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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Hobart Cowles Outstanding Teaching Award digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0624
Overview

Audio recording of Hobart Cowles receiving the Outstanding Teacher Award.

Dates: 1975
Found in: RIT Archives

Leo Smith Oral History collection

 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
Found in: RIT Archives

M. Richard Rose digital audio recording collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0631
Overview The M. Richard Rose digital audio recording collections contains audio recordings of Dr. Rose during his presidency at RIT. M. Richard Rose (born 1933) was the 7th President of Rochester Institute of Technology, serving from 1979 to 1992. Miller and Rose shared the belief that students in a technical school should be exposed to more art, literature, philosophy and culture. Partially out of this interest, and partially due to financial difficulties, Eisenhower College became a part of RIT....
Dates: 1982-1988
Found in: RIT Archives

Mark Ellingson digital audio recordings

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0613
Overview

The Mark Ellingson audio recordings contains three audio recordings documenting special occasions in the history of RIT's fifth president. The collection includes audio recordings from Ellingson's 30th anniversary celebration; when he was named Citizen of the Year by the Rochester Kiwanis Club; and his retirement in 1969.

Dates: 1966-1969
Found in: RIT Archives

Milton Bond digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0620
Overview

An audio recording of Milton Bond reading prose from American Prose and Poetry. The collection includes one audio file.

Dates: Unknown
Found in: RIT Archives

New Campus Fund Drive digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0633
Overview

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.

Dates: 1965
Found in: RIT Archives

Paul A. Miller digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0634
Overview

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.

Dates: 1970-1978
Found in: RIT Archives

Paul Ylvisaker lecture at the Conference on Urban Development digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0618
Overview

Audio file of a lecture presented by Paul Ylvisaker at the 1973Conference on Urban Development held at RIT. The collection includes one audio file.

Dates: 1973
Found in: RIT Archives

President Lyndon B. Johnson NTID Remarks digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0627
Overview

Audio recording the speech made by President Lyndon B. Johnson on the signing of the legislation outlining the establishment of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Dates: 1965-1965
Found in: RIT Archives

Ralph Avery Rochester Insights digital audio recording

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0619
Overview

Ralph Avery was an American landscape painter and watercolorist based in Rochester. The collection includes an audio recording of an interview conducted with Avery.

Dates: circa 1975
Found in: RIT Archives