Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute -- Planning

Stated objectives of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (RAMI). RAMI changed its name to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 1944. The collection includes objectives for the Institute, as well as several individual departments.

RIT Policy Council records include memos, minutes, bulletins and various proposals for programs, policies, and rules for the university from the early 1920’s until 2007. The collection also contains materials that may have been shown at or during meetings of the Policy Council committee and other committees related to the Policy Council.

Unpublished manuscript by Mark Ellingson on the history of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, the objectives of the institute, information on programs and courses offered and institutional policies through 1937.