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PC. Parsons Institutional Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: PC

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Parsons School of Design photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC-04-01-01
Abstract

Includes 1,425 photographs, contact sheets and negatives documenting Parsons student and campus life, including exhibitions, award and fashion shows, guest lectures, field trips, and campus construction projects.

Dates: circa 1920s - 2003; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Parsons School of Design poster collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC-05-07-01
Abstract

Contains 236 posters created for academic departments and administrative offices of Parsons The New School for Design, including promotional posters for summer sessions and study abroad programs, recruiting by specific departments, and publicity for exhibitions, public programs, and internship fairs. With the exception of a 1927 poster advertising a dance, the series does not contain any material created prior to 1956.

Dates: 1927 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2006

Parsons School of Design Product Design Department, Richard Yelle records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-02-03-01
Abstract

Contains records produced during Richard Yelle's term as department chair of Product Design (as well as its predecessors: Clay, Fiber, Metal Design; Clay, Metal, Textile Design; and Clay, Metal, Textile, and Product Design). Includes administrative records, information on competitions and exhibits, student work, course descriptions, and evaluations. Also includes examples of Yelle's professional work, and a poster for a Constantin Boym exhibit.

Dates: 1986 - 1998

Parsons School of Design Product Design Department, Tony Whitfield records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-02-03-02
Summary

This record group consists of documentation created by Parsons School of Design's Product Design Department between 1990-2015. The records were created or received by various individuals, including department chairs Richard Yelle and Tony Whitfield. The record group contains office files pertaining to the administration of the department and Product Design student projects.

Dates: 1991 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2008

Parsons School of Design School of Constructed Environments graduate thesis compendiums

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-02-25-01
Abstract

The record group contains compendiums with descriptions of graduate thesis projects by students of the Parsons School of Design School of Constructed Environments programs. Programs include graduate degrees in architecture (MArch), industrial design, interior design, and lighting design. Also included is interdisciplinary student work from the MFA in Interior Design & Lighting Design and MArch/MFA in Architecture & Lighting Design.

Dates: 2017-2018

Parsons School of Design School of Fashion records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-02-02-02
Abstract

These records contain student work, publicity materials, photographs, and audiovisual material from the Parsons School of Design School of Fashion's undergraduate and graduate programs, primarily the BFA Fashion Design program. To a lesser extent, the AAS Fashion Design and MFA Fashion Design and Society programs are also documented.

Dates: circa 1980-2020

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

Parsons School of Design student work transparencies

 Record Group — Box 1
Identifier: PC-02-01-03
Abstract

A collection of 4 x 5 inch color transparencies of work probably created 1970 through 1975 by Parsons School of Design students in the Communication Design, Environmental Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Illustration, General Illustration, and Graphic Design departments, including work that was exhibited in end of year shows and annual Society of Illustrators Scholarship Competitions.

Dates: circa 1970-1975

Parsons School of Design syllabi

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-01-05-01
Summary

Consists of Parsons School of Design syllabi compiled by the Office of the Dean in electronic formats between 2006 and 2014. While not comprehensive, approximately 20,000 courses are documented over a seven year period during which Parsons School of Design experienced a significant structural re-organization.

Dates: 2006 - 2014

Parsons Table research files

 Collection
Identifier: PC-08-02-01
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and research related to the Parsons table, a conceptual table design thought to have originated at the Paris Ateliers, the precursor to Parsons Paris, in the 1920s or 1930s and often attributed to French designer Jean-Michel Frank (1895–1941). The materials were assembled by the New School Archives staff as part of a Parsons School of Design Design and Management Department project in 2002.

Dates: 1922 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1975