Guide to the Irene Saltern Salinger Papers MS.P.059
Finding aid prepared by Audrey Pearson in 2007. Accessions added by Audra Eagle Yun
in 2011 and 2012. Finding aid edited by Alix Norton in 2012. Accessions added by Zoe
MacLeod in 2018.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
(cc) 2018
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Irene Saltern Salinger papers
Creator:
Salinger, Irene Saltern
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.059
Physical Description:
33 Linear Feet
(64 boxes) and 1.4 unprocessed linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1819-2005
Date (bulk): 1940-1980
Abstract: This collection comprises the personal
and professional papers of Irene Saltern Salinger, a Hollywood fashion designer in the late
1930s to early 1940s, originator of coordinated women's sportswear separates in the 1950s,
and fashion designer into the late 1970s. Her papers include pencil and watercolor costume
sketches for Hollywood film productions and her commercial work, photographs, fashion
plates, scrapbooks, personal and professional correspondence, fabric swatches, fashion line
summaries and photographs, research materials, as well as sales and advertisement materials
from circa 1950 to 1980. The collection also includes European fashion plates collected by
Salinger, showcasing popular clothing for upper-class men, women, and children from the mid-
to late- nineteenth century.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English, German, and French.
Access
The collection is open for research. Access to original DVDs is restricted; researchers may
request listening copies.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Some materials are in the public
domain. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special
Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Irene Saltern Salinger Papers. MS-P059. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Irene Saltern Salinger, 2002; gift of Lynda Lawrence Salinger, 2011, 2012.
Processing History
European fashion plates processed by Audrey Pearson, 2007. Additions to the collection
processed by Audra Eagle Yun, Zoe MacLeod, Alix Norton, and student assistants, 2012.
Accession added by Zoe Macleod, 2018.
Historical Background
Irene Saltern Salinger was a Hollywood fashion designer from 1937 until 1943 and a
commercial fashion designer from 1943 until 1979. Born Irene Stern in Germany on January 30,
1911, Salinger grew up in Berlin. She had a privileged childhood and often spent time with
her then next-door neighbor, Albert Einstein. After high school, Salinger attended fashion
design school in Berlin. After graduating and marrying Harry Salinger, she worked as a
fashion journalist, giving talks and traveling to fashion shows throughout Europe. While the
Salingers were on their honeymoon, Harry lost his job as a judge. Salinger soon accepted an
offer from a relative living in California, where she settled and began to pursue a career
in costume design.
While in California, Salinger attended a party where she met Max Factor's son-in-law. He
helped her get a job in the publicity department at Universal Studios, which was to become
her first Hollywood job. It was while working at Universal that Salinger changed her last
name to Saltern, a combination of the names Salinger and Stern. Later she began working for
Republic Pictures, designing costumes for western films in the late 1930s. Aspiring to
design for feature films, Salinger obtained a position with Samuel Goldwyn Pictures in the
1940s as a fashion designer and later as the head of wardrobe design. Among the movies for
which she designed costumes are
Call of the Yukon (1938),
Under Western Stars (1938),
Gangs of New
York
(1938),
The Howards of Virginia (1940),
They Dare Not Love (1941),
Time Out for
Rhythm
(1941), and
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941).
In 1942, toward the end of her Hollywood career, Salinger was one of 13 designers
highlighted at the Waldorf Astoria fashion show. Salinger won the prize at the show for
creating a line that worked within the wartime clothing rations. She used the connections
she made at the event as well as her connections in the film industry to become a designer
for Hollywood Premiere, where she began her commercial design career.
Salinger left Hollywood in 1943 and began to design women's sportswear for Tabak of
California in 1950. There is evidence in her commercial fashion papers that, while working
for Tabak, Salinger proved she was able to hold her own in an industry dominated by men. She
frequently voiced her opinions and sought recognition for her work as an individual. One
example is illustrated in memoranda where Salinger voices her concerns about the size of her
name on Tabak advertisements. In the late 1950s and 1960s, she worked for Phil Rose, Lanz of
California, returned to work for Tabak, and also briefly headed her own firm, Irene Saltern
of California. In the 1970s, Salinger designed for many different companies, including Pant
Pouri, Nemy and Disegni.
In 1979, Salinger left commercial fashion. She was best known for her influence in the
women's sportswear industry, particularly her work as one of the originators of coordinated
sportswear separates. Later in life she donated many of her movie sketches to the American
Film Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum, as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, where she was honored as one of the seven great designers of the golden age.
She died September 4, 2005 in Newport Beach, California.
The majority of this biographical note is sourced from written biographical information
from Salinger's daughter-in-law, Lynda Lawrence Salinger, as well as from the collection
itself.
Chronology
Chronology
1911 |
Irene Stern born in Berlin, Germany on January 30. |
1929 |
Begins to study fashion. |
1933 |
Marries Harry Salinger. |
1934-1936 |
Works as a French fashion journalist and publishes papers in Paris, Berlin,
Prague, Cairo, and Jerusalem.
|
1936 |
Sails on the U.S.S.
Normandy to the United
States.
|
1937 |
Works as a fashion publicist for a Universal Studios radio show on KFWB. |
1938-1943 |
Works as wardrobe and costume designer for Samuel Goldwyn, Republic Pictures, Hal
Roach, and Universal.
|
1942 |
Designs period costumes for boudoir dolls. |
1943 |
Begins Snood business and designs for SunRose. |
1943-1950 |
Designs her own signature line for Hollywood Premiere. |
1945 |
Gives birth to her son, Tom Salinger. |
1950-1955 |
Designs for Tabak. |
1955-1957 |
Launches her own line and launches the Irene Saltern brand under her own company,
TomBarry.
|
1957-1958 |
Designs for Sir James. |
1958-1965 |
Designs for Tabak. |
1966-1967 |
Designs for Phil Rose. |
1967-1969 |
Deisgns for Tonino and Alexa. |
1969-1970 |
Designs for Figuremate. |
1970-1973 |
Designs for Pant Pouri (Lady R.). |
1974 |
Designs for City Girl. |
1975 |
Designs for Cynaya. |
1976-1977 |
Designs for Nemy. |
1977 |
Designs for Cheeks. |
|
Designed for Dizzy's Place. |
1977-1979 |
Designs for Disegni. |
2005 |
Passes away in Newport Beach, CA on September 4. |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of Irene Saltern Salinger, a
Hollywood fashion designer in the late 1930s to early 1940s, originator of coordinated
women's sportswear separates in the 1950s, and fashion designer into the late 1970s. Her
papers include pencil and watercolor costume sketches for Hollywood film productions and her
commercial work, photographs, fashion plates, research materials, and personal papers. The
collection also includes European fashion plates collected by Salinger, showcasing popular
clothing for upper-class men, women, and children from the mid- to late-nineteenth
century.
The European fashion plates were given to Salinger as a gift by her father. The plates are
primarily hand-colored etchings and steel engravings, which were collected independently
from their original publications. The collection also includes a few costume plates that
showcase the attire of lower classes and people of the world.
Salinger's papers from her Hollywood career consists of many costume sketches for Hollywood
films, movie stills, correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, cast and crew lists,
and address books. Costume sketches include work from 1938 to 1943 for Republic Pictures and
Samuel Goldwyn Pictures and include costumes from movies such as
Saboteur,
Miss Polly,
They Dare
Not Love
,
So Ends Our Night,
Time Out for Rhythm,
The Howards of Virginia,
Tanks a Million,
Cheers for Miss
Bishop
,
All-American Co-Ed,
The
Westerner
, and
Raffles.
Salinger's commercial fashion and business papers comprise many fashion sketches, fabric
swatches, fashion line summaries and photographs, correspondence, research materials,
ephemera, salesmen's books, as wells as sales and advertisement materials from circa 1950 to
1980. Professional materials from 1980-2005 are also included. Commercial fashion sketches
include work from the 1940s through the late 1970s for a variety of companies, including
Tabak, Phil Rose, Irene Saltern, Sir James, Lanz-Alexa/Tonino, FigureMate, Pant Pouri (Lady
R), City Girl, Cynaya, Nemy, Cheeks, Dizzy's Place, and Disegni, and many of the designs
have fabric swatches attached to them.
Salinger's personal papers include family records, biographical material, early artwork,
correspondence, photographs, diaries, and newspaper clippings from 1911 to 2005.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 4 series:
- Series 1. European fashion plates, 1819-1886
- Series 2. Hollywood and costume fashion materials, 1937-1942
- Series 3. Commerical fashion and buisness materials, 1941-2005
- Series 4. Personal papers, 1911-2005
The original order of the collection has been retained as arranged by the donor, primarily
chronologically.
Accession 2018.015, an unprocessed addition to the collection is listed at the end.
Bibliography
Basheda, Lori. "When Glamour Reigned: Hollywood Designer Irene Saltern Revisits the
Glory Days."
The Orange County Register, 11 November
1999.
Cook, Anne Marie, "Irene Saltern, Unsung Pioneer of California Design,"
Vintage Reflections,May 11, 2011,
http://reflectionsofvintage.blogspot.com/2011/05/irene-saltern-unsung-pioneer-of.html.
Hall, Marian, Marjorie Carne, and Sylvia Sheppard. 2002.
California fashion: from the old west to new Hollywood. New York: Harry N. Abrams.
Kathy, Bryant. "What Goes Around : From Movie Studios to Private Labels, Irene
Salinger Has Seen It All Before."
Los Angeles Times, 14
September 1995. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-14/news/ls-45832_1_movie-studios
(Accessed 6 December 2011).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fashion -- United States
Costume designers -- California
Etchings -- 19th century -- Color.
Women fashion designers -- 20th century
Steel engravings -- 19th century -- Color.
Fashion plates -- Germany -- 19th century -- Color.
Fashion plates -- Austria -- 19th century -- Color.
Fashion -- Austria -- History -- 19th century.
Fashion plates -- France -- 19th century -- Color.
Fashion -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Fashion -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
Fashion designers -- California.
Costume design drawings.
Fashion design drawings -- United States -- 20th
century.
Advertising -- Fashion
Salinger, Irene Saltern
European fashion plates Series 1.
1819-1886
Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises the European fashion plates collected by Irene Saltern Salinger.
The plates were given to Salinger as a gift by her father. The fashion plates showcase
popular clothing for upper-class men, women, and children from the mid- to
late-nineteenth century. The plates are primarily hand-colored etchings and steel
engravings, which were collected independently from their original publications. The
collection also includes a few costume plates that showcase the attire of lower classes
and people of the world.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by the title or topic of the publication.
box 49, folder 1
Costumes parisiens
1819-1836
General Physical Description note: 7 engravings
box 49, folder 2
Le Follet
circa 1844
General Physical Description note: 3 engravings
box 49, folder 3
French costume plates
circa 1850
General Physical Description note: 2 engravings
Scope and Contents note
Depictions of costumes of the world, including one of a young peasant girl in
Derbyshire, England, and one of a young Greek boy in Albania, by the artist T.
Vogel.
box 49, folder 4
La Gazette des salons
circa 1830-1839
General Physical Description note: 1 engraving
box 49, folder 5
German costume plates
circa 1830-1839
General Physical Description note: 12 engravings
Scope and Contents note
Depictions of costumes for the peasant and working classes, including firemen, maids,
a woman selling butter, a woman selling baskets, and a man selling peat, by the artist
H. Jessen.
box 49, folder 6-7
Men's
Modes de Paris: Petit courrier des
dames
1847-1849
General Physical Description note: 15 engravings
box 49, folder 8
La Mode
1833
General Physical Description note: 10 engravings
box 49, folder 9
Modebilder zur Theaterzeitung
1836
General Physical Description note: 1 engraving
box 49, folder 10-11
Moden Z
1830-1839
General Physical Description note: 18 engravings
box 49, folder 12
Modenspiegel
circa 1830-1839
General Physical Description note: 7 engravings
box 49, folder 13
Modes de Paris
1836-1837
General Physical Description note: 2 engravings
box 49, folder 14
Modes de Paris: Petit courrier des
dames
1843-1849
General Physical Description note: 11 engravings
box 49, folder 15
Modes parisiennes
circa 1846
General Physical Description note: 2 engravings
box 49, folder 16
Les Modes Parisiennes:
Peterson's
Magazine
1884 March
General Physical Description note: 6 pages of reprints of plates and
articles
box 49, folder 17
Les Modes Parisiennes:
Peterson's
Magazine
1885 September
General Physical Description note: 7 pages of reprints of plates and
articles
box 49, folder 18
Les Modes Parisiennes:
Peterson's
Magazine
1886 March
General Physical Description note: 7 pages of reprints of plates and
articles
box 49, folder 19
Les Modes Parisiennes:
Peterson's
Magazine
1886 August
General Physical Description note: 7 pages of reprints of plates and
articles
box 49, folder 20-21
Le Moniteur de la mode
1844-1845
General Physical Description note: 13 engravings
Scope and Contents note
Designs by Jules David (1808-1892).
box 49, folder 22
"Schöne Welt in München: Originalzeichnung von Erdmann Wagner in
München"
1877
General Physical Description note: 1 newspaper clipping
box 49, folder 23
Untitled engraving of two women by A. Brückner.
circa 1850
Scope and Contents note
1 engraving
box 49, folder 24
Wiener Moden
1837
General Physical Description note: 2 engravings
Hollywood and costume fashion materials Series 2.
1937-1942
Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of many of Salinger's costume sketches for Hollywood films, movie
stills, correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, cast and crew lists, and
address books. Costume sketches include work from 1938 to 1943 for Republic Pictures and
Samuel Goldwyn Pictures for films such as
Miss Polly,
The Howards of Virginia and
Cheers for
Miss Bishop
.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
box 12, folder 1
Enlarged and captioned photographs of actresses or models
circa 1935-1939
Scope and Content Summary
Includes photographs of actresses or models wearing Irene's costume designs. Some of
the photographs have captions which describe the costume.
box 63, folder 8
Scrapbook of clippings about Irene
circa 1935-1939
box 12, folder 5
Mounted enlarged publicity photograph of Irene
circa 1935-1939
box 1, folder 16
Newspaper clippings of Irene
1937 September 7
Scope and Content Summary
Includes newspaper clippings about Irene as a Paris fashionista and working with
Universal.
box 1, folder 17
Issues of
The Hollywood Reporter and
Variety
1936-1941
box 1, folder 18
Harper's Bazaar
1936 November
box 1, folder 19
Copies of professional photographs taken by Inga Stern
1936
box 1, folder 20
Universal publicity photographs of Irene and negatives
circa 1936
box 1, folder 21
Universal contract personalities sizes and measurements and contact
list
1936
box 1, folder 22
Silhouette magazine, speculative
copy
1937
Scope and Content Summary
Irene was the fashion editor for
Silhouette magazine
and probably created some of the sketches included in the magazine.
box 1, folder 24
Photographs, Republic
1937
Scope and Content Summary
Includes publicity photographs with negatives of Irene, a photograph of CBS recording
Hollywood in person on Republic lot, 8 photographs of Irene at work with her staff,
and 3 photographs of Irene at work.
box 1, folder 25
Clippings of Jane Withers, Patricia Morrison and Margaret
Sullavan
circa 1937
box 2, folder 1
Newspaper clippings, press tours
1937-1939
box 2, folder 3
Film clips, outtakes
circa 1935-1939
box 2, folder 4
Radio script and commercial sales pitch
1937
box 2, folder 5
Movie correspondence and contracts
1939-1941
box 2, folder 6
Movie employment letters
1938-1941
box 2, folder 7
Cast and crew lists, Republic
circa 1935-1939
box 2, folder 8
Republic Pictures wardrobe plots and movie lists
1938-1939
box 2, folder 9
Pre-release programs
1938-1941
box 14, folder 3-6, box 63, folder 1-7
Early costumes
1937-1939
Scope and Content Summary
Includes costume sketches for movies made from 1937 to 1939. Includes 43 boards, 15
tissue sketches and 1 paper sketch.
box 14, folder 1
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
1938
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 1 board.
box 15, folder 4-5
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 4 boards, 3 tissues and 1 damaged tissue.
box 11, folder 1-2
Raffles
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 12 boards.
box 18, folder 1-5
The Westerner
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 17 boards, 4 tissues and 3 sketches.
box 17, folder 1-2
All American Co-Ed
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 5 boards, 2 paper sketches, 1 tissue signed by Frances Langford, and 2
schedule boards.
box 11, folder 3-4, box 16, folder 4-5, box 17, folder 3-6
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 38 boards with inscriptions.
box 13, folder 3
International Lady (G-Man Vs. Scotland
Yard)
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 1 board.
box 13, folder 4-5
Miss Polly
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 10 boards with signatures and inscriptions.
box 13, folder 8, box 15, folder 1-2
So Ends Our Night (Flotsam)
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 11 boards and 1 is inscribed by Francis Dee in box 15 and 1 board in box
13.
box 16, folder 1
Tanks a Million
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 5 boards with swatches.
box 13, folder 6
They Dare Not Love
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 6 boards.
box 13, folder 7
Adventure in Washington
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 4 boards.
box 15, folder 3
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 3 tissues
box 64, folder 4
Loretta Young,
Lady from Cheyenne, rejected
costume sketch
circa 1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 1 board.
box 13, folder 1
Saboteur
1942
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 1 tissue signed by Priscilla Lane.
box 16, folder 2
Costumes
undated
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 6 tissues.
box 16, folder 3
Post-Republic
undated
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 5 signed boards.
box 2, folder 10
Studio gate passes
1939-1940
box 2, folder 12
Ad for girdle endorsed by Irene
1939
box 2, folder 13
Robinson's catalog cover, from movie design
1940
box 2, folder 14
Images from Republic Pictures
1937-1939
box 2, folder 15
Publicity photographs of Irene
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a photograph of Irene with Clark Gable and a photograph of Irene with a
sketch of a costume for Frances Dee in
So Ends Our
Night
.
box 2, folder 16
Publicity stills of Dorothy Lamour in personal wardrobe, possibly designed by
Irene
1939-1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes publicity stills of Dorothy Lamour possible wearing clothes designed by
Irene.
box 2, folder 17
Photographs and negatives of costume sketches for
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes original film clip.
box 2, folder 18
Photographs of sketches and originals and copies of movie stills from
The Howards of Virginia
1940
box 2, folder 19
Copies of sketches and original and copies of movie stills from
The Howards of Virginia
1940
box 7, folder 1
Original movie stills, original stills of sets and photographs of sketches
from
The Howards of Virginia
1940
box 7, folder 2
Photographs of sketches and original movie stills from
The Howards of Virginia
1940
box 7, folder 3
Photographs of sketches from
The Howards of
Virginia
1940
box 7, folder 4
Photographs of sketches and original movie stills from
The Howards of Virginia
1940
box 7, folder 5
Photographs of sketches from
The Howards of
Virginia
1940
box 2, folder 20
Photographs of sketches and publicity photographs from
The Howards of Virginia
1940
box 12, folder 6
Enlarged movie stills from
The Howards of
Virginia
1940
box 2, folder 21
Publicity stories on
The Howards of Virginia
in
California Style and Friends
1940
box 2, folder 22
The Westerner
1940
Scope and Content Summary
Includes original production and publicity stills, cast and crew pre-release sheet
and internet images.
box 2, folder 23
Internet images from
Raffles and
Wagons Westward
1940
box 2, folder 25
Movie images
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes internet images from
Adventure in
Washington
(Senate Page Boys),
All American
Coed
,
International Lady (G-men vs.
Scotland Yard),
Niagara Falls,
Tanks a Million, and
Miss Polly. Also
includes pre-release sheets for
Niagara Falls and
Miss Polly, and a photograph of a costume sketch
for
Adventure in Washington.
box 3, folder 1
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 2 original photographs of sketches, 9 original production and publicity
stills, photograph of a movie still, and internet images.
box 3, folder 2
So Ends Our Night
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 8 original stills, 1 copy of a still, internet images, 5 copies of
photographs, and one photograph of Irene with Margaret Sullavan reviewing designs
for
So Ends Our Night.
box 3, folder 3
That Hamilton Woman
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes internet images from
That Hamilton
Woman
.
box 3, folder 4
They Dare Not Love
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes internet images, 3 original movie stills and 2 copies of stills.
box 3, folder 5
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 6 original movie stills, 3 copies of stills and internet images.
box 3, folder 6
Saboteur
1942
Scope and Content Summary
Includes web images and 3 original publicity stills.
box 2, folder 24
Rejection letter from Jack Skirball
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a rejection letter from Jack Skirball on a costume Irene designed for
Loretta Young. This was the only speculative assignment she ever lost.
box 3, folder 7
Publicity shots of various actresses
circa 1935-1945
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 5 original publicity shots of Martha Scott, possibly wearing Irene's
designs, and 5 original publicity shots of unknown actresses, possibly wearing Irene's
designs. Also includes a list of actresses for whom Irene designed.
box 12, folder 7
Photograph enlargements on boards
circa 1940-1945
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 2 photographs enlarements of an actress in a chiffon dress.
box 50
Trachten der Volker
undated
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a book of 100 fashion plates.
box 3, folder 8
Blatter fur Wasche Kleider Putz Berlin Lette-Verein
1927 December
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 12 fashion plates.
box 3, folder 9
Research for the 1890s
undated
box 3, folder 10
Fashion plates
undated
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 7 color and 7 black and white fashion plates.
box 3, folder 11
Issues of avant garde fashion magazines
1928-1930
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 7 issues of
Blatter fur Wasche Kleider Putz Berlin
Lette-Verein
, each issue contains 12 fashion plates, 2 issues of
Mode-Blatter, each issue has illustrations by Lotte
Wernekink, and one issue of
Bilderchronik des Lette
Vereins
.
box 3, folder 12
Berliner Konfektion und Mode: Die Zerstorung Einer
Tradition 1836-1939
1986
box 49, folder 27
Address and phone books for costume design, studio personnel and
actresses
circa 1940-1945
Commercial fashion and business materials Series 3.
1941-2005
Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises many of Salinger's commercial fashion papers and professional
materials, which include such materials as fashion sketches, fabric swatches,
correspondence, research materials, and salesmen's books. Commercial fashion sketches
include work from the 1940s through the late 1970s for a variety of companies, including
Tabak, Phil Rose, Irene Saltern, and Sir James.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
box 3, folder 13
Doll business
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes brochures, correspondence and photographs of dolls. Also includes
photographs of Ginger Rogers showing the dolls and photographs of Irene and
Ginger.
box 3, folder 14
Waldorf Astoria show
1942
Scope and Content Summary
Includes programs, garments sequence and descriptions, and a personal diary of the
contacts Irene made.
box 7, folder 6
Snood business
1943-1944
Scope and Content Summary
Includes correspondence, sketches, price sheets, reprints of articles, an original
photograph of Rosalind Russell, and a copy of a photograph of Ginger Rogers.
box 7, folder 7
Freelance
1943
Scope and Content Summary
Includes personal designs, original photographs of Anita Louise, Janice Jarrett, Rita
Hayworth, Claudette Colbert, and Ginger Rogers, and magazine and newspaper
clippings.
box 4, folder 1
Sun Rose
1943-1944
Scope and Content Summary
Includes copies of 3 ad reprints.
box 12, folder 4
Oversize Sun Rose sketch
circa 1943
box 4, folder 2
Vogue magazines
1941
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 2 issues of
Vogue from March 1, 1941 and July
1, 1941.
box 4, folder 3
Hollywood Premiere press release, price list and clippings
1944
box 4, folder 4
Hollywood Premiere publicity photographs and press clippings
1948
box 51
Salesmen's books
1948-1949
box 6
Phone and address files
circa 1930-1949
Scope and Content Summary
Includes resources from movies, modeling, manufacturing, retailing, publicity,
accessories, and services.
box 8, folder 1-4, box 9, folder 1-4
Craft box
circa 1940-1949
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 31 black and white ad slicks, 9 color ads, 26 graphite sketches on vellum,
54 color sketches on vellum some of which have swatches, 6 graphite sketches on
vellum, and 9 color sketches on vellum.
box 4, folder 6
Background on California fashion industry
1946, 1985, 2011
box 4, folder 7
Tabak sales sheets
1951-1953
box 4, folder 8
Tabak advertising reprints
1951-1954
box 4, folder 9
Tabak correspondence and initernal memos
1950-1954
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a handwritten memo on telling Irene to "Be quiet" and her resignation
telegram.
box 4, folder 10
Press clippings
1950-1954
box 4, folder 11
Irene Saltern biography
1950
box 59, folder 8
Tabak salesmen's book
circa 1950
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a wirebound photo book with 26 photographs, prices and stock numbers
probably from the 1950 Tabak circus themed summer line.
box 4, folder 12
Photographs of summer cruise line
1950
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 1950 fashion summary, fall line program signed by Louis Tabak, 16
photographs of the summer/cruise lines and swatches.
box 4, folder 13
Photographs of summer cruise line
1951
box 4, folder 14
Photographs of summer cruise line
1951-1952
box 4, folder 15
Photographs of fall line
1952
box 4, folder 16
Photographs of summer line
1952
box 52
Photographs of Tabak summer cruise and fall lines
1952-1953
box 4, folder 17
Price list for fall line
1953
box 4, folder 18
Photographs of summer line
1954
box 52
Proposed PR plan from Sally Dickson Associates
1953
box 52
Photographs and swatches of Tabak fall line
1954
box 4, folder 19
Fashion show programs
1953-1954
box 4, folder 20
Takab fall and cruise line salesmen's primers
1954
box 53, folder 1
Tabak photograph enlargements
1952
box 5, folder 1-2
Tabak ad clippings
1950-1954
box 27, folder 12
Tabak publicity and fashion trends of the late 1950s to mid
1960s
1958
box 27, folder 14-15
Tabak tissue sketches and swatches
1958
box 53, folder 8
Oversize Tabak sketch
1958
box 27, folder 16
Tabak cruise/summer line photographs with captions
1958-1959
box 28, folder 2
Tabak tissue sketches
1959
box 24, folder 1
Tabak tissue sketch and swatches
1959
box 24, folder 2
Tabak tissue sketches and swatches
1959
box 24, folder 3
Tabak tissue sketches
1959
box 24, folder 4-5
Tabak tissue sketches
1958 or 1959
box 24, folder 6
Tabak tissue sketches
circa 1960
box 24, folder 7
Tabak publicity and sales sheets
1960
box 24, folder 8
Tabak sales sheets, publicity and correspondence
1961
box 24, folder 9
Irene Saltern profile in
Western Apparel
Industry
1961 April
box 24, folder 10
Tabak red, white and blue collection tissue sketches
1961
box 24, folder 11
Tabak tissue sketches and collar pattern
1961
box 24, folder 12-14
Tabak tissue sketches
1961
box 24, folder 15-16
Tabak tissue sketches
1961
box 24, folder 17, box 7, folder 9
Tabak publicity, reprints and sales sheets
1962
box 24, folder 18
Tabak cruise line original photographs and captions
1962
box 24, folder 19
Tabak tissue sketches and swatches
1962
box 24, folder 20-21
Tabak tissue sketches
1962
box 25, folder 1
Tabak tissue sketches and notes for cruise line
1962
box 25, folder 2
Tabak tissue sketches for cruise line
1962
box 25, folder 3
Tabak tissue sketches and swatches
1962
box 25, folder 4
Tabak tissue sketches
1962
box 25, folder 5
Tabak tissue sketches and copies
1962
box 25, folder 6
Tabak tissue sketches
1962
box 25, folder 7
Tabak black and white collection tissue sketches and swatches
1962
box 25, folder 8
Tabak black and white collection tissue sketches and clippings from an
Italian fashion magazine
1962
box 25, folder 10
Tabak summer line price list
1963
box 25, folder 11-12
Tabak silk/ribbed knit collection tissue sketches
1963
box 25, folder 13-14
Tabak red, white and blue collection tissue sketches
1963
box 25, folder 15-18
Tabak tissue sketches
circa 1963
box 25, folder 19-20
Tabak tissue sketches and copies
circa 1963
box 25, folder 21
Tabak tissue sketch, copies, swatches, and custom fabric
creation
circa 1963
box 26, folder 1-3
Tabak tissue sketches
1963-1965
box 26, folder 4-6
Tabak tissue sketches, swatches and notes
1963-1964
box 26, folder 7
Tabak tissue sketches
1963-1964
box 26, folder 8
Tabak red, white and blue collection tissue sketches and copies
1963-1964
box 26, folder 9-10
Tabak resort and spring lines sketches on copy paper, copies, swatches, and
price lists
1964
box 26, folder 11
Tabak publicity, reprints, sales sheets, and preview invitaion
1964
box 26, folder 12
Tabak photographs with captions
1964
box 26, folder 13
Handmade sketch book of copies of Tabak summer line
1964
box 27, folder 1
Tabak tissue sketches
1964
box 27, folder 2
Tabak copies of sketches
1964
box 27, folder 3
Tabak copies of crusie line sketches with notes
1964-1965
box 27, folder 4
California Boutique for Tabak tissue sketches of patio dresses
1965
box 27, folder 5, box 53, folder 5
box 27, folder 6
Tabak price lists, photographs, reprints, and sales sheets
1965
box 27, folder 7
Tabak tissue sketch with notes
1965
box 27, folder 8
Tabak tissue sketches from red, white and blue line
1965
box 27, folder 9
Tabak tissue sketches, swatches and notes
1965
box 27, folder 10
Tabak tissue sketches
1965
box 28, folder 3
Tabak miscellaneous
1966
Scope and Content Summary
Includes an article on Irene, California Apparel News, sale sheets, notes, and
swatches.
box 28, folder 4
Probably Tabak sketches and patterns on tissue and swatches
circa 1960-1969
box 28, folder 5
Probably Tabak tissue sketches, swatches and internal memo
circa 1965-1966
box 28, folder 6-8
Probably Tabak tissue sketches, swatches and correspondence
circa 1965-1966
box 28, folder 9
Probably Tabak tissue sketches, swatches and notes
circa 1965-1966
box 28, folder 10
Tabak and Phil Rose fashion week press clippings
1966
Scope and Content Summary
Includes articles that discuss Louis Tabak's reaction to creating his first
collection without Irene.
box 53, folder 2-4
Frederic L. Milton confidential reports
1953
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 3 issues of Frederick L. Milton's confidential reports, which contain
sketches from designer shows in Paris.
box 5, folder 3
Photo negatives TomBarry spring line
1955-1956
box 5, folder 4
Irene Saltern signature alternatives for logo and label
1955
box 5, folder 5
TomBarry ads and documents
circa 1955
Scope and Content Summary
Includes model headshots, ads, program, opening announcement, first price list,
internal correspondence, info on celebrity Hollywood photographer Paul A. Hesse
Studios, and possible lending cards.
box 54
Boxes of Irene Saltern cloth labels
undated
box 55
Guest book from openings
1955-1956
box 55
TomBarry salesman's book
1955
box 5, folder 6
Duplicate TomBarry salesman's book
1955
box 5, folder 7-9
Duplicate publicity photographs for TomBarry fall line
1955
box 55
Fabric swatches for TomBarry fall line
1955
box 19, folder 1-2
TomBarry cruise line
1955-1956
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 26 original photographs, photograph negatives, price sheets, and fabric
swatches.
box 19, folder 4
Photographs and fabric swatches from TomBarry summer line
1956
box 19, folder 3
Original photographs of TomBarry spring line
1955-1956
box 20, folder 1
Sales book for TomBarry summer line
1956
box 20, folder 2-3
Publicity photographs for Tombarry summer line
1956
box 21, folder 1
Benday sketch and price sheets for TomBarry summer line
1956
box 21, folder 2, box 7, folder 8
TomBarry price lists for fall line
1956
box 21, folder 3
Clippings and swatch book for TomBarry fall line
1956
box 21, folder 4
Clippings and ads for Irene Saltern
1955-1957
box 56
Four salesmen's books for TomBarry fall line
1956
box 21, folder 5-6, box 22, folder 1-5, box 23, folder 1-3
Swatches from TomBarry fall line
1956
box 48, folder 1
Irene Saltern of California sweater box
circa 1955 or 1956
box 54
Irene Saltern nameplate
circa 1956
box 23, folder 4
Sir James ads and awards
1958
box 23, folder 5
Sir James paper and tissue sketches
1957
box 23, folder 6
Sir James chemises tissue sketches and newspaper article
1957
box 23, folder 7
Sir James chemises sketches
1957
box 23, folder 8-10
Sir James tissue sketches and swatches
1957
box 23, folder 11
Sir James tissue sketches and notes
1957
box 57, box 58, box 59, folder 1-7, box 60
Fabrics and resources
1950-1965
Scope and Content Summary
Includes fabric swatches, button and buckle catalogues, two copies of U.S. Department
of Commerce, Commercial Stardard Sizing CS215-58, and
Travel
Wardrobes for Women
(1961).
box 28, folder 11
Articles about Irene and bio sheet
1966-1967
box 28, folder 12
Phil Rose ad clippings
1966-1967
box 28, folder 13
Phil Rose ad clippings
1966-1967
box 29, folder 1
Phil Rose holiday ad clippings
1966
box 29, folder 3
Phil Rose reprints and magazine and catalogue clippings
circa 1967
box 29, folder 4
Issue of
California Stylist
1966
box 29, folder 5
California Stylist spread featuring fencing
tunic
1966 September
box 29, folder 6
California Stylist and other ad
clippings
1967
box 29, folder 7
Industry events and publications and internet research on
fashion
1965-1967
box 29, folder 8
Fashionations show catalogue and film of Elliot Ness costume created for
show
1966
box 29, folder 9
Model photographs with catptions
circa 1966 or 1967
box 29, folder 10
Phil Rose tissue sketch
circa 1966 or 1967
box 29, folder 11
Phil Rose tissue sketches and swatches for the red, white and blue
collection
circa 1965 or 1966
box 29, folder 12-13
Phil Rose tissue sketches
1967
box 29, folder 14-16, box 30, folder 1-2
Phil Rose tissue sketches
1966
box 30, folder 3
Phil Rose tissue sketches from black and white collection
1966
box 48, folder 2
Phil Rose tissue sketches, swatches, purchase orders, and ad clippings from
Silver Lame collection
1966
General note
Physical garments are located at Woodbury University, Burbank, CA.
box 30, folder 4
Phil Rose tissue sketches, swatches and ad clipping
1966-1967
box 30, folder 5-7
Phil Rose tissue sketches and notes
1966-1967
box 30, folder 8-9
Phil Rose tissue sketches, swatches and notes from the Peruvian
collection
circa 1966 or 1967
box 30, folder 10-11
Phil Rose tissue sketches, swatches and internal notes for cruise
line
1967
box 30, folder 12-13
Phil Rose tissue sketches, swatches and notes
1966
box 30, folder 14
Phil Rose tissue sketches
1967
box 30, folder 15-16
Phil Rose tissue sketches, swatches, notes, and custom designs of
sweaters
circa 1966 or 1967
box 31, folder 1
Phil Rose tissue sketch, swatches and price list for spring
collection
1967
box 31, folder 2
Phil Rose tissue sketches
1967
box 31, folder 3
Phil Rose tissue sketches and original pattern for emboidered
line
1967
box 31, folder 4-5
Phil Rose tissue sketches and copies
circa 1967
box 31, folder 6-9
Phil Rose tissue sketches, notes, copies, and internal spreadsheets for
sweaters and tops
1967
box 31, folder 10
Phil Rose tissue sketches
circa 1967
box 31, folder 11
Phil Rose copies of skeches
circa 1967
box 31, folder 12
Phil Rose tissue sketches and notes for South American
collection
circa 1967
box 31, folder 13
Phil Rose copies of sketches
1967
box 31, folder 14
Phil Rose miscellaneous notes, price sheets, internal notes, and
swatches
1966-1967
box 31, folder 15
Phil Rose tissue sketches and cutouts from an issue of
California Stylist
1967
box 31, folder 16
Phil Rose tissue sketches, working patterns, production notes, and swatches
from the Aztec collection
1966
box 31, folder 17, box 32, folder 1
Fabrics from Phil Rose sweaters
circa 1966-1967
box 32, folder 2-3
Probably Phil Rose tissue sketches
circa 1966-1967
box 32, folder 4
Tonino publicity
1967-1969
Scope and Content Summary
Includes an article on Irene joining Lanz to design for Tonino and a program from
Discovery West.
box 32, folder 5
Tonino brochure and clippings
1968
box 32, folder 6
Lanz publicity
1968
Scope and Content Summary
Includes Alexa brochure, Tonino invitation, Lanz catalogue, Alexa reprints, and
show schedule.
box 32, folder 7
Lanz price list
1967-1968
box 32, folder 8-10, box 33, folder 1-3
Tonino tissue sketches and swatches
1967-1970
box 33, folder 4
Tonino tissue sketches and swatches
circa 1969
box 33, folder 5-8
Tonino tissue sketches, swatches and notes
circa 1965-1969
box 33, folder 9
Tonino tissue sketches and swatches
1968
box 34, folder 1
Tonino tissue sketches and clippings
1968
box 34, folder 2
Tonino tissue sketches and swatches
1967
box 34, folder 3-4
Tonino tissue sketches and swatches
circa 1965-1969
box 34, folder 5-9
Alexa and Tonino tissue sketches, swatches and notes
1967-1970
box 34, folder 10-11
Alexa and Tonino tissue sketches, swatches, notes, and copies
1968-1969
box 35, folder 1
Alexa tissue sketches
1968
box 35, folder 2, box 35, folder 3
Alexa tissue sketches, swatches, notes, and copies
1968
box 35, folder 4-6
Alexa tissue sketches and swatches
1967-1970
box 35, folder 7
Alexa tissue sketches, swatches and copies
1967-1970
box 35, folder 8-9
Alexa tissue sketches, swatches, notes, and model numbers
1968-1968
box 36, folder 1-3
Alexa tissue sketches, swatches, notes, and model numbers
1967-1969
box 36, folder 4-5
Alexa tissue sketches and swatches
1969
box 36, folder 6, box 37, folder 1-4
Tonino tissue sketches and swatches
1969
box 37, folder 5-6
Tonino tissue sketches, swatches and model numbers for the spring 1969
collection
1968
box 37, folder 7, box 38, folder 1-2
Alexa tissue sketches, swatches and model numbers for the spring 1969
collection
1968
box 38, folder 4-5
Irene's
California Stylist magazine
covers
1939, 1944, 1951, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
box 38, folder 6
Figuremate publicity
1969
box 39, folder 1-3
Figuremate tissue sketches
1969-1970
box 39, folder 4-5
Figuremate tissue sketches, swatches and production spread sheets for wild
life, lizard collection
1970
box 39, folder 6-7
Figuremate tissue sketches, internal spread sheets and garment
list
1970
box 39, folder 8
Article clippings about Irene
1970
box 39, folder 9
Flyers, photographs and clippings about Irene's appearance at Greg's
Boutique
1970
box 39, folder 10
Lady R. publicity and Irene's resume
1970
box 39, folder 11
Lady R. sales sheets, price lists, brochure, and internal notes for spring
and fall lines
1970
box 40, folder 1
Lady R. price lists for the summer, fall and holiday lines and sales flyers
and previews of the spring line
1971
box 40, folder 2
Lady R. and Pant Pouri sales sheets
1971
box 40, folder 3
Lady R. and Pant Pouri sales sheets and clippings
1971
box 40, folder 4
Pant Pouri sales sheets
1971
box 40, folder 5
Pant Pouri sales sheets
1971-1973
box 40, folder 6
Pant Pouri lable, sales sheets and reprints
1971-1973
box 40, folder 7-8
Lady R. tissue sketches
1971
box 40, folder 9
Pant Pouri copies of construction details
1971
box 40, folder 10
Pant Pouri copies of construction details and sales sheets
1971
box 40, folder 11
Price sheets and sales sheets for spring, summer and fall
collections
1972
box 40, folder 12
Complaint/fan letter and sales sheets
1972
box 40, folder 14
Photographs of Irene and a model
circa 1971
box 41, folder 1
Pant Pouri tissue sketches and copies with construction details
circa 1970-1975
box 41, folder 2-6
Tissue sketches, swatches, construction details, and price lists for the
summer 1973 line
1972
box 41, folder 7
Complete set of sketch copies, with construction details, organized by
garment and fabric
1972 Fall
box 41, folder 8
Copies of sketches, construction details and swatches, organized by garment
and fabric
circa 1970-1975
box 41, folder 9
Price lists for summer and fall line
1973
box 41, folder 10-14
Tissue sketches
circa 1970-1975
box 42, folder 1
Tissue sketches, notes, clippings, and fabric orders
1971
box 42, folder 2
Sketchbook
circa 1970-1975
Scope and Content Summary
Includes rough sketches and tailoring notes.
box 42, folder 3
Film Institute catalogues, notice of Pant Pouri acquisition
1971-1972
box 42, folder 4
Manufacturing notes and swatches
circa 1970-1975
box 42, folder 5
Complete pants patterns
circa 1970-1975
box 42, folder 6-8
City Girl tissue sketches, swatches, copies, and model notes for opening
show for Lynx line
1974 Summer
box 42, folder 9
Hand-colored copies of sketches, swatches, sales sheets, and
clippings
1974
box 42, folder 10
Price lists and copies
1974
box 42, folder 11
City Girl tissue sketches
1974
box 42, folder 12-16
City Girl tissue sketches
1974-1975
Scope and Content Summary
One of the sketches was on the cover of Women's Wear Daily.
box 42, folder 17
Costing sheets with swatches
1974
box 43, folder 1
City Girl sales sheets and clippings
1974
box 43, folder 2
City Girl sales sheets
1974
box 43, folder 3
Swatches, working drawings and orders for the spring 1975
collection
1975
box 43, folder 4
Cynaya copies of sketches, swatches, sales sheets, price lists, and
clippings
1975
box 43, folder 6
Nemy hand-colored copies of sketches and swatches
1976 or 1977
box 43, folder 7
Nemy clippings and price sheets for sping collection
1976-1977
box 43, folder 8
Nemy tissue sketches and copies
1976 or 1977
box 43, folder 9
Nemy copies of sketches
1976
box 43, folder 10
Nemy tissue sketches, swatches and production notes
1976
box 43, folder 11-12
Nemy tissue sketches, production notes and copies
circa 1976
box 43, folder 13
Cheeks publicity
1967-1977
box 43, folder 14
Cheeks tissue sketches, spread sheets with fabrics and cosntruction
details, and manufacturing sheets
1977
box 44, folder 1-2
Cheeks tissue sketches
1977
box 44, folder 3
Cheeks copies of sketches and swatches
1977
box 44, folder 4-5
Cheeks tissue sketches
1977
box 44, folder 6
Dizzy's Place clippings
1977
box 44, folder 7-8
Tissue sketches and copies
1976-1979
box 44, folder 9-11
Tissue sketches, swatches and copies
1976-1979
box 44, folder 12
Copies of sketches of tops from the 1970s
1970-1979
box 44, folder 13
Disegni clippings and tear sheets
1978
box 44, folder 14
Disegni copies of sketches of Silk Road sweaters and tear
sheets
1978
box 44, folder 15
Disegni copies of sketches, swatches and pattern
1978
box 44, folder 17
Disegni tissue sketches and copies
1979
box 44, folder 18
Disegni copies of sketches from cruise line
1978 or 1979
box 44, folder 19
Disegni copies of sketches
1978
box 44, folder 20-21
Disegni tissue sketches with notes, pattern details and copies
1978
box 45, folder 1
Disegni copies of sketches and swatches
1978 or 1979
box 45, folder 2
Disegni copies of sketches, notes, swatches, and tear sheets
undated
box 45, folder 3
Disegni ink and marker sketch
1978 or 1979
box 46, folder 14
Unsorted tissue sketches
circa 1960-1979
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 3 tissue sketches.
box 53, folder 7
Guatemalan design portfolio
1960
box 45, folder 4
Fashion Industry Retrospective program and Golden Years program
1976 and 1978
box 45, folder 5
Correspondence and fan letters
1952-1974
box 45, folder 6
Autobiography and resumes
1932-1978
box 45, folder 7
Speeches
1944, 1954 and undated
box 45, folder 8
Professional head shots and passport photographs
1940-1979
box 62, folder 1
Professional headshot in studio folder
undated
box 45, folder 10
Photographs of friends wearing Irene's favorite designs
1995
box 45, folder 11
Photographs of Irene's designs sold to vintage clother A & J
Esoterica
2006
box 45, folder 12
Stationery, labels and business cards
1937-1976
Scope and Content Summary
Includes Irene's business cards from Universal Pictures and Tabak of California,
clothes labels, a sample of Irene's signature to put on stationery, and Irene's
stationery.
box 46, folder 1
California Homes & Lifestyles magazine
with spread on Irene's life and career
1991
Scope and Content Summary
Also includes Polaroid outtakes from photo shoot.
box 46, folder 2
Correspondence with Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
1999
Scope and Content Summary
Also includes LA Times article about a tribute show held at the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts & Sciences.
box 46, folder 3
Program from Ann Miller show
1997
box 46, folder 4
Los Angeles Times article on Irene and her
designs
1955 September 14
box 46, folder 5
Clippings from
Orange Coast
Magazine
1994-1995
box 46, folder 6
Orange County Register article on Irene and
her designs
1999 November 11
box 46, folder 9
Newspaper clipping about Martha Scott's death with her pictured wearing one
of Irene's designs
1940 and 2003
box 46, folder 10
Harbor Ridge newsletter and UCI libraries newsletter with articles on
Irene
2002 and 2005
box 48, folder 3
Online store listings of Irene's clothing
2006
Scope and Content Summary
Includes printed website listings of some of Irene's dresses from the 1950s, 1960s,
and 1970s that were sold to Anne Cook in the early 2000s. Cook did extensive research
on the material and design of each dress, and included this information along with
photographs in the listing of each item in an online clothing store.
Research materials and articles about Irene
box 46, folder 11
The Hollywood Reporter and
Variety issues
1938-1940
box 46, folder 12
Clippings from French, German and American fashion publications
circa 1968
box 46, folder 13, box 7, folder 10
Clippings from various newspapers and fashion publications
circa 1963 and 1967
box 46, folder 15
Clippings of models and reproductions of design sketches
circa 1967
Scope and Content Summary
Includes clippings of models from various fashion publications and newspapers and
reproductions of design sketches made by Fay Kozuck and Florence Pchatkeu.
box 53, folder 6
Women's Wear Daily
1966-1967 Fall-Winter
box 47, folder 1
Sears summer catalog
1962
box 47, folder 2
Sears Christmas catalog
1964
box 61
Sears spring through summer catalog
1962
box 62, folder 2
The New York Times Magazine
1968 November 10
box 62, folder 3
Life Magazine
1961 November 10
box 62, folder 4
Life Magazine
1963 November 29
box 62, folder 5
Life Magazine
1963 December 6
box 62, folder 6
Life Magazine
1963 December 13
box 62, folder 7
Life Magazine
1965 July 16
box 62, folder 8
Life Magazine
1966 September 30
box 62, folder 9
Life Magazine
1972 February 4
box 62, folder 10
Look Magazine
1968 November 12
box 47, folder 4
Family Circle
1957 October
box 47, folder 5
Time Magazine
1972 September 4
box 47, folder 6
Harper's Magazine
1963 July
box 47, folder 7
Newsweek
1968 September 30
box 62, folder 12
Ebony Magazine
1968 March
box 62, folder 14
Fashion of the Times
1968 August 25
box 62, folder 15
The New York Times Magazine
1961 November 12
Commercial fashion sketches
box 13, folder 2
Unsorted sketches
1940-1942
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 2 boards and 1 tissue sketch.
box 64, folder 1
Tissue sketches
1940-1942
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 15 tissue sketches and 1 paper sketch.
box 64, folder 2-3
Waldorf show
1942
Scope and Content Summary
Includes 1 ink on board, 3 paper sketches and 18 tissue sketches.
Personal papers Series 4.
1911-2005
Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises Salinger's personal papers include family records, biographical
material, early artwork, correspondence, photographs, diaries, and newspaper clippings
from 1911 to 2005.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 1
Copies of official documents
1911-2005
Scope and Content Summary
Includes copies of Irene's birth certificate, marriage certificate, German passport,
green card, naturalization certificate, American passport, and death certificate.
box 1, folder 2
Biography of Irene Salinger
2005
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a handwritten autobiography by Irene Salinger.
box 1, folder 3
DVD from memorial service
2005
box 1, folder 4
Baby and toddler photographs
1911-1920
box 1, folder 5
Photographs
1921-1931
Scope and Content Summary
Includes photographs of Irene with her family and at school.
box 1, folder 6
Sailing with Einstein, photograph
circa 1920-1929
Scope and Content Summary
Includes an original print of Irene sailing with Albert Einstein.
box 12, folder 8
Student portfolio
circa 1925-1935
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a painting of a woman in a blue patterned Medieval dress, a watercolor
painting, Costume Parisiene 1835, an ink border sketch for a New Year's invitation,
small ink and wash life and style sketches, and fashion sketches.
box 1, folder 7
Paper and speech
1930
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a paper on costume design through the ages, in German, and a speech in
French.
box 1, folder 8
Newspaper clippings of Irene
1924-1932
box 1, folder 9
Copy of Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph and newspaper clipping
circa 1930-1939
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a copy of a photograph of Irene taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
box 1, folder 10
Modeling photographs
circa 1930-1935
box 1, folder 12
Personal photographs
1933-1936
Scope and Content Summary
Includes photographs of Irene and Harry on their honeymoon and photographs from
vacations.
box 49, folder 26
Photograph from trip to Egypt and Israel
1935
box 1, folder 13
Business cards
circa 1930-1939
box 10, folder 1-2
Textile designs for Woodbury
1936
box 1, folder 15
Los Angeles Modes
1937 Fall
Scope and Content Summary
Includes a magazine which featured the photo shoot that Irene used to make
connections leading to a job in publicity for Universal.
box 12, folder 2-3
Fashion clippings
circa 1930-1939
box 48, folder 4
Correspondence, photographs, and financial journal
1940-1990
Scope and Content Summary
Contains inventory list for Harry Salinger's business, Rinco Power Saw; letter to Dr.
Bett describing Irene's work on the Westerner, 1940; letter from Irene to Eagle Pencil
Company requesting free sample, 1943; Irene's father's letter from citizenship
application, citing Albert Einstein as reference; household financial journal showing
earnings from movies, early commercial work, and expenditures, 1940; and photographs
of movie costume sketches that were removed from the collection and sold in 1990.
box 4, folder 5
Personal photographs of Irene and her family and documents
circa 1940-1959
Scope and Content Summary
Includes photographs of Irene with her famiy, copies of correspondence, and a copy of
Irene's citizenship application.
box 38, folder 3
Personal photographs of Irene wearing her designs
circa 1960-1975
box 45, folder 9
Personal photographs of Irene wearing her designs
circa 1970-1975
box 45, folder 13
Personal photographs of Irene and her family
circa 1980-1989
box 53, folder 10
Poster for clothing sale and handwritten price list
circa 1990-1995
box 46, folder 7
Personal photographs of Irene and her family and Irene's speech for a family
member's memorial service
circa 1990-1999
box 46, folder 8
Personal photographs of Irene with her family
2000-2005
Unprocessed addition 2018 Accession 2018.015
1890-1960s, 2004
Physical Description: 1.4 Linear
Feet(1 record carton and 1 legal document
box)
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Access
to original DVDs is restricted; researchers may request listening copies. Please contact
the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This addition to this collection is comprised of fabric samples, photographs, programs,
correspondence, and interviews relating to Irene Saltern Salinger's work as a fashion
designer.
box accn2018.015 001
Box 1
1960s
Scope and Contents Note
knitted Phil Rose sweater fabric and mohair fabric sample
box accn2018.015 002
Box 2
1890-1990, 1943-1960s, 2004
Scope and Contents Note
resume, photographs, correspondence, programs, interview recordings on DVDs, fabric
sample, and Beethoven Trios for Violin, Violinelle and Piano Forte