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Jane Bannerman art and design work
Collection
Identifier: KA-0122
Summary
Jane Campbell Bannerman studied graphic design and illustration at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now Parsons School of Design), graduating in 1930. She worked for several New York-based firms, including McMillen, Inc., as a graphic and interior designer, and later opened her own textile design and interior decorating business. The collection primarily consists of student work, commercial design work, and travel watercolors, as well as clippings, photographs, and printed materials.
Dates:
circa 1927 - circa 1990
Found in:
The New School Archives
Jeanette Olliver student work
Collection
Identifier: KA-0068
Abstract
The collection consists of Jeanette Olliver's student work in the form of lecture notes, detail sketches and course materials, representing her work in the Parsons School of Design Interior Architecture and Decoration Department in the early 1940s.
Dates:
1941 - 1943
Found in:
The New School Archives
Jessica Rummel interior decoration working files
Collection
Identifier: KA-0084
Abstract
Ranging from the 1920s through the 1960s, the Jessica Rummel interior decoration working files consist of the files Rummel kept for her New York City-based interior decoration business, which operated during at least part of this period as Harding & Rummel, Inc. The files, which Rummel arranged under subjects such as "Fireplace equipment," "Quilting," "Decorative motifs," and "Egyptian," include small drawings, watercolors, site plans, and tracings of decorative elements, furniture,...
Dates:
1920s - 1960s
Found in:
The New School Archives
John Weitz papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0047
Abstract
A leading figure in the development of American ready-to-wear clothing, John Weitz (1923-2002) established one of the first American signature menswear lines. Through various licensing arrangements combined with self-referential advertising campaigns, he established an international consumer base. In addition to fashion design, Weitz pursued an array of other interests, becoming a successful race car driver, yachtsman, bestselling author and photographer. Weitz was a visiting lecturer at...
Dates:
1945 - 1998
Found in:
The New School Archives
Joseph Marcella student work
Collection
Identifier: KA-0123
Summary
The collection consists of student work and related records created or received by Joseph Marcella while studying in the Design Correlations Department (now Product Design) of Parsons School of Design between 1968 and 1970. In addition to project files for portable structures, underwater and outerspace habitations, and a one-piece plastic chair, the collection includes photographs, posters, and textual materials documenting the first Earth Day observances at Parsons.
Dates:
1968 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1970
Found in:
The New School Archives
Juke Goodman fashion illustration collection
Collection
Identifier: KA-0112
Summary
A collection of eighteen 1940s and 1950s fashion and jewelry illustrations collected by art director Juke Goodman. Artists represented in the collection include René Robert Bouché, Burma Burris, Carl Erickson ("Eric"), Ruth Graftstrom, and Jacqueline Lindner. Goodman served as art director for Saks Fifth Avenue and was a visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design.
Dates:
1940-1952, undated
Found in:
The New School Archives
Lea Hoyt papers and design work
Collection
Identifier: KA-0027-01
Summary
Lea Hoyt (1912-1998) received a degree in graphic design from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) in 1933, and went on to a six decade career as a graphic and textile designer. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence, design drawings, photographs, and examples of Hoyt's work, represented by napkins and paper plates, among other items.
Dates:
1933 - 1998
Found in:
The New School Archives
Lucie Porges fashion design papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0139-01
Summary
The Lucie Porges fashion design papers include biographical materials, fashion sketches, fashion illustrations and fashion photographs, and teaching records. It is of a primarily professional nature, with little documentation of Porges's personal life. The primary activities documented are Porges's fashion design work for Pauline Trigère and her teaching activities at Parsons School of Design.
Dates:
1950 - 2011
Found in:
The New School Archives
Lyman Martin interior decoration work and papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0031-01
Summary
Lyman Martin (1908-2003) graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1939 and went to work for Thedlow, a prestigious interior decoration firm. After serving in World War II, Martin returned to Thedlow, where he created interiors, produced watercolor renderings, designed rugs and painted murals for clients. In 1969, Martin was appointed president of Thedlow and stayed until the company closed in 1979. The collection includes student work, renderings and drawings of interiors, sketches, an...
Dates:
1928 - 1992
Found in:
The New School Archives
Margaret Hodge Company project files
Collection
Identifier: KA-0049
Summary
After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1945, Margaret Hodge became director of fashion marketing at Vogue, and in 1967 established her own fashion publicity business. Hodge led multiple marketing campaigns, tying clothing lines to the style and fashion of Hollywood films. The collection largely consists of examples of promotional material from Hollywood films, including publicity, set and costume design photographs, press kits, event announcements and...
Dates:
1945 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1976
Found in:
The New School Archives
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