Special Collections & College Archives

Special Collections and College Archives (SPARC) is the archive and rare book division of the FIT Library. It is a highly specialized and rich resource for the fashion industry and scholars of design history, including FIT's own fashion-centric graduate and undergraduate programs.

We at SPARC are here to help guide you in accessing our collections for use in your research. Please reach out if you cannot find answers to your questions using our website.

Visit our Collections page or click the links below

SPARC connect is our growing repository of finding aids that describe in detail our archival collections.

View select images digitized from our collection.

A comprehensive index of the periodicals in SPARC

Our research guides will help you search our holdings, and understanding what we do.

Visit: Schedule research appointments, or plan group or class visits. View our current researcher schedule

Opportunities: Intern or volunteer for us

Licensing and Reproduction: Visual media from SPARC for use in your publication

Donate to SPARC

Make a gift using our Support FIT form. Be sure to write Special Collections and College Archives into the Enter Designation for Other field.

Students holding signs with programs names outside of FIT. — Fashion Institute of Technology. (circa 1960s). [Publicity shot of students promoting FIT majors, circa 1960s]. "Communications and External Relations records", Gladys Marcus Library Special Collections & College Archives (US NNFIT SC.FITA.5.2.4.663), Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY.

Contact Us

Special Collections and College Archives

Goodman Center: 4th floor, room E435

(212) 217-4385

[email protected]