Barker, James Francis
Dates
- Existence: 1871 - 1950
biographical statement
Citation:
http://www.rit.edu/president/history.htmlFound in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection on James F. Barker
The Collection on James F. Barker consists of photocopied clippings and correspondence relating to Barker's term as the Institute's second president. Also included is a copy of his daughter Josephine's high school yearbook, and a map of Europe in World War I, annotated by Barker.
Leo Smith interviews on RIT history digital audio recordings
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.
World War I activities collection
Documents related to the activities of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute during World War I. The collection contains a report on the Mechanics Institute's Student Army Training Corp and a list of individuals connected to the Mechanics Institute that were killed during the war. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence between the Mechanics Institute and the Rochester city historian regarding the Institute's role in wartime activities.
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- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Correspondence 1
- Deaf -- Education 1
- Deaf -- Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Deaf college students 1
- Deaf students -- United States. 1
- Education, Cooperative 1
- Educational fund raising -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Electrical engineering 1
- Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching 1
- Finger spelling -- United States. 1
- Gleason Works (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
- Home economics -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
- Mechanical engineering 1
- Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States. 1
- Oral histories 1
- Photography -- Exhibitions. 1
- Printing -- History 1
- Printing -- History -- New York (State) 1
- Reports 1
- Rochester (N.Y.) 1
- Rochester Region (N.Y.) -- History, Local. 1
- School yearbooks 1
- Student-athletes 1
- Technical education 1
- Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Administration 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
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Education and the war 1 ∧ less