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Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute -- Faculty

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Burton and John Stratton collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006629293]
Identifier: RITArc-0667
Overview

Materials related to Burton E. Stratton, and Burton’s son, John Stratton. Burton E. Stratton was a graduate of the Mechanics Institute's electrical department, and served as the Dean of the Evening College from 1941-1960. The collection includes news clippings, photograps, and college publications

Dates: 1934-1989
Found in: RIT Archives

Charles C. Horn paintings

 Collection
Identifier: RITArt-0044
Overview

Two paintings by Charles C. Horn, a professor in the School of Art and Design at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (a precursor to RIT).

Dates: circa 1925-1950
Found in: RIT Archives

Claude Bragdon sketches

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0050
Overview

Three sketches by Rochester architect Claude Bragdon. Bragdon taught at Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to Rochester Institute of Technology, from 1894-1897.

Dates: circa 1890-1910
Found in: RIT Archives

Clifford M. Ulp scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: RITArc-0136
Abstract

Two scrapbooks related to Clifford M. Ulp and the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1944). Ulp served as a faculty member and then the director of the Institute's art and design program from 1921 to 1952. The scrapbooks contain clippings and various pieces of ephemera such as event programs and invitations.

Dates: 1901-1931
Found in: RIT Archives

Elmer Messner collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0017
Overview

Elmer Messner collection contains 1,500 political cartoons, mainly in pen and ink; newsprint clippings of Messner's work; and cartoons from other artists collected by or gifted to Messner.

Dates: 1887-1977; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1964
Found in: RIT Archives

Eugene Colby collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0019
Overview

The Eugene Colby collection contains drawings, etchings, oil paintings, and a student desk made by Colby.

Dates: circa 1883-1929
Found in: RIT Archives

Frederick E. Walrath pottery

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0013
Overview

The collection contains 2 pieces of pottery made by artist Frederick E. Walrath.

Dates: circa 1900-1920
Found in: RIT Archives

John Wenrich campus renderings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0030
Overview

John Wenrich campus renderings contains 9 paintings and drawings depicting the RIT Henrietta and Rochester campuses.

Dates: 1926, 1955, 1964
Found in: RIT Archives

Lulu Scott Backus ceramics

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0008
Overview

The collection contains 10 pieces of ceramics made by artist Lulu Scott Backus.

Dates: circa 1920-1935
Found in: RIT Archives

M. Lillian Pratt Kinzel paintings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0024
Overview

Nine paintings by artist M. Lillian Pratt Kinzel. Kinzel taught drawing at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1888-1900
Found in: RIT Archives

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Art in universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester 3
Drawings (visual works) 3
Oil paintings (visual works) 3
Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Art students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
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Artists -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
College students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Women artists -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century 2
Architectural rendering 1
Artists -- New York (State) 1
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Campus planning -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Ceramicists 1
Ceramics (objects) 1
Ceramics -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century 1
College administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College buildings -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College campuses -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College publications 1
College yearbooks -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Correspondence 1
Directories 1
Drawings 1
Etchings (prints) 1
Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Lantern slides 1
Men -- Housing -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Painters -- United States 1
Political cartoons 1
Portrait collection 1
Portrait photography -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Portraits 1
Pottery (object genre) 1
Pottery -- New York (State) -- 20th century 1
Printing blocks 1
Renderings (drawings) 1
Rochester (N.Y.) 1
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Rochester Institute of Technology -- History 1
Scrapbooks 1
Silversmiths 1
Silverwork -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Sketches 1
Studio portraits 1
Telephone -- Directory 1
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History 1
Universities and colleges -- Staff -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Watercolors (paintings) 1
Women -- Housing -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Women college students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
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