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The Museum at FIT records are arranged into six (6) series; they are Administrative records, Exhibition records, Promotional material, Symposia records, Correspondence, and Fashion Culture records.

The Integrated Service-Learning Project is an extension of the Interior Design Relief Project which was founded in 2013. It aims to integrate the efforts of like-minded interior designers, architects, and contractors who believe that the design of the physical environment matters, shapes lives, and can empower people. Documents relate to projects conducted with FIT Interior Design students and various New York and New Jersey area organizations including the Bowery Mission Women’s Center in the renovation of their laundry room, the Community of Friends in Action of Leonia, NJ, the Leonia Presbyterian Church, and Hug-it-Forward, to build a “bottle school” in Guatemala, presented proposals for the renovation of the communal kitchen at Hephzibah House in New York City and Living Waters Community Center in Brooklyn, Restore NYC during the Spring semester and moving on to summer with The Bowery Mission Men's Center and St. Paul's House and more. These projects became part of the curriculum and the content is now taught in the 6th semester in liaison with New York Cares

This collection includes the records for the annual day long Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice Symposium. Each year a theme is selected and the graduate students present papers relating to the theme. Included are students papers, print version of their presentations, advertising materials for the symposium, and schedule of events. Further accruals are expected.

Bound copy of all of the papers and presentations delivered at the 2007 Symposium "Focus on Fashion Journalism.

Includes the advertisitng flyer, schedule of events, and papers delivered at the 2008 Symposium "Fashion and the Televised Woman" which occurred on Friday May 2, 2008. Fourteen Graduate Students from the Department of Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice delivered presentations. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Nadine Stewart, "What Not to Wear on TV: The Image of the Professional Woman;" Alyssa Panetta, "You're Gonna Wear It After All: Fashion and the Single Career Woman;" Christina Pasquet, "Dynasty: Prime Time Power Play;" Ayse Weinberg, "Absolutely Fabulous? Fashion, Fad, & Satire;" Kristen Elizabeth Stewart, "Witch Dressing: Suburban Assimilation in Bewitched;" Julie Ann Orsini, "Dandies & Mods: Fashion in The Avengers;" Marjorie V. Jonas, "The Prisoner of Surreal Sportswear;" Whitney A. Jones, "Dressing Miss Solar System: The Jetsons & Space Age Fashion" (only presentation included); George Veale, "Fashion for Time Travel: The Companions of Dr. Who;" Emily Ripley, "Soul Train Fashion Parade;" Julianna Rose Dow, "My So-called Style: Identity in a Television High School;" Erica Scott, "Raised by Darren Starr: Fashion, Fiction, & Third-Wave Feminism;" Lubna Contractor, "Undercover Style: The Fashions of Alias;" Monica Murgia, "Death Defying Fashion: Pushing Daisies."

Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2009 Symposium "costume<3fashion Designers, Stars, and Muses of the New York Stage." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Aisling Joe, "Aline Bernstein: Grande Dame of Costume Design and Fashion History;" Alison Castaneda, "Theatrical Truth: The Role of Costume in Staging History." Presenter bios included.

Includes the advertisitng flyer, schedule of events, papers, and presentations delivered at the 2010 Symposium "Americans in Paris: Designers, Buyers, Editors, Photographers, Models, and Clients in Paris Fashion" which occurred on Saturday, May 8, 2010. Six Graduate Students from the Department of Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice delivered presentations. Each presenter's paper and presentation is represented. Karen Trivette Cannell and Patty Sicular delivered the welcoming addresses, but their presentations are not included in the file. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Nicole Bloomfield, "From Shopping in Paris to Hitler's Bathtub: Thérèse Bonney and Lee Miller;" Sarah Byrd, "Adopted by Paris Fashion: Marc Jacobs & Karl Lagerfeld;" Michelle Kauffman, "The Couture Client as Patron of the Art of Fashion."

Includes one paper and presentation delivered at the 2011 Symposium by Emma Kadar Penner, "Beyond Model Myths."