Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Alice Woodward Interview digital audio recording
Recording of an interview with Alice Woodward conducted by Gladys Taylor on July 30, 1985.
Bevier Memorial Building collection
Materials related to the Bevier Memorial Building at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The building was constructed in 1911 using funds given by Susan Bevier. The collection contains invitations to the building's open, postcards and greetings cards depicting the building, and clippings. There is also a report on the building's historical significance.
Blanche A. Phillips and Dorothy J. Walls collection
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.
Blazing New Trails drawings and other material
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.
Clifford M. Ulp scrapbooks
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.
David and Mary Hoysic collection on Sister Marie-Pierre Semler
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.
Diploma and Certificate collection
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.
Early Institute miscellaneous records
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.
Emily A. Clements course manuals
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.
Empire State School of Printing collection
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.
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- Clippings (information artifacts) 10
- Correspondence 9
- Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
- Ephemera 4
- Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
- Scrapbooks 4
- 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
- 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
- College benefactors -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
- College buildings -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
- Drawing instruments -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
- Invitations 2
- Mechanical drawing -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
- Promotional materials 2
- Publications 2
- Reports 2
- Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Administration 2
- Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History 2
- Veterans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- Rochester 2
- brochures 2
- Academic libraries -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Administrative records 1
- Africa, North -- Description and travel 1
- Algeria -- Description and travel 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
- China -- Description and travel 1
- Clarinetists -- United States 1
- Class reunions -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- College presidents -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Cooking -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Corsica (France) -- Description and travel 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
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel 1
- Graphic arts -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Hats 1
- Haviland china -- History 1
- Hawaii -- Description and travel 1
- Instructional materials 1
- Interviews 1
- Japan -- Description and travel 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
- Manila (Philippines) -- Description and travel 1
- Minutes 1
- Morocco -- Description and travel 1
- Oberammergau (Germany) -- Description and travel 1
- Oil paintings (visual works) 1
- Oral histories 1
- Ossining (N.Y.) 1
- Paris (France) -- Description and travel 1
- Photographs 1
- Pitcher 1
- Playbills 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
- Reviews (document genre) 1
- Rochester (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century 1 ∧ less