets of events and classes that took place at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Dates probably fall between the 1960s to the 1980s.