The Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library was the visual arts library of
The New School
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. Used primarily by students in the
Parsons
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Places
In the United States:
* Parsons, Kansas, a city
* Parsons, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Parsons, Tennessee, a city
* Parsons, West Virginia, a town
* Camp Parsons, a Boy Scout camp in the state of Washingto ...
division of The New School, it was located in the Sheila Johnson Design Center, in the
Greenwich Village
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neighborhood of
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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Founding and closing
Prior to the merging of Parsons with The New School of Social Research in 1970, the library had gone by the name Parsons Design Library. In 1972, the library was renamed after donor
Adam Gimbel
Adam Gimbel (1817–1896) was the founder of the Gimbel Brothers Company.
Biography
Gimbel was born to a Jewish family in Bavaria in 1817 where he worked in the local baron's vineyard. when New School opened a new library facility located on the 6th floor of 63 Fifth Avenue.
Collection
Gimbel was the second largest library at the university, with a total of 121,371 holdings. 50,000 book volumes, 200 periodical subscriptions and over 20 art-and-design-specific online database subscriptions.“Gimbel Art and Design Library.” n.d. Foursquare. Accessed September 16, 2019. https://foursquare.com/v/gimbel-art-and-design-library/4ae85accf964a520d4ae21e3. Current New School Libraries include:
* List Center Library
*University Center Library
*Performing Arts Library
*Archives and Special Collections
The majority of the Gimbel's old collections were migrated to the University Center Library by the end of 2013.
The New School
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...
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Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...
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Gimbels
Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1842. In 1887, the compa ...
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The New York Foundation
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History
1909–1919
The New York Foundation was established in 1909 when Louis ...
National Book Award
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