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Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. Department of Domestic Science

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Clara Duggan's Mechanics Institute first grade sewing scrapbook and photograph

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006628946]
Identifier: RITArc-0592
Overview

Collection consists of a Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (RAMI) Household Science student scrapbook for First Grade Sewing class. Scrapbook contains a sample of fabric on each page with different types of stitching. Also includes photograph and clippings.

Dates: circa 1910-1913
Found in: RIT Archives

Mechanics Institute Cookery Class composition notebooks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0654
Overview

The Mechanics Institute Cooking School Lessons and Recipes composition books are two notebooks that contain portions of early instructional materials from the Domestic Science Department of the Mechanics Institute. Both composition books are from the 1897-1898 school year. The collection includes various recipes, cooking instructions for certain foods, cooking lessons, and measurement abbreviations and conversions. The materials were donated by Carol J. Saylor in May 2016.

Dates: 1897-1898
Found in: RIT Archives

RAMI Domestic Science Department records

 Collection — Box 1-18 folders
Identifier: RITArc-0381
Overview

The collection includes various documents, clippings, publications, financial records, enrollment records and board meeting information related to the Domestic Science Department at RIT. The collection spans from 1893-1989.

Dates: 1893-1989; Majority of material found within 1893 - 1945
Found in: RIT Archives

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  • Subject: Cooking X

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Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Black-and-white prints (photographs) 1
Cooking 1
Correspondence 1
Ephemera 1