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Parsons School of Design. Interior Design Department

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Hadley papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0017
Summary

Albert Hadley (1920-2012) graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1949 and served on the faculty from 1949 through 1954. Hadley later joined Dorothy "Sister" Parish to form the interior design firm Parish-Hadley. The collection includes correspondence, design and lecture notes, student work and a mock-up for a booklet.

Dates: 1947 - 1999

Allan Skriloff student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0114-01
Summary

The collection consists of art and design work executed by furniture and interior designer Allan Skriloff during his studies in Parsons School of Design's Interior Design Department.

Dates: between 1963-1966

Carolyn Nesbitt Wagenseller student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0124-01
Summary

The collection consists primarily of lecture notes and course-related notebooks maintained by designer Carolyn Nesbitt Wagenseller ('63) during her studies in Parsons School of Design's Interior Design Department.

Dates: 1960 - 1963

Catherine Minkiewicz student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0115-01
Summary

The collection consists primarily of course assignments in the form of a collage, presentation boards, photographs, and a watercolor rendering by interior designer Catherine Minkiewicz (1966) during her studies in Parsons School of Design's Interior Design Department.

Dates: 1964-1966

Daniel Lashen student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0053-01
Summary

Interior design sketches and detail studies from Daniel Lashen's studies at Parsons School of Design in New York and in Italy. Lashen graduated from Parsons in 1950.

Dates: 1947 - 1950

Dero Darwin, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0051-01
Summary

Dero Darwin, Jr. (1929-2014) graduated from Parsons School of Design's Interior Design Department in 1964. This collection includes design work Darwin produced as a student, as well as lecture notes and course materials, and material from Darwin's professional design career.

Dates: 1961 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1964

Eleanor Greta Suss student interior design renderings

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0131-01
Scope and Content of Collection

Consists of two drawings of period rooms rendered in pen and ink and watercolor.

Dates: 1949

Jeanette Olliver student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0068
Abstract

The collection consists of Jeanette Olliver's student work in the form of lecture notes, detail sketches and course materials, representing her work in the Parsons School of Design Interior Architecture and Decoration Department in the early 1940s.

Dates: 1941 - 1943

Parsons School of Design slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC-04-02-01
Summary

Consists of approximately 15,058 slides, primarily 1970s-1990s, documenting Parsons School of Design students and campus life. Many of the slides are images of student work. Other images include exhibitions, award and fashion shows, social events, guest lectures, field trips, and campus construction projects. Approximately one third of the slides represent Fashion Design Department-related activities.

Dates: circa 1950-2001

Raymond Waldron papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0044
Summary Raymond S. Waldron, Jr. (1913-2002) attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) from 1938-1941. After serving in World War II, Waldron worked for Lord & Taylor. In 1965, he established his own interior decoration firm. The collection includes his student work, a travel sketchbook, and professional files. Waldron's student work includes notebooks, instructor handouts, sketches and renderings, and tracings. A travel sketchbook...
Dates: 1938 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1994