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This folder includes digital copies of the papers and presentations delivered at the 2020 Symposium, which occurred completely online due to restrictions placed upon students and faculty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2020. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are:

• Bobbi Wall - "Ruth Reeves’ Lasting Imprint on Modern American Fashion"
• Anna Lucia Uihlein: "Louella Ballerino: Fashioning California"
• Brynnea Irvine: "The Fall of Luxury: The Forgotten History of Farquharson & Wheelock"
• Molly Hartvigsen: "Tobé-Coburn School for Fashion Careers"
• Brigid Gerstenecker: "Elizabeth Hawes: Mass Production for the Millions?"

With an interview of Andrew Goodman conducted by Bob Riley in 1977 as the root, Estelle Ellis and Valerie Steele extended this oral history of Bergdorf Goodman in 1997 by interviewing others who worked for Bergdorf Goodman and knew Andrew Goodman.

This collection is comprised of fashion sketches made for Hattie Carnegie, Inc. from 1940 - 1955. This collection contains millinery (hats) for which some designs can be attributed to Esther A. Kleeper in 1945. The remainder of the collection is ready-to-wear dresses and suits, along with evening wear, mostly ballgowns, that were adapted from French couturiers for the American woman. The sketches have been divided into millinery, ready-to-wear, and evening wear. Many of the sketches are not dated, but based upon a survey of the collection and dates of similar physical garments made by Hattie Carnegie, Inc. it is assumed that the sketches are from the aforementioned dates.