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Lomb, Henry

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1828 - 1908

biographical statement

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Bausch and Lomb records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RITArc-0394
Overview

This collection contains an expense book, a scrapbook, a compilation of employee magazines and numerous clippings related to the history of Bausch and Lomb and especially to the celebration of the company’s 75th anniversary.

Dates: 1874-1929; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1929

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

Henry Lomb Memorial scrapbook and program

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: RITArc-0024
Overview

Scrapbook commemorating the dedication of the Henry Lomb Memorial in downtown Rochester, NY. Henry Lomb was co-founder of Bausch & Lomb and a prominent citizen of Rochester during the late 1800s. The collection also contains a program from the dedication ceremony.

Dates: 1931-1932

Henry Lomb Society records

 Collection — Folder: 1-2
Identifier: RITArc-0004
Overview

Records of the Henry Lomb Society, an organization started in 1916 as an early honor society at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. The collection includes various organizational documents such as the group's constitution and by-laws, memoranda, and speech transcripts, as well as newspaper clippings related to the organization's activities.

Dates: 1916-1936; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1935

Leo Smith interviews on RIT history digital audio recordings

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RITArc-0612
Overview

Twenty-four digital audio recordings of interviews mostly conducted by Leo Smith in an attempt to capture the oral history of the Rochester Institute of Technology from some of its prominent faculty, staff, trustees, presidents and contributors.

Dates: 1972-1976

RIT ceremonial ribbons

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RITArc-0319
Overview

Three sashes made of ribbon, each with the name of an important individual in the development and history of Rochester Institute of Technology: Henry Lomb, Kate Gleason, and Frank Gannett.

Dates: circa 1968

Additional filters:

Subject
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Correspondence 2
Scrapbooks 2
Anniversaries 1
Announcements 1
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Award presentations -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Awards 1
College students -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
College trustees -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Deaf -- Education 1
Deaf -- Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Deaf college students 1
Deaf students -- United States. 1
Dedication services -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Education, Cooperative 1
Educational fund raising -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Electrical engineering 1
Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching 1
Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Finger spelling -- United States. 1
Gleason Works (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Invitations 1
Local history studies 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Mechanical engineering 1
Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States. 1
Monuments -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Oral histories 1
Photographs 1
Photography -- Exhibitions. 1
Printing -- History 1
Printing -- History -- New York (State) 1
Programs (documents) 1
Ribbon (material) 1
Rochester (N.Y.) 1
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century 1
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Rochester Region (N.Y.) -- History, Local. 1
Speeches 1
Student-athletes 1
Technical education 1
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History 1
Vocational education -- Curricula -- United States. 1
Vocational education -- New York (State) 1
Vocational education. 1
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