RIT-ARC. RIT Archival Collections

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The Talking Walls collection contains planning materials and essays on a selection of twentieth century advertising and promotional posters from the RIT Archives and Special Collections.

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The RIT President’s Commission on Women records are a fully-digital compilation of surveys, focus group information, strategic planning documents, photographs, memos, correspondence, event documentation, meeting minutes, and other documentation on the purpose and impact of the President’s Commission on Women. The bulk of the materials are from 2022-2024.

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The Gene DePrez papers are a compilation of materials relating to the Metropolitan Housing Committee in Rochester in 1968 and the Urbanarium, a community-based education program in Rochester during the 1970s through 1982.

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Legal documents related to the estate of Susan Bevier, a benefactor of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now named the Rochester Institute of Technology). The collection contains copies of Mrs. Bevier's estate records including her will, estate inventory, and deeds, as well as correspondence related to the use of Mrs. Bevier's generous donation.

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Four scrapbooks containing materials related to Stanley H. Witmeyer and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Witmeyer was a former Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at RIT. The scrapbook contains information on Witmeyer and the Institute's history, as well as students, artists, and events.

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Records of the Women's Club of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The collection includes administrative documents such as the group's constitution, meeting minutes, and committee reports; financial records; correspondence; published material; and photographs.

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Paper records and compact disks related to choral student groups at RIT.

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Collection of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) memorabilia (1953-1957) donated by Mary Anne Cross-Ehasz who graduated from RIT in 1957. She designed the official seal for the university that was used from 1956-1966. The collection includes photographs, design projects, and campus newspapers, as well as RIT memorabilia such as a sweatshirt, ashtray, and toothpick holder.

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Photographs and publications or Polish art and design related to John Solowski, a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The collection contains photographs by Fabrice Strippoli, two of which feature John Solowski, as well as color images from a Polish poster exhibit. Also included are printed publications on Polish art and design and a booklet highlighting a trip taken to New York City by the third year Photographic Illustration class in 1967.

Overview Collection of documents and memorabilia related to Peter Stehno's time at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Stehno was a student at RIT when he died in a car accident in 1964. The collection includes correspondence, grade reports, class schedules, course catalogs, class assignments and examinations, lecture notes taken by Stehno, photographs, and an RIT jacket. The collection also includes newspaper clippings on Stehno's fatal car accident and letters of condolence sent to his...