Parsons School of Design Alumni Association records
1920-1970
- Collection Overview
- Administrative History
- Scope and Contents
- Organization and Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Indexes
- Collection Inventory
- Series I. Administration
- Series II. Fund raising and scholarships
- Series III. Subject files
- Series IV. Photographs
- Series V. Alumni and alumnae biographical files
- Series VI. Clippings scrapbooks
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Guide to the Parsons School of Design Alumni Association Records
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- Parsons School of Design. Alumni Association.
- Title
- Parsons School of Design Alumni Association records, 1920-1970, (Bulk, 1952-1970)
- Extent
- 16 linear ft: 32 boxes, 10 clippings scrapbooks, 10 oversize folders
- Summary
- The Parsons School of Design Alumni Association was incorporated in 1952 and continued until Parsons School of Design merged into the New School for Social Research in 1970. Records contains correspondence, financial records, minutes, photographic materials, printed materials, scrapbooks of clippings, and subject files. Also includes documents generated by earlier alumni associations that the Alumni Association incorporated into its working files.
Administrative History
The Parsons School of Design Alumni Association was incorporated in 1952. The previous year, Parsons President Van Day Truex, Executive Vice President Geoffrey Gates and the Office of Educational Relations had solicited graduates to form an Alumni Advisory Committee with the goal of re-establishing an alumni organization for the school. An alumni association incorporated in 1942 had lapsed into inactivity, possibly due to the demands of the Second World War. Documents indicate Frank Alvah Parsons had organized an earlier alumni association for graduates of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art in the 1920s. However, little is known about the first group except for its brevity. The Alumni Association incorporated in 1952 continued until Parsons School of Design merged into the New School University in 1970. At that time, the administration of Parsons School of Design and the New School University folded the functions of the Parsons Alumni Association into the New School University's Development Office, and it ceased to exist as a separate entity.
The Parsons Alumni Association's primary goals included raising funds for scholarships and promoting the school's programs and students. The Alumni Association sponsored functions such as dinners, cocktail parties and exhibitions of student and alumni/ae work. One of the most significant events was Parsons School of Design's 60th anniversary celebration held in 1956, which culminated in the awarding of a Parsons medal to distinguished contributors to the fields of arts and design. The Alumni Association also existed as a means for alumni/ae to maintain a connection with Parsons School of Design, whether by locating former classmates, recommending prospective students, or obtaining proof of matriculation.
Publication of the Alumni Bulletin (later titled Alumni) was the Alumni Association's primary vehicle for celebrating alumni/ae professional and personal achievements, championing current students, and publicizing the institution to the arts and design communities. It began publication in 1940 as a black and white, non-illustrated newsletter and gradually evolved into a glossy magazine. The Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association edited the magazine and solicited content. For many years, Parsons School of Design alumnus and faculty member John Russo served as Art Director.
The Alumni Association cultivated and maintained relations with alumni chapters throughout the United States beginning in 1953 with the establishment of the Atlanta Chapter. Throughout the 1950s, the Alumni Association worked with alumni/ae in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. to establish functioning chapters.
The Alumni Association held annual elections for the position of President and Council Members. A chronological listing of Parsons School of Design Alumni Association Presidents appears below. The Alumni Association was administered by an executive secretary whose duties included writing and editing Alumni Association printed materials, corresponding with alumni/ae, and managing financial accounts. Her office also assumed responsibility for maintaining a series of scrapbooks begun in 1926. Director of Educational Relations Dorothy Livingston Arnold, an alumna of the Teacher Training program, was the first Executive Secretary beginning in 1952. Following her retirement, a succession of interim employees managed the Alumni Association until the hiring of Grace Agnew Story in September 1957. Mrs. Story served as the Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association until 1970.
A three-page description of the Alumni Association's structure and administration entitled "Know Your Alumni Organization" appeared in the November 1962 issue of Alumni and is available in the Kellen Design Archives’ periodicals collection.
| Presidents of the Parsons Alumni Association | |
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| 1941-circa 1944 | William Pahlmann (Interior Design, '30) |
| 1944-1946 | Kirk C. Wilkinson (Graphic Design, '31) |
| 1946-? | Stephanie Cartwright (Fashion Illustration, '31) |
| 1952-1955 | Albert Bliss (Graphic Design, '22) |
| 1955-1957 | Stephanie Cartwright (Fashion Illustration, '31) |
| 1957-1958 | Jo Copeland [Benson] (Fashion Design, '17) |
| 1958-1964 | Jack [R. John] Lowery, Jr. (Graphic Design, '51) |
| 1964-1966 | William Raiser (Graphic Design, '35) |
| 1966-1967 | Otho S. Shaw (Interior Design, '49) |
| 1967-1968 | Jack [R. John] Lowery, Jr. (Graphic Design, '51) |
| 1968-1969 (resigned) | Thomas Stanton Gould (Industrial Design, '61) |
| 1969-? | Stephen P. Gasperecz (Interior Design, '50) |
Scope and Contents
The Parsons School of Design Alumni Association records (PIC.03.002) contain correspondence, financial records, minutes, photographic materials, printed materials, scrapbooks of newsclippings, and subject files documenting the organization from its founding in 1952 until 1970, when Parsons School of Design became affiliated with the New School for Social Research. The records also include documents generated by earlier alumni associations that the Alumni Association incorporated into its working files.
Individual alumni/ae files, which make up the largest series in these records, primarily comprise correspondence between the Alumni Association and individual alumni/ae. Materials in these files yield a great deal of biographical information, including areas of study and graduation dates, military service, marriage and death dates, children (names and dates of birth), residential history and employment history, and exhibitions. Files may also contain photographic documentation of alumni/ae design work. A name index for the alumni/ae files is available upon request as is an index to a series of ten scrapbooks.
Collectively, the Alumni Association records document the impact of Parsons School of Design over the course of thirty years on the fields of advertising, fashion, marketing, interior design and decoration, and art instruction. These records will be of interest to researchers investigating the development of Parsons from the 1940s through 1970, as seen by former students. It will also be useful to those researching fund raising and public relations efforts. The Alumni Association records contain extensive documentation of dinners, dances, cocktail parties, and exhibitions intended to raise the profile of Parsons School of Design while simultaneously accruing funds for scholarships and library materials. The records generated by the Alumni Association’s annual Alumni Fund Drive contain comprehensive documentation on planning strategies, advertising, and analysis of returns.
The Alumni Association records also contain materials created by non-alumni/ae. Examples include a 1920 speech typescript on the relationship between architecture and interior design by architect Alfred M. Githens and a 1956 speech by August Heckscher in which he considers the effects of overconsumption on the design professions. Biographical files on recipients of the 1956 Parsons Medal include but are not limited to Italian designer Franco Albini, Brazilian architect Lucio Costa, and British furniture designer Sir Gordon Russell.
Organization and Arrangement
Organized by subject in 6 series:
- Administration, 1922-1970
- Fund raising and scholarships, 1941-1970
- Subject files, 1922-1970
- Photographs, 1920-1970
- Alumni and alumnae biographical files, 1942-1970
- Clippings scrapbooks
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives July 2009
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Related Materials
Alumni magazine and its predecessor, Alumni Bulletin, are available in the Parsons Institutional Collections (PIC): Printed Materials collection, Periodicals series. However, correspondence regarding the periodicals and production materials such as photographic prints, illustrations, and press materials will be found in the Parsons School of Design Alumni Association Records. Invitations, announcements, and related ephemera produced by the New York Chapter of the Alumni Association may be found in Parsons Institutional Collections (PIC): Printed materials collection, Events and programs series.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Genre(s)
- Biographies.
- Clippings (information artifacts).
- Correspondence.
- Financial records.
- Photographs.
Personal Name(s)
- Arnold, Dorothy Livingston, d. 1969
- Bliss, Albert, (James Albert Bliss), d. 1988
- Bédard, Pierre, 1895-1970
- Callisen, Sterling A., 1899-1988
- Lowery, Jack, (R. John Lowery Jr.)
- Raiser, William
- Ruzicka, Francis A., 1924-2003
- Salvadori, Vieri
- Shaw, Otho S.
- Story, Grace Agnew
Subject(s)
- Art schools -- Alumni and alumnae.
- Cocktail parties.
- Fashion shows.
- Fund raising.
- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae.
Indexes
An in-house index of personal and corporate names is available for consultation in the Kellen Design Archives.
Collection Inventory
| Series I. Administration 1922-1970 | ||||
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By-laws 1941-1966
Includes drafts and revisions of the by-laws as well as correspondence regarding the legal framework of the organization, as well as correspondence and minutes generated by the predecessor alumni association begun in the 1940s. It appears that the Alumni Association formed in 1952 drew extensively upon these older records, and consulted them during the re-establishment process. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| By-laws | 1 | 1 | ||
| By-laws and minutes of first meeting | 1 | 2 | ||
| Certificate of Incorporation | 32 | 1 | ||
| Inception 1941-1956, undated | ||||
| General | 1 | 3-4 | ||
| Early minutes and correspondence | 1 | 5 | ||
| Election ballot | 32 | 2 | ||
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Chapters 1950-1969, undated
Contains correspondence, ephemera, meeting minutes, photographs, and printed materials. Documentation varies by chapter. As most chapters formed in the mid to late 1950s, the bulk of the subseries spans approximately fifteen years. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| General | 1 | 6 | ||
| Constitution and by-laws template | 1 | 7 | ||
| List in chronological order | 1 | 8 | ||
| Atlanta 1950-1966 | 1 | 9-11 | ||
| Chicago | 1 | 12 | ||
| Detroit | 1 | 13-14 | ||
| Europe [Paris] | 1 | 15 | ||
| Kansas City [Missouri] | 1 | 16 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| New York, 1968-1969, undated Includes invitations to events, such as dances and exhibits. Invitation to exhibit "The World of Johnny Russo" in OSx folder. |
1 | 17-18 | ||
| p_OSx-3 | 10 | |||
| Northern California [San Francisco] | 2 | 1-2 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| North Texas [Dallas] 1955-1968 | 2 | 2-6 | ||
| 32 | 3 | |||
| Philadelphia | 2 | 7 | ||
| Southern California [Los Angeles] | 2 | 8 | ||
| South Florida [Miami] | 2 | 9 | ||
| Washington, D.C. | 2 | 10-11 | ||
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Committees 1954-1968, undated
Predominantly consists of Chapter Development Committee files from early 1968. It also contains records of the 60th Anniversary Committee whose activities are more extensively documented in the Subject Files Series. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| General | 2 | 12 | ||
| Chapter Development Committee, 1968 | 2 | 13-17 | ||
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Includes minutes, photographs of a cocktail party and a luncheon. |
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| 60th Anniversary Committee | 2 | 18 | ||
| Special Projects Committee | 2 | 19 | ||
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Correspondence 1953-1970, undated
Grace Agnew Story, the Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association from 1957 until 1970, retained all incoming memoranda received by her office and often annotated it. As a result, this subseries provides extensive documentation of Parsons School of Design’s administration during this period. Of note are memoranda highlighting growing security concerns throughout the 1960s, a file on controversial Interior Design faculty member James A. Howell, an announcement produced for the first Earth Day in 1970, and notices informing Parsons staff of the impending affiliation with the New School University. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| General (non-alumni), 1957-1970 | 3 | 1-4 | ||
| American Alumni Council | 3 | 5 | ||
| Interior design exhibition | 3 | 6 | ||
| Meetings | 3 | 7-8 | ||
| Scholarship help | 3 | 9 | ||
| Incoming memos, 1957-1970 | 3 | 10-13 | ||
| Name plates | 3 | 14 | ||
| National Alumni Council 1953-1969 | ||||
| 1953-1954 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 1958-1960 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1962-1965 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 1959, 1966 February-June | 3 | 18 | ||
| 1966 August-December | 3 | 19 | ||
| 1967 January-November | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1968 Febuary-1969 June | 4 | 2 | ||
| Notices 1953-1970, undated | ||||
| 1953, 1959, undated | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1959-1964 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1966-1969 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Announcement of affiliation with New School | 4 | 6 | ||
| Interior Design Questionnaire | 32 | 4 | ||
| Statements regarding James A. Howell (Interior Design), 1967 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Student recruitment | 32 | 5 | ||
| Trustees | 4 | 8 | ||
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Elections 1943-1969
Contains correspondence and printed election materials regarding National Alumni Council seats. Although the subseries contains records from 1943, the bulk of the subseries is from the first year of the Alumni Association until the last election prior to the affiliation with the New School University. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| 1943, 1952-1955 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 1956-1959 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1960-1962 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 1963-1965 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1966-1967 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 1968-1969 | 4 | 14 | ||
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Lists 1951-1969, undated
Contains heavily annotated alphabetical lists of alumni/ae, and includes names, addresses, majors and dates of graduation. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Alumni list | 4 | 15 | ||
| Famous alumni | 5 | 1 | ||
| National Alumni Council members | 5 | 2 | ||
| National Alumni Council roster | 5 | 3 | ||
| Positions held by Teacher Training alumni in 1951 | 5 | 4 | ||
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Minutes and meeting transcripts 1942-1969
Contains documentation of National Alumni Council meetings, as well as minutes from the predecessor alumni association active in the 1940s, and one meeting report from 1952. Minutes of individual alumni chapters will be found in the Chapters Subseries. Photographs taken at National Alumni Council meetings will be found in the Photographs Series in the People Subseries. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Board of Governors minutes, 1942-1946 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Report on Alumni Council meeting, 1952 | 5 | 6 | ||
| National Alumni Council agendas, 1966-1970 | 5 | 7 | ||
| National Alumni Council minutes, 1967-1968 | 5 | 8-9 | ||
| National Alumni Council transcripts, 1968-1969 | 5 | 10-16 | ||
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Printed materials and ephemera 1922-1970, undated
Contains miscellaneous materials encountered during processing. Items in the subseries include a business card and letterhead, name tags and notes and correspondence seemingly provided to the Alumni Association by Benjamin Botvenek, an alumnus associated with the alumni association formed in the 1940s. Also includes pamphlets received by the Alumni Association from the American Alumni Council, an umbrella organization of school alumni associations. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Business card and letterhead | 5 | 17 | ||
| Clerical procedures for staff | 5 | 18 | ||
| Colorcuts of old Parsons catalogs | 5 | 19 | ||
| Conference packet belonging to Grace Story | 32 | 6 | ||
| Informational card | 5 | 20 | ||
| JC Penney Sales Division materials | 5 | 21 | ||
| Materials regarding Place des Vosges | 32 | 7 | ||
| Name tags | 5 | 22 | ||
| Notes and correspondence from Benjamin Botvenek | 5 | 23 | ||
| Pamphlets from American Alumni Council | 5 | 24-25 | ||
| Unidentified materials | p_4 | 3 | ||
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Publicity 1958-1970
Consists of correspondence with news organizations and Parsons' Development Office, press releases arranged chronologically, and a report on a “Publicity Program” for Parsons written around 1963. Photographs related to the press releases may be found in the Photographs series. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Correspondence | 5 | 26 | ||
| Correspondence with Development Office | 5 | 27 | ||
| Press releases and correspondence | 5 | 28-29 | ||
| Publicity Program for Parsons School of Design by Osborne Associates | 5 | 30 | ||
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Series II. Fund raising and scholarships 1941-1970
Contains correspondence, financial records, reports, and printed materials advertising annual fund raising drives to benefit the Alumni Fund in addition to individual scholarships, such as the Claire McCardell Scholarships named in memoriam of the fashion designer and Parsons alumna. This series includes the financial records of the alumni association begun in the 1940s. The Fund raising and Scholarships Series also contains reports authored by the Parsons School of Design Development Office and a response to the reports by the Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association evincing an antagonism between the two entities. |
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| Fund raising 1941-1970, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Alumni Fund Agents [record book] | 6 | 1 | ||
| Alumni Association Fund | 6 | 2 | ||
| Alumni Fund Drive 1955-1969 | ||||
| General | 6 | 3-4 | ||
| General: Kick-off party photographs and negatives | 6 | 5 | ||
| General: Printed materials | 6 | 6-8 | ||
| Alumni Fund Drive 1963/1964 | 6 | 9-12 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Alumni Fund Drive 1964/1965 | 6 | 13-15 | ||
| 7 | 1-2 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Alumni Fund Drive 1965/1966 | 7 | 3-5 | ||
| p_OSx-3 | 10 | |||
| Alumni Fund Drive 1966/1967 | 7 | 6-8 | ||
| Annual Giving Campaign 1968 | 7 | 9-11 | ||
| Alumni Fund 1969 | 7 | 12-15 | ||
| Friends of Parsons Drive | 7 | 16 | ||
| Miscellaneous materials | 7 | 17 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Original Alumni Association Fund, 1941-1950, undated | 8 | 1-4 | ||
| Arthur Raybin Vice President for Development and Public Relations | 8 | 5 | ||
| Reports 1959-1968 | ||||
| A Preliminary Evaluation Study, Including Recommendations for a Development and Public Relations Program | 8 | 6 | ||
| Grace Agnew Story response to Preliminary Study by Development Office | 8 | 7 | ||
| Final Report of the Director of Development by Sylvia Spencer | 8 | 8 | ||
| Grace Agnew Story materials from American Alumni Council conferences | 8 | 9 | ||
| Scholarships 1954-1970, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| General | 8 | 10 | ||
| Boyd Anderson Scholarship Fund | 8 | 11 | ||
| Lucille Stockwell Chatain Memorial Scholarship | 8 | 12 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Claire McCardell Scholarships Fund, 1958-1959, undated | 32 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 13-16 | |||
| Norman Norell Scholarship | 8 | 17-18 | ||
| Alice Boldt Shifman Scholarship Fund | 8 | 19 | ||
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Series III. Subject files 1933-1970
Includes biographical materials, clippings, correspondence, guest books, photographs, and printed materials. Administration and Faculty includes clippings about presidents prior to the founding of the Alumni Association, and a folder of William Odom’s lecture notes. Events includes the 1921 text of an Alfred M. Githens address on the relationship between architects and decorators. A large percentage of the Events subseries consists of records generated during the 60th anniversary celebration of the school’s founding. |
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| Administration and faculty 1933-1970, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Biographical sketches of the Board of Trustees | 9 | 1 | ||
| Benjamin de Brie Taylor | 9 | 2 | ||
| Faculty | 9 | 3 | ||
| David C. Levy | 9 | 4 | ||
| Presidents undated, 1933-1970 | ||||
| Pierre Bedard | 9 | 5 | ||
| Sterling A. Callisen | 9 | 6 | ||
| William Merritt Chase | p_4 | 4 | ||
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Clippings and print of self-portrait. |
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| William Odom: Clippings | p_4 | 5 | ||
| William Odom: Lecture notes | 9 | 7 | ||
| Francis A. Ruzicka | 9 | 8 | ||
| Van Day Truex's Paris apartment | p_4 | 5 | ||
| Events 1954-1969, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Text of speech by Alfred M. Githens on relationship between architects and decorators | 9 | 9 | ||
| Open House guest book | 9 | 10 | ||
| Annual Fashion Show | 9 | 11 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Norman Norell Supper (May 8, 1962) Includes photographs, menus, and program inserts illustrated by John Russo. |
32 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 12-13 | |||
| p_OSx-3 | 1 | |||
| N.S.I.D.-Parsons Programs (Fabrics Fair 1963) | 9 | 14-15 | ||
| President Ruzicka's Reception (October 23, 1963) | 9 | 16 | ||
| "Inca Gold" Program | 9 | 17 | ||
| Dali Jewels Exhibit guestbook and ephemera | 10 | 1-2 | ||
| [Norman] Norell Spring Collection Norell's Showroom (Janurary 17, 1966) | 10 | 3-5 | ||
| Sixtieth Anniversary 1950-1957, undated | ||||
| Alumni Reunion (May 21, 1956) | 10 | 13 | ||
| Dinner: Cocktail Party | 10 | 14 | ||
| Dinner: Contributors | 10 | 15 | ||
| Dinner: Faculty and administration | 10 | 16 | ||
| Dinner: General correspondence | 10 | 17 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Dinner: Invited guests | 10 | 18-19 | ||
| 11 | 1 | |||
| Dinner: Medal | 11 | 2-3 | ||
| Dinner: Presentation photographs | 11 | 4 | ||
| Dinner: Program | 11 | 5 | ||
| Dinner: Recap meeting and expenses | 11 | 10 | ||
| Dinner: Recipients of Parsons Medal | 11 | 6-9 | ||
| Dinner: Recipients of Parsons Medal: Claire McCardell magazine reprints | p_4 | 6 | ||
| Dinner: Recipients of Parsons Medal: Biographical Sketches for Citations Prepared by Mr. Yarmon | 11 | 10-14 | ||
| Dinner: Recipients of Parsons Medal: Publicity photographs | 11 | 15 | ||
| Dinner: Regrets | 11 | 16 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Dinner: Seating | 12 | 1 | ||
| p_4 | 6 | |||
| Exhibition: Correspondence with artists | 12 | 2 | ||
| Exhibition: Plans | 32 | 11 | ||
| Interior Design magazine | 12 | 3 | ||
| Interior Design magazine: Alumni Office copy | 32 | 12 | ||
| Retrospective Exhibition | 12 | 4-5 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Interior Design Department 1966 Student Protest and Counter-Protest | 10 | 6 | ||
| Evening workshop response | 10 | 7 | ||
| Annual cocktail reception | 10 | 8 | ||
| Alumni Exhibit (Sept. 1968) Joseph Freitag Co-Chairman | 10 | 9 | ||
| Paul Rand [Parsons] Medal presentation | 10 | 10 | ||
| Party at Wednesdays (Feb. 24, 1969) | 10 | 11-12 | ||
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Series IV. Photographs 1920-1970
Contains prints, contact sheets, negatives and slides. Unless noted, all photographs are black and white. The Alumni Association collected these materials for use in alumni publications and arranged them topically under broad subject headings (these have been modified during processing to reduce ambiguity). The Alumni Association “inherited” many photographs used in alumni publications. All subseries are arranged alphabetically with the exception of Events, which is arranged chronologically. Events includes a large number of photographs documenting the annual Parsons fashion show as well as Mardi Gras dances attended by students, faculty and alumni. Facilities contains numerous photographs of the Parsons Ateliers in the Place des Vosges, Paris. Of note is a folder of snapshots donated to the Alumni Association by Dr. Francis Geck, an alumnus and former Parsons faculty member. Dr. Geck took the snapshots while teaching in Europe during the years 1925-1927. The Kellen Design Archives also holds Dr. Geck's personal papers. |
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| Academic departments 1940-1967, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| General 1940s-1950s Includes photographs by Clemens Kalischer and Raymond Shorr, Saturday classes, and uncaptioned and unidentified photographs. |
12 | 6-10 | ||
| p_4 | 7 | |||
| Fashion Design 1950s | 12 | 11-14 | ||
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Includes photographs of Christian Dior and Carmel Snow. |
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| Graphic Design 1962-1964 | 12 | 15-16 | ||
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Includes a number of photographs for a story in Alumni. |
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| Industrial design 1966-1967 | 12 | 17 | ||
| Interior Design, 1961-1967, undated | 13 | 1-3 | ||
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Includes unidentified interiors. |
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| Events 1920-1970, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Exhibitions and awards | 13 | 4-6 | ||
| Unidentified events | 13 | 7 | ||
| School play "The Diplomat" | 13 | 8 | ||
| Forty-Sixth Street Theater Mural | 13 | 9-10 | ||
| Baker Competition | 13 | 11-12 | ||
| Spring Dance | 13 | 13 | ||
| Scalamandre Competition | 13 | 14 | ||
| Exhibit in Turkey | 13 | 15 | ||
| Alumni Supper | 13 | 16 | ||
| Graduation | 13 | 17 | ||
| Robin Darwin, Principal Royal College of Art | 13 | 18 | ||
| Christian Dior reception at French Institute | 13 | 19 | ||
| Open house | 13 | 20 | ||
| Dance | 14 | 1-3 | ||
| Lucile Stockwell Chatain Memorial Competition | 14 | 4 | ||
| Exhibition at IBM Gallery "Young Designers in New York" | 14 | 5 | ||
| Eric exhibition | 14 | 6 | ||
| Graphics exhibition "Series One" | 14 | 7 | ||
| Winning design for Edward Fields display | 14 | 8 | ||
| Alumni Council reception for 1965 student exhibition | 14 | 9 | ||
| Graduation | 14 | 10 | ||
| United Nations International School reception, 1968 Jan | 14 | 11 | ||
| National Alumni Council reception for 1968 exhibit of student work | 14 | 12 | ||
| Fashion alumni picnic at Ann Keagy's home, 1968 Jun | 14 | 13 | ||
| Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School 50th anniversary, 1968 Sep | 14 | 14 | ||
| Mary Quant visit, 1968 Oct | 14 | 15 | ||
| Alumni Council reception for student exhibition | 14 | 16-18 | ||
| Design Correlations student presentation in Washington, D.C. | 14 | 19 | ||
| Fashion shows circa 1948-1968, undated | ||||
| Unidentified fashion shows | 14 | 20 | ||
| circa 1948 | 14 | 21 | ||
| circa 1949 | 14 | 22-23 | ||
| 1949 | 14 | 24 | ||
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Student designer Roy Little with judge Stefan. |
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| 1950 | 15 | 1-8 | ||
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Includes student designers with judges Copeland, McCardell, Mooring, Walker and Wilkins. |
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| 1951 | 15 | 9-14 | ||
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Includes student designers with judges Hargis, Mooring, Orrick, Stefan and Walker; a "Fantasy Fashion" assignment; and a panel discussion. |
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| 1952 | 15 | 15-20 | ||
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Includes student designers with judges Copeland, Emerson, McCardell, Orrick, and Stefan. |
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| 1953 | 16 | 1-3 | ||
| 1954 | 16 | 4-8 | ||
| 1955 | 16 | 9-13 | ||
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Includes photographs of critics Claire McCardell and Jack Hargis working with student designers. |
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| 1957 | 16 | 14-25 | ||
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Includes biographical materials on Golden Thimble winners. |
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| 1958 | 16 | 26 | ||
| 1964 | 16 | 27 | ||
| 1965 | 16 | 28 | ||
| 1968 | 16 | 29 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Mardi Gras, 1953-1955, 1958 The Student Council-sponsored Mardi Gras parties were discontinued by an order of the Faculty Council, May 25, 1960, because it was perceived that these events were "getting far out of control." They were reinstated at an unknown, later date. |
16 | 30-31 | ||
| 17 | 1-5 | |||
| p_1 | 6 | |||
| Facilities circa 1920s-1962, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Students exiting unidentified Parsons building | 17 | 6 | ||
| New York School of Art 80th and Broadway | 17 | 7 | ||
| 136 East 57th Street | 17 | 8-9 | ||
| 410 East 54th Street: New lobby, 1961 | 17 | 10 | ||
| Library and librarian Jadwiga Pulaska | 17 | 11 | ||
| Plan for vertical campus complex by architect Max Abramovitz | 17 | 12 | ||
| New York scenes | 17 | 13 | ||
| Parsons in Italy | 17 | 14 | ||
| Francis Geck snapshots of France and Italy | 17 | 15 | ||
| Paris Ateliers [Place des Vosges], 1924, undated | 17 | 16-22 | ||
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Includes photographs of students and facilities. |
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| People circa 1920s-1966, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Faculty and administration 1947-1967, undated | ||||
| General, 1947-1969, undated | 18 | 1 | ||
| Benedict J. Fernandez exhibit | 18 | 2 | ||
| John Russo illustrations | 18 | 3-4 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Friends of Parsons | 18 | 5-7 | ||
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Includes portraits of Edward Fields and Edward Durrell Stone. |
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| National Alumni Council officers | 18 | 8-9 | ||
| Presidents and trustees 1955, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Frank Alvah Parsons | 18 | 10-11 | ||
| g2 | 3 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| William Odom | 18 | 12 | ||
| g1 | 5 | |||
| Van Day Truex | 18 | 13-15 | ||
| Pierre Bedard | 18 | 16-17 | ||
| Sterling A. Callisen | 18 | 18 | ||
| Francis A. Ruzicka | 18 | 19 | ||
| Trustees | 18 | 20 | ||
| Students 1956-1958, undated | ||||
| Christmas festivities | 18 | 21 | ||
| Group portrait of Alumni Scholarship winners | 18 | 22 | ||
| Group portrait of foreign students | 18 | 23 | ||
| Unidentified | 18 | 24-25 | ||
| Student and alumni travel 1927-1954, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| European trip, 1954 | 19 | 1-7 | ||
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Includes photographs of students visiting sites in Italy and France. |
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| Field trips, circa 1950s, undated | 19 | 8-13 | ||
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Includes photographs of students sketching at a zoo and a trip to the Marine Museum. |
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| Mexico, circa 1950 | 19 | 14-18 | ||
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Includes photographs of students visiting Alcoman, Janitzio, Mexico City, Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Patzcuaro and Teotihuacan. |
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| Student travel, 1927-1952, undated | 19 | 19-22 | ||
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Series V. Alumni and alumnae biographical files 1942-1970
Arranged alphabetically by alumni/ae surname, these files include correspondence between the Alumni Association and alumni/ae, clippings, photographs, and printed materials such as event programs, exhibition catalogs, and various publicity materials, all of which were mailed to the Alumni Association by alumni/ae. An in-house personal name index to the Alumni and Alumnae Biographical Files is available upon request. The majority of records here date between 1952 and 1970. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| A: General | 20 | 1 | ||
| Alexander, Mary Jean Includes 1 photographic print. | 20 | 2 | ||
| Arnold, Dorothy L. | 20 | 3 | ||
| Aronson, Irene | 20 | 4 | ||
| B-BA: General | 20 | 5 | ||
| BB-BE: General | 20 | 6 | ||
| BF-BO: General | 20 | 7 | ||
| BP-BR: General | 20 | 8 | ||
| BS-BZ: General | 20 | 9 | ||
| Baird, Imogen Groeschel | 20 | 10 | ||
| Bell, Eleanor Taylor | 20 | 11 | ||
| Blessed, Annie K. Includes 1 photographic print. | 20 | 12 | ||
| Bliss, Albert | 21 | 1 | ||
| Boldt, Mable Wilhelmina | 21 | 2 | ||
| Braswell, Joseph | 21 | 3 | ||
| Bride, Bob Includes 3 photographic prints. | 21 | 4 | ||
| Brown, Mrs. Archibald | 21 | 5 | ||
| Brown, Constance | 21 | 6 | ||
| de Bruniere, Odette Includes 3 color photographic prints. | 21 | 7 | ||
| Burrowes, Mrs. Harry | 21 | 8 | ||
| CA-CH: General | 21 | 9 | ||
| CI-CO: General | 21 | 10 | ||
| CP-CZ: General | 21 | 11 | ||
| Cajoleas, Mrs. Louis Includes 2 photographic prints. | 21 | 12 | ||
| Cameron, Montgomery | 21 | 13 | ||
| Carter, Mrs. Betty Includes 2 photographic prints. | 21 | 14 | ||
| Cartwright, Stephanie | 21 | 15 | ||
| Carvajal de la Santa, Leonardo Includes 3 photographic prints. | 21 | 16 | ||
| Cassady, Mrs. Edith | 21 | 17 | ||
| Castle, Robert J. | 21 | 18 | ||
| Chambers, Mrs. WM | 22 | 1 | ||
| Chatain, Remy L. | 22 | 2 | ||
| Chevalier, Guy Includes 1 photographic print. | 22 | 3 | ||
| Christenson, Bernard Includes 5 photographic prints. | 22 | 4 | ||
| Cohen, Rosalind G. | 22 | 5 | ||
| Coker, Miranda A. Includes 2 photographic prints. | 22 | 6 | ||
| Constans, Alfred | 22 | 7 | ||
| Cooper, Dan Includes 1 photographic print. | 22 | 8 | ||
| Copeland, Jo | 22 | 9 | ||
| Cox, Randolph, Jr. | 22 | 10 | ||
| Curtiss, Dr. Vienna | 22 | 11 | ||
| DA-DL: General | 22 | 12 | ||
| DJ-DZ: General | 22 | 13 | ||
| De Souza Costa, Orlando Includes 3 photographic prints. | 22 | 14 | ||
| Donghia, Angelo R. Includes 2 photographic prints. | 22 | 15 | ||
| Dratz, Edward F. | 22 | 16 | ||
| Durbow, Oscar Includes 3 photographic prints. | 22 | 17 | ||
| E: General | 22 | 18 | ||
| Einsel, Walter J. | 22 | 19 | ||
| Elliott, Earl | 22 | 20 | ||
| Engl, Marian Includes 3 photographic prints. | 22 | 21 | ||
| FA-FK: General | 23 | 1 | ||
| FL-FQ: General | 23 | 2 | ||
| FR-FZ: General | 23 | 3 | ||
| Fink, Karl Includes 2 photographic prints. | 23 | 4 | ||
| Fleischer, Robert | 23 | 5 | ||
| Frangides, James Includes 1 photographic print. | 23 | 6 | ||
| Freeburger, Mary L. | 23 | 7 | ||
| Freese, Betty A. Includes 2 photographic prints. | 23 | 8 | ||
| Freitag, Joseph V. | 23 | 9 | ||
| Friese, Mrs. Norman | 23 | 10 | ||
| GA-GH: General | 23 | 11 | ||
| GI-GQ: General | 23 | 12 | ||
| GR-GZ: General | 23 | 13 | ||
| Gates, Geoffrey McN | 23 | 14 | ||
| Geck, Francis | 23 | 15 | ||
| Glover, Milton | 24 | 1 | ||
| Gordon, J. Albert | 24 | 2 | ||
| Gray, Agnes Dunlap Includes 2 photographic prints. | 24 | 3 | ||
| HAA-HAN: General | 24 | 4 | ||
| HAO-HAZ: General | 24 | 5 | ||
| HB-HI: General | 24 | 6 | ||
| HJ-HO: General | 24 | 7 | ||
| HP-HZ: General | 24 | 8 | ||
| Haight, Charles | 24 | 9 | ||
| Hargreaves, Roger | 24 | 10 | ||
| Hart, Justina Carskadon Includes 1 photographic print. | 24 | 11 | ||
| Heil, Gene Includes 1 photographic print. | 24 | 12 | ||
| Henry, Anita | 24 | 13 | ||
| Hester, Robert | 24 | 14 | ||
| Hofmann, Melita | 24 | 15 | ||
| Hoyle, Myra J. | 24 | 16 | ||
| Hurwitz, Claudine S. | 24 | 17 | ||
| I: General | 24 | 18 | ||
| Irby, Mildred | 24 | 19 | ||
| Iselin, Ruthanne Includes 1 photographic print. | 24 | 20 | ||
| Ivester, Clifford | 24 | 21 | ||
| JA-JN: General | 25 | 1 | ||
| JO-JZ: General | 25 | 2 | ||
| Jocham, Rev. Edward Includes 3 photographic prints. | 25 | 3 | ||
| Jordan, Barbara S. | 25 | 4 | ||
| KA-KE: General | 25 | 5 | ||
| KF-KN: General | 25 | 6 | ||
| KO-KZ: General | 25 | 7 | ||
| Kahane, Melanie | 25 | 8 | ||
| Kerr, James | 25 | 9 | ||
| Kissam, Mildred | 25 | 10 | ||
| LAA-LAM: General | 25 | 11 | ||
| LAN-LAZ: General | 25 | 12 | ||
| LE: General | 25 | 13 | ||
| LF-LI: General | 25 | 14 | ||
| LJ-LZ: General | 25 | 15 | ||
| Laird, Anita Moller Includes 1 photographic print. | 25 | 16 | ||
| Lang, William | 26 | 1 | ||
| Lawenda, Harry | 26 | 2 | ||
| Laynor, Harold | 26 | 3 | ||
| Lefevre, Virginia | 26 | 4 | ||
| Le Maire, Eleanor | 26 | 5 | ||
| Levine, Henrietta | 26 | 6 | ||
| Libertone, Andrew | 26 | 7 | ||
| Littell, Deanna | 26 | 8 | ||
| Louise, John Includes 2 photographic prints. | 26 | 9 | ||
| Lowery, Jack Includes 4 photographic prints. | 26 | 10 | ||
| Lucke, Anna M. | 26 | 11 | ||
| Lustig, Philip Includes 2 photographic prints. | 26 | 12 | ||
| Mc: General | 26 | 13 | ||
| MAA-MAQ: General | 26 | 14 | ||
| MAR-MAS: General | 26 | 15 | ||
| MAT-MAZ: General | 26 | 16 | ||
| MB-MN: General | 26 | 17 | ||
| MO-MP: General | 27 | 1 | ||
| MR-MZ: General | 27 | 2 | ||
| McCardell, Claire Includes 1 photographic print. | 27 | 3 | ||
| McCardell, Claire: Photographs Includes 8 prints. | 27 | 4 | ||
| McGuggart, Judy | 27 | 5 | ||
| McKenna, Helen | 27 | 6 | ||
| Mann, Lawrence | 27 | 7 | ||
| Martell, Mrs. A. | 27 | 8 | ||
| Maxwell, Mrs. R. | 27 | 9 | ||
| Maynor, Mrs. Janet | 27 | 10 | ||
| Moore, Dorothy R. | 27 | 11 | ||
| Moore, John | 27 | 12 | ||
| Morgan, Mrs. Charles Includes 1 photographic print. | 27 | 13 | ||
| Moseley, Mrs. F. S., Jr. | 27 | 14 | ||
| Mracky, Ronald Includes 1 photographic print. | 27 | 15 | ||
| Myers, Joel | 27 | 16 | ||
| NA-NE: General | 27 | 17 | ||
| NF-NZ: General | 27 | 18 | ||
| Negbaur, Jane | 27 | 19 | ||
| Neidlinger, S. Travers | 27 | 20 | ||
| Neil, Gene | 27 | 21 | ||
| Norado, Patrick Includes 3 photographic prints. | 27 | 22 | ||
| Norell, Norman Includes 6 photographic prints and 1 contact sheet. | 27 | 23 | ||
| O: General | 27 | 24 | ||
| Oertling, Grothann | 28 | 1 | ||
| Olson, Robert S. | 28 | 2 | ||
| Onton, Sophie | 28 | 3 | ||
| Ornstein, Dr. Jacob | 28 | 4 | ||
| Orrick, Mrs. J. | 28 | 5 | ||
| PA-PD: General | 28 | 6 | ||
| PE-PK: General | 28 | 7 | ||
| PL-PQ: General | 28 | 8 | ||
| PR-PZ: General | 28 | 9 | ||
| Page, Mrs. Mary | 28 | 10 | ||
| Pahlmann, William Includes 1 photographic print. | 28 | 11 | ||
| Patrick, Mrs. D. (Dell) Includes 1 photographic print. | 28 | 12 | ||
| Philbrick, Judy K. | 28 | 13 | ||
| Q: General | 28 | 14 | ||
| RA-RH: General | 28 | 15 | ||
| RI-RN: General | 28 | 16 | ||
| ROA-ROR: General | 28 | 17 | ||
| ROS-ROZ: General | 28 | 18 | ||
| RP-RZ: General | 28 | 19 | ||
| Raiser, William Includes 3 photographic prints. | 28 | 20 | ||
| Reede, William | 29 | 1 | ||
| Richardson, Tom | 29 | 2 | ||
| Robertson, Charles Includes 1 photographic print. | 29 | 3 | ||
| Roset, Mona Includes 3 photographic prints. | 29 | 4 | ||
| Ruriani, Salvatore | 29 | 5 | ||
| Russo, John J. Includes 3 photographic prints. | 29 | 6 | ||
| Rutherford, Charles | 29 | 7 | ||
| Ryder, Mrs. R. D. G. | 29 | 8 | ||
| SA-SCH: General | 29 | 9 | ||
| SCI-SH: General | 29 | 10 | ||
| SI-SK: General | 29 | 11 | ||
| SL-SN: General | 29 | 12 | ||
| SO-ST: General | 29 | 13 | ||
| SU-SZ: General | 29 | 14 | ||
| Sarff, Roslia Z. | 29 | 15 | ||
| Schulze, Paul Includes 2 photographic prints. | 30 | 1 | ||
| Shamoun, Joanne | 30 | 2 | ||
| Shaw, Otto S. | 30 | 3 | ||
| Shaw, Otho S.: Photographs Includes 7 prints. | 30 | 4 | ||
| Shaw, Rosemary | 30 | 5 | ||
| Sherman, Mrs. J. | 30 | 6 | ||
| Siebert, Edwin | 30 | 7 | ||
| Sobrino, Arturo | 30 | 8 | ||
| Spilbury, Beulah | 30 | 9 | ||
| Starkman, Sandy (Sanford) Includes 5 photographic prints. | 30 | 10 | ||
| Stanley, Pamela Includes 1 photographic print. | 30 | 11 | ||
| Stephenson, C. E. Includes 1 photographic print. | 30 | 12 | ||
| Stone, Gilbert Includes 2 photographic prints. | 30 | 13 | ||
| Swicegood, R. M. | 30 | 14 | ||
| Szabo, Arto O. Includes 3 photographic prints. | 30 | 15 | ||
| TA-TH: General | 30 | 16 | ||
| TI-TZ: General | 30 | 17 | ||
| Taylor, Archibald | 30 | 18 | ||
| Thompson, Dr. Eleanor | 30 | 19 | ||
| Tighe, Robert Includes 1 photographic print. | 30 | 20 | ||
| Tomlin, Gerald | 30 | 21 | ||
| Tribble, Mrs. E. J. | 30 | 22 | ||
| Trapnell, W. M. C. | 30 | 23 | ||
| Truex, Van Day Includes 8 photographic prints. | 30 | 24-25 | ||
| U: General | 30 | 26 | ||
| VA-VH: General | 30 | 26 | ||
| VI-VZ: General | 30 | 27 | ||
| Ungaar, Alice Fisher Includes 1 sheet of sketches. | 30 | 28 | ||
| Van De Maele, Joan | 30 | 29 | ||
| Versic, Delores Includes 4 color photographic prints. | 30 | 30 | ||
| Vogel, Donald | 31 | 1 | ||
| W-WA: General | 31 | 2 | ||
| WB-WE: General | 31 | 3 | ||
| WF-WIL: General | 31 | 4 | ||
| WIM-WZ: General | 31 | 5 | ||
| Wang, Mrs. Ronald Includes 5 photographic prints. | 31 | 6 | ||
| Welling, Richard Includes 9 color photographic prints. | 31 | 7 | ||
| Welton, Harriette | 31 | 8 | ||
| Wenger, Rosa B. | 31 | 9 | ||
| Weschler, Anita | 31 | 10 | ||
| Whitcomb, Clorinda | 31 | 11 | ||
| Wilkinson, Kirk | 31 | 12 | ||
| Williams, V. F. | 31 | 13 | ||
| Wilson, Rachel | 31 | 14 | ||
| Williams, Roger | 31 | 15 | ||
| Wisner, John B. | 31 | 16 | ||
| Wittstein, Edwin | 31 | 17 | ||
| Wolle, Muriel S. | 31 | 18 | ||
| X-Y: General | 31 | 19 | ||
| Yuskowski, Alice | 31 | 20 | ||
| Z: General | 31 | 21 | ||
| Zane, Mrs. Irene | 31 | 22 | ||
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Series VI. Clippings scrapbooks 1926-1969 10 scrapbooks
The Alumni Association subscribed to a clippings service, which compiled information about alumni/ae marriages, deaths, and accomplishments of Parsons students and alumni/ae. The first three volumes are arranged chronologically while the remaining volumes are arranged first topically by discipline, then chronologically. Although the scrapbooks pre-date the Alumni Association, their maintenance at some point became a responsibility of the Alumni Association office. An in-house personal name index to the scrapbooks is available upon request. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Clipping procedure, undated | 31 | 23 | ||
| Title | Volume | Folder | ||
| Vol. 1: 1926-1947 | 1 | |||
| Vol. 2: 1948-1953 | 2 | |||
| Vol. 3: 1954-1957 | 3 | |||
| Vol. 4: Miscellaneous | 4 | |||
| Vol. 5: Fashion Design | 5 | |||
| Vol. 6: Fashion Design Supplement | 6 | |||
| Vol. 7: Graphic Design | 7 | |||
| Vol. 8: Fashion Illustration | 8 | |||
| Vol. 9: Interior Design | 9 | |||
| Vol. 10: Publicity | 10 | |||