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This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

Programs and events

Volume 5 contains coverage of Mainbocher's designs for the stage from 1941-1947. The productions and actresses he designed for in this time were: "Blithe Spirit" starring Leonora Corbett and Peggy Wood; "The Smiling Visitor" (also known as "Rose Burke") starring Katharine Cornell; "A Lady Comes Home" starring Ruth Chatterton; "Over Twenty-One" starring Ruth Gordon; "One Touch of Venus" starring Mary Martin; "Foolish Notion" starring Tallulah Bankhead; "Dream Girl" starring Betty Field; "Dunnigan's Daughter" starring June Havoc; "Born Yesterday" starring Judy Holliday; and "Park Avenue" starring Leonora Corbett. He also dressed Libby Holman for her stint at La Vie Parisienne in April 1943 and contributed gowns for overseas productions of "Blithe Spirit" and "Over Twenty-One" to the National War Fund, which financed USO camp shows. Included in this volume are original photographs of Leonora Corbett and Peggy Wood from "Blithe Spirit," as well as various Playbills. Folders include a typed contents page; a "Blithe Spirit" Playbill (sans cover); an article entitled "For the Career Woman," featuring Katharine Cornell in "Rose Burke" from the New York Times Magazine, March 1, 1942; Six photographs of Katharine Cornell in "Rose Burke;" the Playbill for "Foolish Notion" sans cover; Eleanor Lambert's press release for "Foolish Notion;" Five Vandamn photographs of Tallulah Bankhead in "Foolish Notion" with descriptions of her costumes by Eleanor Lambert; and the Playbill for "Dunnigan's Daughter."

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

Summary of the insurance valuation and survey completed of Crown Mills in 1940.

This folder contains 2 fashion illustrations signed by Carles. The artist could possibly be Sara Johns who also went under the name Sara Carles Johns.

This folder contains newspaper and magazine clippings, including Vogue, New York Times and Harper's Bazaar. In the folder is a report on her work designing Civilian Defense Uniforms along side designers such as Bonnie Cashin, William Bloom and Lilly Dache among others. Also in this folder are examples of a wide range of her designs, including wedding dresses, costume jewelry and maternity wear.

This folder contains original programs and invitations to fashion-related events in New York City.

Contains two scrapbooks relating to Lord and Taylor advertising: 1) December 1941-April 1944 Magazine Masterbook and 2) April-September 1944 Masterbooks

This folder contains tear sheets.

This folder contains 8 illustrated fashion illustrations signed by Dagmar, mostly dresses and evening gowns.

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains Xeroxed clippings of McCardell's designs including swimwear, daywear and examples of her warp dress and other styles that have become her signature over time. Also in the folder are several profile articles of the designer herself and her collections.

This folder contains advertisements from Townely Frocks as well as department stores such as Lord&Taylor and Niemen-Marcus. It includes examples of McCardell's denim designs and 'Pop-over' dresses.

This folder contains Xeroxed programs and invitations to fashion-related events in New York City.

This folder is comprised of fashion photographs depicting Pauline Trigère designs.

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains Xeroxed personal and corporate correspondence, where appropriate original newspaper clippings are attached.

This folder contains a program for the 1942 A Distinguished American Award.

This folder contains award programs, press releases, correspondence, transcripts of speeches, voting forms, and designer biographies.

Volume 4 covers the designer's bi-annual collections from the fall of 1942 through the spring of 1945. During this time, he created his "changeabout basic dress," "glamour belts," and bejeweled cardigans. The press continuously reiterated Mainbocher's belief that a woman need only a simple black dress sans ornament and various accessories to make that one dress do the work of a dozen. The volume includes a Harper's Bazaar article from November 1941 about Mrs. John C. Wilson (Natalie Paley), "the 9-to-5 muse at Mainbocher," as well as a copy of the May 1944 cover that features a Mainbocher white straw hat with two white roses on the brim worn with his silk patterned dress and jacket. Folders include a typed list of the contents in the scrapbook, press lists, a loose page from Harper's Bazaar November 1943 and a card that credits Mainbocher for dressing singer Libby Holman in "Early American Blues."

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains clippings from publications such as WWD, Bazaar, Vogue and Glamour among others. It includes examples of the 'surprise alert' suit designed by McCardell that year as well as 'was savings' clothes using minimal yardage of fabric and side closure of buttons instead of metal zipper.

This series contains the files Lambert kept on designers, both client and non-client.

Contains one scrapbook relating to Lord and Taylor advertising, June-September 1942

This sub-series is comprised of fashion photographs depicting Pauline Trigère designs.

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains 3 illustrations of shoes by an unknown artist. A note suggests Dagmar Freuchen-Gale as a possible artist.

Contains scrapbooks relating to Lord and Taylor Advertising, February-April 1942

Contains one scrapbook relating to Lord and Taylor Advertising: "Masterbook"

This folder contains tear sheets.

This folder contains one black and white photo of a day dress.

This folder contains 5 copies of Harper's Bazaar magazine pages and 19 fashion illustrations signed by Sara Johns. The illustrations consist of two-piece ensembles, dresses and jumpsuits. Some garments shown are attributed to Claire McCardell, Abercrombie & Fitch; department stores Bonwitt Teller and Arnold Constable & Company labeled on the back. There are also 3 loose notes attributing designs to Tina Leser, Tom Brigance for Lord & Taylor, and B.H. Wragge.

This folder contains black and white press photos of Ginger Rogers, fashion photos, some with press releases attached, of ensembles by Correges, Grès, Philippe Venet, Maria Carine, Bob Krieger, and photos of a fashion runway show circa 1943.

Contains Scrapbooks relating to Lord and Taylor advertising, December 1943-January 1947

This folder contains one 8x10" black and white publicity shot of Ginger Rogers for the film Lady in the Dark with press release attached.

This series contains press materials, photographs, correspondance and miscellaneous ephemera related to the American Fashion Critics Awards sponsored by Coty, Inc.

This folder contains clippings with examples of day dresses and summer cotton dresses. It also includes several articles about McCardell's work featuring her pictures, as well as reports on the Mademoiselle Magazine Merit Award she won that year.

This collection is comprised of the papers and records of renowned publicist Eleanor Lambert.

Contains two scrapbooks relating to Lord and Taylor Advertising: 1) May 1943-July 1944 Manhasset and 2) February-April 1943 Masterbook

This folder contains designer biographies for Claire McCardell, Valentina, and 8x10" black and white head shots of Norman Norell and Lilly Daché.

This folder contains the pages of a deconstructed scrapbook comprised of press clippings from 1943-1967 pertaining to women's fashions designed by Eta. The Greek Revival gowns of 1944 are featured, as well as sketches and press relating to the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, "The Greek Revival in the United States," which featured Madame Eta designs. The folder also contains correspondence from Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston pertaining to Madame Eta donations to their institutions.

Contains two scrapbooks relating to the Lord and Taylor Advertising: 1) December 1943-April 1944 and 2) September-December 1944

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches

This folder contains pencil, ink and watercolor sketches on paper with textile swatches