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Special Collections & College Archives

Special Collections is a highly-specialized repository of primary source research materials related to the fields of fashion and design.

About SPARC's Oral History collection

The FIT Library's Oral History Project holds over 400 interviews of prominent 20th-century fashion industry insiders, as well as members of the FIT community, that provide a broad historical record that is drawn directly from the knowledgeable, informal, and often, colorful verbalization of its practitioners.

A portion of these interviews can be accessed on FIT's Archive on Demand video platform or YouTube, while others can be viewed by making an appointment in SPARC

Scroll down for SPARC's Oral History Index, its full list of interviews.

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Find our audio and video oral history files on our YouTube channel!  New Videos are being added constantly. If you want to hear one of our interviews that are not yet published, please get in touch. You can find our contact information in the sidebar to the left.

Oral History Index

View a larger version of the index by clicking here. Scroll down for a video on how to use the index.

How to Use the Oral History Index

Watch this quick video for some tips on searching the Oral History Project index above. 

Have a question or comment about these guides? Contact: libraryreference@fitnyc.edu