Title

Shirley Goodman interview, 1984 February 7

Contributor Names

Goodman, Shirley

Finger, Mildred (Interviewer)

Date

1984-02-06

Date Digitized

2020

Description

This is an interview with Executive Vice President Emeritus and Executive Director of the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries Shirley Goodman. She discusses her family history and first job in Washington D.C. This led her to a string of other opportunities including cooperating with Robert Moses to plan the 1939 World's Fair in New York and participating in New York's "Golden Anniversary," in 1948. That year she was introduced to FIT; the start of a very long relationship. Goodman discusses having to learn quickly about the fashion industry, and describes the planning of FIT's first building which was completed in 1959; with the subsequent building of their first dormitory in 1962 and second building in 1972. Goodman then delves into her activities during the Golden Anniversary, explaining vigorous twice-a-day fashion shows by Tom Lee and Eleanor Lambert at the Grand Central Palace. Goodman describes her involvement with the Moscow Expositions in both 1959 and 1967 and then goes into her personal life and family. Goodman describes how FIT started and how it has evolved over the years, including the acquisition of funding. Finally Goodman lists some of the major influences in her life.

Type

Moving Image

Oral histories

Sound

Subject

Goodman, Shirley, 1915-1991

Moses, Robert

Baruch, Bernard

Whelan, Grover

Nevins, Allen

Lambert, Eleanor

Lee, Tom

Deitsch, Samuel

Kuper, Theodore Fred, 1886-1981

Ritter, Mortimer

Meyer, Max

Haft, Morris

Reinitz, Bertram

Bethel, Lawrence L.

Wagner, Robert

High School of the Needle Trades (New York, N.Y.)

Young & Moscowitz

Jarvie, Lawrence

Feldman, Marvin

Perette, Suzy

Brown, Himan

Snyder, Rosalind

Brown, Nat

Slonin, Molly

Kopp, Ernestine

Morse, Jenny

Solar, Fanny

Brandriss, Marion K.

Goodman, Andrew

Hanenberg, Dorothy

Klein, Calvin, 1942-

Kamali, Norma

Anthony, John

Haire, Bill

Cattrall, Martha

Fashion

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)

New York (State)--New York

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000848

SPARC reference code: US.NNFIT.SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.8