Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- circa 1941 (Creation)
Level of description
collection
Extent and medium
4 folders, .17 linear feet
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Established by Ethel Traphagen in 1923 in New York City, the Traphagen School of Fashion played a key role in the development of American fashion. More than 28,000 students passed through its doors included lauded designers Anne Klein, Geoffrey Beene and James Galanos. The school espoused a 'design by adaptation' philosophy which encouraged design students to look to art and historic objects for inspiration.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Partial donation by FIT Graduate Studies/ The Museum at FIT following the Fashion and Textile Studies graduate exhibition, The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion (March 5-March 30, 2019).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection contains promotional materials, photographs, stationary and a fashion show program pertaining to the Traphagen School of Fashion.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged thematically by content: promotional materials, photographs, stationary and fashion show program.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archives.
Conditions governing reproduction
The Department of Special Collections and College Archives does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Traphagen, Ethel, 1884-1963 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin