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Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute -- Students

 Organization

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute lantern slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0242
Overview

Collection of lantern slides regarding the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to Rochester Institute of Technology. Most images depict students in various departments and administrative documents.

Dates: circa 1905-1933
Found in: RIT Archives

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute mechanical drawing tools

 Collection — Carton 1
Identifier: RITArc-0294
Overview

Set of mechanical drawing tools, most likely from a student of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (a precursor of Rochester Institute of Technology). The tools were made in Germany.

Dates: circa 1900-1920
Found in: RIT Archives

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute stadium blanket and pennant

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627131]
Identifier: RITArc-0368
Overview

Navy blue stadium blanket with "Mechanics Institute" embroidery and a navy blue pennant with gray "MECHANICS" on it and the RAMI seal.

Dates: circa 1920-1943
Found in: RIT Archives

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute sweater and vest

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006629019]
Identifier: RITArc-0370
Overview

Collection contains a knit sweater and vest with gray "M" embroidery.

Dates: circa 1930-1940
Found in: RIT Archives

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute textile swatches

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0298
Overview

Set of textile cards created by Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute students.

Dates: 1915-1917
Found in: RIT Archives

Rochester Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute ashtray

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006628300]
Identifier: RITArc-0337
Overview

The Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute ashtray was donated by 1943 graduate Ann Gustin Zetterlind. It is made of a copper colored metal, is circular in shape and has the Mechanics Institute (MI) insignia stamped in the bottom.

Dates: circa 1940's
Found in: RIT Archives

Rochester Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute drafting set

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627964]
Identifier: RITArc-0266
Overview

Set of twelve drafting tools in a case embossed with "Rochester Athenaeum Mechanics Institute."

Dates: circa 1891-1944
Found in: RIT Archives

Ruth Thomas photographs and transparencies

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0245
Overview

Twenty photos and transparencies by Ruth Thomas. Thomas was a student at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dates: circa 1940-1942
Found in: RIT Archives

Walter W. Taylor collection

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: R0006627119]
Identifier: RITArc-0244
Overview

The Walter W. Taylor collection consists of three items donated by the son of RIT alumni Walter Taylor, Paul Taylor in 2010. The items include a banner, Mechanical Arts drawings and a photo album. These items were collected by Walter W. Taylor when he was a student at the Mechanics Institute around 1905.

Dates: circa 1905-1910
Found in: RIT Archives

Winifred Philleo McPherson diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627056]
Identifier: RITArc-0354
Overview

The Winifred Philleo McPherson diaries are photocopied pages of her original diaries from 1914-1917. This was the time period she attended the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (RAMI). Daily handwritten entries record the life of a young female student's life in the early 1900's. Also included is Mrs. McPherson's personal biography.

Dates: 1914-1917
Found in: RIT Archives

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Women college students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 6
Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 5
Art in universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Art students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Artifacts (object genre) 4
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Artists -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century 4
Clippings (information artifacts) 4
College students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Correspondence 3
Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Books 2
College sports -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Commencement ceremonies -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Directories 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Lecture notes 2
Application forms 1
Aprons (protective wear) 1
Ashtrays 1
Assemblages (sculpture) 1
Bags (generic containers) 1
Banners 1
Biographies 1
Blankets (coverings) 1
Booklets 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Calendars 1
Campus planning -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Certificates 1
Clothing 1
College campuses -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College yearbooks -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Color transparencies 1
Cooking -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Deaf -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Deaf college students 1
Diaries 1
Dormitories -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Dormitory life -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Drafting, drawing and writing equipment 1
Drawing instruments -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching 1
Etchings (prints) 1
Greek letter societies -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History 1
Hats 1
Illustration (process) 1
Instructional materials 1
Jewelry 1
Lantern slides 1
Lapel pins 1
Linocuts (prints) 1
Mechanical drawing 1
Mechanical drawing -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Men -- Housing -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Oral histories 1
Painters -- United States 1
Pamphlets 1
Pennants 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographers -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Photography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
Photography -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Photography of animals 1
Printing -- History 1
Programs (documents) 1
Promotional materials 1
Publications 1
Recipes 1
Renderings (drawings) 1
Reports 1
Research notes 1
Ribbon (material) 1
Sculptors 1
Sculpture, American -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century 1
Student activities -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Student drawings 1
Student life 1
Sweaters 1
Telephone -- Directory 1
Textile cards 1
Textile fabrics 1
Uniforms 1
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 1
Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Catalogs 1
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History 1
Vests (garments) 1
Veterans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Watercolors (paintings) 1
Women -- Housing -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Women artists -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century 1
Women photographers -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Woodcuts (prints) 1
brochures 1
negatives (photographs) 1
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