Scope and Contents Consists of nine electronic files in doc, docx and ppt formats: a September 1, 2011 application to the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) for plan approval to launch the Master of Arts in Design Studies, submitted by Joel Towers, Dean, Parsons the New School for Design; Sarah Lawrence, Dean, Parsons School of Art and Design History and Theory; and Lisa DeBenedittis, Associate Dean, Curriculum + Instruction at Parsons; an appendix to be added to course syllabi (undated -- circa 2012-2014); a report by Susan Yelavich describing her accomplishments in the academic year 2012-2013; a 2014 report on the future of the program; April 29, 2014 notes for a meeting with a NASAD reviewer on progress of the new program; 2015 Powerpoint presentation describing the program; September 4, 2017 memorandum from Susan Yelavich to Parsons executive dean Joel Towers, and Sarah E. Lawrence, dean of Parsons MA in Design History and Theory indicating that declining enrollment had put...

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DVD includes catalog as well as video recording of Parsons Paris 2006-2007 fashion runway show.

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Consists of 1,077 PDF files migrated from a thumb drive. The images were digitized from slides prior to their donation to the New School Archives and the original slides are not part of the collection. According to Joan Russo, the files primarily consist of student artwork, although there are a number of photographs of students and others wearing face paint and costumes. The files are organized into folders by year. There are no student names or any other identifying information apart from the dates assigned by the donor.

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A video documentary profile of John Russo, part of a series,

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Images of various IRP events in the form of JPG and JPEG files were migrated from CD-R. The printed photographs were retained because they contain annotations identifying subjects or events photographed, as well as the corresponding file name of the image on the disks.

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Excerpt from the Parsons The New School for Design annual fashion show. Footage of roughly the first half of the runway show. A second DVD of the fashion show has been located that does include the second half of the show, but it has not yet been migrated from its original format and so the fuller video recording is not yet available on the digital collections site. To request access, contact archivist@newschool.edu.

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Microsoft Word file transferred from floppy disk. The font in the access file differs from the font in the preservation file.

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Includes video recording of a CNN profile of Brenner's Parisian houseboat, migrated from DVD. Inscription: Peniche L'Atelier / 1995 / CNN - Style

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Panel discussion. Moderator: Nicholas Birns. Panelists: Ira Katznelson, Angela D. Dillard, John B. Judis, Katherine S. Newman.

Inscription: When Affirmative Action Was White / 1/25/06.