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PC. Parsons Institutional Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: PC

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

New York Comics and Picture-Story Symposium recordings

 Collection
Identifier: PC-07-03-01
Abstract

The New York Comics and Picture-Story Symposium is a week-long annual event featuring artists and writers. These recordings are from the 2017 and 2018 symposia, which were held at Parsons School of Design.

Dates: 2016-2018

New York School of Art reference index (1896-1912)

 Collection — Box mixed p_14 (R): [Barcode: 31207034061808], Folder: 12-32
Identifier: PC-08-03-01
Abstract

This collection consists of an index of publications that reference The New York School of Art (which became Parsons School of Design in 1941) or artists associated with it as students or faculty from the time of the school's founding in 1896 to 1912. The index was assembled by New School Archives staff between 1996 and 2006.

Dates: 1996 - 2006

New York School of Fine and Applied Art provisional charter

 Item — Box Mixed p_OSx-1 (F), Folder: 9
Identifier: PC-01-01-03
Overview

William Merritt Chase established Parsons School of Design in 1896 as the Chase School of Art. The name of the school changed to the New York School of Art in 1902, and to the New York School of Fine and Applied Art in 1909. This charter documents the 1909 name change. In 1940, the school was renamed Parsons School of Design in honor of former President Frank Alvah Parsons and to differentiate it from other, similarly named institutions.

Dates: 1909 October 28

Parsons School of Design academic departments, programs and schools collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-01-01
Summary

Collection contains materials created by academic departments of Parsons School of Design. In addition to documentation of Parsons' main campus in New York City, includes materials originating from overseas facilities and affiliate schools, such as Otis Art Institute (California), Paris Ateliers/Parsons Paris, and Altos de Chavon (Dominican Republic).

Dates: 1914 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2005

Parsons School of Design academic programs collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-01-02
Overview

Parsons School of Design was established in 1896 and became affiliated with The New School as the university's art and design college in 1970. New School Archives staff assembled this collection of audiovisual materials, exhibition catalogs, posters, publications, student work, and other formats from departmental transfers and personal donations by Parsons School of Design faculty, students and administrative staff beginning in 2009.

Dates: 1957-2019; Majority of material found within 1991-2017

Parsons School of Design Adam and Sophie Gimbel Art and Design Library records

 Collection
Identifier: PC-08-01-01
Overview

The records of the Adam and Sophie Gimbel Art and Design Library of Parsons School for Design consist of administrative files generated by library administrators and school executives. Topics include library collections, facilities, fundraising, statistical record-keeping, and the library's role in school accreditation. The bulk of the records dates from the period after Parsons School of Design's library relocated in 1972.

Dates: 1944-2014; Majority of material found within 1977-2009

Parsons School of Design administrative offices collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC-03-01-02
Abstract

This collection consists of administrative records, printed promotional material, and publications produced by Parsons School of Design administrative offices, including Admissions; the Board of Governors; Career Services; Human Resources; Student Services; and the Development Office, including Alumni Relations and External Partnerships. The contents primarily comprise printed promotional materials, directories and lists, with a small amount of photographs and email correspondence.

Dates: 1956-2022

Parsons School of Design Advanced Research Seminar student manifestoes

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-10-01
Summary

Collection consists of student projects created as a final assignment for Professor Esther Choi's Advanced Research Seminar: Constructed Environments during the fall 2016 semester. All students were undergraduates in The New School's Parsons School of Design, primarily in architecture, interior design, and product design programs. The projects take the form of design manifestoes, combining text, images, and different forms of presentation.

Dates: 2016 December

Parsons School of Design Alumni Association records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-03-02-01
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 contain 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.

Dates: 1920 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1970

Parsons School of Design Centenary oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: PC-07-01-01
Abstract

The Parsons School of Design Centenary Oral History Project consists of recorded sound interviews with twelve individuals as well as two audio monologues by the project's manager, Martica Sawin. The interviews, recorded in 1994, cover the history of different academic departments and design disciplines over the course of the twentieth century as experienced by former and then-current instructors and administrators. Recordings are all in English.

Dates: 1994