The collection consists of approximately 500 professional illustrations by Parsons School of Design alumnus Bob Hiemstra, from the beginning of the 1980s into the early 1990s, when he produced fashion and spot illustrations for a wide range of magazines, newspapers, cosmetic companies and department stores.

J. Hyde Crawford (1930-2013), an alumnus of Parsons School of Design, was a successful fashion illustrator associated with Bonwit Teller department store. This collection is comprised of approximately fifty original drawings and one hundred clippings and tearsheets documenting Crawford's illustration work.

In the first of four segments, Linda Mason discusses her career as a makeup artist, her thoughts on cosmetics, and the relationship between makeup and fashion photography. She demonstrates application techniques on live models. She plays a series of videos on fashion trends and presents a slideshow of "before and after" photographs. Mason discusses her work with Clinique and her experiences with prominent designers, photographers, and models. During a question and answer period, a participant asks Mason to apply makeup to one of the male participants, which she does. In the second segments, Mason discusses the meaning and standards of beauty and the purpose of makeup for men and women. The discussion continues in the third and fourth segments.

Inscription: Linda Mason 1A + 1B - 5/23/85; Linda Mason 2A + 2B - 5/23/85

Occurring annually between 1981 and 1989, the Focus Photography Workshops offered a week-long immersion in a specialized area of photography with a public lecture series running during the same period. The workshops were targeted toward non-degree students with advanced photography skills. This collection includes audio recordings from the Focus lectures by professionals in the fields of photojournalism, advertising and fashion photography.