Fashion design -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources

Papers related to possible transfer of materials to the FIT Special Collections in the 1970's.

Color photographs with corresponding color slides of womenswear, including crepe, knit jersey, taffeta, linen, organza, brocade, fabrics.

This collection contains sketches and notebooks depicting hats, gloves, ladies apparel, and costume design.

This collection contains original color sketches done in marker and pencil on paper of women's sportswear designs; several sketches have swatches attached. Many sketches are notated with details about the textiles and garments, and some are read "Irene McParland for Vera, 1973".

This collection is contains 262 original fashion sketches by John Derro.

This collection contains sketches, photographs and scrapbooks pertaining to the career of fashion designer Joseph Whitehead.

Three original design renderings done in gouache and pencil on vellum depicting womenswear, stamped Kalle Originals with a street address on Broadway, New York NY. While they are undated based on the style and silouhette they are presumed to be from the 1940s.

Kay Bell was a well-known fashion photographer whose work appeared in Vogue among other publications in the 1950s and 1960s. These two prints have no notation as to where or when they were published; one depicts a woman in a short striped dress with a belt and sandals on a beach, and the other depicts a Scandinavian-type scene with a blonde woman wearing a plaid dress riding a bicycle in the mountains.

CBS TV newsreel, pictures, and news clippings documenting the history of the Instant Dress, as well as Instant Dress package prototypes, dress instructions, and the field patent for her Instant Dress.

Original color sketches from the 1920s-1930s of eveningwear, daywear, suits, loungewear, and theatrical designs for Earl Carroll and George M. Cohan musical reviews.