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Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

 Organization

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Woodward Interview digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0625
Overview

Recording of an interview with Alice Woodward conducted by Gladys Taylor on July 30, 1985.

Dates: 1985-1985
Found in: RIT Archives

Blanche A. Phillips and Dorothy J. Walls collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006628957]
Identifier: RITArc-0169
Overview

Materials belonging to Blanche A. Phillips and Dorothy J. Walls. Both women graduated from the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed Rochester Institute of Technology in 1944). The collection includes textile cards, pamphlets, and other published material.

Dates: 1915-1931
Found in: RIT Archives

Blazing New Trails drawings and other material

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627099]
Identifier: RITArt-0004
Overview

Original drawings for the book Blazing New Trails: The Biography of a Pioneer in Education (1937) by George Wilson Hoke. The collection includes 78 of the drawings used in Hoke's book, which traced the institutional history of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Also included are several book reviews and a brief biographical sketch of Hoke.

Dates: 1937-1939
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

David and Mary Hoysic collection on Sister Marie-Pierre Semler

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006627659]
Identifier: RITArc-0436
Overview

The David and Mary Hoysic collection on Sister Marie-Pierre Semler contains biographical information about the life of RIT alumna Sister Marie Pierre Semler, and information about her artwork. Materials include a brochure, a biographical essay, a timeline, and an exhibit catalog. Also included is a VHS tape about her work.

Dates: circa 1991-2006
Found in: RIT Archives

Diploma and Certificate collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0039
Overview

Diplomas and certificates that were issued by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) or its predecessors. The collection includes course completion certificates, college diplomas, merit and service awards, and membership certificates. Many of these items are blank copies. There are also several diplomas from other institutions that were awarded to prominent members of the RIT community.

Dates: 1886-1999
Found in: RIT Archives

Early Institute miscellaneous records

 Collection — Folder 1-4
Identifier: RITArc-0396
Overview

The collection contains Board meeting announcements and invitations, and other documents ranging from 1847-1894 for the Rochester Athenaeum, Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Association, Mechanics Institute, and the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. Many of the documents are addressed to George S. Riley.

Dates: 1847-1894
Found in: RIT Archives

Emily A. Clements course manuals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0225
Overview

Emily A. Clements course manuals consist of four volumes. Each contains typewritten lecture notes, artwork images, and assignments for a History of Painting and Sculpture class at the Rochester Atheneum and Mechanics Institute.

Dates: 1929
Found in: RIT Archives

Empire State School of Printing collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0053
Overview

Materials related to the Empire State School of Printing, an early predecessor of the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Print Media. The collection includes general information on the school, as well as ephemera, copies of diplomas, course schedules, lists of graduates, and clippings.

Dates: 1922-1938
Found in: RIT Archives

Ezra R. Andrews papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0021
Overview

Papers of Ezra Andrews, president of the Board of Directors for the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute from 1891-1899. The collection includes administrative and financial documents related to the Institute, as well as correspondence, ephemera, and clippings. The collection also contains materials related to Andrews work with several charities, specifically the Rochester Orphan Asylum.

Dates: 1883-1919
Found in: RIT Archives

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 34
Unprocessed 1
 
Subject
Clippings (information artifacts) 8
Correspondence 7
Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Scrapbooks 4
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Women college students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Art students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 3
Artifacts (object genre) 3
College students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 3
Diplomas 3
Ephemera 3
Financial records 3
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 3
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester 3
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Awards 2
College administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Drawing instruments -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Mechanical drawing -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
Promotional materials 2
Publications 2
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Administration 2
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History 2
Academic libraries -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Administrative records 1
Announcements 1
Annual reports 1
Application forms 1
Aprons (protective wear) 1
Architectural drawing -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Art in universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Artists and models in art 1
Bags (generic containers) 1
Biography files 1
Black-and-white prints (photographs) 1
Booklets 1
Calendars 1
Ceramics (objects) 1
Clarinetists -- United States 1
Class reunions -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College benefactors -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College buildings -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College presidents -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Cooking -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Curricula 1
Curriculum planning -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Dormitories -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Dormitory life -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Drawings 1
Education, Cooperative 1
Educational fund raising -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Estate inventories 1
Estate records 1
Executors and administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Exhibition catalogs 1
Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Fund raising -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Grading and marking (Students) -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Graphic arts -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Hats 1
Haviland china -- History 1
Instructional materials 1
Interviews 1
Invitations 1
Jazz musicians -- United States 1
Landscape drawing -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Lantern slides 1
Libraries -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Minutes 1
Oil paintings (visual works) 1
Oral histories 1
Ossining (N.Y.) 1
Pitcher 1
Policies and institutions 1
Policy book 1
Printing -- History -- New York (State) 1
Printing -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) 1
Programs (documents) 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Recipes 1
Registers (lists) 1
Renderings (drawings) 1
Reports 1
Reviews (document genre) 1
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Saxophonists -- United States 1
School reports -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
School yearbooks 1
Sculpture (visual work) 1
Sketches 1
Speeches 1
Still-life in art 1
Student drawings 1
Students -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
Technical Institutes -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn 1
Technical Institutes -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Textile cards 1
Textile fabrics 1
Tickets 1
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
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