Oral histories
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Al Davis Interview digital audio recordings
Digital audio recording of an interview with Al Davis. Al Davis was known as "Mr. RIT" for his devotion to the Institute. He served as vice president in the 1960s and 1970s and played a key role in shaping RIT's future by helping to raise the funds to build a new campus in Henrietta. The collection includes parts three and four of the interview. Parts one and two of the interview are currently missing.
M. Richard Rose digital audio recording collection
New Campus Fund Drive digital audio recording
One audio recording promoting RIT's move to a new location in the 1960's and contributing to the new campus fund drive. The new campus refers to the Henrietta campus which RIT moved to in 1968. Material contains an audio recording of a fund raising effort, the original being on an audio cassette tape which was digitized to a wav file.
Paul A. Miller digital audio recording
Digital audio recordings from different events during Dr. Paul Miller's presidency at RIT. Dr. Miller was president from 1969-1979. Recordings include 1970 and 1975 faculty seminar addresses as well as his retirement speech.
Ralph Avery Rochester Insights digital audio recording
Ralph Avery was an American landscape painter and watercolorist based in Rochester. The collection includes an audio recording of an interview conducted with Avery.
RIT Alumnus Interview digital audio recording collection
Materials related to interviews conducted with RIT alumni of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences alumni about their time at RIT and their current careers.
Robert H. Johnston digital audio recordings
Digital audio recordings of Robert H. Johnston during his time at RIT. Dr. Robert H. Johnston spent twenty years as a professor and administrator at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He eventually became the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1990 he was named a Special Assistant to the President of R.I.T. Dr. Johnston most known for developing a system of using digital imaging to decode damaged and ancient texts including the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Trans Rochester Speaks collection
The Trans Rochester Speaks collection is a fully-digital compilation of photos, oral history interviews, newspaper clippings, letters, summaries, timelines, analyses, scrapbook pages, article and brochure drafts, and website content documents. The bulk of the materials are from 2014–2016.
