Rik Moeller student photography assignments

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: RITArc-0209

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Rik Moeller student photography assignments contains 3 photography class laboratory assignments from the early to mid 1970s. The assignments are entitled: Duplicate Color Transparencies, Making Internegatives from Transparencies, and Transparencies from Color Negatives. Most include photographs, transparencies, and written essays.

Dates

Creation: 1971-1975

Creator

Moeller, Rik F. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Rik Moeller was born in Southampton, Long Island. He attended RIT from 1971 to 1975, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Photography. In 1973, he took a job as manager of the RIT photo equipment laboratory. Later he was promoted to manager of photo facilities, and then to finance coordinator for graphic arts and photography. In total, he spent 13 years working at RIT. Moeller died September 21, 1995, in his Cutchogue, Long Island home after a long illness. He was 44.

Extent

3 Folder(s)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

Contains 3 photography class assignments from RIT student Rik Moeller, including photographs, transparencies, and written essays.

Arrangement

Assignments are arranged numerically.

Other Finding Aids

In addition to this finding aid, an inventory is available below. For more information, please contact the RIT Archive Collections.

Rik Moeller student photography assignments

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number(s): 07:06

The collection was given to the RIT Archives by a laboratory technician from RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, name unknown.

Separated Materials

RIT-related realia was separated and added to the general RIT memorabilia collection. These items are: one RIT baseball cap; one ashtray commemorating the November 4, 1987 ground-breaking for the Center for Imaging Science; two drinking mugs for the RIT Annual concert Clambake II, May 18, 1975; T-shirts of RIT Photo Cage, circa 1970's.